Do- Yun Chung was born on August 2, 1914 in Pusan (now Busan), Korea. His family was relatively well off, with his father working as a surveyor and his mother caring for their six children—three [...]
Rosemary Luckstrim was born on September 5, 1912 in Chicago to Ora Feigel and Peter Luckstrim, both of whom were of Irish/German descent. Peter worked on and off in factories, and Ora cared for [...]
Nelson Pederson was born on July 22, 1931 in Chicago to Emil Pederson and Asta Brahms, both immigrants from Denmark. It is thought that Emil worked in a factory in Ravenswood, near where the [...]
Sadie Riley was born on February 16, 1914 on a farm near Pittsburgh, Kansas to Lonnie Belanger and Jeannette Fenske. Lonnie was a cattle farmer, and Jeanette cared for their six children: Fae, [...]
Clement Rybar was born on February 6, 1915 in Slovakia to Jonas Rybar and Alena Kriz. Jonas owned a substantial farm, and even though he and Alena had seven children to help, they still needed [...]
Honza Ruzicka was born on October 22, 1904 in Chicago to Cyril Ruzicka and Lenka Vesely. Cyril was born in a little village outside of Prague and came to America as a young man to escape being [...]
Brogan Cullen was born on October 25, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio to Angus and Cathleen Cullen. Not much is known about Brogan’s childhood. It is thought that Angus and Cathleen were Irish [...]
Fatemah Farhadi was born in a small village in Persia on May 5, 1918 to Arman and Delara Farhadi. Arman was a farmer, and Delara cared for their only child, Fatemah. Fatemah attended high school [...]
Glen Mayer was born on September 15, 1932 in Chicago to Adolf Mayer and Elizabeth Bojars. It is thought that Adolf was a German immigrant and that Elizabeth may have been from Latvia. They [...]
Roger Fulton was born on June 24, 1915 in Chicago to William Fulton and Elizabeth Muller. William was an immigrant from England, and Elizabeth was Canadian, though it is thought she was of Swiss [...]
