Ruth Hughes was born on June 4, 1906 in Chicago to Virginia Ward and Raymond Oveson. She had three brothers: Walter, Raymond, Jr., and Albert, though both Raymond, Jr. and Albert died as [...]
Rose Ackermann was born in Chicago on August 22, 1926 to Emil Ackermann and Hanna Raskop, both of whom emigrated from Germany. Emil found work as a coal and ice man, but he also worked as a [...]
Mi-Jeong Kuk was born on January 7, 1909 in Korea. Her father, Won-Shik Kuk, was a poor farmer and her mother, Seo-Jin Kee, raised three children: Mi-Jeong and her two brothers. Mi-Jeong says [...]
Valentine Conrad was born on February 26, 1910 in Chicago to Wilma Sheppard and Frank Knauz. Valentine’s early life was rather convoluted, as her mother was married three times. Wilma’s first [...]
Veronica Payne was born on October 18, 1913 in Chicago to Martin Vogt and Eileen O’Rourke. Martin emigrated from Germany and worked as a stenographer in Chicago, while Eileen, who was of Irish [...]
Antonia Pakulski was born on October 10, 1905 in Poland to Bartholomew and Gosia Kowalczyk. Antonia was the youngest of seven children, and when she was just one year old, the family immigrated [...]
Irene Bailey was born on October 7, 1906 in Letts, Iowa to Andrew and Gertrude Roth. Andrew farmed about 150 acres of land, and Gertie cared for their seven children: Roland, Molly, Bert, [...]
Blanche Eustace was born on July 12, 1904 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Richard Chambers and Edith Norbis. Richard was born in upper New York State in a town called Watertown, and his family [...]
Margaret (Maggie) Devinson was born on January 10, 1902 in Sault St. Marie, Michigan. Her parents were John Williams and Bridget Kennedy, both of whom were born in Canada. John was of English [...]
William Jefferson Sanders was born on January 16, 1921 in Tennessee to Lamar and Ivory Sanders. William reports that he has many brothers and sisters and many half-siblings as well, but that he [...]
