My Trails into the Past

          Today would have been the 83rd birthday of my father, William Joseph Hork, born in 1930 on April 23. [1] According to his birth certificate, he was born in Ontario, San Bernardino County.  He had always said he was born in Cucamonga, California.  Maybe they were living in Cucamonga, or maybe he just like saying the  town's  name.       Bill’s parents were William Cyril Hork and Anna Marie Sullivan. [2]   Bill was the fifth and last child born to Cyril and Anna.  He had four older sisters, one who died just days after birth.       His childhood was tough.  He was born in the early stages of the great depression.  His father was a drinker and couldn’t keep a steady job.  He was but a young fella when his mother took the courage to leave Cyril and raise her four children on her own.       He did have fond memories of living in Southern California among the orange groves and playing with his cousins, the children of Anna’s sister, Loretta Patterson.  In 1940, th