SNGF -- Your Ancestral Home Description

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

It's Saturday Night again - 

Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Our mission from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings, is to:

1)  Do you recall the layout of one of your family homes (a parent's home, a grandparent's home, your first home with your spouse/SO, etc.)?  Can you estimate the size of the house and the size of the rooms?  What features were in each room?  Can you draw the floor plan, showing doors, windows, etc.?

Here's mine:
I could describe both of my childhood homes, one in Pittsburg and the other in Walnut Creek, but I will save Walnut Creek for another day.

Pittsburg, California, at 467 E. 9th Street
We lived here from about 1955 to 1963. During that time, four children were born, and the six of us lived in a two-bedroom house. By the time we left, the kids slept upstairs, two to a room, which worked out as there were two girls and two boys. Our parents slept in the dining room downstairs. There was only one bathroom upstairs. All I remember about the bathroom was watching my dad shave and put on a tie.

The downstairs level had a living room with a floor furnace, a dining room, and a kitchen. The kitchen was where Mom made jam, cooked our meals, and washed our hair at the sink. There were a couple of steps from the kitchen down to what we called the basement. This was a big room where the TV was located and probably where we played. There was a back door to the outside. Also from the basement, there was another door to a cellar. Once during the scare of air raids, the county officials came to the house to see if the cellar was large enough for neighbors to use. It wasn’t. Luckily, we never needed to use it except to store stuff.

The backyard had a small cottage, and when we first moved in, it was rented out. Later, my mother rented it and used it as an art studio where she could paint. This was probably when a couple of us were in school. The garage was in the driveway at the back of the house and not attached. It was a long driveway, perfect for riding trikes, bikes, and pedal cars.

The big picture window was where the Christmas tree was displayed. I remember silver fake trees that she showed a color spotlight on.

Some photos of the house:

My brother & I with the cottage. It had a cellar, too

The living room at Christmas

Looking into the kitchen from the dining room

The front of the house

Here is the floor plan as I remember it.

I looked at the property on Zillow. There are some changes besides upgrades to the kitchen. A full bathroom was added to the lower room and they call that a bedroom. Check it out here.

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