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SNGF -- What Were Your Ancestors Doing 100 Years Ago?

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:  It's Saturday Night again -  Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Our assignment from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is to: 1)  Every one of your ancestors was doing "something" in their life in early 1925?  Do you know, or do you have to guess? Here's mine: My parents were born yet, so I’ll focus on my grandparents first and then great-grandparents. Paternal Side My paternal grandparents, William Cyril Hork and Anna Marie Sullivan , lived at 414 Linnie Canal in Venice, California. He was listed in the 1925 city directory as a laborer.[1]  They had two children, Lorene, who would have been nearly two, and Virginia, a newborn in January. Anna would have her hands full with the two children. Checking Google Maps shows a modern house.[2]  Zillow claims it was built in 2001, so it is certainly not the same place they lived in.[3]  The voter registration the following year shows the same address. Cyril was listed as a salesman ...