My Trails into the Past

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Our mission from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing s is to: 1)  It's Father's Day on Sunday.  This week, tell us about the fathers in your tree -- their names, their birth and death years and locations, their occupations, the number of spouses, the number of children, etc. Go back at least four generations, if possible, through your known second great-grandfathers . Here's mine: Generation 1 (Father) William J. Hork (1930-2007). Lived in California his whole life and worked as a produce clerk for a variety of grocery stores. 6 children. Generation 2 (Grandfathers) William Cyril Hork (1899-1967). Born in Montana, died in Los Angeles. Never met him, as he was separated from my grandmother. Worked odd jobs. 5 children. Tom J. Johnston (1912-1973). Born in Texas, died in Pleasant Hill, California. Worked as a carpenter. 1 child. Generation 3 (Great-grandfathers) Johan Anto...

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)  It is Father's Day in the USA on Sunday, so let's talk about our fathers. 2)  What is your most vivid memory of your father? Here’s mine: William Joseph Hork (1930-2005), was a hard-working man, who also enjoyed being with his wife and his children. He worked in the produce department of grocery stores, getting up early so that the produce was all ready by the time the store was opened. That was in the days when the cold produce was put back into the cooler overnight. He was always so careful to trim the produce to look nice. Sometimes, he brought home the rejects. One summer it was strawberries and we ate strawberry jam for a full school year. Because he worked weekends most of the time we were going up, we did not see him much. We were sent out to play but sometimes once he got home, we would sit with hi...