In Mary's Musings, blogger Mary Post Warren reflected on her family's homes. She even gave the address of one of them on 118th Street in 1940's Los Angeles. This rang a bell in my head. My dad was born in Los Angeles and his family lived on 117th Street during the same time frame. A comparison of house numbers showed that they lived at the same location on the block, just on different streets. They were neighbors!
Here are some of the neighbor kids during a birthday party at the house on 117th Street:
Here is another photo of a neighborhood party. My grandmother circled herself and her son.
I doubt Mary will recognize any of these people, but it's worth a shot.
Today, this area of Los Angeles is crammed with homes, but back then, there still was quite a bit of open land.
If Mary's family and my own lived near each other, it was for a short time. My grandparents pulled up stakes and head east to Pomona in the later 1940's.
Quite a small world, isn't it? Also another example of the magic of genealogy blogs.
Amy,
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing! It is a small world after all! LOL!
Love those kind of connections and I'm really enjoying all the posts about houses!
ReplyDeleteAmy, a few years ago I was having lunch with a new coworker and we started talking about places we had lived. She told me an intersection and it was where I had lived for 8 years. I asked her the address and it was the same building I had lived in. Then I said, "Don't tell me you were in Apt. 6" and she was! We had actually lived in the very same apartment - about 15 years apart.
ReplyDeleteI love it when things like this happen among bloggers. I think Heather and Lucie had a similar coincidence with houses. Amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt's so neat when things like that happen.
ReplyDeleteLove this happy connection. One thing I always do is ask where people live, I'm hoping for something similar.
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