Per E. Rich, when Floyd and Alger (brothers) were first married, they and their families shared a house west of Jonesville, MI. She believes Alger's wife, Minnie, was busy with little children (two in diapers at a time when they were cloth), and Floyd and 'Stena's children were older. Aunt "Stena became like a second mother to Clara, Elaine's mother, and was very special to her.
In the summer of 1945, during WWII, when Elaine was six years of age, her family rented an apartment in Aunt 'Stena's big farm house (just south of where the Walmart in Jonesville currently sits). She says the big evergreen trees where the driveway was still stand (as of 2016). Elaine believes the house had been a hotel at some point. The rooms were big with very high ceilings, and it had a summer kitchen. There was a long back porch used for a work area, the the long front porch with columns was like a hotel.
Meals were eaten in the "winter kitchen", and on a couch in that kitchen, Floyd would take a daily nap.
'Stena had a butter churn.
E's family's area of the house had a fireplace. There was a story that a big snake had crawled out of it. At one time a rat carried off her baby brother's bottle.
The farm had an outhouse was surrounded by hollyhock bushes. The girls would take the hollyhocks and make dolls out of them, and the outhouse had funny folded toilet paper which the children used for "money". The Baker family farm included pigs, and one time E. and her cousin Roger got in trouble for playing in the pig mud.
E. was afraid of her Uncle Floyd. He was a big man with a big belly.Her mother told her that he spent too much time in the local saloon. E. remembers the death of a baby calf, and thought he must be cruel to let the calf die.
Her cousin Marilyn came to stay with her grandparents Floyd and 'Stena, and E. and Marilyn went round and round about Uncle Floyd and Grandpa Floyd being the same person, the same as her Grandpa Baker being Uncle Alger. The girls explored (snooped) around the upper floors of the huge farm house. E.remembers Floyd and 'Stena having separate bedrooms, both huge, light, and with floral print wallpaper. E. thinks 'Stena loved children, and remembers the grandchildren were there often. She recalls playing soldier with Gene Olen, and had lots of fun with Marilyn.
Floyd also grew cabbage for the kraut factory down the road from him. E. went with 'Stena to the fields one day when she went to hoe. E. doesn't remember much in the way of hugs for the children from either side of the family. Not only was "Too Much" love not being good for children, life at the time was pretty serious, between a hard life of farming and the war.
On his WWII draft registration, Floyd said he had brown eyes and black hair, and was 5'8" tall, 180 pounds.
Their hobbies? Trying to make a living, and keeping their family together.
Other sibling: Lee Alger Baker Find A Grave Memorial# 53082680
In the summer of 1945, during WWII, when Elaine was six years of age, her family rented an apartment in Aunt 'Stena's big farm house (just south of where the Walmart in Jonesville currently sits). She says the big evergreen trees where the driveway was still stand (as of 2016). Elaine believes the house had been a hotel at some point. The rooms were big with very high ceilings, and it had a summer kitchen. There was a long back porch used for a work area, the the long front porch with columns was like a hotel.
Meals were eaten in the "winter kitchen", and on a couch in that kitchen, Floyd would take a daily nap.
'Stena had a butter churn.
E's family's area of the house had a fireplace. There was a story that a big snake had crawled out of it. At one time a rat carried off her baby brother's bottle.
The farm had an outhouse was surrounded by hollyhock bushes. The girls would take the hollyhocks and make dolls out of them, and the outhouse had funny folded toilet paper which the children used for "money". The Baker family farm included pigs, and one time E. and her cousin Roger got in trouble for playing in the pig mud.
E. was afraid of her Uncle Floyd. He was a big man with a big belly.Her mother told her that he spent too much time in the local saloon. E. remembers the death of a baby calf, and thought he must be cruel to let the calf die.
Her cousin Marilyn came to stay with her grandparents Floyd and 'Stena, and E. and Marilyn went round and round about Uncle Floyd and Grandpa Floyd being the same person, the same as her Grandpa Baker being Uncle Alger. The girls explored (snooped) around the upper floors of the huge farm house. E.remembers Floyd and 'Stena having separate bedrooms, both huge, light, and with floral print wallpaper. E. thinks 'Stena loved children, and remembers the grandchildren were there often. She recalls playing soldier with Gene Olen, and had lots of fun with Marilyn.
Floyd also grew cabbage for the kraut factory down the road from him. E. went with 'Stena to the fields one day when she went to hoe. E. doesn't remember much in the way of hugs for the children from either side of the family. Not only was "Too Much" love not being good for children, life at the time was pretty serious, between a hard life of farming and the war.
On his WWII draft registration, Floyd said he had brown eyes and black hair, and was 5'8" tall, 180 pounds.
Their hobbies? Trying to make a living, and keeping their family together.
Other sibling: Lee Alger Baker Find A Grave Memorial# 53082680
Per E. Rich, when Floyd and Alger (brothers) were first married, they and their families shared a house west of Jonesville, MI. She believes Alger's wife, Minnie, was busy with little children (two in diapers at a time when they were cloth), and Floyd and 'Stena's children were older. Aunt "Stena became like a second mother to Clara, Elaine's mother, and was very special to her.
In the summer of 1945, during WWII, when Elaine was six years of age, her family rented an apartment in Aunt 'Stena's big farm house (just south of where the Walmart in Jonesville currently sits). She says the big evergreen trees where the driveway was still stand (as of 2016). Elaine believes the house had been a hotel at some point. The rooms were big with very high ceilings, and it had a summer kitchen. There was a long back porch used for a work area, the the long front porch with columns was like a hotel.
Meals were eaten in the "winter kitchen", and on a couch in that kitchen, Floyd would take a daily nap.
'Stena had a butter churn.
E's family's area of the house had a fireplace. There was a story that a big snake had crawled out of it. At one time a rat carried off her baby brother's bottle.
The farm had an outhouse was surrounded by hollyhock bushes. The girls would take the hollyhocks and make dolls out of them, and the outhouse had funny folded toilet paper which the children used for "money". The Baker family farm included pigs, and one time E. and her cousin Roger got in trouble for playing in the pig mud.
E. was afraid of her Uncle Floyd. He was a big man with a big belly.Her mother told her that he spent too much time in the local saloon. E. remembers the death of a baby calf, and thought he must be cruel to let the calf die.
Her cousin Marilyn came to stay with her grandparents Floyd and 'Stena, and E. and Marilyn went round and round about Uncle Floyd and Grandpa Floyd being the same person, the same as her Grandpa Baker being Uncle Alger. The girls explored (snooped) around the upper floors of the huge farm house. E.remembers Floyd and 'Stena having separate bedrooms, both huge, light, and with floral print wallpaper. E. thinks 'Stena loved children, and remembers the grandchildren were there often. She recalls playing soldier with Gene Olen, and had lots of fun with Marilyn.
Floyd also grew cabbage for the kraut factory down the road from him. E. went with 'Stena to the fields one day when she went to hoe. E. doesn't remember much in the way of hugs for the children from either side of the family. Not only was "Too Much" love not being good for children, life at the time was pretty serious, between a hard life of farming and the war.
On his WWII draft registration, Floyd said he had brown eyes and black hair, and was 5'8" tall, 180 pounds.
Their hobbies? Trying to make a living, and keeping their family together.
Other sibling: Lee Alger Baker Find A Grave Memorial# 53082680
In the summer of 1945, during WWII, when Elaine was six years of age, her family rented an apartment in Aunt 'Stena's big farm house (just south of where the Walmart in Jonesville currently sits). She says the big evergreen trees where the driveway was still stand (as of 2016). Elaine believes the house had been a hotel at some point. The rooms were big with very high ceilings, and it had a summer kitchen. There was a long back porch used for a work area, the the long front porch with columns was like a hotel.
Meals were eaten in the "winter kitchen", and on a couch in that kitchen, Floyd would take a daily nap.
'Stena had a butter churn.
E's family's area of the house had a fireplace. There was a story that a big snake had crawled out of it. At one time a rat carried off her baby brother's bottle.
The farm had an outhouse was surrounded by hollyhock bushes. The girls would take the hollyhocks and make dolls out of them, and the outhouse had funny folded toilet paper which the children used for "money". The Baker family farm included pigs, and one time E. and her cousin Roger got in trouble for playing in the pig mud.
E. was afraid of her Uncle Floyd. He was a big man with a big belly.Her mother told her that he spent too much time in the local saloon. E. remembers the death of a baby calf, and thought he must be cruel to let the calf die.
Her cousin Marilyn came to stay with her grandparents Floyd and 'Stena, and E. and Marilyn went round and round about Uncle Floyd and Grandpa Floyd being the same person, the same as her Grandpa Baker being Uncle Alger. The girls explored (snooped) around the upper floors of the huge farm house. E.remembers Floyd and 'Stena having separate bedrooms, both huge, light, and with floral print wallpaper. E. thinks 'Stena loved children, and remembers the grandchildren were there often. She recalls playing soldier with Gene Olen, and had lots of fun with Marilyn.
Floyd also grew cabbage for the kraut factory down the road from him. E. went with 'Stena to the fields one day when she went to hoe. E. doesn't remember much in the way of hugs for the children from either side of the family. Not only was "Too Much" love not being good for children, life at the time was pretty serious, between a hard life of farming and the war.
On his WWII draft registration, Floyd said he had brown eyes and black hair, and was 5'8" tall, 180 pounds.
Their hobbies? Trying to make a living, and keeping their family together.
Other sibling: Lee Alger Baker Find A Grave Memorial# 53082680
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