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Notes for William Frances DAWSON | ||||||||||||||||||||||
-Lived in Canarsie when first came to U.S.;
Grant Ave, 189-12 11th st. Ozone Park, Brooklyn (1943-1947),
1319 6th Ave. New Hyde Park, NY (1952 until his death) -Birth Certificate registration date 12/10/1948 -Grandparents helped bring him up. -History of Diabetes -Nickname was Willy -Liked to play golf & bridge 32 |
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Notes for Rita Helen (Spouse 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3732-Residences: Birth-1928, Drew St. Brooklyn;
1928-1936 Bedford Ave. Brooklyn; 1940-1943 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn; 1943-1947 Grant Ave, Ozone Park; 1947-1952 189-12 11th st. Ozone Park; 1952-present 1319 6th Ave. New Hyde Park New York -Had diptheria as a child and family was quarenteed. -With cousin Genivive as a child would play games on the stoop or buy malteds down the street. -Remembers Bedford Ave. house having no electricity but a gas burner & stove. Bathtub shared by 3 apartments, and facilities were like an outhouse. Kids had little wood playhouse in the back. -Remembers getting pennies from a brown jug at Grandmother's, and Grandpa would give her a gold coin at Christmas... most she gave to mother. -Studied piano and dance -Avid reader -Remembers dancing to "Goodnight Sweetheart" at dances as a teen. -Grandma Martha had a cat named "Deer-kiss" -Childhood friends included Ana Marie Costella, Evelyn White, & Rita White. -Saw first silent picture on DeKalb Ave. in Brooklyn for 10 cents. -Started at Phillip Hunt Co. @ $18 a week, ended @ $45 a week. But dropped during depression to $16 a week. -Remembers rent @ Franklin Ave. was $40 month. -Liked Rudolph Valentino -Met husband living next door on Grant Ave. -1st car 1936 Plymouth w/ rumble seat in the back. $345. -Liked Radio, Abbot & Costello, Laurel & Hardey, Amos & Andy, and Arthur Godfroy. 32 |
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