John Weaver, born in 1927, Piedmont, Alabama, Male, white, presbyterian, he lived only four years after his wife died. They were married for 60 years and only had 2 children.
When he grew up, he had to wear a dress with 5 older sisters till about 14 because his family could not afford pants. He had two children with a Christian woman, Louis was her name. Mr. Weaver believes that teenagers today are lazy. They are allowed to be kids too long. They are not ethical, nor responsible. They are not very disciplined and have no commitment morals whatsoever. They do not take care of their families like they used to. He did not attend school past the third grade, nor did he want to. He went to a one room school house with a stove in it and the teacher
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They didn't do much to contribute to the family earnings. Most kids that age wanted to work, because meant more money, which would better provide for their family. As for getting along with their parents usually was not a big to do, they all got along and tried to survive as best as they could.as to the behavior they were a Christian family, and was to honor their mother and father, and if they misbehaved they get whipped by horse whip. As he grew up he had hand me downs until they could afford as a family a pair pants or trousers and a handmade, homemade shirt.the worked just fine, fashion was not really that important it was more so if those clothes would last him the year. As he grew, he didn't go high school, but at that age they started dating about 17. When they go out with some of the ladies they take them to a movie. Whenever there was free time , usually far and few between they go fishing, hunting coons. In these days the most nagging and hard problem was being poor, this was the time of the great depression of course. The difference of today's youth v.s. The youth back then is a very large scale. Teenager back then knew they had to go to work. If they chose not to work they enlisted to serve their country. As Mr. Weaver said today's youth are spoiled, and lazy. They stay in school to long, and they change
John Cartwright was born on the 9th of August 1965 in Penrith New South Wales to Merv Cartwright and Carole Cartwright. Cartwright is best known for playing rugby league for the Penrith Panthers, NSW Blues and the Australian Kangaroos.
Family structure was different for their generation as well. Divorce was not nearly as common, people stuck together through thick and thin. Men were mostly responsible for bringing home the money to support the family. Women didn’t need to work because one income was plenty for the family. Taxes were lower then and People the didn’t lust over material items as much as society does today. Women were the ones who stayed home with the children and nurtured the family that was their responsibility. Quality time with family seemed more important in their generation than most see it today.
On December 30th 1879 John got married to his wife Jane. They had three children, John Philip Jr, Jane Priscilla, and Helen. When they all died, they were all buried in the John Philip Sousa plot in the Congressional Cemetery. On March 6th, 1932, John died of heart failure at the age of 77. John was also an apprentice musician for 8 years in the Marine Corps. He was then the head of the Marine Band for 13 years John also lead the Navy Band duri...
Farm life of the 1930s was really hard for all the farmers. They did lots to get through the 1930s without starving. In York county they didn’t indoor bathrooms, light or, heat unlike the people who lived in the towns of the 1930s.(Reinhardt n. pag.) to feed there family’s many raised their own food like chicken which gave them eggs, cows which also gave them beef and milk to drink. They grew vegetables for there from there garden. (Reinhardt n. pag.)Which families didn’t do it alone they had help from there neighbors to help them along the way.
Sarah Addams died on January 14, 1863, when Jane was only a girl. Her father remarried in 1867 to a widow named Anna Hostetter Haldeman, who had two sons that John Addams raised as if they were his own. The new couple fought a great deal over money and...
At the beginning of the 1800’s most laborers worked at home. The family functioned together as a working unit for the common good of all its members. Children would stay at home to help until they got married. They usually did not become contributing members until they reached the age of ten. Girls started somewhat earlier because they would be assisting their mothers with the domestic economy(Gaskell, 91).
Youths had a great number of opportunities in the twentires. They could achieve economic, moral, and intellectual independence. Adults were trying to get the US. to regain its political and social footing. However the youth were rebelling against old principles. They did not want to have any responsibilities. Life became pleasure oriented. Activities were performed in order to maintain happiness. The values of moral responsibi...
In early America, socio-economic class, agriculture, religion and gender played four very important roles in regional distinctions of this newly developing country. Even though agriculture, religion, and gender were extremely important, the biggest factor was socio-economic life. A person’s socio economic class was what determined their life style from a wealth, treatment, and dress style and home, which are major aspects of human life. In Everyday Life in Early America, David Freeman Hawke explains how each of these four factors determined the life style of each early resident of America as well as the overall development of the country in its beginning years to emerge into a growing and improving nation (continue)
John Brown, What do you think of him? New york times here explaining his story. John Brown was born on 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut. His father believed holding humans in boundage was a sin against god, which is one of the factors that lead him to John attacking the arsenal. John Brown was always a fighter, his didn’t and can’t take orders from others. For incidence, when his father asked him to join his successful tannery, he refused and opened his own to compete against his father.
Moe Goodman born 18 January 1908, who is now Martin Goodman has made an impact in not only my life but many others by creating Marvel Comics ™. Goodman was an American publisher who had started off at Pulp Magazines then moved onto paperback books then men's adventure magazines and finally did comic books, which at a later stage then became Marvel Comics. Goodman was born in Brooklyn, New York. During the great Depression he had travelled in hobo camps. He then worked at Independent News as a salesman, he's colleagues included two of the three founders of MLJ Comics which is now known as Archie Comics.
In the Child Labor in the Carolinas, photos and depictions of children working in mills show how working class children did not have the opportunities to branch out and have a childhood as defined by today’s standards. Though the pamphlet creators may have been fighting for better standards for child labor in textile mills of the Carolinas, they simultaneously show how working class families depended on multiple members to support the family: in “Chester, South Carolina, an overseer told me frankly that manufacturers [in] all the South evaded the child labor law by letting youngsters who are under age help older brothers and sisters” (McElway, 11). Children were used because they were inexpensive labor and were taken advantage of in many ways because they were so...
The teens life in 1790 was much different. They had different responsibilities, work types, and different ways to have fun. The teens acted differently as well, because of their different life way.
A question has arisen concerning the inspirations and design of the London Devonshire House in the early 18th century. In October of 1733, a minor tragedy struck the site of the Old Devonshire House in London as an accidental fire caused the building to be completely destroyed while in the process of refurbishment. As a result, William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, had to find an architect to create a home matching his style and the tastes of the time. [1] The Devonshire House, designed by the Palladian architect William Kent, polarized opinions of historical art critics and architects throughout the two centuries it stood. However, it cannot be denied the imposing façade impacted London architecture for centuries to come.
The way these teens dressed during this time was very conservative. Due to the restrictions of World War II, "clothes were much [more] simple and less fabric was used because few materials were available” (Mathieson). Many teens during this time period were much more respectful and would not go out of their way to cause a corruption. Te...
John Wycliffe produced some of the first hand written English translations of the Bible and helped to make them widely available. Cam believed everyone should understand the Bible, so he started a linguistics school (the Summer Institute of Linguistics, known now as SIL) that trained people to do Bible translation. The controversies in which one engaged at Oxford were philosophical rather than prettily theological or ecclesiastical-political, and the method of discussion was academic and formal. They were transferred out of the Latin Vulgate, which was the only source text effectual to Wycliffe. The bishops, who were divided, satisfied themselves with forbidding him to declare further on the controversy. Today, more than 1,600 languages are