Kristine was born on December 13th, 1963. She was born in Aurora Illinois. Her parents were David Peter Leuer and Carol Margaret Thomas. Her parents were very supportive especially her dad David Her dad would would go out of his way to go and watch her basketball games. When he would be combining he would shut his combine off, take a quick shower, go to her game and come back and combine through the night. He was willing to turn off his combine and risking his limited time to get his crops harvested. He was determined to go to her games. He never missed one game. He would also drive 2 hours to go to her game and drive back. He only did this to his first two children; Tony and Kris. She was the first of six children; Anthony (17 months younger), …show more content…
They had it there a bunch of family and friends to help them Caravan all their equipment and semis trucks and other vehicles Along with their six kids. the drive was about 8 hours but should have been 7. It was 8 hours because they had to drive so slow with all of the equipment. moving was a big decision and very scary for the whole family. the reason they moved was because her dad wanted to farm on his own instead of farming with his dad and brother (Peter Leuer and Edward Leuer). The land was cheaper in Minnesota and they would make more money Farming there. Once they arrived in Austin Minnesota she attended Queen of Angels Middle School. after Middle School she attended Austin pacelli High School. for her Elementary years she went to kaneville Illinois Elementary. she got her first job as a junior in high school working at party O'Connor mechanical. she worked with the owner's wife with the building of the company. the company was a plumbing, heating and cooling company she worked there until her second year in her Community College. At the time she was paid $5 an hour. with the money she earned she decided to buy a new car with the help of her brother Tony. she bought a Chevrolet Malibu but the only thing is, she bought it without telling your dad. she got it because she thought it was a beautiful car. It was a pee green with a white vinyl
When she was a little girl her father was struck by lightening while working in the field. He died. Her mother tried to farm after that, but it didn't work out. Her mother remarried to a man. The family moved to Memphis to live with the man their mother married, their stepfather. He already had a wife. She also lived in Memphis. They weren't divorced, but he said they were.
going fine, her father owning two fishing boats, and they lived in a large house
The Williams family was the last to live in the Oklee depot. It was in bad shape after the great elevator fire in the fall of 1967. The depot probably would have caught fire if it hadn’t been for my father, my uncle and the help of the townspeople who doused the rooftop continuously while the flames roared just across the track. The windows of the depot were so hot that you couldn’t put your hand on the glass without burning yourself. The main telegraph window broke and the paint blistered and peeled.
Mary Jane was a woman from California she was married to a man by the name of Dan and they had two children Brad and Stacey. They had to move to Seattle because her husband Dan had gotten a job offer at Microrule. When they moved it wasn't long before when Mary Jane found a job as a supervisor at First Guarantee Financial, this was one of Seattle's largest financial institutions. Everything had been going good for both of them. Then after twelve months of being in Seattle Mary Jane's husband was rushed to the hospital with a burst aneurysm unfortunately he never regained consciousness and then died. It was real tough on Mary Jane but she went on, she had to support her family as a single parent. So three years had gone by when Mary Jane accepted a promotion to move up to the third floor at First Guarantee Financial. The third floor was a place that everyone talked about they basically bad mouthed about them, they did not have a good reputation. They were known as the energy dump. The only reason why Mary Jane was taking this job was because when her husband passed away not all the medical expenses were covered so she had to pay for them and provide for the family. At the same time she wondered what had she gotten into. If she only knew what she had in for her?
Laura and Mary went to school in Burr Oak School, but Carrie was too young to go. During their stay at Burr Oak, Grace was born on May 23, 1877. After Carrie was born, they decided to move once more back to Walnut Grove. They stayed in Walnut Grove for quite a while, allowing Laura to spend 2 more years in school there. Finally, for the last time, Laura and her family moved to a railroad camp, where Laura’s father could make a sufficient amount of money. Eventually, the camp turned into a small town called De Smet. Laura’s Parents lived the rest of their lives there in De Smet. Laura finished her schooling all the way to high school in De Smet. Mary had gone blind because of a sickness, and she went to a school farther away where she could learn Braille and the rest of her
The thought of her brothers still being in her former home environment in Maine hurt her. She tried to think of a way to get at least one of her brothers, the sickly one, to come and be with her. She knew that her extended family was financially able to take in another child, and if she showed responsibility, there would be no problem (Wilson, 40). She found a vacant store, furnished it, and turned it into a school for children (Thinkquest, 5). At the age of seventeen, her grandmother sent her a correspondence, and requested her to come back to Boston with her brother (Thinkquest, 6).
Soon after relocating to the camp her husband was killed in a mining explosion when he drilled into a “missed hole” and struck dynamite. She was now a widow and had children to support. To support herself and children she accepted an offer to open a boarding house for miners. The owner of the mine allowed her to live in/own a home in the mining camp. In return she would house miners and cook and clean for them. As the mining company moved locations, so did she. While living in these small boarding boarding homes, she details how her house was only one small room, was commonly filled with fifteen miners and had a dirt floor. These conditions made it very difficult for her to care for her children. She lived very poorly and often could only feed her children rice and
Child’s birth name was Julia Carolyn Williams on August 15, 1912 in Pasadena, California. She was the eldest of three children; Dorothy Dean and a brother John III. She attended three boarding schools growing up. Child enjoyed playing sports including tennis, basketball, and golf. She attended Smith College and graduated in 1934 with a major in English. Julia moved to New York and had several different jobs that included her major, which included working for an advertising company and also in publications.
Lori was the first one to leave for New York City after graduation, later, Jeanette followed her and moved into her habitat with her. Jeanette promptly found a job as a reporter, the two sisters were both living their dream life away from their miserable parents. It wasn’t difficult for them since they cultured to be independent and tough. Everything was turning out great for them and decided to tell their younger siblings to move in with them, and they did. Jeanette was finally happy for once, enjoying the freedom she had and not having to be moved every two weeks. She then found a guy whom she married and accustomed her lifestyle. Furthermore, her parents still couldn’t have the funds for a household or to stay in stable occupation, so they decided to move in with Jeanette and her siblings. Jeanette at that moment felt like she was never going to have an ordinary life because her parents were going to shadow her.
One of her earliest memories came from when she was three years old. Jeannette had to go to the hospital because she burned herself cooking hot dogs. Her parents didn’t like hospitals, so for that reason after a few weeks they came and took her away. Jeannette and her family were constantly moving from place to place, sometimes staying no more than one night somewhere. Her father always lied to them saying that they had to keep moving because he was wanted by the FBI. Jeannette’s mother never took much interest in Jeannette or her siblings, because the mother didn’t want them and thought that they were bothersome and in the way.
Cooper shared the story of her daughter's last months through an essay titled "Kristin's Story". The essay includes poetry, letters and descriptions from the personal journal found next to Kristin's body on the night of her death. It was not until Cooper read the journal for the first time that she realized her daughter had been date raped prior to her suicide.
She wanted a different name and a different place to call home. She got in her Volkswagen, started driving, and on this journey she changed her name to Taylor. A stranger gave her a three year old Indian child to take care of, who she names Turtle. The two finally settle down in Tucson, where they live with a single mom who is also from a small town in Kentucky. Taylor works for a woman who hides political refugees in her home, and Taylor becomes good friends with two of them.
Urbanization has opened many factory jobs. Mother of the family, Terry Neumann, is a stay at home mom (Frontline Video, 2013). But with the Stanley family as well (Frontline Video, 2013). The Stanley family consisted of Jackie, the mother, Claude, the father, two daughters, Nicole and Omega, son Keith, and two twin boys, Claude and Claude (Frontline Video, 2013).
This story is about a young Lady that lives in California with her mother and Father. She
But to get more detailed in the story The Tillerman kids' mother just left them one day in a car in a mall parking lot. Their father had also left them as well a long time ago. All they had left was $11, and this was supposed to last them. It was up to thirteen-year-old Dicey, the eldest of four, to take care of everything, make all the decisions, feed them, find places to sleep. But above a...