Today I will do a short family history for the younger family members...Starting with our Mother (Mona's mother)...
Blanche Parkin was married at 16, had 2 girls, Loraine and Barbara, divorced and married Joe (Elmer) Ashton in 1930 in the midst of the "Great Depression."...Joe made his living then, as a cowboy, and a coal miner...After an accident in the coal mine that left him disabled for 3 years, he got a settlement from the mine company, and the family hoping to make a new start, bought a small farm in Porterville, Utah...During this time Joe was unable to work, Blanche raised and sold chickens to keep the family fed...She must have had some help from family and they were able to pay off their debts with some of the settlement, before leaving Wyoming...Some of this history is told by Loraine in Aunt Peggy's (Blanches' sister) book "Precious Gems." Your Grandma Mona has a copy.
In 1940 the family moved to Porterville, where Joe worked the small acreage, and other jobs for wages to feed the family...They purchased milk cows and sold milk for additional cash flow...During the 10 years in Porterville, Loraine, Barbara and George finished school, got married and started families...I arrived on the scene and Mona started school and had blossomed into a teenager, when Mom and Daddy decided to move to Idaho...Mona was not happy about this decision...She was in 8th grade, that was the only school she had known, had good friends and didn't want to start her high school years in a new school...But move we did...The following photos' are from the years in Porterville, Utah...Many Hugs and Love to the Park Family....OWAV:)
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