Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Sunday, February 24th, 1935


Three generations

Mary's mother comes to visit and the visit nearly scares her to death. I wonder how her mother did that? Mary's mother is Lenora (Wright) Hemminger, a widow. Her husband, Ovella Hemminger, died just a little previous to a year ago, on December 1st, 1933. The grandmother that Lenora is going to visit is her husband's mother, Jennie (Steel) Slane, so on these pages we see reference to three generations.

I once met a woman who was well acquainted with Porter Township, Delaware County where the Hemminger's lived. She got on the phone with her aged father who had been some sort of agri-business salesman and knew everyone. She asked him for me, "Dad, did you know Ovella Hemminger?"

"Wello?" says he, "oh, yeah. Lived on Chambers Road, by the covered bridge." Bing!

The point of the call was to validate what I'd heard about my great-grandfather Ovello Hemminger.

"Dad, was he a bootlegger?" my friend asked.

"Oh, yeah," says he. So there you have it, straight from a personal witness. Prohibition ended just days after his death.

On Sunday the 24th, the shower referenced here is Harry and Richardine's belated wedding shower. But who is Floyd? Any ideas anyone?

2 comments:

  1. Um...wasn't Floyd friends with Ned? Ned Ryerson? Bing!

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  2. I got an email from my Aunt Dorothy who you will find mentioned in this diary frequently as "DJ." She said Floyd is Floyd Weaver. But of course! He was the son of Lloyd's sister Garnie who married Marion Weaver. Marion Weaver was also the brother of Lloyd's first wife, Daisy Weaver. In short, Floyd is a nephew and is around 27 years old at this time.

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