Tuesday, December 31, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD–He would have been 101 years old today


My Dad was the son of Harry W. Gould & Marie Lindsay.  He was born on New Year’s Eve 1912 in Detroit, Michigan.  He died on 3 Feb 1991 in Trenton, Wayne, Michigan.

Throughout my life it was always a double celebration on New Year’s Eve.  

My Dad loved to laugh and he was a great story teller.  He could remember so many jokes and I never knew how he did it.  

I’m thankful that I went through old family photos with him in the years before he died.  There are many we still hadn’t gotten to and I would give anything to ask him a few questions.

ALWAYS ask your parents & grandparents questions about their families.   Use your smart phone or your tablet and record your conversation or write things down.  You will never regret it.

Here are some pictures from the past.  My grandmother, my Dad’s mother, had an old photo album.  You know, the kind with the black pages.  She and my grandpa took quite a few pictures.  Hard to believe those pictures are 100 years old.

Dad at 3 months_circa March 1913
MY DAD AT 3 MONTHS OLD.  THAT'S MY GRANDMA'S HANDWRITING - Detroit, Michigan
Dad in several pictures when he was 5 months old May 1913
MY DAD AT 5 MONTHS WITH HIS MOM & HIS DAD - Detroit, Michigan

Dad on the running board of his Wm Goulds car_1918
MY DAD AT ABOUT 6 YRS. OLD ON THE RUNNING BOARD OF HIS GRANDFATHER'S CAR

Dad sitting on Uncle Fords lap with his Grandma & parents & aunts & uncles all around_Christmas 1918
MY DAD SITTING ON HIS UNCLE FORD'S LAP WITH HIS PARENTS & AUNT & UNCLES BEHIND HIM - DETROIT, MICHIGAN
GOULD_Diane with her Dad Harry Norman Gould on her birthday in 1981
ME & MY DAD IN 1981, CELEBRATING MY BIRTHDAY - SAN DIEGO, CA.

I miss you Dad.  But, I have many happy memories.

Bye for now,

Michigan Girl aka Norm’s daughter


Copyright © 2013 Diane Gould Hall

2 comments:

  1. Great photos, lovely to have them! All the best for 2014.

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    1. Thanks Dara. Those pictures and other family photos are treasures to me. I hope 2014 is good to you also. And, thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you'll return.

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