Remembering the year 1924 ~ What was it like back then? My Mom was born…….

Today, October 3rd would have been my Mom’s 92nd birthday.  I thought I would take a look at her birth year and see what things were like “back then.”

First of all, my Dad was 12 years old in 1924.

My grandparents Joseph Albert Milne and Florence Bowden Milne would have been 41 and 36, respectively.  My mother was their last child of 4, and apparently, a surprise.

Here’s some trivia about 1924.

• The first Olympic Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France
• Vladimir Lenin dies.  Stalin becomes ruler and holds the position until his death in 1953
• The Boston Bruins host the Montreal Maroons in the very 1st NHL game played in the U.S.
• The United States grants full citizenship to American Indians (what took them so long?)
• The gas chamber is first used for an execution
• Former President Woodrow Wilson dies in his sleep, age 67.
• Life expectancy was 54.1 years
• The President was Calvin Coolidge
• The Nobel prize was not awarded in 1924

COST OF LIVING IN 1924 (how things have changed)
New house – $7,720
Average annual income – $2,196
New car – $265
Tuition to Harvard University – $250 per year
Gasoline - 11¢ per gallon
First class postage - 2¢ each
Gallon of milk - 54¢
Loaf of bread - 9¢

SOME OF THE WELL KNOWN PEOPLE BORN IN THIS YEAR

• Don Knotts – July 21
• Jimmy Carter – October 1
• Doris Day – April 3
• Marlon Brando – April 3
• George H.W. Bush – June 12

Music & Movie Favorites
Movies – Thundering Hoofs, A Sainted Devil with Rudolph Valentino, Beau Brummel and The Thief of Bagdad

Music – Breakin’ Em Down by Eubie Blake, Tea for Two by Harlan Lattimore and Lady Be Good by George Gershwin

Sources for this information was lots of Googling

Do you have a year you’d like to look more closely at?  Maybe this would be a good theme for Randy Seaver’s Genea-Musings, Saturday Night Fun?

Happy Birthday Mom,

Michigan Girl

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WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY ACTIVITY ON MY BLOG THIS PAST MONTH

As genealogists we share a lot of information with one another.  Our struggles to break down those brick walls, questions about where to look for a particular record, seminars and webinars that have broadened our horizons, the happy dance when we find something really good …. or break down a brick wall.

In this case I want to share a sad moment…… I lost my Mom, Patricia Anne Milne Gould Cornelius, last month.  She was 91 yrs. 5 mos. and 9 days old.  A very long life.  She struggled with her health over the past 10 years and particularly over the past 5.  She went peacefully and quickly.  Something we all hope for.
 
Our relationship was complicated.  Sometimes very good and other times not very good.  But through all of it, I never quit making sure she was cared for and safe, and she never quit worrying about me.  We did love each other very much.

My Dad died 25 years ago.  I’d forgotten, I guess, how very difficult it is to lose a parent.  Maybe we forget because it’s better than remembering.

I lost all interest in my research and writing my blog, until just this past week.  Yes, there was that post about the colored pedigree chart of birth places, but that was a fill in the blank exercise, not something I had to create.

I’m not over the hurt yet, but I am ready to get back to my writing and my research.  Ron and I are taking a two week vacation (planned since last year).  When I return I hope to take that journey with all of you again as I explore the world of mine and my husband’s ancestors.  I hope you’ll join me.

Very sincerely,

Michigan Girl

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