Depression refugees from Iowa

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12/29/2011

Depression refugees from Iowa

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of father's ill health. Father an auto mechanic laborer, painter by trade, tubercular. Family has been on relief in Arizona but refused entry on relief roles in Iowa to which state they wish to return. Nine children including a sick four-month-old baby. No money at all. About to sell their belongings and trailer for money to buy food.

Date & Place: August 1936 in New Mexico United States of America

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LeAnne Bolton 2 favorites

04/16/2016

Wonder what happened to them.

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Elaine Schlemmer 1 follower 17 favorites

03/12/2022

well im still trying to figure out how to start my family tree here.

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Elaine Schlemmer

well /Im still kicking~ been disabled since i was 26, worked for a paint factory that poisoned my nervous system.
my mother passed in jan 1 2018, my dad 2007, i have 2 kids, Dawneen Christian Graham, and David Duwayne Graham

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