Yarnall Genealogy
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| The beginning - a wife and two sons - loss of
one - Yeadon, PA Tom (nicknamed Redbird because of his auburn wavy hair) married Mary Louise Palm on November 12, 1931 before a Justice of the Peace in East Lansdowne, PA. She was 17 and he was 20. He continued to play football for the St. Charles Church team. Their first residence was an apartment in Yeadon, PA for a few years. Their firstborn arrived on April 14, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA. Their second child, Samuel Palm Yarnall, was born on August 1, 1935. He died when he was only 2 months old on September 30, 1935. Another son - separation - Clifton Heights and Darby, PA After Sam's death Tom and Mary moved in with Tom's parents at 126 Berkley Avenue in Clifton Heights, PA. Their third child, Robert Harvey, was born on October 26, 1937. In 1938 we were living in a house a half mile away at 126 Church Street in Clifton Heights. Tom and Mary separated for about a year in the 1939-1940 timeframe when I was in the second grade. My mother supposedly lived with the Syphard family at 536 Pine Street, Darby, PA. She was not listed in the 1940 census for Darby or for Clifton Heights. According to that census Dad was making a rather good income as a cigarette machine operator. My mother's Uncle Harvey helped him get that job.
Next we moved to an apartment on Maple Terrace in Clifton Heights right next to my grade school when I was in the 4th and 5th grades. That is where we lived when my third brother, William John, was born on July 3, 1942. Soon after he was born I became the only case of scarlet fever in Delaware County during the fall and winter of 1942-43. I actually had a double case because of a relapse. My brothers Bob and Bill had to live with other families during my extended illness. Dad got a job as a machinist at the Sun Ship Company during the war. He got a deferrement from the draft because of the size of his family. In 1942 Uncle John went into the Marines and Uncle Bill went into the Army. Making progress - a daughter at last - Springfield, PA My sister, Sue Ann Florence, was born on April 30, 1944 around the time we got our new house at 25 School Lane in Springfield, PA. In 1950 we took some Easter pictures at School Lane. That was my most enjoyable home as a child. Our household information will be in the census data for 1950 when it is available to the public. There is a 72-year delay for such releases of information to the public. In 2022 I do not expect to be alive (age 90) to see it. Our other households on Berkley Avenue, Church Street, and Maple Terrace will not be in any census data. We have a blurred picture of one Christmas at 25 School Lane. Dad became a bartender after the war. Here is a picture with his daughter and a very small fish they caught. Two more moves - Springfield, PA and Upper Providence, PA (final straw) My folks moved to 477 Hawarden Road in Springfield, PA when I was at college. They moved to 830 Pickering Lane in Upper Providence, PA when I was in the Army. That part-fab house was built by my mom, my dad, my uncle Bill, brother Bob, and brother Bill. The pressure of this move caused a lot of tension and resulted in a divorce for my folks in 1962. Their 31 years of marriage could not be salvaged. I was very upset by this. Just 8 years earlier they were very happy and proud at my college graduation. Just four years earlier they were very happy at my wedding. Aunt Sarah said she expected it. I did not see much of my dad after that. This was not the way it should have been because he was a good influence on my work ethic. He always worked hard and pushed me to do likewise. He was not scholarly, but he was always supportive in finding job opportunities for me. He got up early after working very late to make lunches for me as I got ready to go to many of my jobs. I have no idea where the 1960 census will show them living. My wife and I had moved to 313 31st Street in Altoona, PA in 1960. We were not aware of the marital turmoil that my parents were experiencing. |
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