Grandpa Bob (Robert Steffen Gill b 2 September 1917 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wis. d 29 Aug 1981West Allis, Milwaukee, Wis) with Helen and Elizabeth Castonguay. All information about the pictures given to me by Grandma Harriet (Bob's wife).Pictures were all in a small photo album. Robert Steffen Gill with Helen and Elizabeth Castonguay
Bob Gill's Uncle Walter Kemp on Ship to Cuba where he worked managing a Sugar Plantation. As Bob's father had passed away and his mother was in a hospital Bob was raised by his sisters Bea and Hazel and their husbands and his Uncle Will and his wife. A lot of his time was spent with Bea and Walter. During a part of his life he also lived in an orphanage.
Bob(dark shirt in between two little ones) with mother Mary Jane Easton Gill (b. 7 Sept 1874 Collin, Gorthorwald D, Scotland d. 18 July 1943 Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) right behind him in the white dress. The person to the left (looking at the picture) of Bobby is his older sister Hazel Louise Gill Jenske (b 21 April 1898 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) with, I'm thinking, her little boy also named Bob (Robert Francis Jenske b. 11 July 1922 - died of polio in Hawaii during WW II). The person to the right with the curly haired little one is his older sister Beatrice Matilda Gill Kemp (b 3 April 1893 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I don't know who the child is, nor anyone else in the picture.
"And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers..." Malachi 4:6
I grew up with a Mother who honored this God, this country and family. She instilled in me a desire to do the same as she shared stories of the heroes involved in each.
I was blessed with two grandmothers who shared many stories of family!
I loved sitting at the table in my Mother In Law's home and hearing stories of my husbands family!
It is my goal - with this blog - to share these with you!
As memory is an interesting thing - please feel free to add your memories - they will probably be different than mine!
If there is a picture or story I want to share re: someone who is still with us I will connect with them for permission before I share!
Happy day - Karen
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