Mom Migrations

My mother ( Marjorie Ann Knickerbocker) was born in Minnesota but eventually moved to California. Before marrying my father ( Peter Richard Wainer) she lived with her sister Helen, her husband ( John O. Vesterby), and another sister Eleanor Knickerbocker in Los Angeles. When I was very young I remember going to Aunt Helen and Uncle John’s house and being fascinated by their backyard rose garden and the fact that it was a two story house with an easy way to the roof. I remember no one would actually let me up on the roof by myself, but as a young kid, it was pretty intriguing.

In going over some old emails, I ran into one from Shirley that had a picture of the old house with my Aunt Eleanor standing in front of it. I was also able to track the address down from 1960 voter registration rolls in LA County. One of these days I’ll have to hop up that way and take a current picture. The one in Google maps isn’t quite the thing.

Wainer fun with the 1950 Census part 2

Here’s my Aunt Alice Wainer in 1950. At this point in her life she is still going by the first name of Olga and is working as a secretary.

Wainer fun with the 1950 Census part 1

This one was a little hard to figure out. It shows my father Peter R. Wainer and my Grandfather William Wainer, but lists them as brother-in-law and father-in-law. They seem to be in their own dwelling. The people listed right above them are not related to us in any way. Weird. Then I looked farther up. It shows Uncle Warren Albert, his wife Jennie (Wainer) Albert and their children David, Richard, Nancy, and Sandra. Wondering if this was an apartment that Uncle Warren and Aunt Jennie owned ?