Hillmanns 13. 1917

THE HILLMANNS OF BROOKLYN

CHAPTER 13

1917

Rose with her daughter, Marian, and both look so happy.

Marian in the lake. Zsa Zsa Gabor, JFK, Dean Martin and Lena Horne were all born in 1917.

Rose and Marian

Herman on the rocks

I believe this is the Hillmanns house on Linden Street in Essex County, New Jersey.

I believe this is Herman's mother's house. She also moved from Brooklyn to New Jersey. She was living in Glen Rock.

Herman's mother, Emma, Rose and Marian. 

Herman working in his mother's garden.

Popular songs in 1917 were "Over There" and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows."

In 1917 the Balfour Doctrine proclaimed British support for the establishment in Palestine of a homeland for the Jewish people.

Marian and Rose amidst the corn.

Grandma Emma is in the background with her granddaughters, Marian, Dorothy and Ruth. Emma had no grandsons. Dorothy and Ruth were Emma's daughter's children. Emma's daughter and her husband divorced. After the divorce these girls were raised by Emma.

Marian with Ruth and Dorothy. It's interesting to me that the girls viewed themselves as having been abandoned by their mother. Their father also lived in New Jersey, but he didn't have anything to do with them either. I learned about Ruth and Dorothy and met descendants through Ancestry.com.

Rose in the garden.

Rose, Marian and Emma in the corn.

I don't think the Hillmanns could let a Summer pass without going to the beach.

Marian and Herman

Does anyone know what they are doing?

Rose and Herman, bathing beauties

Rose is on the right, the woman on the left is unidentified.