THE HILLMANNS OF BROOKLYN
CHAPTER 49
1935
Marian Gets Married
It came down through oral history that Marian Hillmann had a marriage that ended in divorce. Through Ancestry.com I met a descendant of her cousin Dot who had a record that said on August 3, 1935 Marian married Al Hearn in the little church around the corner. I believe this was a wedding picture.
Marian's photo album shows a 1935 trip that began in Washington DC. Four years earlier, in Hillmanns of Brooklyn #43, Rose and Herman took a DC trip without Marian. I opined that was their 25th anniversary trip. I think her parents told her about the wonderful time they had on that trip, so that's where Marian went on her honeymoon. This is the Betty Washington Inn named after George's sister.
Do you wonder what Al Hearn looked like? Me too. He was born in 1896. When he married Marian he was 39 years old. She was 25. The 1930 census showed him living with his mother and brother. He was listed as an advertising salesman, who had been in that occupation since 1925.
My Dad told me never trust a man who is 35 and has never been married. Dad also told me never date, much less marry, a salesman.
Tops songs of 1935 included Cheek to Cheek, On the Good Ship Lollipop and You're the Top.
In 1935 Amelia Earhart flew from Hawaii to California
Adolf Hitler announced German rearmament in violation of the Versailles Treaty, an action that would eventually result in more soldiers in Arlington. It wasn't until 1937 that a guard was stationed at the Tomb of the Unknowns, a continuous guard has been maintained there ever since.
In 1935 Iceland became the first country to legalize abortion on medical grounds. The protestant Viking nations have always been progressive.
In 1935 a riot broke in Harlem, New York City, after a rumor police killed a shoplifter in the S.H. Kress & Co. department store circulated.
Why do I tell you these historic facts? To give you perspective and to show people have always been the same.
On August 14, 1935, which could be the day this picture was taken, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. There was much opposition to this act. Laura Ingalls Wilder vehemently opposed the Social Security Act which is also very interesting considering how the Ingallses went west where the government was giving people free land.
1935 was the year the No Fly Zone over the White House became law.
Remember how he Capit in Havana resembled the US Capital? While in Cuba Marian visited the Maine Monument (Album 47)? Here she is at the Maine Monument in DC. Remember the Maine! Never Forget.
Also in the Summer of 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith. Makes me wonder why we know their names.
1935 also saw the Labor Day Hurricane. It hit the Upper Florida Keys as a Category 5 with 185 mph winds, killing 423 people.
This museum was newly opened in 1935.
Parker Brothers released the game "Monopoly" in time for the Christmas season.
Elvis Presley, Bob Denver, Sonny Bono, Julie Andrews and Woody Allen were born in 1935.
It's really something looking at honeymoon pictures, knowing two people were there and only seeing one Marian enjoyed the trip so much she kept the pictures, but obliterated her husband.
In 1931 Rose and Herman left DC and traveled to Kentucky. In 1935 Marian and Al headed to Virginia Beach.
Marian at the Princess Pat in Virginia Beach
Marian loved tennis (and swimming).
Copies of all the Virginia Beach pictures were donated to the Virginia Beach Historic Society.
Marian on Virginia Beach
Marian wasn't the only Hillmann to take a trip in 1935, Rose went to Savannah, presumably with Herman.
Hillmanns albums come out on Tuesdays.
