Hillmanns 59 1941 Married

THE HILLMANNS OF BROOKLYN

CHAPTER 59

1941

Wedding, Jekyl Island and Lake George

In June of 1941 Marian married Will Lindquist. They honeymooned in Jekyl Island, Georgia and visited Lake George later in the Summer.

Marian and Will ice skating in 1941.

 It was Marian's second marriage, and Will's first.

 I don't know who the man is, but I am sure that's Mary Behrens who was in San Francisco with Marian in 1937 (Hillmanns 54). I wonder if Mary was also a New Yorker getting divorced in Reno in 1937? Or had Mary been a friend before that and accompanied Marian to Reno for the Summer for her divorce? Did Mary also teach school?

Mary Behrens from Album #54 in San Francisco in 1937 during the Divorce Trip.

Do you see the pattern?  In 1931 Herman and Rose took a trip alone to DC (#43). Marian followed with her 1935 honeymoon (#50). Marian saw her parents off on their trip to Savannah in 1936 (#51), so off she goes to Jekyll Island for Honeymoon #2.

Was this Marian's first trip in a plane?

The newlyweds

In 1941 Chattanooga Cho Cho was a hit song.

Cheerios came out, as CheeriOats

1941 births include Joan Baez, Neil Diamond, Dick Cheney, Ryan O’Neal, Helen Reddy, Beau Bridges, and Ann-Margret

Charles Lindbergh advocated for the United States to enter into a neutrality pact with Hitler.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt criticized Lindbergh by comparing him to the Copperheads of the Civil War period. In response, Lindbergh resigned his commission in the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve

Marian and Will married in June of 1941.  That same month Albania declared war on the Soviet Union.  In July Japan called up One Million Men for military service.  No one knew it then, but Will's brother, Evert, would end up serving in that war that was coming.

In July of 1941 under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring orders S.S. General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question".

August 18, 1941 Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic euthanasia of the mentally ill and handicapped due to protests. However, graduates of the T-4 Euthanasia Program are then transferred to concentration camps, where they continue in their trade.

September 1941 The requirement to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas.

At a September 11, 1941 rally in Des Moines Charles Lindbergh, accuses "the British, the Jewish, and the Roosevelt administration" of leading the United States toward war. October 1941 saw the Disney release of the movie "Dumbo".

On December 2, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

This is Will's mother, Martha. She spent ten days in the same cabin at Lake George every Summer.

This is Martha in Sweden in the early 1920s (during a visit) at a Swedish Summer Resort. It looks like Lake George doesn't it?

The newlyweds with Martha.

Here they are with Martha's friend, Inga. Almost all of Martha's friends were other Swedish immigrants.

Marian became pregnant in August of 1941.

Martha, on the right, is with her friend Ruth, also a Swedish immigrant.

While Marian spent the summer with the Lindquists, her parents, Rose and Herman, vacationed in Maine.

This is Rose and Herman's postcard to their daughter.  This is the only communication we have between them in all 60 albums. Don't they speak to each other just as you thought they would? Hillmanns albums come out on Tuesday. Join us next week when it's 1942 and Marian has her baby.

CONMEN AND KARMA

            Once upon a time there was a Lady with millions of dollars.  She was not always rich.  She and her husband were hard workers.  Her husband died.  Lady discovered her husband’s best friend had been conning him out of substantial money.  The only ability Lady had to recover any money was through a mortgage Husband gave Conman to buy a house.  Lady sued Conman for all the money he owed, including foreclosure.

            Lady received a judgment that said Husband was defrauded.  Lady also recovered the house.  It was a spectacular house, until you got inside.  It was rotten.  The roof leaked for a long time, rotting the structure.  This was how Conman maintained his beautiful home for which he had not paid a dime of his own money.

            While going through the house Lady found a letter from a clergyman.  Conman volunteered at church.  It was a To-Whom-It-May-Concern letter recommending Conman for his character, virtue and integrity.  Clergyman was sent a copy of the judgment.  Lady sold the house as a tear down.

            Conman filed for bankruptcy to get rid of Lady’s judgment.  Lady’s attorney told Lady to hire a bankruptcy attorney to pass the judgment through bankruptcy intact because it was procured by fraud.  Lady declined to spend any more money, though she had multiple millions.

            Lady lived for years and prospered.  One day her attorney was in her house and noticed Lady had a framed magazine cover in the living room.  Lady and her Husband were on the cover.  It said how brilliant they were.  The magazine was published years earlier by Conman.  Attorney commented it was odd Conman’s handiwork was on the wall.  Lady liked it, reminded her of the good old days.

            Lady and her attorney were close.  Lady had all manner of business concerns.  Attorney helped her.  As Lady came to the end of her life a distant relative came into town to take care of her.  Attorney was troubled by a meeting with Lady and her relative.  Attorney went back to her office and asked another attorney, the one who introduced her to Lady, to go out to the house with her next time.  Attorney thought the relative was stealing from Lady.  Both attorneys went to the house. Both believed relative was conning Lady.  Both attorneys called Lady’s niece imploring her to come down and help Lady.  Niece did not come.  She trusted her relative. 

            Lady died.  Her estate plan was changed just prior to her death.  Attorney was no longer involved.  Two years later Niece called Attorney, said she had important news, “You were right.  He stole all the money.”  Attorney responded, “When you said it was important I thought you were going to tell me your relative was dead.”  Niece said no, he wasn’t dead.  Attorney said she already knew the man stole the money.  She tried warn Niece.

Hillmann 58 1940

THE HILLMANNS OF BROOKLYN

CHAPTER 58

1940

Marian skates into the next phase of her life.

On the left is Will, and on the right is Dave. These two men were part of a group that purchased a tennis court in the Bronx, so they could always play. By 1940 Marian was an entrenched part of this group, as we can see from the last two albums. Dave was the group's tennis pro, and best player. For awhile he was also Marian's boyfriend, but then she cast her eye on Will.

This is Will with his parents. His father, Elias, was born in Finland, but was of Swedish descent. His mother, Martha, was born in Sweden. Will was born in Manhattan. This picture was taken on a visit to Sweden

Tennis and swimming were among Marian's favorite things.  They were also among Will's favorite things.

Like Marian's father, Herman, who worked for a boiler company his entire life, Will also worked for one company his entire life, the Bradley Mahoney Coal Corporation in the Bronx.  Will's job was just across the Harlem River from his parents' home in Manhattan, which is where Will lived.

Will's family lived in a rent-controlled apartment at 51st and First in an area of Manhattan called Beakman's Place. Marian lived with her parents in Port Washington.  Both of them worked in the Bronx.

Hillmanns albums come out every Tuesday and yes, next week, Marian and Will get married, be sure to check it out.

Hillmanns 57 1939

THE HILLMANNS OF BROOKLYN

CHAPTER 57

1939

It's 1939.  Marian turned 30 in November.  She got divorced in 1937.  We are no longer seeing the lovely albums of Marian and her parents and gone are the great family trips.  Marian's biological clock is ticking.

Jim and Marian

Jim

Jim, Dave and Unknown

Jim and Nakos

Marian hugging someone.

Fishing trip with Suzy

Unknown man on the fishing trip

Catch of the day

Is that Marian?  Looks like it could be.

These pictures are so small because this is their actual size.

Hillmanns albums come out on Tuesdays. Next week it's 1940 and we are meeting Marian's new boyfriend.