My grandfather was born in 1906 in Leonard, Fannin County, TX....In his younger days he worked at the cotton gin in Bonham, Fannin County, TX. He did not relocate to CA until 1965 with the VA Hospital. He learned to be a plumber and that was his profession for the rest of his working days. He is now back here in TX and is 94 years old. I do not know if this is what you are interested in, but there are other relatives that moved to CA at several points and time from the north central TX area. Some from ARK were fiddlers and one decendant's son is a state representative there in CA. We have worked on alot of genealogy on both of my maternal grandparents families. What is it you want to know....Cheri Duncan -----Original Message----- From: jasson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 11:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ARMADISO-L] Fw: [OKROOTS] dust bowl migrants to california ----- Original Message ----- From: "jasson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:28 AM Subject: [OKROOTS] dust bowl migrants to california > My name is Jason Holtermann I am 23 years old and attending college. I am working on my senior theses research paper. My grandfather was born in Oklahoma in 1920 and in 1935 his family moved to California. They like most other dust bowl migrants found work in the fields in the central valley picking fruit and so forth. During the war my grandfather joined the navy. What I am looking for is other dust bowl migrants or their descendants who came to California from the dust bowl region of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas. I am interested in the work they did when they arrived in California, the work they did during the depression, and the work they did during the war. Those who respond to this message please email me directly. There is no need to bother the rest of the list with my request. If you know of anybody or you subscribe to other lists that might help me please respond, I need as much input as I can get for this survey. Thank You, Jason. > > > ==== OKROOTS Mailing List ==== > ==== ARMADISO Mailing List ==== ~~~~~~~~~~Visit the ARGenWeb Archives~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ar/arfiles.htm