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The Canadian Twins

April 2, 2016 / lorettawillems / 3 Comments

My father left home to make his way in the world sometime in January or early February of 1933. He was eighteen years old and restless. He said he borrowed a dollar from his young uncle, Jack Zimmerman, and caught a freight train going to Los Angeles where his oldest brother, Nick, was working on … Continue reading The Canadian Twins

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