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Grandpa was NOT a Wingwalker (total BS) |
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Basically, Mom and her single mother were poor - lived in boarding houses in Dayton Ohio. Apparently, my Grandma was a bit on the difficult side. They were kicked out of places because of her temperament. I felt sorry, listening to my mother's hardships. Meanwhile, her brother was in the Army Air Corps, stationed in England and occasionally they would get postcards from him that I still have.
After the war, Uncle Bud married a gal from Alabama and they settled in Springfield, Ohio, and had 4 children.
I was always curious, as to why, my Uncle Bud, had a different last name from my mom's maiden name which was Hasenstab. The reason: He legally changed his name to my Grandma's maiden name (Closson) so he could fight the Nazi's. Sounded good enough for me.
After my Mom's death, I was shocked to find, that her father, Edward (Edwin) Joesph Hasenstab, was alive and well when my mom was born in 1934. He was alive and well, when I was born, in Dayton Ohio in 1954. So where the heck was he? He was right there, in Dayton Ohio, living with a woman, he referred to as his wife, Cordelia Martin. He died in 1958.
So, there begins my wall of walls - What happened between him and my Grandma? Were they ever really married? Did they divorce? Was he my Mom's bio dad? Why did Grandma and he wait 16 years, to have another child? Was my Mom's father really a Wingwalker?
Mom was gone. The only living relatives I had left, from my mom's side, were my cousins. Did they know about our mysterious grandfather Hasenstab?
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UPDATE
Turns out Cordelia Martin was his legal wife!
After my cousin, Mike did his DNA, it proved what I was starting to suspect. Hasenstab was no relation to me.
At this time I am unable to find any marriage records between my Grandma and Hasenstab. No divorce records either. My mom told me that she was a protestant and he was a catholic. The families objected. They were married in the Priests study. I'm thinking perhaps she was pregnant with my uncle - Only God knows any of the details. She gave my uncle the last name of Hasenstab - she even wore a diamond wedding ring that I wear today. When my mother was born in 1934, she gave my mom, the last name Hasenstab and listed him as her father.
WOW - So who lied? Definitely my Grandma. Perhaps my Mom knew and I do believe that my half-cousins might know and that is why they want nothing to do with me. I dug and dug and some do not like what I have unearthed. IT might be also that my Grandmas's aunt, would have nothing to do with her. There was some really bad blood in that family.
Obviously, the other questions have been answered.
Grandpa was not a wing walker
They did not "wait" for 16 years to have another child.
Grandma was in her mid 30's - (My mom said she was a menopause baby) More lies and BS.
The bottom line, it's pure family dysfunction that I was happy to expose.
One Note: On Ancestry, I did make some relatives on the Hasenstab family, confused. I told them what I knew at the time and they were shocked. I have since corrected the error and let them know, that it was all lies - and that the only Hasenstab is my uncle and his family.
I guess, all in all, it was fun, sifting through it all and I do feel a sense of relief -
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