Since the depression keeps getting brought up, I thought I'd ask what people's families did during the depression.
My parents were children during the depression, my dad was born in 1923 (1924 if you ask his cousins) and my mom in 1932.
Mom's parents: grandma was a nurse who helped other people for free, grandpa managed a saw mill (Lived in Everett, WA)
Dad's parents: grandpa was a fireman on a train, and the family lived in railroad housing. great-grandpa was a section foreman. (Echo, Ut; current population probably in the 100s)
dh mom's parents: milkman (lived in Minneapolis)
My parents were children during the depression, my dad was born in 1923 (1924 if you ask his cousins) and my mom in 1932.
Mom's parents: grandma was a nurse who helped other people for free, grandpa managed a saw mill (Lived in Everett, WA)
Dad's parents: grandpa was a fireman on a train, and the family lived in railroad housing. great-grandpa was a section foreman. (Echo, Ut; current population probably in the 100s)
dh mom's parents: milkman (lived in Minneapolis)