hello, both sides of my family were carnees and they traveled all of the usa.i too traveled with them till i was around 6 years of ages, here is a story about my dad,my only hope is to post pictures of my dad and his lost family,
HERE IS A SHORT STORY OF WHAT WAS TOLD TO ME ABOUT MY DAD,MY
DAD WAS KNOWN BY A NICKNAME IN TRAVELING IN FAIRS ECT HIS NICKNAME IS CURLY
.
MOM SAID DAD TOLD HER THAT HE DID SOMETHING WRONGE,TO WERE HIS DAD WAS
GOING TO TURN MY DAD INTO THE POLICE,SO THEY GOT INTO A FIGHT AND MY DAD WAS
KICKED OUT. AGE AROUND 15, 16.
I WAS TOLD BY MY MOM ,THAT DAD HAD GOTTEN INTO A CAR RECK AT THE AGE OF 17 OR 18,
TO WERE DAD WAS IN HOSPITAL FOR 6 MOS, WERE SHE DID NOT KNOW.
MOM FOUND A ADDRESS FOR DADS FAMILY AND DAD FOUND OUT AND HE BEAT HER UP FOR THIS.
MOM SAID SHE THINKS THE ADDRESS WAS IN ST.CLAIR SHORE, MICH,OR IN DETROIT,MICH.MOM SAID WHEN
THE ROITS WERE BAD IN DETROIT,MICH.AND DAD TOLD HER HE SHOULD SEE IF HIS FAMILY WERE OK.
MY DAD USED TO JOKE ABOUT BEING RELATED TO A CAR LOT NAMED, HODGES FOR DODGES INDETROIT,
MICH.I HEARD THERE WAS ON BYE THAT NAME BACK IN THE 50S AND 1960S.
BACK IN THE 1950S DAD IN NORTH CAROLINA DAD HAD THIS LADY TRAVELING WITH HIM AND
SHE HAD A CHILD,THIS CHILD DROWNED AND DAD WAS A SUPECT OF THE DROWNING.
THIS LADIES NAME WAS SUPOSED TO BE CASSIE,CASSY OR CASEY.
THIS LADY WENT WITH MOM AND DAD TO SPARTENBUGE OR GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA.
I WAS BORN IN GREENVILLE,SC.
BACK IN THE 1956 AND 1957 DAD GOT HIS SS NUMBER WHEN DAD WAS 28 (LATE IN LIFE TO GET ONE)
THIS WAS THE YEAR THAT DAD SAVED A MANS LIFE WHEN THIS MAN LAST NAME OWENS FELL OFF
THE LEMOM BAY BRIDGE IN ENGLEWOOD,FL. MOM AND DAD STAYED IB THIS TRAILER PARK THAT THE OWENS
MAN LIVED,TRAILER PARK NAME IS SHADY HAVEN TRAILER PARK, ALL CARNEES WINTERED THERE.
I WENT TO THE SS OFFICE WHEN DAD DIED IN 1988 AND THEY GAVE ME A PRINT OUT ON DADS SS NUMBER ECT.
DADS NAME FRANK CARL HODGE DOB 1-25-1928 IN PHILLADELPHIA,PA HIS PARENTS NAME ON FILE IS
HIS PARENTS NAMES: CARL HODGE AND MARY BROWN
MOM AND DAD MARRIED IN LINCOLNTON, NORTH CAROLINA ,MAY 17 1956
NOW ON MOM AND DADS MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE IT HAS THIS.
DADS NAME FRANK C. HODGE AGE 26 ,RACE WHITE, LIVING IN SUMTER ,SOUTH CAROLINA
SON OF BILL AND IRMA HODGE LIVING IN DETROIT ,MICH.
AS YOU SEE I HAVE NOTHING TO GO ON,MY DAD MY HAVE CHANGED HIS NAME OR TURNED HIS NAME AROUND
AND EVEN DROPPED THE S IN HODGES.
I DO KNOW THAT TRAVELING WITH THE FAIR ALL CARNEES HAD ALABAMA TAGS BECAUSE YOU DIDNT
NEED CAR INS. AND ALABAMA IS WERE MY MOM AND DADS TAGS WERE MAILED TO.
email me tp see pictures,thank you linda
