Pearl and Baby David Hanson

1947 Washington, D.C.

26 Oct 1947

Rudy With His 1st Baby Boy

1947 Valley Forge, PA

2 Nov 1947 Rudy holding David Hanson

This is the original Church used by the soldiers during the battle of Valley Forge 2 Nov 1947
Rudy and David 

Family Photos

Back: Pearl Mieske Hanson, Alma Mieske Kelly, Mom Mieske
Front: David Hanson, Tim Kelly, Rudy Hanson

Rudy, David and Pearl at 555 Hudson Ave

Pearl, Rudy and David

Jackson Citizen - Introducing New Jacksonians

Pearl's Family

Pearl's Mom: Amalie, Pearl's sister: Alma, Pearl, and Rudy holding David Hanson

Rudy, Alma's husband: Phil Kelly, Phil's mom: Enid, Alma and Pearl
3 children: Tim Kelly, David and Doug Hanson

Abt 1969 Hamster Tracks?

Our home partially burned one day and the entire home was filled with soot. What a mess. When the fire department left and we were able to wander through the house, we noticed hamster tracks in a long trail. We ran to the top of the upstairs to find Puffy #?? still wired in his cage.

The funny thing about these tracks were that they were on the ceiling. It was clear that little feet with a touch of the little tail dragging behind them made the tracks, but we to this day do not know how they got there? Maybe one of the previous Puffy’s came to visit?

Abt 1960-70 Puffy (Budsk)

My brother Dave liked hamsters. He called him “Puffy”. Puffy was an escape artist. He would push open the snap lock on the wire cage and take off for the hills. Puffy 1, I think, bit the dust when he was wandering around the house and got under the couch I was sleeping on (When I was about 5 years old). Dave lifted the edge of the couch up to see where Puffy went and dropped it back on top of #1.

I cannot remember which one of the 17 (one at a time) Puffy it was, but Dave, Dar, Doug and I were playing army with one of them when Dave decided to use Silly Putty for a saddle to stick the army guy on to. It worked great until it was time to take it off. Fur and putty stick really well together! The vet said it was not worth trying to take the putty off. Just raise the number on the next Puffy!

David Grant Hanson

Dave Hanson (oldest child of Rudy and Pearl) home on leave 1969

Dave and Dar with our Great Grandma Mieske

Dave & Baby Darlene Hanson with Great Grandma Julia Mieske about 1952 at their dairy farm in Midland Michigan

Thanksgiving on Pioneer Drive

Our front yard in winter

Our backyard in winter 

FROM DAR HANSON, daughter and 2nd child of Rudy and Pearl Hanson)

(Pioneer Drive Thanksgivings included Rudy, Pearl, Dave, Dar, Doug,
Darrell and later Dean Hanson/Uncle Phil, Aunt Alma, cousins Tim, April
& Bridget Kelly- PEARL & ALMA are sisters...)

MY MEMORIES:

-Us kids sledding at the "canyon" before dinner...(back when it snowed big in November!)

-Those toasty hugs from mom coming in from the cold...

-Dad wiggling the turkey legs to test for doneness.. he always said "just how I like it- falling apart!" (yah swede)

-Mom scouring the house into oblivion the week before (das German).

-The 'kids table' that you never seem to graduate from..."maybe next year" Aunt Alma sympathized...

-The chairs all matched with a piano bench here, & a phone book there....

-"Helping" mom pick out the linens from the linen closet...

-Dad hauling out the extra "table leaves" from the front hall closet...

-Mom's "golden wheat" pattern on the good dishes...

-Itchy sweaters....

-Aunt Alma & cousins Ape and Brigee bringing the DEE- licious pies made all the way from scratch...

-Uncle Phil's cool car where the doors opened like a limosine!

-The roasting bird driving us nuts...how the adults tortured us kids by "visiting" for what seem like HOURS before we could dig in...(if we had it our way, we'd just knock each other on the shoulder, show off any new toys and EAT..)

What are YOUR childhood memories?? 

"THE KID'S TABLE"  MY COUSINS BRIDGET KELLY, APRIL KELLY (ALMA'S GIRLS) & DAR HANSON- THANKSGIVING ABOUT 1968

 "THE MIESKE SISTERS" PEARL MIESKE HANSON & ALMA MIESKE KELLY- LATE 60'S

 MY FATHER RUDY DOING THE DISHES- PIONEER DRIVE

L to R STANDING: GRANDMA MIESKE, APRIL KELLY,  TIM KELLY, DAVE HANSON, MOM PEARL HANSON, DOUG HANSON, OUR UNCLE PHIL KELLY (ALMAS HUBBY)- BOTTOM SEATED L to R: BRIDGET KELLY, DEAN HANSON, AUNT ALMA KELLY &  DARRELL HANSON- THANKSGIVING PIONEER DR. ABOUT 1967

L TO R: RUDY HANSON, OUR UNCLE ROBERT HANSON, OUR COUSIN TIM KELLY, HIS DAD OUR UNCLE PHIL KELLY- FRONT DOUG HANSON, DARRELL HANSON- THANKSGIVING ABOUT 1965 ON PIONEER DRIVE.

 FROM BOTTOM TO LEFT: APRIL KELLY, BRIDGET KELLY, DAVE HANSON, DEAN HANSON (IN HIGH CHAIR), TIM KELLY & DARRELL HANSON- THANKSGIVING ON PIONEER DRIVE ABOUT 1967..

MOM EVEN KINDA LOOKED LIKE LUCY...

CONTRIBUTED BY DAR HANSON- this is how Mom "saw" it...

When Rudy and Pearl were young and my brother Dave was a toddler, they lived for awhile in one of those little silver round edged airstream trailers. it had abreviated versions of all the amenities, including a little couch. Mom had been pouring over magazines advertising the new "sectional" couches- apparently all the rage of that era. One day Pearl thought she'd "surprise" Rudy with her own version..they didn't have the money (or the space), so she decided to cut the couch in half, sew fabric over the raw ends and put a lamp in the middle. (like a Lucy episode). So mom started sawing away and Dave kept saying, "I don't think dad's going to like it"...(at this point of the storytelling, mom is

laughing and dad is glaring at her). She said dad came home from a long day at the plant and just stared at the couch, trying to compute what he was seeing...mom was sitting on one of the "sections" READING A MAGAZINE! the rest is history...

We're Haven' a Baby!

CONTRIBUTED BY DAR HANSON

Here's a good one about when Dave was born (Rudy and Pearl Hanson's first child)..as told to me by Mom.

When Pearl & Rudy were expecting their first baby they were both really just kids themselves...

One morning (when Pearl was very due) they were happily having breakfast together when suddenly her water broke all over the kitchen floor. Now mind you my father Rudy was a cool cucumber- the "go to" guy- the man with the answers- our protector...

well he came completely unglued (again like the lucy episode). Mom said he was rushing around in circles & when they finally got her and her suitcase in the car Dad drove her (get this)... to WORK! (he KNEW how to get THERE).. she said he pulled into a parking spot, threw it in park and just looked at her- then he threw it in drive and drove downtown to the hospital- neither of them said a word....

he'd had a lot of practice since that first one- by the time Dean came around he was the epitome of that cool cucumber we knew so well... here's a pic of Mom and Dave about 1947 or '48...

and the rest is history...

A Darrell Memory

So this is a bit long, but very enjoyable to read. You'll have to click on each "picture" to make it big enough to see. No date mentioned as to when Darrell wrote this. I can safely assume 1978.

The Rudy & Pearl Hanson Family

With spouses and grandchildren