Family - 1920s-1940s

Salles Family


My Dad's parents, Frank Salles and Anna Bettencourt, immigrants from the Azores who came through Ellis Island, met and married in California in 1913..


They had 11 children, though only 9 survived passed past their first year of life. 

Frank, Manuel, Bill, Charlie, Lou, & Albert are depicted in the family photo here. Alice, Loretta, and Tony were soon to follow.











Early days on the dairy farm.


















Lou - August 27,1923


 High School Days

 Early Air Cadet Days






McKellar Family


In the southern hemisphere, my Mom's parents, Jorge McKellar and Elvira Villegas, grew up in very different circumstances.  They met in Quintero and Santiago, Chile.

















 

Marta was an only child and grew up in Santiago with summers in the beach town of Quintero.













Marta - September 19, 1928

  
High School Days