Early Childhood and Family Background Part I

I guess I was supposed to do this as a section??? Seems too big but I will see how it works. Of course I already started with some singular items so those I will say refer to previous blog on

Parents and Family

What is your full name? Refer to previous blog

Did you have a nickname? how did you get it? My mom used to call me, "beaner" when we lived in CA. I used to get so dark I was black she said. I know they call Mexicans that, so I thought she was calling me Mexican, but she said I looked black like a bean. Although that may have been a coverup lol. She called me Kimmer too. No story behind that one. I do not recall dad calling me anything specific, friends either.

Where and where were you born?  I was born in Long Beach CA at the Long Beach Memorial Hospital on June 4, 1964, I believe it was a Friday. Nope, just looked it up, was a Thursday, so much for that belief!

June 4, 1964 (Thursday)

• The first Soviet communications satellite, Molniya-1 No.2, was launched at 05:00 UTC, on a Molniya8K78 carrier rocket, from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.^[14] A motor circuit in the servo controlling the core stage throttle failed 104 seconds into the flight, resulting in the throttle becoming jammed closed and the fuel supply to the engines being stopped.^[15][16] Prior to the release of information about its mission, NASA had incorrectly identified the launch of Molniya-1 No.2 as a failed attempt to launch a Zond spacecraft on a circumlunar technology demonstration mission, and assigned it the placeholder designation Zond 1964A.^[17]
• The crossing of telephone and television lines in the A. T. & T. coaxial cable system caused a disruption for 18 million television viewers across the United States who heard "what may have been the most widely disseminated telephone conversation since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone". At 8:13 p.m. Eastern time, people who were watching the NBC television network and a rerun of the series Temple Houston, were surprised by two "unsuspecting callers" who were "as nearly as anyone could tell, two women carrying on a friendly conversation somewhere in New York state". Engineers stopped the interference three minutes later, but at 8:45, more of the discussion was heard nationwide by even more viewers tuned into NBC for Dr. Kildare and to ABC for My Three Sons, along with the sound of both programs.^[18]
• The Beatles began their first, and only, world concert tour starting with a performance at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, and a second concert two days later at a concert hall in the village of Blokker, Netherlands, followed by visits to Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. Because drummer Ringo Starrwas hospitalized for acute tonsillitis, Jimmie Nicol took his place for the first eight shows on the tour.^[19]
• The failing Rolls Razor company's account with Barclays Bank was overdrawn by £485,000. Despite this, John Bloom, managing director persuaded the company's board of directors to pay out dividends of £209,719.^[20]
• Israel and the European Economic Community signed a trade agreement in Brussels. Present at the Ravenstein Hall at the Palais des Congres were Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir, foreign trade minister Akiva Govrin, Israel's representative to the EEC Amiel Najar, President of the Commission of the Community Walter Hallstein, and Belgian deputy foreign minister Henri Fayat.^[21]
• Turkey's Prime Minister İnönü outlined his nation's plan for invading Cyprus in a discussion with U.S. Ambassador Raymond A. Hare, explaining that the mission would simply be to occupy part of the island nation, allowing Greece to occupy the other one-half, and having the United Nations peacekeeping force remain between the two zones. Hare asked İnönü to delay the operation by 24 hours so that he could report back to President Johnson.^[6]
• The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 189, condemning military incursions into Cambodia.

Tell about your parents or your family background.    Well, my parents were Carolyn Dagmar Bertha Petersen and Lawrence Roland Crawford. Dad was in the Navy, his best friend was David Harold Peyton...and the rest is history!!  Mom was married to Merritt Will and had 3 girls, then married Larry and had me, then married Dave and they are still together today. They were married when I was 3, about to be 4.

Where was your family originally from?  Larry was born in South Dakota I believe (& I am not looking that up tonight) and mom was born in Nebraska. They both lived in MN when they met. Dave was from Oregon. He and Larry met in Long Beach, both in the Navy and stationed at the Naval Ship yard there. As far as family history, please see my ancestors here, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/KWZJ-TWT/landscape
If you need help I am more than happy to help. I love genealogy and finding stories about ancestors. I was hoping to stay in Houston long enough to pick Michael's brain, but I do not have time with school, and I do not know how long I will stay after I am done, so we will see.

What did your parents do for a living? Did you contribute to the family income or help parents in their work in any way?  Mom work for McDonald Douglas before I understood that. She was also the secretary for my elementary school (and Barrie drove the school bus) When we moved to Oregon, mom did not work per dads request I guess. She tried working once but did not make enough to pay for the extra taxes required in the new bracket. Dad worked at the shipyard in CA, and was the head electrician at the Bonneville Dam in Cascade Locks OR forever. He never missed a day of work that I ever knew about or remembered. He had to cross to the WA  side to get to work at times when the gorge was snowed in, then his guys would call in and say they could not get there. Dad would laugh and say, I did, and I live close to you. Larry worked at the shipyard, did 3 tours in the Vietnam War, Bay of Pigs, etc. then moved to Lucerne Valley and dug wells for a living. I helped around the house, I do not remember specifics, but kitchen, trash etc. nothing big. Had a job at The Ranch drive in as soon as I could work, then went to Ben Franklin Variety Store before I left town.

OK, I will make a part 2 of this one...must get back to home work, 5 more days and 3.5 hours until I am a college graduate!!