Major World Events
Kathleen and Richard entered the world
Robert was already here.
WWII srarted in Europe.
The Great Depression was still with us
My parents moved us to Cleveland, Ohio
where I lived until 1946, then we moved to Akron, Ohio
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| Kathleen Minnie Nitz (McDowell) was born in this house, 1360 Lenora Ave, Akron, OH on January 8, 1932. We spent a while looking around the yards but house was unoccupied so could not get invited in. |
Kathleen's Dancing Mother | |
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| Six month old Kathleen and her mother I met them about 16 years later |
Cloyd Everett McDowell "MAC" A rare young view. My father was born in Semour, Iowa. Kathleen and I ate breakfast there one morning. Semour is a few miles east of Garden Grove. | |
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| My great grandmother Jane Taylor Barbour |
Garden Grove,Iowa My great grandmother Jane Taylor Barbour 1847-1940.
Jane Barbour was married to a John Barbour so very likely
she lived on this John Barbour Farm in Garden Grove Iowa.
The area is a treasure trove of my ancestors history. Of course that could be said of other parts of Iowa also. |
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| Kathleen is 3 1/2 . | Kathleen is two
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| Brothers Robert and Richard
probably in Iowa, Could be an early Cleveland picture. |
The Nitz Kids: Virgil 10-Paul 7-
Kathleen 3,
Elizabeth 7 months, 509 Summer Street, Akron,OH Not sure if summer or sumner I did go by there once |
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This is Mary Sink. The mother of Isabel Sink of the famous Neal Sink Farm where I spent parts of 5 summers during WWII. I never met her I did meet her husband who was once Mayor of Van Wert Iowa the PO address of the farm. Her name on the back of this picture cleared up to me ,with the help of my son, the McDowell connection to the farm Mary Ellen Barbour Hastings Nellie Barbour McDowell was my Grandmother So sisters helped bring me there.  |
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| Obviously this picture was taken at about the same time and place as the picture above. | ||
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| Virgil and Paul Nitz, Brothers of my wife Kathleen many years later. Not sure who the young girl is. |
Kathleen Nitz and brother Paul in the middle The ones on either side could be their relatives or friends. Knowing it is a Nitz related picture is was what was needed. |
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| Kathleen 1935
She in Akron, Richard in Cleveland |
Correct or incorrect The back of the pix has ureadable writing, It says Lois Paul Kathleen and other names the number stamp is similiar Until another studies all these pictures I declare all the multiple person pictures on this page to be McD or Nitz groups. |
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| Here we see Mother Elsie Nitz with three of her chiildren.Paul, Kathleen and Elizabeth. Wait, one must not neglect mentioning the fish. |
The picture says Robert McDowell and Curt Jouse bathing at cottage. > (This is how I bathed on the farm) |
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 Aunt Minnie, Paul, Kathleen and Elizabeth These two pix are together |
 Richard's Kindergaden class. This is the only class picture I have ever seen that includes parents. |
Kathleen is four months old. Maybe Richard took this picture even though he was two years old living in Chicage  |
 My only grandmother that I met. Nellie Barbour McDowell I met her several times. She had a beauty shop in her home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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Kathleen Nitz
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Richard's father (Mac) with his sister (Mona) and parents (Nellie and C.B. McDowell). This picture is before 1930 |
width="600"" All of the people in this group are in another picture on this page. The known ones are Paul, Elsie and Kathleen Nitz, The other two we are not sure who they are. |
 A youth picture of Elsie Klabbatz. She became the mother of six children including Kathleen who became my wife in 1955. |
 Kathleen, Donna, Eizabeth Albert |
