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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Harvey Hutchins Note Born: 10 Jan 1889 at California, , , Married: 1960 at San Jose, , Santa Clara County, CA Died: 8 Jul 1963 at San Jose, , Santa Clara, CA
WIFE
Name: Gertrude Belle Mason Note Born: 18 Jan 1892 at Bentonville, , Benton County, Arkansas 1 8 Cherokee Died: 5 Apr 1981 at San Jose, , Santa Clara, CA Other Spouses: Jack Mcpherson Thomas Orville Galyean Father: Franklin Aaron Mason Mother: Harriet Emmaline Akers
CHILDREN

NOTES
1). Harvey used to love to play cards with Karen. He w a s a v e r y nice man of whom Karen has fond memories. Ha rv ey app ar en tly died of lockjaw tetanus . This was wh a t his wif e , Ger trude said.
2).  Gertrude was 5 when her father died.  She remembers at t e n d ing her father Frank  s funeral.  She said he was ex tr em e l y strict, but a good man. He was never mean but s tri c t .  H e insisted on good table manners and would no t all o w c ompla ining at the table. She recalls nothing o f h i s p aren ts. Sh e attended Arsdale School.She loved t o pl ay gam es an d was e xtremely good at  ciphering and m ath . She tol d me s he was t he best student. She had ver y littl e to ea t afte r her fathe rdied. She insisted o n gettin g an educa tion. H er mother wo rked as a seamstre ss and sh e taught Ge rtrude a nd Frankie t o sew. Her moth er had a h orse and bug gy.  He r mother did n   t like he r daughters i n law,being p artial t o her sons. G ertrud e said she trie d to treat he r daughter s in law the sa m e as her sons. Sh e claims he r grandmothe r had a title a n d that sometime s he would inh erit a lot o f money.  Sh e say s her grandmoth er was a  Va n Valkenburg .  She remember celebrating Christmas and the Christma s t r e e s had candles on it.  She said they had very litt le f o r C hr istmas. Most gifts were hand made. She rememb ers c ar s wh e n they were first made. She remembers seein g airp lan es fi rs t in California.  Quote from her   Mone y doesn   t m ake th e l ady .  She attended the Methodist c hurch an d lat er wen t t o the Baptist church .  She met h er husban d a t a pie su ppe r  box supper . He outbid th e other youn g me n for her b ox a t auction. He courted he r and they go t mar ried. She sa ys al l of her children we re born at hom e. The y were delive red b y a midwife.  Sh e lost one bab y who wa s blue eyed an d fai r haired.  Sh e says her husba nd was je alous of the ba by an d reallyd idn  t want him .  One day sh e noticed a blac k spo t on th e baby  s head . It turned ou t to  be a burst bl ood ve sse l . Orville c arried the bab y up the hill and th e bab y s tartedto cry . Orville took t he baby out to the wa ln ut tre e while Gertrude putthe mil k in the spring hous e . Orville c ried  h oney come here!  O rville had a probl em w ith fainting , s o she took thebaby a nd called the do ctor .  Doctor Dunc a n told her that her ba by haddied.  She couldn  t raise a child in the modern society.  H e r h u s band was anapple orchard man.  The spray is wha t ev entu al l y gave him throat cancer.They lost their hom e dur ing t h e de pressi on . They only leased theirproper ty   5 year l ea se  b ecause of losing their property. On e o f h r sonswe n t to Cal ifornia and asked her to come . Sh e sold her chic k ens, andl ivestock to go to Californ ia . Norma was the fi rs t to leav e forCalifornia, and la te r Gertrude and the ch ild ren. She b ought a Ford andwa s se en off by her sister s an d neighbors .  A family frie nd an d Felixdrove the car.  Her children would work as children for a little ext r a m o n ey. When theycame to California , t hey worked pi ck in g or an ges   very much like in the Grapes of Wrath   mov ie .  Sh e al so worked picking passion fruit. She sa id he r ch ildre n never gave her a particle  of trouble . The y b ough t anot her ca r after arriving.  Her sons went into the military   Myron went into t h e A r m y and served inthe Aleutians as a meat cutter.  F el i x w a s a bomber pilot in thePacific.  Gertrude and he r d au ght e r Norma worked in national defenseplants worki ng o n b uild in g airplanes and other weapons. They were t rue   Ann ie th e R iviters .  When her sons were away duri ng th e war ,she s ave d all of the money that they sent ho me an d gav e it to t hem.  She claims that childhood was easier when she was li v i n g i n the 1890  s.She claims that World War I caused m ot he r s t o work and that resulted inthe break down of th e f ami ly .  C hildren were not turned loose.  They hadcho re s to d o . Ther e was more trust between parents and chi ldr en in h er mind.  She remembers Karen  s mother and father first mee t i n g o n a bus. Herfirst impression of Jim is that he w a s n o t a ha ppy man but that his children met a lot tohi m .  S h e says sh e never liked Jim Hibbert. She was hear t b roke n w hen they g otmarried.  She remembers how Karen and Fred would get fresh br e a d a n d squish it andeat it and she would get upset abo u t i t. H ar vey Hutchins, her secondhusband thought the w or ld o f Nor m a and Karen. He played cards with Karen.  Gertrude worked as a nurse at the Park Alameda Hosp i t a l i n San Josebefore her retirement a n d was a memb e r o f t he F irst Baptist Church, theGolden Age Senior Ci ti zen s an d th e Happy Hour Club that donated wheelchair s t o tho se wh o nee dedthem.  She was also active as a m embe r of t heSa n Marco s Kitchen Band.  Her advice to her posterity   Honesty is the only t h i n g i n this worldthat really counts .  I t doesn  t p a y t o st ory .  I did this one time inmy life when I lie d a bou t goin g t o church  .  It felt terrible lying tohe r mo ther .  Jus t tel l the truth .  Gertrude Mason Hutchins died about two years after I i n t e r viewed her inBenton County, Arkansas.  She is buri e d i n t h e Oak Hill Memorial Park inEscondido, Californi a.  Her Social Security Number was  566 01 9296  Medical  She may have had cancer.  She lost a grea t d e a l o f weight before she died.

						

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