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Genevieve Esther Gillespie (Van Saak)

Also Known As: "Grandma Gene"
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Birthplace: Chicago, IL, United States
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Daughter of Edward Emil Van Saak and Clara Johanna Van Saak
Wife of Walter Hamrey
Ex-wife of Pa Joe and Fred Radestock
Mother of Tom and Private

Occupation: Bookkeeper on an Elliott Fisher bookkeeping machine
Managed by: Jonathan Charles Levell
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Immediate Family

About Grandma Gene

Genevieve's mother died when she was 14 months old, so she was taken to her grandparents home (Carlson's) in Bear Lake, Michigan and raised by them until she was 16 years old, when she went to Chicago and lived with her father who never remarried. She went to the Bear Lake public high school, and then the last two years of high school was at Harrison High school in Chicago, IL. She attended beauty school, received a license, but never worked as a beautician. She later worked and retired as an Elliott Fisher bookkeeper for the Chicago Park District.

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Grandma Gene's Timeline

1905
February 5, 1905
Chicago, IL, United States
1921
1921
- 1923
Age 15
Harrison High School - approx dates, Chicago, Illinois, United States
1926
October 4, 1926
Chicago, IL, United States
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Beauty School