Al and Arlien

 

In this section you will find stories and maps concerning Al's and Arlien's families.
Much of this came to me from Sharlien.

Al's family tree is very straight forward.

The same cannot be said of Arlien's.

Her

Simple Family Tree

leaves out a lot of details.

Sometime during the 1920s Al's family moved from
northern San Mateo County to Mountain View,
located in what is now known as Silicon Valley.

During the early to mid 1930s Arlien's family moved from
San Francisco to Cupertino.

They met after Al joined the Navy and were married in March 1944.

Following the photo is a map to acquaint you with locations
mentioned in the stories.

But first, ...


HOW AL AND ARLIEN MET

Arlien was 15 or 16 when they met.

A likely time frame was either 1939
or prior to Al's enlisting in the Navy September 1940.

" My mother Arlien, her sister Pearl and friend Arlene ‘Sandy’ Sanders
were sitting on the doorstep of the grocery/gas station built and
owned by her father ( Rutherford White ) on the road leading up
to the Stevens Creek Dam on the right hand side.

The three girls were eating ice cream, Dad and buddy were driving to the dam
and stopped to talk to the young gals.

It became a regular habit, then the fellows would spend evenings playing Monopoly. "

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AL AND ARLIEN
3 MARCH 1944

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SAN MATEO COUNTY
OUTLINED IN RED

MOUNTAIN VIEW AND CUPERTINO
SANTA CLARA COUNTY


source : Google Maps

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