d/o Harry E. Shuler & Elizabeth N. Wightman. w/o 1) George Alvin Johnson and 2) Richard H. Goms Sr. Children are: Dennis Alvin Johnson, Wendy Catherine Goms, author, Richard Herbert Goms Jr.
Dorothy Elizabeth Shuler was born on August 14, 1919 in Fargo, North Dakota. She was an "Only" child, that is, her mother had no other children. But Dorothy did have two stepbrothers from her father's first marriage, but they did not live with them. Her parents were Harry Eugene Shuler and Elizabeth Newbigging Wightman. Elizabeth, named after her grandmother, Elizabeth Newbigging, went by the name of Ella, and was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Harry had been married twice before and had two sons who he had little to do with. And the Shuler's shunned Ella and Dorothy.
Harry was always speculating in real estate and owned property in Washington State, Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota and maybe Kansas at various times, using other people's money, especially his mother's and wife's. Harry abandoned his wife and daughter early in her life, and offered little to support them. "He owned 500 lots in south Minneapolis as an investment, but when the bottom dropped out of the market, he had to let them all go for taxes. After that, he was never the same, and left when [Dorothy] was seven years old. Ella had property in Fargo, North Dakota that she had to let go for taxes that is now the site of the airport. Ella had to work as a cook during the depression in New York and other cities while [Dorothy] was placed in a boarding home in Minneapolis. The lady that owned the home was very mean."
Mother would tell me how she would have to stand at the front of the building where he had an office and wait for him to come out so she could beg him for money. He always claimed he had an aging mother to support.
"One time Ella's sister, Peg, came from London, picked up Ella in New York and mom in Minneapolis, and took them to Los Angeles, where she bought them a boarding house so that mom and grandmother could be together. Ella liked to cook, so she thought it would be a good investment. It was in a poor location, however, and didn't do well. Time ran out on Peg's visa, Ella went back to New York to work, and [Dorothy] was put in a girl's school called Holy Names Academy in Pamona, California." She graduated in 1936.
Richard Herbert Goms married Dorothy Johnson on December 21, 1946 in Robbinsdale, a suburb of Minneapolis. Dorothy had been married and divorced with an eight-year-old boy, Dennis Alvin Johnson. Witnesses to the wedding performed by Justice of the Peace, Harold D. Campbell, were Kenneth R. Martin, a used car dealer and friend of Dick, and Catherine Broberg, possibly a friend of Dorothy. Dick was also an "Only" child.
I was born in 1949 and my sister was born in 1951. We grew up at 1529 24th Ave. in Longview, Washington (1956-1964), but we also lived in Lacey, WA (1964), Winnetka, IL (1965-67), and then back to Longview due to dad's work. When they retired, they moved to Ventura, California (1985), but not liking the smog, traffic and crowds, they settled in Eugene, OR.
Although she had been a very active and independant woman all her life, she suffered form the debilitating effects of Alzheimer's disease for five years. Although under that care of a home hospice 24/7, she just wasted away. Mom died at her home in Vancouver, WA in 2005.
Dorothy Elizabeth Shuler was born on August 14, 1919 in Fargo, North Dakota. She was an "Only" child, that is, her mother had no other children. But Dorothy did have two stepbrothers from her father's first marriage, but they did not live with them. Her parents were Harry Eugene Shuler and Elizabeth Newbigging Wightman. Elizabeth, named after her grandmother, Elizabeth Newbigging, went by the name of Ella, and was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Harry had been married twice before and had two sons who he had little to do with. And the Shuler's shunned Ella and Dorothy.
Harry was always speculating in real estate and owned property in Washington State, Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota and maybe Kansas at various times, using other people's money, especially his mother's and wife's. Harry abandoned his wife and daughter early in her life, and offered little to support them. "He owned 500 lots in south Minneapolis as an investment, but when the bottom dropped out of the market, he had to let them all go for taxes. After that, he was never the same, and left when [Dorothy] was seven years old. Ella had property in Fargo, North Dakota that she had to let go for taxes that is now the site of the airport. Ella had to work as a cook during the depression in New York and other cities while [Dorothy] was placed in a boarding home in Minneapolis. The lady that owned the home was very mean."
Mother would tell me how she would have to stand at the front of the building where he had an office and wait for him to come out so she could beg him for money. He always claimed he had an aging mother to support.
"One time Ella's sister, Peg, came from London, picked up Ella in New York and mom in Minneapolis, and took them to Los Angeles, where she bought them a boarding house so that mom and grandmother could be together. Ella liked to cook, so she thought it would be a good investment. It was in a poor location, however, and didn't do well. Time ran out on Peg's visa, Ella went back to New York to work, and [Dorothy] was put in a girl's school called Holy Names Academy in Pamona, California." She graduated in 1936.
Richard Herbert Goms married Dorothy Johnson on December 21, 1946 in Robbinsdale, a suburb of Minneapolis. Dorothy had been married and divorced with an eight-year-old boy, Dennis Alvin Johnson. Witnesses to the wedding performed by Justice of the Peace, Harold D. Campbell, were Kenneth R. Martin, a used car dealer and friend of Dick, and Catherine Broberg, possibly a friend of Dorothy. Dick was also an "Only" child.
I was born in 1949 and my sister was born in 1951. We grew up at 1529 24th Ave. in Longview, Washington (1956-1964), but we also lived in Lacey, WA (1964), Winnetka, IL (1965-67), and then back to Longview due to dad's work. When they retired, they moved to Ventura, California (1985), but not liking the smog, traffic and crowds, they settled in Eugene, OR.
Although she had been a very active and independant woman all her life, she suffered form the debilitating effects of Alzheimer's disease for five years. Although under that care of a home hospice 24/7, she just wasted away. Mom died at her home in Vancouver, WA in 2005.
d/o Harry E. Shuler & Elizabeth N. Wightman. w/o 1) George Alvin Johnson and 2) Richard H. Goms Sr. Children are: Dennis Alvin Johnson, Wendy Catherine Goms, author, Richard Herbert Goms Jr.
Dorothy Elizabeth Shuler was born on August 14, 1919 in Fargo, North Dakota. She was an "Only" child, that is, her mother had no other children. But Dorothy did have two stepbrothers from her father's first marriage, but they did not live with them. Her parents were Harry Eugene Shuler and Elizabeth Newbigging Wightman. Elizabeth, named after her grandmother, Elizabeth Newbigging, went by the name of Ella, and was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Harry had been married twice before and had two sons who he had little to do with. And the Shuler's shunned Ella and Dorothy.
Harry was always speculating in real estate and owned property in Washington State, Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota and maybe Kansas at various times, using other people's money, especially his mother's and wife's. Harry abandoned his wife and daughter early in her life, and offered little to support them. "He owned 500 lots in south Minneapolis as an investment, but when the bottom dropped out of the market, he had to let them all go for taxes. After that, he was never the same, and left when [Dorothy] was seven years old. Ella had property in Fargo, North Dakota that she had to let go for taxes that is now the site of the airport. Ella had to work as a cook during the depression in New York and other cities while [Dorothy] was placed in a boarding home in Minneapolis. The lady that owned the home was very mean."
Mother would tell me how she would have to stand at the front of the building where he had an office and wait for him to come out so she could beg him for money. He always claimed he had an aging mother to support.
"One time Ella's sister, Peg, came from London, picked up Ella in New York and mom in Minneapolis, and took them to Los Angeles, where she bought them a boarding house so that mom and grandmother could be together. Ella liked to cook, so she thought it would be a good investment. It was in a poor location, however, and didn't do well. Time ran out on Peg's visa, Ella went back to New York to work, and [Dorothy] was put in a girl's school called Holy Names Academy in Pamona, California." She graduated in 1936.
Richard Herbert Goms married Dorothy Johnson on December 21, 1946 in Robbinsdale, a suburb of Minneapolis. Dorothy had been married and divorced with an eight-year-old boy, Dennis Alvin Johnson. Witnesses to the wedding performed by Justice of the Peace, Harold D. Campbell, were Kenneth R. Martin, a used car dealer and friend of Dick, and Catherine Broberg, possibly a friend of Dorothy. Dick was also an "Only" child.
I was born in 1949 and my sister was born in 1951. We grew up at 1529 24th Ave. in Longview, Washington (1956-1964), but we also lived in Lacey, WA (1964), Winnetka, IL (1965-67), and then back to Longview due to dad's work. When they retired, they moved to Ventura, California (1985), but not liking the smog, traffic and crowds, they settled in Eugene, OR.
Although she had been a very active and independant woman all her life, she suffered form the debilitating effects of Alzheimer's disease for five years. Although under that care of a home hospice 24/7, she just wasted away. Mom died at her home in Vancouver, WA in 2005.
Dorothy Elizabeth Shuler was born on August 14, 1919 in Fargo, North Dakota. She was an "Only" child, that is, her mother had no other children. But Dorothy did have two stepbrothers from her father's first marriage, but they did not live with them. Her parents were Harry Eugene Shuler and Elizabeth Newbigging Wightman. Elizabeth, named after her grandmother, Elizabeth Newbigging, went by the name of Ella, and was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Harry had been married twice before and had two sons who he had little to do with. And the Shuler's shunned Ella and Dorothy.
Harry was always speculating in real estate and owned property in Washington State, Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota and maybe Kansas at various times, using other people's money, especially his mother's and wife's. Harry abandoned his wife and daughter early in her life, and offered little to support them. "He owned 500 lots in south Minneapolis as an investment, but when the bottom dropped out of the market, he had to let them all go for taxes. After that, he was never the same, and left when [Dorothy] was seven years old. Ella had property in Fargo, North Dakota that she had to let go for taxes that is now the site of the airport. Ella had to work as a cook during the depression in New York and other cities while [Dorothy] was placed in a boarding home in Minneapolis. The lady that owned the home was very mean."
Mother would tell me how she would have to stand at the front of the building where he had an office and wait for him to come out so she could beg him for money. He always claimed he had an aging mother to support.
"One time Ella's sister, Peg, came from London, picked up Ella in New York and mom in Minneapolis, and took them to Los Angeles, where she bought them a boarding house so that mom and grandmother could be together. Ella liked to cook, so she thought it would be a good investment. It was in a poor location, however, and didn't do well. Time ran out on Peg's visa, Ella went back to New York to work, and [Dorothy] was put in a girl's school called Holy Names Academy in Pamona, California." She graduated in 1936.
Richard Herbert Goms married Dorothy Johnson on December 21, 1946 in Robbinsdale, a suburb of Minneapolis. Dorothy had been married and divorced with an eight-year-old boy, Dennis Alvin Johnson. Witnesses to the wedding performed by Justice of the Peace, Harold D. Campbell, were Kenneth R. Martin, a used car dealer and friend of Dick, and Catherine Broberg, possibly a friend of Dorothy. Dick was also an "Only" child.
I was born in 1949 and my sister was born in 1951. We grew up at 1529 24th Ave. in Longview, Washington (1956-1964), but we also lived in Lacey, WA (1964), Winnetka, IL (1965-67), and then back to Longview due to dad's work. When they retired, they moved to Ventura, California (1985), but not liking the smog, traffic and crowds, they settled in Eugene, OR.
Although she had been a very active and independant woman all her life, she suffered form the debilitating effects of Alzheimer's disease for five years. Although under that care of a home hospice 24/7, she just wasted away. Mom died at her home in Vancouver, WA in 2005.
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