Now, did you grow up in gilbertville . First 18 years i spent in gilbertville. And i have not spent any time since then. Is gilbertville where you would consider to be your hometown . It would be considered my hometown. And how many brothers and sisters did you have growing up . What was your family size and make up . Two brothers and one sister. And where did you fit in . I was number three. Tell me, before we started recording, we were talking a bit about your family and growing up during the depression years. Could you tell me a little bit about that, what life was like for you coming up during that time . Well, my father was an irishamerican. He immigrated from ireland to the United States to find a better place to live. And he and his family came over here, and i have looked up their papers and found out that they had 600 for the whole family when they emigrated to the United States. My father spent most of his life in the cloth industry he was either a loom fixer or a weaver or w
Interviewer you just recently had a birthday, too, huh . Harlan yup. Interviewer did you grow up in gilbertville . Harlan the first 18 years, i was in gilbertville, and i have not spent any time since then. Interviewer is gilbertville where you would consider to be your hometown . Harlan it would be considered my hometown. Interviewer and how many brothers and sisters did you have growing up . What was your family size and makeup . Harlan two brothers and one sister. Interviewer where did you fit in . Harlan i was number three. Interviewer now tell me, before we started recording, we were talking a bit about your family and growing up during the depression years. Could you tell me a little bit about that, about what life was like for you coming up during that time . Harlan my father was an irishamerican. He emigrated from ireland to the United States to find a better place to live. And he and his family came over here, and i looked at their papers and found out they had 600 to the whol