A “Yank” in the Family By Jim Potter Robert Walter Parks and Gladys Mary Gamble married on April 6, 1926, in Hull, East Yorkshire of Reading, England. The ceremony occurred on a Tuesday, two days after Easter. The newlyweds had plans to live in the United States, which was very appealing to Gladys, but dreadful to her widowed mother. Sarah Jane Gamble must have regretted ever being persuaded by her teenage daughters to permit them to go to the Hull docks unchaperoned to watch the ships … [Read more...] about Researching Robert
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Researching Robert
Gladys Gamble of Hull, England by Jim Potter When Robert Parks left Sunrise, Wyoming, I wonder if he had any idea he’d meet and fall in love with a young, vivacious, fun-loving, and daring woman living over five thousand miles away. According to Parks family history, Robert met Gladys Mary Gamble in 1925 as he walked down his ship’s gang plank on shore leave in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Gladys had a nice figure, marvelous legs, black marcelled hair, and brown eyes … [Read more...] about Researching Robert
