EIGHTH
GENERATION GLORIA MAE OLIVER & GEORGE WILLIAM BRYAN My Parents |
Gloria
Mae Oliver was born May 20, 1927 in Zumbro Falls, MN, the
daughter of Frances M. Watson and George Forbes Oliver . The
first nine years of her life were spent in Zumbro Falls and Lake
City until she moved in 1936 with her parents and siblings to 18th
and Elliott Ave. South in Minneapolis. Gloria graduated from
South High School with the Class of 1944.
Zumbro Falls School picture - 1934 - Gloria Middle row 4th on Right |
In 1943, Gloria met a young man by the name of George Bryan ("Joe") and they were married in Memphis, Tennessee in 1945, where George was stationed in the US Navy. Gloria returned home to Mpls. after the wedding until George finished his Navy tour and returned to Mpls. in 1946. After a brief stay in Moose Lake, MN they settled down in Brooklyn Center, MN and raised three children.
George
Thomas Bryan, born 1947
Kathryn Celeste, born 1948
Stuart Wayne, born 1951
George and Gloria purchased a lake home in 1968 in Nisswa, MN, a
resort town in northern Minnesota, moved there permanently in
1972 and owned and operated Bryan Equipment until 1987, when they
sold the company and retired permanently. After Grandma Frances
died in 1979, George Forbes Oliver lived with George & Gloria
until he died in 1982. George Bryan died in 1990 and Gloria
remains living in Nisswa and working part-time at Herbergers
Department Store.
On The George Oliver Farm, Moose Lake, MN - 1953, L-R: Stuart, Kathy, Tom Bryan |
George William Bryan, 1944 |
Tom & Kathy, 1950 |
More to come on this family . . . . . . .
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