J. JACOBSON
I hope that everyone will enjoy reading about my family history. I do not know about my birth family, so I am going to tell you about the family that adopted me.
My dad, Sydney Longford, was born on February 18, 1913. My mom, Rosa Hargreaves, was born on March 20, 1914. I do not know much about my dad's family, but I do know about mom's great, great, great, great grandfather. His name was James Hargreaves. He was born in Lanceshire, NW England. He was an illiterate weaver and a carpenter. In 1764, he invented the Spinning Jenny, which was named after his daughter. In 1768, his house was broken into and co-workers destroyed the frame. He moved to Nottingham where he ran a spinning mill. He continued working in the mill until his death in 1770.
My parents first met in Manchester on April 1, 1934; my mom used to say, "What a fool I was to meet your dad on April 1st." My parents dated for 2½ years before they got married on September 21, 1936. My parents never went on a honeymoon, because my dad worked in a green grocer's which his parents owned. He could not get any time off from working in the store. After the wedding, my mom went right to work in the store.
My parents were married for 14 months when my oldest brother, Sydney, was born on November 19,1937, and on April 27th, 1939, my oldest sister, Rona, was born. On October 27th, 1940, my second oldest sister, Barbara, was born.