Sam was the son of Susan Elizabeth "Lizzy" (Goldman) and William Henry Alexander. He married Lelia Mae Green on 10 Sep 1916 in Farmersville, Collin, TX. They had two children:
Charles Oliver Alexander b. 19 Feb 1918
Merle Wayne Alexander b. 23 Aug 1920
After they married, they lived around Abilene, Taylor County, Texas in the early 1920's and moved before 1930 to Abernathy, Hale County, Texas and lived there until the dust bowl. Sam packed up his family (including his married children and grandchildren) in their old Model T and drove for days across N.M. and Arizona deserts to get out there where they could find some work at last.......they were shocked to find how many thousands of others from Tx, Ark, and Okla all were also out there for the same reason.......but they did find work picking vegetables and fruit, at about 3 or 4 cents per large basket........and all of them lived in one little tent for several months, and traveled with the ripening crops from the southern most point of California all the way to the northern end; but they got to change from a tent to some regular housing before too long. So they spent quite a few years picking vegetables and fruit. They were still in California in 1940, but they moved to New Mexico by 1950 and started a new life.
Charles Oliver Alexander b. 19 Feb 1918
Merle Wayne Alexander b. 23 Aug 1920
After they married, they lived around Abilene, Taylor County, Texas in the early 1920's and moved before 1930 to Abernathy, Hale County, Texas and lived there until the dust bowl. Sam packed up his family (including his married children and grandchildren) in their old Model T and drove for days across N.M. and Arizona deserts to get out there where they could find some work at last.......they were shocked to find how many thousands of others from Tx, Ark, and Okla all were also out there for the same reason.......but they did find work picking vegetables and fruit, at about 3 or 4 cents per large basket........and all of them lived in one little tent for several months, and traveled with the ripening crops from the southern most point of California all the way to the northern end; but they got to change from a tent to some regular housing before too long. So they spent quite a few years picking vegetables and fruit. They were still in California in 1940, but they moved to New Mexico by 1950 and started a new life.
Sam was the son of Susan Elizabeth "Lizzy" (Goldman) and William Henry Alexander. He married Lelia Mae Green on 10 Sep 1916 in Farmersville, Collin, TX. They had two children:
Charles Oliver Alexander b. 19 Feb 1918
Merle Wayne Alexander b. 23 Aug 1920
After they married, they lived around Abilene, Taylor County, Texas in the early 1920's and moved before 1930 to Abernathy, Hale County, Texas and lived there until the dust bowl. Sam packed up his family (including his married children and grandchildren) in their old Model T and drove for days across N.M. and Arizona deserts to get out there where they could find some work at last.......they were shocked to find how many thousands of others from Tx, Ark, and Okla all were also out there for the same reason.......but they did find work picking vegetables and fruit, at about 3 or 4 cents per large basket........and all of them lived in one little tent for several months, and traveled with the ripening crops from the southern most point of California all the way to the northern end; but they got to change from a tent to some regular housing before too long. So they spent quite a few years picking vegetables and fruit. They were still in California in 1940, but they moved to New Mexico by 1950 and started a new life.
Charles Oliver Alexander b. 19 Feb 1918
Merle Wayne Alexander b. 23 Aug 1920
After they married, they lived around Abilene, Taylor County, Texas in the early 1920's and moved before 1930 to Abernathy, Hale County, Texas and lived there until the dust bowl. Sam packed up his family (including his married children and grandchildren) in their old Model T and drove for days across N.M. and Arizona deserts to get out there where they could find some work at last.......they were shocked to find how many thousands of others from Tx, Ark, and Okla all were also out there for the same reason.......but they did find work picking vegetables and fruit, at about 3 or 4 cents per large basket........and all of them lived in one little tent for several months, and traveled with the ripening crops from the southern most point of California all the way to the northern end; but they got to change from a tent to some regular housing before too long. So they spent quite a few years picking vegetables and fruit. They were still in California in 1940, but they moved to New Mexico by 1950 and started a new life.
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