Erma West's Journal - Post 4 - Marriage

(The picture was taken shortly after their marriage)

I met my husband Elmer West while I worked at Kutils – he came there to husk corn – him and his brother Art. That was in the fall and we were married April 4, 1917. We lived in a house, where his father and brother and Uncle lived. We shut off part off the house and had a large living and dining room, a small kitchen and a small bedroom. We lived there about 2 years. Melvin (Jan. 15, 1918) was born there. He was a small baby when we moved 10 or 12 miles to the Personous place we had a bigger home – 2 bedrooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen. We bought more new furniture. I had a kitchen cabinet (Page 6) with a roll down front, a monarch cook range, a dresser and a bed – in the living room I had a du-o fold sofa of leather which could be let down to make a bed. I had a table and chairs, round oak table, the stove was a wood stove with oven and a warming oven on top and a reservoir at one end for keeping water hot.

Melvin was about 1 year when we moved there and Phyllis was born there Aug 14, 1919. There were 2 bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, a small kitchen and a basement like root cellar. We had a big red barn there and a pump house where the pump was. I did my washing out there.

(Picture - Melvin at 4 1/2 and Phyllis at 3)

Melvin was in school when we moved closer to town and rented another home about 3 miles from town. It was a bigger house – 2 bedrooms upstairs and a bedroom, living room, dining room and kitchen downstairs. It was a wood frame house. “The Davis farm”.