Hello all,
This is a reissue of my Father’s Day PPP from 2020.
Here are a few photos of dads with kids and grandkids. Hope you enjoy it!
1937 – Frank Kerbrat with his boys; Yves, Adrian, Art, and Bern.
A couple of photos of my Dad, Gerald Robert McNamara, with his dad, Gerald Anthony McNamara (aka Mac).
1947 – Here we have young Bobby Matthiensen being held by his dad Virgil in a group shot of the boys. On the left that’s Adolph Matthiensen and Mac, and that’s Virgil’s brother Grant next to young Bobby. That’s my Dad, Gerry, in the background. The other two guys there I do not know.
1954 – Dad with guess who.
About 1958 – (Left to right) That’s me, Pat, Dad and Kevin. There we are with those darn white leather shoes. When we got older and became a bit more self-aware of our cloths, we protested having to wear these shoes. My mother told us they were stylish because “Pat Boone wears them” (you younger folks will have to Google Pat Boone). Yea, it made no sense back then to us either.
My brother Pat has always been fashion forward, even as a child. Here he’s wearing a collarless suit jacket, whereas I look like I’m going to audition for a barbershop quartet.
That is sister Michelle’s son Kaden with Dad. Kaden will turn 18 this September (2022).
This is my brother Pat with his daughter Amy.
This is Amy’s husband Jason with daughter Sadie and son Levi. Sadie will be 9 this September (2022) and Levi will be 7 this July (2022). My brother Pat and his wife Donna have recently moved to Virginia, where they have bought a house that is just about a mile away from where Jason and Amy live.
This photo was taken in our duplex in Culver City in October 1991. That is my wife, Elsebeth with her dad Ove. He and his brother Harald traveled from Denmark to visit us for a couple weeks.
Ove completed his mason apprenticeship and passed his final exam in 1934, and went on to run his own business for about 50 years. Like me, he hated wearing suits and ties. However back when this photo was taken, Elsebeth was working for the Danish Consulate in Los Angeles, and Ove was going to pay a visit that day. So, he suited-up. A photo of my Mom can be seen on the wall, as well as a photo of Elsebeth’s mom which can be seen between Elsebeth and Ove’s heads. Ove was a great guy. He passed away in 1997. Elsebeth’s mom passed away in 1986, so I never got a chance to meet her.
October 2013 – My daughter Mia and I on the deck of Nepenthe in Big Sur. One of my favorite photos of the two of us. This was during a period of time when Mia’s hair color experimentation was in full swing. This particular color suited her nicely in the Autumn afternoon light.
FYI – Mia turned 23 today (2022). On some calendar years her birthday and Father’s Day have landed on the same day. This year is one of them.
Dad playing food taster with my daughter Mia. Mia loved grandpa very much. They had a special relationship.
Think this is Christmas 1976 – That’s me with daughter Christina.
When I first issued this PPP via email in 2020, I invited you all to send your favorite father photos to the group.
Donna McNamara sent this along:
“Great photos! There are some cute kids and cute Dads here! Happy Father’s Day to all! Here’s a picture of my dad, Neil Bennett. He loved cooking (he was a GREAT cook) and jazz music! He passed away in 2007 and his 7 kids and numerous grandkids & great-grandkids miss him every day!”
2020-06-19 – Rachel Kerbrat sent in this photo. She wrote that it is, “…one of my favorite photos of Paul with his boys“.
Paul with sons Gabe and Dylan.
Some others did reply with some very nice comments about this PPP. Once again, I would like to invite all of you to send a photo (if you like), and I will add it into this post.
Until next time, I hope all of you are staying happy and well, and take a moment to remember your dad.
Love to you all,
Mike
Happy Father’s Day to all you wonderful dads out there. Hope you’re having a great day 💕
Thank you sweetie!
Your writing and insight into the families is fantastic.
This is my opinion, I think you should look into trying to get this published. Maybe turn it into a fictional look at life in the last 4-5 generations of the families moving to the continent and then the states.
You have a gift for writing, I would definitely buy one of the books on our families.
Uncle Gerry was the only male beside Uncle Bob that I knew as a child. Both of these two men were so much different than any of the Kerbrat men were.
Keep up with your writing about our families please.
I enjoy reading your work.
Thank you Steve!
Happy Father’s Day
Thanks Aly!