Alfred Thomas Hutchins

1911 - 1992  (80 years)

• Name	Alfred Thomas Hutchins  [1, 2]
  Birth	22 May 1911  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Feb 1992	Hidalgo County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Notes	After graduating from Flint (Mich.) Central High School in 1930, Al went West looking for work. In a biography he prepared for his family he writes he "left Flint on a car-haul away loaded with Buicks for Kansas City. Hitching my way west, I came to Lawton, Oklahoma which at that time was about 9000 people." His wife MayBelle wrote that he lived with an Aunt and Uncle and worked at Montgomery Wards. The position he was given was reserved for students, so he enrolled in Cameron State Agricultural College the next day. He received an Associate in Science degree from Cameron in May, 1932. He was a longtime employee of Dupont, working on and off depending on the economy, from 1927 through 1949. He later worked for Acme Paint, Williams Gun Shop, Knoblock's Hardware, and as a custodian at Mott Community College. After he retired in 1976, Al and MayBelle travelled, and spent each winter at The Tip O' Texas RV Resort in Pharr, Texas, returning home to Michigan each summer.
  Person ID	I10956	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	MayBelle Mildred Beznoska,   b. 25 Apr 1914, Junction City, Comanche County, Oklahoma d. 2 Apr 2007, Houghton Lake, Roscommon County, Michigan (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	5 Aug 1933	La Porte County, Indiana
  	In the biography she prepared for her children and grandchildren, MayBelle writes that she and Al met when he was living with an Aunt and Uncle in Lawton. In 1932, she went on a blind date with Al's roomate, and her friend with Al. Before the evening was over, they "switched" dates, and continued to date over the next three months until his college graduation, when he returned to Flint, Michigan. They corresponded for the next 18 months, until Al found a job and asked her to come to Michigan. Her parents, who approved of him, sold a cow and bought her a bus ticket. The following weekend the young couple drove to Indiana and eloped in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Frohm, taking the train into Chicago the next day for the 1933 World's Fair. In Al's biography he called it a "fast wild ride and believe it or not we did not see the fair." When they returned to Flint, they were greeted with a Shiveree, and the newleyweds ended up at the corner beer garden treating friends to drinks until their money was exhausted. Two months after their weddding, Al was laid off. They moved in with his parents, where the lived for the next 12 years.
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 5 Aug 1933 - La Porte County, Indiana Death - 27 Feb 1992 - Hidalgo County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S190] Mastny, Caroline--Family Researcher, 410 W. 19th Street, Schuyler, Nebraska 68661. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.). [S334] Rootsweb, Texas Death Records, 1964 thru 1998.