The Bonkowski Family



My mother and father, some time around 1935.  They were married in 1936.  The photo was taken at 43rd and Honore Street. Dad looked like a pretty dapper guy. Considering this was in the middle of the Great Depression, his job at Wilson lard refinery must have been rewarding. During Prohibition, he supplemented his income with some alcohol deliveries for the local bootleggers.




































My mother was one of 8 children.  One (Aunt Vick) is missing from the photo.  As the oldest, she had probably left the farm by now and was
working in the Stock Yards in Chicago