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JimI Hendrix's father was Canadian. This true. Sources tell me so. | |
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And the link to your source is????..... Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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luv4u said: And the link to your source is????.....
James Allen Ross Hendrix was born in a small house at 2225 Triumph St. in Vancouver on June 10, 1919, the youngest of four children. His mother had been a dancer for a Dixieland jazz band and his father a stagehand with a barnstorming troupe of African-American performers. | |
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yeah heard that a while ago. cool. | |
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You might also remember the newsbit from summer 2006 I posted: Prince is half-Finnish. | |
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that is So Weird Cuz, Me Mom was born in Finland. Her name is Leiila Orvooki SantaHuuhta. When I heard Hundalasillia. I was asking myself,that sounds finnish. I always have a hard time when I renew my passport when they ask me what my mothers's maiden name is. | |
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fstop said: luv4u said: And the link to your source is????.....
James Allen Ross Hendrix was born in a small house at 2225 Triumph St. in Vancouver on June 10, 1919, the youngest of four children. His mother had been a dancer for a Dixieland jazz band and his father a stagehand with a barnstorming troupe of African-American performers. Isn't there also a Vancouver down in Washington? "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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That is true too., but I do know there is a Triumph St. in Vanc. Anybody know? | |
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James A. "Al" Hendrix, was the father of rock legend Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970). He grew up in Vancouver B.C. and moved to Seattle in 1940. He married Jimi's mother, Lucille Jeter (ca. 1925-1958) in 1942, and three days later was sent off to war. Al was a single parent for the majority of Jimi's life, working at a variety of odd jobs and struggling to make ends meet. This biography uses Al's book My Son Jimi (Seattle: AlJas Enterprises, 1999) as the main source.
Al Hendrix was born in Vancouver, B.C., the youngest child of Zenora (1884-1985) and Bertram Philander Ross Hendrix (ca. 1869-1934). His parents were traveling vaudeville performers whose troupe disbanded in Seattle in 1911. Bertram moved the family, including Al's siblings Leon (ca. 1912-1932), Patricia (ca. 1914-1981) and Frank (1918-1986), up to Canada. He had heard from a friend that there was work there, and he wasn't finding anything in Seattle. He got a job as a steward at Quilchena Golf Club in Vancouver, the only job Al knew his father to have. The family had a happy home life, but they were shocked and heartbroken when Leon died of a ruptured appendix in 1932. Bertram died in 1934. The Depression was raging and times were tough. washington state history link | |
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Thank-U Emm. | |
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