Frederick Joseph Grant b. 27 Feb 1931 Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 27 Oct 2006 Lakewood, Pierce, Washington, United States: Our Family History

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1931 - 2006 (75 years)

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Name	Frederick Joseph Grant
Birth	27 Feb 1931	Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender	Male
FamilySearch ID	L2L8-732
Death	27 Oct 2006	Lakewood, Pierce, Washington, United States
Burial	28 Oct 2006	Tacoma Cemetery, Pierce, Washington, United States
Person ID	I121336	mytree
Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

Father	Clarence Edward Grant, b. 23 May 1910, Hopedale, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 12 Nov 1996, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (Age 86 years)
Mother	Edna M Tiffany, b. 15 Jun 1911, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 23 Sep 1988, Marion, South Carolina, United States (Age 77 years)
Family ID	F34896	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Barbara Ann Tadakowsky, b. 10 Jan 1935, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 17 Dec 1983, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States (Age 48 years)
Marriage	4 Oct 1952	Hawaiʻi, United States
Divorce	1960	Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Family ID	F34898	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Nov 2024

Family 2 Anne Rosemary Todd, b. 26 Jan 1941, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada d. 31 Jan 2008, Lakewood, Pierce, Washington, United States (Age 67 years)

Marriage 24 Oct 1964 Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States

Children

1. Robin Lee Grant, b. 3 Dec 1967, Clark Air Base, Pampanga, Philippines

d. 9 Apr 2008, Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States

(Age 40 years)

Family ID F34899 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Nov 2024

Event Map

	Birth - 27 Feb 1931 - Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
	Marriage - 4 Oct 1952 - Hawaiʻi, United States
	Divorce - 1960 - Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
	Marriage - 24 Oct 1964 - Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States
	Death - 27 Oct 2006 - Lakewood, Pierce, Washington, United States
	Burial - 28 Oct 2006 - Tacoma Cemetery, Pierce, Washington, United States

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Notes

Fred was born in Mendon Massachusetts and lived at the corner of North S t reet and Route 16 in that tiny town. He attended the school across th e st reet and graduated in 1948. He and his friend Herbert "Jumbo" Johnso n bot h worked together at the Hopedale Airport to help after the 1938 hu rrican e. It was during the Depression and nobody had any money so they b oth wor ked in exchange for flying lessons in a crop duster. This was ho w they la ter came to join the air force. "Jumbo" retired after 21 year s and becam e an electrical contractor. Fred continued on for another 7 y ears and ret ired in 1977. Fred married Barbara in Hawaii in 1952 at Hick am AFB, resta tioned at Bolling AFB where Steven was born, then restation ed at Otis AF B with his new family and three children.

Fred abandoned his wife and three children in 1960, Steven 5 years, Kat h y 3 years, and Karen 6 months. This caused them pain, suffering and dif fi cult financial hardships and times, and difficulty in school.
Fred enlisted in the air force in 1948 after school graduation. Fred w a s an airman instrumentation specialist making $98 per month. In 1952 Fr e d married my mother Barbara at Hickam AFB Hawaii by a justice of the pe ac e with no celebration. They had three children, the first pregnancy w a s a miscarriage. While stationed at Otis AFB in 1957 he was offered a j o b with TWA for $450 per month to start, but he turned it down. Barbar a wa nted him to take the job with TWA because they were broke. Instead , Fre d applied for an extension to go back to Hawaii. Freds' pay was $9 8 mont h without BAQ basic allowance for quarters. At this point as the y were li ving at Seacoast Shores. Fred had spent all their tax refund mo ney, $20 0 ($1800 today) on a gun. The gun was a Ned Buntline Special, wh ich he ga ve to a buddy as a gift. Barbara was borrowing money from her b rother an d relatives to support the family. Fred did not reenlist in th e air forc e but extended his time one year at a time. Fights between m y mother an d father broke out. Finally, Fred decided to re-enlist for an other year i n Hawaii and abandoned Barbara and his three children, Steve , Kathy and K aren. Barbara asked Fred to send money support for his thre e children. H e agreed but instead employed friends to spy on her her fo r evidence agai nst her claims. Barbara filed for divorce for abandonment . Barbara's' mot her was an Italian immigrant. When she found out about B arbara's' divorc e and Fred abandoning the family, and that she further i ntended to marr y another man she committed suicide, 1962. Fred managed t o escape any chi ld support but his commander ordered, that money in th e amount of $18 pe r month be withheld from his pay and sent to his wif e for support. Barbar a remarried in 1962 and Fred was not heard from aga in until he remarrie d in 1964. The children needed help with medical car e and glasses for rea ding in school. None of those needs were fulfilled . Fred and Barbara arra nged to have visitation in lieu of child support . Fred was able to narro w his visitation down to 2 times between 1964 an d 1968. Fred was particul arly outraged at having to pay my one dental bi ll for $14 dollars in 196 8 in Milford, Mass from John Votolato DDS. Tha t was the only bill he eve r paid. Some other bills were paid by the USA F dependant plan. Barbara de manded that Fred resume with visitations. Fr ed told her he only wanted t o visit his son and not the girls. Barbara's ' second husband Richard, tol d him that "if he wasn’t going to visit wit h Kathy and Karen that he wasn 't going to visit with his son." Fred agre ed to that but he stopped visit ing. Fred's' parents were upset and decid ed to "do the visitations" in hi s place because Fred didn't want to visi t anymore .
Through the years I made several attempts to visit him and my half siste r , Robin. He would not agree to me staying there but allowed me to commu ni cate with her. She had divorced her first husband after six months the n r emarried a man in Pennsylvania. She had two children, maybe a third . Duri ng this time my sisters had attempted to contact her and she did n ot resp ond.