Jennie's Boxcar

Whats the deal with the name? Jennie Sandoval (the girls grandmother) was born in the Silvis Railroad Yards in July 12th, 1922. Her family moved to 2nd Street, Silvis Illinois in 1932. Angelina and Eduviges had 10 children all together (Joseph, Frank, Jennie, Emidio(Matter), Tanilo, Eddie, Santiago(Yatch), Esperanza(Hope), Georgia, and Mercedes). All of the boys went off to war, sadly Joe and Frank both died overseas and are honored on the Hero Street Monument in Silvis, Illinois. Jennie and Charley Garcia fell in love and eloped in Horton, Kansas on October 1, 1941. The two of them traveled back and forth from Silvis to Horton while Grandpa Charley looked for work. In May of 1942 Charley got a job with the Rock Island Lines in Silvis. They were given a boxcar to live in, which was shared with Charleys brother and his wife. The lived in the boxcar for over a year until they had their first child. The Railroad told them they had to move because more men were coming from Mexico to work. They moved to apartments for a few years and continued to 5 beautiful girls: Irene, Josie, Tommie, Margaret, and Bonnie(Crystal and Marguerites mom). At some point during this time Charley started building a house for his family. On December 16, 1948 they moved into their house in East Moline. Charley retired from the Rock Island Lines after working as a laborer in the shops. At this point he pestered Bonnie(the owners mother) to go and work for railroad lines cleaning for boxcars. In 1977, Bonnie went to apply for the railroad lines(reluctantly) and got called back to interview for a secretary position, but they had already hired someone else. The person in the office liked her, and after talking to her offered her a job being a switch-women. If she could throw a switch and pass a physical. Bonnie was nervous because she was pregnant with the owners sister, Nikki. The doctors didnt see any reason that she couldnt work. So, our Grandpa Charley gave her his old work overalls and off to