This document provides biographical information about Taylor George-Forte's grandparents, James C. George and Mattie M. Parham George. It details their places of birth and family backgrounds. It describes how they met in Oakland, California in 1965 while Mattie was visiting from Alabama. James drove to Alabama to bring Mattie back to California, where they eventually married in 1969. The document then summarizes the major moves the family made for James' education and career, including living in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and eventually Ontario, California where they still reside. It concludes by providing current information about James and Mattie's lives and careers.

1. Part Two: Interview
Taylor George-Forte
Geography 10
10/8/13

2. Introduction: James C. George
James Cornelius George was on January 8, 1940 in Texaskana, Arkansas. He
was born to James E. and Arlee George and was the first born of three. The
family moved to for better job opportunities; first to Los Angeles, California
in 1942; and to Monterey County, California in 1946. His family lived in the
ethic, unincorporated part of Monterey County; which today is Seaside, CA.

5. Introduction: Mattie M. Parham
Mattie Mae Parham was born on May 21, 1944 in Eutaw, Alabama. She was
born to James and Ida Parham and was the second of six children; the first girl.
At age seven, for better a job and to be closer to the city, her father moved the
family to Birmingham, Alabama. On September 15, 1963, there was a bombing
on the steps of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Mattie was set to
attend that Sunday of the bomb but did not per her father’s request. The
bombing was a sign of the racial tension escalating in the South at the time.

7. Mattie M. Parham
On August 23, 1964, Mattie gave birth to her first child, Terrence C. on
Birmingham, Alabama. A year later, she left home with her son for the first
time to go Oakland, California for a friend’s wedding. She stayed in Oakland
with a friend for about four months. While in California, she met her future
husband James George and became friends with him.

9. James C. George
In 1965, James moved to San Francisco to work for the telephone company
and to later go to San Francisco State University. While at a mutual friend’s
wedding, he met his future wife. A year later, at the same friend’s request;
James drove down to Alabama to bring Mattie back to California.

11. Mattie M. Parham
After her father’s prodding, Mattie returned home. She stayed home until
James drove down per her friend’s request to bring her back to California. She
rode back to California with him, but she moved to Los Angeles this time to
live with one of her cousins.

13. The Georges
Mattie and James continued dating and on January 31, 1969 they got married.
On April 28, 1969, their first child together, a girl, Jamiel, was born. They went
to Birmingham to have the baby.

15. The Georges
A few months after Jamiel’s birth, James, Mattie and the kids moved to San
Francisco so that James could continue going to San Francisco State University.
In 1971, the family moved to Los Angeles so that James could attend UCLA.
He graduated with a Master in Engineering and got a job with Southern
California Edison. With that job the family then moved to La Puente,
California. They later moved Covina so they could buy a house in 1973.
Finally they moved to Ontario, California in 1990 so that they could own a
bigger. They have lived in this house ever since.

17. The Georges
While Jamiel was living in Ontario with her parents, she gave birth to Dylan
James on November 8, 1991 and me, Taylor Symone, on August 8, 1994.
Unfortunately, Dylan passed away on September 2, 2012 in a car accident at the
age of 20. James, now 73 years old, is a substitute teacher for Pomona School
District and in his free time plays in a senior softball league. Mattie at 69, loves
to cook, back, and watch Animal Planet.

20. The Georges
That’s my grandparents story therefore it is my story.