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Born in North Abington MA
1933 was the peak of the great depression. My Grandfather was born, John Monrue Peckham III. -
John at 5 Years Old
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Magic Kit
He receieved a magic kit and preforming magic shows got him over his shyness. -
Got His License and First Car
HIs first car was a 1933 Essex Tereplain. -
Graduated HIgh School
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Went to Tufts
He went to tufts and served on the student concil. He made extra money through having illegal slot machines. -
Magic Show in Wang Center opening night of nutcracker
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Preformed Magic at Scully Sqaure
He was the intermission act during a series of burlesque shows -
Columbia Law School
He only attended for 1/2 year before dropping out -
Joined Navy
When to OCS in Rhode Island became a Ensign. He was assigned navagation for the ship: USS Neputune. -
Secret Project For US Navy
He was sent to track Russian Submarines. The "Hunt for Red October" was a movie based off this project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWPBr4L1eyE -
Transfered to the Navel Intelligent Office
He went to a new job in Portsmith, NH. He was the officer in charge. It was there he met his furture wife and my grandmother, Joyce. -
Married Joyce
The wedding was in Franklin, NH. At this point he had left the Navy. -
Moved to Higham, MA
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Bought a new house
The house was nicknamed "The Castle" becuase of it's massive size with a total of 40 rooms. He purchaced this house for only $68000 -
Founds Data Realtor Corp.
His company is the first realtor company to use technolgy to match investments with investors. This becomes the largest income brocker firm in New England. -
Lisa is born
Lisa Monrue Peckham is born -
Holly is Born
Holly Elizabeth Kosel (my mother) is born -
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Travels World Speaking about Investment Real Estate
Traveled to 47 states and many foreign countries including London and South Africa. In 1995 traveled to Sun City, South Africa. -
Wrote a column in Boston Herald
He continuted to write the column till 1977. It was called "Investing in Real Estate" -
Published First Book
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First Chritmas with both children
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Got Guinea Pigs for the Children
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Gets Divorced from Joyce
After he gets divorced from Joyce, he moves to Boston where he currently resides. -
Got Married for the Second Time
He was only married to her for a year, they also divorced in 1973. -
Is Honored as "Realtor of the Year in MA"
This is a big deal and highly respected -
Sold Data Realtor Corp.
After he sold his company, he founded a new company called, "Invest Network of America". This new company had 35 franchise offices. -
Named Bachelor of the Year in Boston
This is in the Boston Herold -
Founded "Realty World"
It consisted of 120 offices. The company sold over 1 billion dollars of real estate. -
Tristan is Born
Tristan is his first and only Grandson -
Holly gets Married
His first daughter to get married. She marries Howard Kosel III (my dad) -
Marries Ann
This is his third marriage. (This is just a picture of them togeather, not their wedding) -
Madison Lee Kosel is Born
Madison is his first grand daughter and my sister. -
Mia Yvonne Kosel is Born
This is my birthdate, I was his second and last grand daughter. -
Invented an App
It is called "Peopleflasher" and it is curently in the Apple app store. It allows you to flash words to people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYGdsQPQBQ -
Visits London
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Divorces Ann
