As the photo to the right reveals, this included helping his mother with the dishes and/or folding laundry. The house, always available to do whatever tasks his mother needed. From an early age, Gehrig helped his mother around With Henry being unreliable, she apparently became the main breadwinner and disciplinarian in the family. Christina worked as a maid at a Columbia University frat house, and young Lou often tagged along as her helper. Henry was a sheet-metal worker who was frequently unemployed due to recurring illnesses, possibly related to heavy drinking. Two years later she married Henry Gehrig, also a German immigrant. Christina Foch (or Facke, not sure which spelling is correct), was born in Germany in 1881 and immigrated to America in 1899. Here’s my little baseball contribution to the day: a salute to one of the most famous mothers in baseball lore, Christina Foch Gehrigīetter known as “Mom” Gehrig, she’s the beloved mother of Lou Gehrig. With today being Mothers’ Day, I didn’t have to look far. Happy Mothers’ Day From Old-Time Baseball Photos!Īs has become my custom, I like to find a baseball history connection to each passing holiday. Minnie Johnson with son Walter and family in 1925Īmanda Cobb in 1911 with son Ty and family Unlike Marilyn Monroe, Dorothy Arnold was willing to give up her acting career for Joe to be a wife and mother.Įrnie Banks with his sons and parents, 1960 Hank embraced by his mother after record setting home run Jackie Robinson, second from left, with mother Mallie and family in 1925īabe Ruth with wife Claire and his mother-in-law Mickey with mother Lovell and wife Merlyn Ralph Branca with his Hungarian mother and Italian father
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Marilyn Monroe learns how to cook Italian food from mother-in-law, Rosa DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio’s mother Lou Gehrig with mother Christina, wife Eleanor, and father, Heinrich Paul and Lloyd Waner with mother and father Bob Feller with mother Lena and father WilliamĪ young Hank Aaron with his mother and father, Herbert Aaron
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