The Pacific Squab and Poultry Farm

In 1889 During The Great Depression Of British Agriculture The Harnett Farm In Kent England Was Suffering Financially. With Britain’S Refusal To Tax Grain Imports Their Farm Could No Longer Support A Family Of Eleven Children. Ernest And Julia Harnett Had A Hard Decision To Make — Either Leave Their Beloved England Or Give Up Six Of Their Youngest Children. It Was Something They Would Not Do. A Letter From A Friend Who Had Moved To Southern California Wrote Of An Alcohol Free Religious Community With Good Farm Land. They Made Up Their Minds. They Would Move To The American Colony — Created A Few Years Earlier By A Fellow Englishman William Willmore. There They Would Create A New Life On The Pacific Squab And Poultry Farm. Follow Their Journey Across The Atlantic And Explore Their New Home — An Area Called Burnett Close To Signal Hill Which Would Eventually Become Part Of Long Beach California. Get To Know Each Of The Members Of The Harnett Family Through The Eyes Of Ivy Harnett The First Of Three Children To Be Born In America. There Is Jane (Bessie) A Teacher Who Left An Indelible Mark On California History; Norah And Josie Who Found Love And Marriage In Faraway Alaska; Anne The Artist; Kathleen The Top Student Graduate At Uc Berkley; Ethel; Helen; Jack The Engineer; Tom And His Milling Company; Edward And Frank Long Beach Civil Servants Who Contributed Much To The Growth Of The City. Learn Of The Tragic Deaths Of Geoffrey Caroline And The Patriarch Of The Family Ernest Harnett Struck By A Hit And Run Driver A Few Weeks After His Daughter Jane’S Death. . This True Story Is Sure To Entertain Taking Readers To A Past That Once Was And A Family Who Refused To Leave Any Child Behind.