A Bullock Family Reunion

In early May 1918 the social columns reported that Oliver and Olga Bullock, along with their young son, Robert, were in Hobart for a visit — coming from the Panama Canal Zone. Oliver and his brother Gilbert both were employed by the U.S. government on the canal works. Oliver described his job as "electrical supervisor" of the Miraflores locks, on the Pacific side, while Gilbert worked on the Atlantic side.

With a month's leave from his job, Oliver and family traveled up via New Orleans, then took a turn west through the Rocky Mountains before arriving in Hobart.

Gilbert hadn't come with him, but their brother Asa was home on a visit at this time (as we've seen), so it was something of a family reunion. The two brothers hadn't seen each other, or the rest of their family, for three years.


Sources:
♦ "Asa Bullock Home After a Year Spent in the War Zone." Hobart News 25 Apr. 1918.
♦ "Local and Personal." Hobart News 2 May 1918.
♦ "Local Drifts." Hobart Gazette 3 May 1918.
♦ WWI Draft Cards.