Hamner Family History: Unraveling The Mysteries Of Two Notable Stars

Webthe characters and the stories in the waltons television series were not entirely fictional. Earl hamner based the show on his memories of growing up during the great. Webearl henry hamner jr. The giannini family had. Webthe hamner family came to virginia from northern wales where they had been well established for over a thousand years.

Webbesides his most famous television work, hamner was the author of the novel you can’t get there from here (1965), about a boy’s daylong search for his father in manhattan, as well as the screenplay for a teen vacation film starring troy donahue and. Webthe private screening drew two members of earl’s family, audrey hamner and nancy hamner jamerson, who served as models for the characters in his award.