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Post by smittybobbie7 on Oct 16, 2011 10:06:02 GMT -5
Recently visited Walton's Mountain Museum and Earl Hamner's House in Schuyler, VA. The only question I have is there were 8 children in the Hamner family and only 7 are portrayed on the Waltons. Who got left out and why?
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Post by River on Oct 16, 2011 10:21:13 GMT -5
There were actually 8 Hamner children but two sons were condensed into the character of Ben Walton leaving 7 children in the actual television show. The model for Ben Walton came from two brothers. Bill Hamner (l) died in 1989. His wife, Brenda, lives in the Richmond, Virginia area. Bill's three children are Harold, Hope and Gail. Paul Hamner (r) lives in Tom's River, New Jersey and is retired from the Baker Shoe Store chain. Paul and his wife, Etta, have two children, Paul Jr. and Doris.
The mother of the Hamner's used to joke that CBS could only afford 7 children.
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Post by dfnmeows44 on Oct 19, 2011 6:38:55 GMT -5
Actually John and Olivia concieved 9 children,
Joseph Zebulon died at birth(The Secret)
The other baby died before birth(The Cradle)
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Post by jasonpendleton on Oct 23, 2011 6:26:06 GMT -5
The baby which died before birth was to be named Joyce (Joy for short) Walton. Though Jim-Bob wanted to name him Seymour if he was a boy.
Speaking of Joseph Zebulon (Jim Bob's twin)--did anyone notice that in one of the later episodes (I believe it's one where Cindy is expecting), someone jokes that it could be twins. Erin then replies that "twins don't run in our family." Hello? Would we not remember that Olivia had twins?
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Post by Marilyn on Oct 23, 2011 13:04:29 GMT -5
There again, the writers weren't keeping track of previous episodes.
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Post by goodnight on Nov 28, 2011 9:15:31 GMT -5
There was an episode later where JimBob mentioned his brother, I think. It may have been the one where Ep and Sarah Bridges adopt a teenager named Joe and his little sister. There was an episode like that wasn't there?
In the book Spencer's Mtn., the family had 11 children.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2011 9:20:15 GMT -5
You might be thinking of the episode the Secret where Jim Bob discovers that he has a twin brother that died at birth.
I have notice that in the book, we get to meet the kids of the grandparents. Clay had several brothers
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Post by goodnight on Nov 28, 2011 16:51:19 GMT -5
No, this one was after JimBob knew about Joe, his brother. He became friends with this other boy Joe, who was his age.
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Post by Marilyn on Nov 28, 2011 17:19:08 GMT -5
Goodnight, I know what you're talking about, but don't know what episode that was in.
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Post by dfnmeows44 on Nov 28, 2011 17:49:03 GMT -5
You are thinking about The Flight in which Jimbob meets Joe Douglas from Falls Church, Virginia. This
episode was initially shown 34 years ago this coming Thursday, December 1,1977. There had not been a
Walton's the previous Thursday because of Thanksgiving, but during the first week in December 1977 The
Waltons were on three times. It all began with The Flight on December 1, then the two hour Childrens Carol
on Mondqy December 5 and then The Milestone was shown on Thursday December 8
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