Her father was Governor-General to the Philippines.
Anne H. Ide, who was known as "Levei-malo" to the Samoans, married William Bourke Cockran in 1906, becoming his third wife.
Annie Ide, who was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont on December 25,1876, which she considered to be the worst birthday of them all. Being born on Christmas Day meant that while every other kid that she knew had both a Christmas celebration and a separate birthday party every year, she received just one.
One day, while 14-year-old Annie was still back in Vermont attending public school, her dad casually mentioned to author Robert Louis Stevenson how much she hated having been born on Christmas day. Stevenson was always a lover of children and felt great pity for her. He put some thought into what it would be like for a child not to have a birthday celebration and came up with a most unique solution. He deeded her his birthday in a formal legal document.
https://uselessinformation.org/annie-louisa-ide-cockran/
Contributor: ET (47514618)
Anne H. Ide, who was known as "Levei-malo" to the Samoans, married William Bourke Cockran in 1906, becoming his third wife.
Annie Ide, who was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont on December 25,1876, which she considered to be the worst birthday of them all. Being born on Christmas Day meant that while every other kid that she knew had both a Christmas celebration and a separate birthday party every year, she received just one.
One day, while 14-year-old Annie was still back in Vermont attending public school, her dad casually mentioned to author Robert Louis Stevenson how much she hated having been born on Christmas day. Stevenson was always a lover of children and felt great pity for her. He put some thought into what it would be like for a child not to have a birthday celebration and came up with a most unique solution. He deeded her his birthday in a formal legal document.
https://uselessinformation.org/annie-louisa-ide-cockran/
Contributor: ET (47514618)
Her father was Governor-General to the Philippines.
Anne H. Ide, who was known as "Levei-malo" to the Samoans, married William Bourke Cockran in 1906, becoming his third wife.
Annie Ide, who was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont on December 25,1876, which she considered to be the worst birthday of them all. Being born on Christmas Day meant that while every other kid that she knew had both a Christmas celebration and a separate birthday party every year, she received just one.
One day, while 14-year-old Annie was still back in Vermont attending public school, her dad casually mentioned to author Robert Louis Stevenson how much she hated having been born on Christmas day. Stevenson was always a lover of children and felt great pity for her. He put some thought into what it would be like for a child not to have a birthday celebration and came up with a most unique solution. He deeded her his birthday in a formal legal document.
https://uselessinformation.org/annie-louisa-ide-cockran/
Contributor: ET (47514618)
Anne H. Ide, who was known as "Levei-malo" to the Samoans, married William Bourke Cockran in 1906, becoming his third wife.
Annie Ide, who was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont on December 25,1876, which she considered to be the worst birthday of them all. Being born on Christmas Day meant that while every other kid that she knew had both a Christmas celebration and a separate birthday party every year, she received just one.
One day, while 14-year-old Annie was still back in Vermont attending public school, her dad casually mentioned to author Robert Louis Stevenson how much she hated having been born on Christmas day. Stevenson was always a lover of children and felt great pity for her. He put some thought into what it would be like for a child not to have a birthday celebration and came up with a most unique solution. He deeded her his birthday in a formal legal document.
https://uselessinformation.org/annie-louisa-ide-cockran/
Contributor: ET (47514618)
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