My grandmother was self-conscience about being older than her husband and concealed that fact throughout her life... even in her later years when questioned about her age, she would curtly reply "Over twenty-one." When she died, my aunt chose to acknowledge that by having the stone carved to show her birth as the same year as her husband's.
According to her daughter, Isabelle, the Shelvock daughters made a game of changing their middle names while always retaining the same initial. The two names my mother remembers her mother using were Edna and Elizabeth, though she, in fact, suspected that her mother had no middle name.
According to her daughter, Isabelle, the Shelvock daughters made a game of changing their middle names while always retaining the same initial. The two names my mother remembers her mother using were Edna and Elizabeth, though she, in fact, suspected that her mother had no middle name.
My grandmother was self-conscience about being older than her husband and concealed that fact throughout her life... even in her later years when questioned about her age, she would curtly reply "Over twenty-one." When she died, my aunt chose to acknowledge that by having the stone carved to show her birth as the same year as her husband's.
According to her daughter, Isabelle, the Shelvock daughters made a game of changing their middle names while always retaining the same initial. The two names my mother remembers her mother using were Edna and Elizabeth, though she, in fact, suspected that her mother had no middle name.
According to her daughter, Isabelle, the Shelvock daughters made a game of changing their middle names while always retaining the same initial. The two names my mother remembers her mother using were Edna and Elizabeth, though she, in fact, suspected that her mother had no middle name.
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