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Remembering Grandmother Lessie and Her Remarkable Siblings, All Born in the 19th Century
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Remembering Grandmother Lessie and Her Remarkable Siblings, All Born in the 19th Century

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Nov 10, 2021
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My siblings, cousins, and I are interested in spotlighting our grandmother and her five siblings, all born in the latter part of the 19th century. Do the stories of these relatives, several of whom lived into the late 1970s or early 1980s, have something to teach readers in the 21st century?

Theoretically, those born between 1883 and 1900 were in a cohor…

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