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Celerity

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3. Her husband was born in or around 1843. They married in 1936, when he was 93 and she was 17.

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 04:00 PM

Jan 2021

She was his nurse during the Great Depression. He had no extra money to pay, so they married, as she would then get his Union pension (from the war) after he died as his way of paying for her care of him.

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Again? Dream Girl Jan 2021 #1

something doesn't work with the math. getagrip_already Jan 2021 #2

Her husband was born in or around 1843. They married in 1936, when he was 93 and she was 17. Celerity Jan 2021 #3

She didn't file for his pension though because she didn't want to be known as a gold digger. hedda_foil Jan 2021 #4