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August 13, 1950
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
In Jackson, NC, 44-year-old Mrs. Alice Jackson becomes a great-grandmother to her 15-year-old granddaughter's newborn son, marking her as likely the youngest in the US due to successive early pregnancies and marriages in the family.
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N. C. Woman Is Great-Grandmother At The Age Of 44
JACKSON, N. C. -- (ANP) Probably the youngest great-grandmother in the United States is Mrs. Alice Jackson, only 44 years old. Mrs. Jackson is the mother of Mrs. Ilana Turner, 30, the grandmother of Mrs. Clara Mae Brown, 15, and the great-grandmother of Mrs. Brown's newly born son. Here is how it all happened-- Mrs. Jackson was 14 when she gave birth to her daughter, Lana, who married at 15 and gave birth to her daughter, Clara Mae, at 16. Clara Mae married at the age of 11 and at 15 is the mother of a 7 1/2 pound son. Mrs. Jackson's great-grandchild.
JACKSON, N. C. -- (ANP) Probably the youngest great-grandmother in the United States is Mrs. Alice Jackson, only 44 years old. Mrs. Jackson is the mother of Mrs. Ilana Turner, 30, the grandmother of Mrs. Clara Mae Brown, 15, and the great-grandmother of Mrs. Brown's newly born son. Here is how it all happened-- Mrs. Jackson was 14 when she gave birth to her daughter, Lana, who married at 15 and gave birth to her daughter, Clara Mae, at 16. Clara Mae married at the age of 11 and at 15 is the mother of a 7 1/2 pound son. Mrs. Jackson's great-grandchild.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Family
What keywords are associated?
Young Great Grandmother
Early Marriage
Teenage Birth
Family Generations
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Alice Jackson
Mrs. Ilana Turner
Mrs. Clara Mae Brown
Where did it happen?
Jackson, N. C.
Story Details
Key Persons
Mrs. Alice Jackson
Mrs. Ilana Turner
Mrs. Clara Mae Brown
Location
Jackson, N. C.
Story Details
Mrs. Alice Jackson, 44, becomes the youngest great-grandmother in the US through a chain of early marriages and births: she had daughter Ilana at 14, Ilana had Clara Mae at 16 after marrying at 15, and Clara Mae, who married at 11, gave birth at 15 to a son.