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August 25, 1938
The Ely Miner
Ely, Saint Louis County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
A family scattered by the 1918 flu epidemic reunites after a local newspaper item reveals a long-lost sister, Genevieve Witherall, born shortly after their father's death and adopted by friends. Siblings Alice, Bob, Oliver, Clarence, and Lloyd reconnect in Watertown.
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OCR Quality
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Full Text
Newspaper Story Unites a Family.
Coleraine--Due to a brief item appearing recently in the local newspaper a family of brothers and sisters who were scattered in the flu epidemic of 1918 has been re-united. Consequently there has been a happy re-union between a nineteen-year-old girl Genevieve Witherall, her sister Alice and her brother Bob, all meeting at Watertown at the home of Alice who is married. Letters have come from other brothers, Oliver in New York City and Clarence and Lloyd in Detroit, and to them it seems like "something out of a book" to learn, after nearly 20 years that there is another member of their family of whose existence they never knew. Children of the Jensen family whose father died in 1918 were scattered into homes in distant places and did not know that shortly after their father died a sister was born. Trace was lost of the family, the mother died, and baby sister was taken by friends who adopted her.
Coleraine--Due to a brief item appearing recently in the local newspaper a family of brothers and sisters who were scattered in the flu epidemic of 1918 has been re-united. Consequently there has been a happy re-union between a nineteen-year-old girl Genevieve Witherall, her sister Alice and her brother Bob, all meeting at Watertown at the home of Alice who is married. Letters have come from other brothers, Oliver in New York City and Clarence and Lloyd in Detroit, and to them it seems like "something out of a book" to learn, after nearly 20 years that there is another member of their family of whose existence they never knew. Children of the Jensen family whose father died in 1918 were scattered into homes in distant places and did not know that shortly after their father died a sister was born. Trace was lost of the family, the mother died, and baby sister was taken by friends who adopted her.
What sub-type of article is it?
Family Drama
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Family
Recovery
Fate Providence
What keywords are associated?
Family Reunion
1918 Flu Epidemic
Lost Sibling
Adoption
Newspaper Story
What entities or persons were involved?
Genevieve Witherall
Alice
Bob
Oliver
Clarence
Lloyd
Where did it happen?
Watertown
Story Details
Key Persons
Genevieve Witherall
Alice
Bob
Oliver
Clarence
Lloyd
Location
Watertown
Event Date
Nearly 20 Years After 1918
Story Details
Family separated during 1918 flu epidemic after father's death; unknown baby sister Genevieve born, adopted, and lost; reunited via newspaper item with siblings Alice, Bob in Watertown, and letters from Oliver, Clarence, Lloyd.