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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 62652, member: 59&quot;]What a collection, Fig!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to laugh about all the different details given about Jennie in particular - I thought it strange that in the 1880 Census she gave her birthplace as Louisiana (and her age as 22!) and the birthplaces of both of Corinne&#039;s parents as Louisiana as well, although Corinne&#039;s was given as Massachusetts. Her mother have her own birthplace as Maine. Thomas Flaherty said he was born in Ireland.</p><p><br /></p><p>But back in the 1870 census, Jennie gave her birthplace as Massachusetts (and her age as 24), her mother (at least consistent) as Maine and Flaherty said he was born in New York.</p><p><br /></p><p>That speculation on Corinne being adopted wouldn&#039;t surprise me to be true, although back then it might have been a convenient cover-up explanation for the &quot;shame&quot; of an out of wedlock birth.</p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn&#039;t find either Jennie or her mother before 1870 or Corinne after another 1896 article about a visit to San Francisco. I&#039;ll try later with these new possible details.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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