Cissie Wilson

Ancient Faces

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1917 England - due to a pregnancy scandal, she changed her name to Cissie Wilson. It's a great photo!

Jun 29, 2017 ·

Susan Schloss

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Where's the rest of the story? Why is she famous? Who was her grandmother?

Jun 29, 2017 on

AncientFaces

She wasn't famous, as far as I know. I think a family member shared her photo. It was just what they did in the day? Upper class and scandal? All of what we know is in the description of the photo.

Jun 29, 2017 on

Małgorzata Dziok

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She looks like me, when I was young.

Jun 29, 2017 ·

Esther Evans

Fascinating...

Jun 29, 2017 on

Rebecca Pierce

Mystery UNsolved.

Jun 29, 2017 on

Elizabeth Davis

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Why was the grandfather required to change his name to marry her grandmother?

Jun 29, 2017 ·

Joy Midkiff Alba

Changing your name doesn't make you any less pregnant.

Jun 29, 2017 on

Linda Virtue

She could have passed herself off as a widow.

Jun 30, 2017 on

Joy Midkiff Alba

Maybe in a different town, but if her family was well off everyone knew who she was.

Jun 30, 2017 on

Rhonda Michelle Smith

Dish the Details. I'm invested now, gotta know the rest of the story. :)

Jun 29, 2017 on

Terri Allen

Pretty lady

Jun 29, 2017 on

Maureen Garvey

My grandmother whose name was Annabella, was known as Cissy.

Jun 29, 2017 on

Chrissi Burk

My family nickname is cissie 😀

Jun 29, 2017 on

Rachael Green

Is that it?! Where's the rest of the story?! That's annoying 😑

Jun 29, 2017 on

Lisa Downey Harris

Why did the grandfather change his name to marry? Interesting story I'd say.

Jun 29, 2017 on

Julia Parry-jones

Very sad ! Genealogy made difficult !

Jun 30, 2017 on

Kathryn Josephs Lundgren

She has such wonderful cursive.

Jul 02, 2017 on

Linda Virtue

No actual way to prove who the father was. Deny, deny.

Jun 30, 2017 on

Deborah Aldridge

Linda Virtue surely they can figure it out.

Jun 30, 2017 on

Susan Schloss

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Because if a man sowed his wild oats, he was considered "manly", while if a woman did so she was considered "a harlot". Also, everyone KNEW the woman was pregnant, whereas you could never be sure who the father of the child was. This was indeed a terrible scandal up until perhaps the 1960's. Up until then, many girls (especially religious ones) were sent away to visit an "aunt" in another state (really a home for unwed mothers), until they gave birth and could then return to their old life with their parents and school. Often, if the mother of the pregnant girl was fairly young, the enitre family would disappear for several months, and, when they returned, the "mother" of the infant was actually the grandmother. Especially if the girl who had the baby was 14 or so, they would tell everyone that she was the baby's "older sister". Jack Nicholson, the actor, was raised by his grandmother, whom he and everyone else believed was his mother. I think he found out the truth after his elder sister (his actual mother) and his mother (his actual grandmother) were both dead! Well,in those days it was quite acceptable to be a "spinster lady", the poor dear who could never find the right man, but being divorced was one step up from being a w****. Nowadays, it's much more accepted to be divorced, which so many people are, than it is being single for your whole life--if you have always been single, it is whispered that you were not good enough to find a husband, and pitied! My, my, haven't mores changed?? Having a baby and THEN getting married is considered quite normal, and no one is ostracized!

Aug 21, 2017 on

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