Cissie Wilson

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

She looks like me, when I was young.

Fascinating...

Mystery UNsolved.

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

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

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

Pretty lady

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

My family nickname is cissie 😀

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

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

Very sad ! Genealogy made difficult !

She has such wonderful cursive.

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

Linda Virtue surely they can figure it out.

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!