Grandma

Every life has a story to tell. This collaborative biography is dedicated to tell the story of Imogene, at times spelled Imojean Barlow. Her friends called her Jean. As the story goes, her name was intended to be Alma Jean Yount. However, in those days it was common place for the men to handle the paperwork. As such, her name was written as her father heard it. Imogene. Meaning of the name: Imogene -of noble birth, the noble sacrifice; innocence, forever a maiden. Alma- Spirit, Soul; nourishing, kind; school or higher learning. Imo- beauty of understanding, knowledge Gene (n) basic unity of heritdity; genes contain information to code expression of traits and functiction, fundamental to the children. fundamental and functional unit of heredity. 77-Divine energy, supreme harmony; spirituality intuition Yount- the name was first found in Middlesex where the family held a seat as the Lords of the Manor (meaning) Soldiers of God; praised. Barlow-(Sirname) army hill, clearing (motto) Ready in faith.