On November 29, 1908, my Great Aunt Genevieve was born to parents Rose Wilczewski Norwood and Frank Norwood. At the time of her birth the family surname was "Nawrocki."
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| From mother Rose's Bible |
Genowefa is the Polish version of Genevieve. It is pronounced ge-naw-Ve-fah. Her nephews called her Aunt Who because they could not pronounce her name. I remember calling her Aunt Genevie. Genevie was actually the spelling of her name on the 1910 census. The last name was misspelled on the same census though. The family was listed as "Norward." They were actually using the name Norwood but it had not been officially changed from Nawrocki yet. More on that another day.
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Christening
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The back of this photo lists the ages of Genevieve and her brother Henry but it is partially covered with black paper from being taken from an old photo album and it is unreadable.
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| Genevieve with my grandfather Henry Thomas |
The back of this next photo is labeled, "Genevieve aged 4 years."
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| Genevieve 4 years old |
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| Photo postcard with Genevieve and mother Rose |
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| Back of postcard |
This was likely written to Frank's sister Kate.
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| Celluloid photo frame using the same photo as above |
Genevieve shared her birthday, November 29, with her father Frank.
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