I had heard about that, but guess nothing since. They were very popular when I was a kid. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Mangan To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:38 AM Subject: Re: [ML] Up and at it !!! As of 1997 3 quints were still alive. They won a settlement of 24 million dollars from the Canada government for taking them away from their parents and some money that was stolen from them. Barb On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Neysa <[email protected]> wrote: > This reminds me of the Dionne Quintuplets from Canada. Anyone know what > ever happened to them? > Neysa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Connie Leaman > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 1:03 PM > Subject: Re: [ML] Up and at it !!! > > > I have a picture of my sister-in-law in a distinctly Shirley Temple > pose. I do wonder if that was deliberate. > > Connie > > > > In our local paper they have a full page on Shirley Temple, my name > sake. My sister wanted to name me Shirley Temple, that's how I got my name > Shirley. Shirley Temple Black turns 85 tomorrow, she's won 2 academy > awards, one miniature "juvenile" Oscar in 1934, and one full size Lifetime > Achievement award in 1985. She was the Rose Parade grand marshal at age ten > in 1939, At the age of ten, her weekly salary was $1,250. It also says she > had 56 corkscrew curls on her head. Her first marriage to John Agar [the > war hero] she was 17 and there were 500 guests at the wedding. At the ripe > old age of 22, she announced her retirement from films. When the song "On > The Good Ship Lollipop" debuted in 1934, they sold 500,000 copies of the > music. Sales of Shirley Temple dolls, by 1941 went to 45 million dollars. I > have a few of Shirley Temples movies, on VHS, and when my granddaughter was > around 5, she loved them, I had told her I was named after her, she even > liked them better. > > > Sully, in Beautiful California > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
There's a good article here http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/wichita_200803A12.html and from wikipedia - there are only 2 still living now another one died in 2001. The identical quintuplet sisters were (in order of birth): Yvonne Édouilda Marie Dionne died June 23, 2001, age 67, of cancer Annette Lillianne Marie Dionne (Allard) age 78 as of April 2013 Cécile Marie Émilda Dionne (Langlois) age 78 as of April 2013 Émilie Marie Jeanne Dionne died August 6, 1954, age 20, of accidental suffocation during an epileptic seizure at her convent Marie Reine Alma Dionne (Houle) died February 27, 1970, age 35, of an apparent blood clot of the brain in Montreal Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:memory-lane- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Neysa > Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ML] Up and at it !!! > > I had heard about that, but guess nothing since. They were very popular when > I was a kid. > Neysa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Barbara Mangan > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:38 AM > Subject: Re: [ML] Up and at it !!! > > > As of 1997 3 quints were still alive. They won a settlement of 24 million > dollars from the Canada government for taking them away from their parents > and some money that was stolen from them. > Barb > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Neysa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This reminds me of the Dionne Quintuplets from Canada. Anyone know what > > ever happened to them? > > Neysa > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Connie Leaman > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 1:03 PM > > Subject: Re: [ML] Up and at it !!! > > > > > > I have a picture of my sister-in-law in a distinctly Shirley Temple > > pose. I do wonder if that was deliberate. > > > > Connie > > > > > > > > In our local paper they have a full page on Shirley Temple, my name > > sake. My sister wanted to name me Shirley Temple, that's how I got my name > > Shirley. Shirley Temple Black turns 85 tomorrow, she's won 2 academy > > awards, one miniature "juvenile" Oscar in 1934, and one full size Lifetime > > Achievement award in 1985. She was the Rose Parade grand marshal at age > ten > > in 1939, At the age of ten, her weekly salary was $1,250. It also says she > > had 56 corkscrew curls on her head. Her first marriage to John Agar [the > > war hero] she was 17 and there were 500 guests at the wedding. At the > ripe > > old age of 22, she announced her retirement from films. When the song "On > > The Good Ship Lollipop" debuted in 1934, they sold 500,000 copies of the > > music. Sales of Shirley Temple dolls, by 1941 went to 45 million dollars. > I > > have a few of Shirley Temples movies, on VHS, and when my granddaughter > was > > around 5, she loved them, I had told her I was named after her, she even > > liked them better. > > > > > > Sully, in Beautiful California > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message