Holyoke, Mass

Correction

by Laurel | February 10th, 2012

Some anonymous person e-mailed me with a correction of the birth date of Belle Skinner. Including a JPG of a passport application. That will teach me a lesson to not check my sources — just verified April through a better resource on Ancestry. Thanks anonymous stranger. I might add that Feb 10 as her birthdate is noted in a number of places …

Belle Skinner corrected birth date

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