For
those unaware, May-December romances generally refers to a couple where there is a significant
age gap – Demi Moore & Ashton Kushner from Hollywood, Emmanuel &
Brigitte Macron from France, and well, all of Hugh Hefner’s wives!
In
our humble line, we have Jennie Mae Swan, born 1882 in West New Annan to Andrew
Mitchell Swan and Sarah Vincent. Jennie
was a nurse and I imagine while she was in Boston training, she met her
December love…..
William
Edward Ball, a salt salesman, was born in 1858 in Milford, Massachusetts to Zenas Ball and
Catherine Long and he was a widow when he married Jennie in 1919 at Boston, MA.
William
died in 1938 in the Bronx, NY and it appears he was buried with his family
and/or perhaps his first wife at the Ferncliff Cemetery. Jennie died in the Bronx as well but she was buried
with her parents at the New Annan Bell Gift Cemetery in 1974.
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| Ancestry - US Passport Applications 1795-1925 |
What
prompted the post though was a picture – rough as it is, I loved it. It’s from William’s passport application in
1920 found on Ancestry.
I
wish I had found obits for them….
