Julianne Mangin | Writer, Researcher, Family Historian
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Dinorah Metthe, Grandma’s sister, was one of five women on my mother’s side of the family who were mentally ill and had been committed to a state hospital. Mom had a letter (which I presume she found among Grandpa’s papers) from Kings Park State Hospital in New York. Dated October 11, 1954, it was addressed to Beatrice, with a memo line that read: “RE: Dinorah Metthe: deceased.” The hospital acknowledged the receipt of Dinorah’s divorce papers and some personal correspondence that Beatrice had sent them. Ho
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Video of virtual talk from February 15, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GULm_6pTFM
Julianne Mangin | Writer, Researcher, Family Historian