Tag: Gregory

Secret Lovers

February 21, 2018

Sarah Jane “Jennie” Gregory first said  “I do” when she was 64 years old.  She wed Theodore A. Collier, 62, in Pontiac, Michigan, on February 27, 1912.  It was his first trip to the altar, as well.  As strange as this late-in-life marriage may seem, what makes it all the more interesting is that the … More Secret Lovers

Pernicious Anemia

June 12, 2017

This cabinet card was found in the Pickers Paradise antique mall in Niles, Michigan.  Not only was the sitter identified as Mrs. Tillie Gregory, but the date of May 31, 1895 was also noted. Mathilda, “Tillie”, spent her childhood years in Canada with her German-born parents, Charles, and Sophia (nee Shatz) Weishan.   In 1884, just … More Pernicious Anemia