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Thread #53788   Message #2091263
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
30-Jun-07 - 08:58 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (Foster)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
Mother's maiden name- Elizabeth Clayland Tomlinson
Father's name- William Barclay Foster
Wife- Jane Denny McDowell (later remarried- Wylie)
"by her family" ..."addressed by the affectionate diminutive 'Jennie'" says Morneweck in "Chronicles ...." (link by Masato).

I wonder if there an affectionate name for Foster's mother, Elizabeth?

leeneia, in what song collection did you find Jennie, the child?