PGRule6/EdithLavellNotes
Real person?
- Academic site, speculating on the possibility of a Pseudonym (and indicating the difficulty of finding information):
- Another, punting on the issue of citizenship:
Genealogy
- Victor L. Lavell [1, 3, 4]
- m. (1917[6]) Edith (nee Edith Roberts Harper) Lavell [1, 3, 4, 7] (d. April 26, 1957: Grace Episcopal Church Philadelphia[6])
- Jeanne Lavell Rinker [1, 2, 7]
- m. Robert Norton Rinker [1, 2]
- Robert Lavell Rinker [1, 2, 5]
- m. MeLynda Rinker [1, 2, 5]
This was the author [5], and mother of a child "very fond of books".[1]
Notes
[1] Jeanne Rinker obit: http://articles.mcall.com/2006-01-17/news/3658390_1_robert-n-rinker-wife-books
[2] Robert N Rinker obit: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mcall/obituary.aspx?pid=162630379
[3] Edith Lavell at ancestry.com -- 1930, 40 US Census (born ~1892 Pennsylvania) http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gsfn=Edith&gsln=Lavell&gss=seo&ghc=20
[4] Swarthmore College registry http://books.google.com/books?id=cmlIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=Edith+Harper+Lavell&source=bl&ots=wbxtY3qBM6&sig=w5wZ8ptUzMmDf2FO3hCHuoTVg3U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-Z7pUeWDJ7HwiQKx94G4Cg&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Edith%20Harper%20Lavell&f=false
[5] Internet blog commenter claims to be a relative http://series-books.blogspot.com/2008/07/girl-scouts-series-by-edith-lavell.html
[6] Phone consult with Plano Public Library researcher.
[7] Dedication of hardcopy version of "The Mystery at Dark Cedars" to "my daughter Jeanne Marie Lavell" who is "very fond of mystery stories".
Initial data collection by Stephen Hutcheson (PG and DP user "hutcheson") and used for several successful Rule 6 clearances.