Mary Opal Fawcett
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Mary Opal Fawcett's father [[Thomas Douglas Fawcett]] had moved from [[California]], probably from the area of Berkeley, Alameda County where his half-sister Emma was attending the University there, to the area of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomeroy,_Washington Pomeroy], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_County,_Washington Garfield County, Washington], with his mother and brother sometime between 1905 and 1915. Meanwhile, Mary's mother [[Alta May Wright]] had also moved there, with her parents and sisters, from [[Arkansas]] sometime between 1900 and 1910. Thomas Fawcett and Alta Wright were married in Pomeroy in 1915. Mary, their second child was born there on 28 Apr 1918. | Mary Opal Fawcett's father [[Thomas Douglas Fawcett]] had moved from [[California]], probably from the area of Berkeley, Alameda County where his half-sister Emma was attending the University there, to the area of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomeroy,_Washington Pomeroy], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_County,_Washington Garfield County, Washington], with his mother and brother sometime between 1905 and 1915. Meanwhile, Mary's mother [[Alta May Wright]] had also moved there, with her parents and sisters, from [[Arkansas]] sometime between 1900 and 1910. Thomas Fawcett and Alta Wright were married in Pomeroy in 1915. Mary, their second child was born there on 28 Apr 1918. |