Carol Creighton Burnett
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After Ina and Joseph had their first daughter Carol in 1933, she was left with Mabel, who Carol always called "Nanny" to raise, while Ina and Joseph moved to California, apparently to pursue a career in the entertainment industry (television and film). | After Ina and Joseph had their first daughter Carol in 1933, she was left with Mabel, who Carol always called "Nanny" to raise, while Ina and Joseph moved to California, apparently to pursue a career in the entertainment industry (television and film). | ||
| − | At some point Nanny married thirdly to John White, who was her husband during at least part of Carol's childhood | + | At some point Nanny married thirdly to John White, who was her husband during at least part of Carol's childhood. He died while Carol was a young child (probably less than eight). Carol in her autobiography states:<blockquote>"He was the first dead person I'd ever seen. We all had to kiss him in his coffin, so he wouldn't come back and haunt us. I was real little so they had to lift me up"</blockquote> |
Sometime later, but before 1950, Nanny and Carol also relocated to the Hollywood area, where Carol graduated from Hollywood High. It's not yet clear when and where Nanny died, but she was living in 1961, as she appears that year in a photograph in Carol's autobiography. | Sometime later, but before 1950, Nanny and Carol also relocated to the Hollywood area, where Carol graduated from Hollywood High. It's not yet clear when and where Nanny died, but she was living in 1961, as she appears that year in a photograph in Carol's autobiography. | ||
