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The story related by Patricia Bosworth in her biography of Montgomery Clift, I will paraphrase here as :<blockquote>that Woodbury's first wife, albeit by an elopement, and shortly thereafter annuled, was Maria "Bobbie" Anderson. That they had met about 1886 at some social function, that Bobbie's mother strongly disapproved of Woodbury, but that they married secretly, and then Maria returned to her mother. Eventually it came out that they were married, and her mother made her get it annuled.</blockquote> | The story related by Patricia Bosworth in her biography of Montgomery Clift, I will paraphrase here as :<blockquote>that Woodbury's first wife, albeit by an elopement, and shortly thereafter annuled, was Maria "Bobbie" Anderson. That they had met about 1886 at some social function, that Bobbie's mother strongly disapproved of Woodbury, but that they married secretly, and then Maria returned to her mother. Eventually it came out that they were married, and her mother made her get it annuled.</blockquote> | ||
| − | <blockquote>By this union, Maria became pregnant. Her mother Eliza moved the family to Philadelphia, Maria was kept in confinement by her mother until the child's birth. Then a | + | <blockquote>By this union, Maria became pregnant. Her mother Eliza moved the family to Philadelphia, Maria was kept in confinement by her mother until the child's birth. Then a Dr. Edward Montgomery, who was an old family friend oversaw the birth and was given the child to adopt out. As the story is related, Woodbury never knew this child existed.</blockquote> |
The Blair family, according to Patricia's report never accepted this story as true. This child who I'm here calling [[#Ethel Blair|Ethel Blair]] was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 29 Sep 1888. "Immediately after the birth, the Anderson women returned to Washington, DC" (Bosworth, p10). Reader please remember that the above story is strictly based on what Brooks and Sunny told Pat Bosworth. Patricia did not verify any of this story. So far there has been no documentary evidence to back up any part of this story, and that is a tenuous position from which to build. So if you cite it, please cite it with these reservations. | The Blair family, according to Patricia's report never accepted this story as true. This child who I'm here calling [[#Ethel Blair|Ethel Blair]] was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 29 Sep 1888. "Immediately after the birth, the Anderson women returned to Washington, DC" (Bosworth, p10). Reader please remember that the above story is strictly based on what Brooks and Sunny told Pat Bosworth. Patricia did not verify any of this story. So far there has been no documentary evidence to back up any part of this story, and that is a tenuous position from which to build. So if you cite it, please cite it with these reservations. | ||
