Item Detail
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Lambert, Margaret Woodbury
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1887-1922
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MSS SC 1761
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Memoir, biography
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Margaret Woodbury Lambert was born July 31, 1887 to Orin Nelson Jr. Woodbury and Mary Alice Clark. She married Charles Druce Lambert September 21, 1916, and they had four children, one of which died as a baby. Margaret became ill after giving birth prematurely, and she died April 6, 1922.
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This three-page typescript memoir of Margaret and her husband, Charles, is written by Margaret's niece, Lurena Eldredge Warnick. Lurena shows great respect toward Margaret through her descriptions of her aunt, both physically and emotionally. Margaret had a sweet, soothing voice and could understand the children well. She was calming, and her world was centered on her children. Lurena describes Margaret as a good, clean housekeeper who made delicious economical meals. After Margaret's early death, Lurena records various experiences the rest of the family had and relates more concerning her Uncle Charles, and how life continued thereafter.