That’s good that her dad and brothers lived across the street. I didn’t know if he was blind if he could care for children. It’s good her aunt kept them with the family, even though she was probably not at the right age, especially with an active child. Did the kids see their mom’s family much?
One of my boys was extremely active. I took him to the doctor to see if there was something wrong with him. After checking him out, doc told me his only problem was thar he was extremely intelligent. Said he needed lots of things to explore and figure out how things work.
I think my mom’s brothers helped their dad, not sure how old they were at the time.
I never knew any of my mother’s maternal family, think they were all back east as her mom was born in Pinckneyville, Il.
I never heard how she got to to UT or how she met my grandfather.
I just know she died too young, 26, of the flu during the the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918.