Talk:Texas Guinan
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Much as I'd like my fair city to be able to claim credit for Ms. Guinan, all of the cites Google turns up have her born in Waco. I couldn't find any cite placing her birth in Montreal. - Montréalais
- I'm glad I'm not the only one. <g> - Hephaestos
Age
"Died at the apparent age of 49"? Why "apparent"? DS 19:56, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Early life/marriage
Sources for information on Texas' early life & marriage: Rocky Mountain News obituaries, November 5 & 6, 1933 Marriage date from Moynahan family history (based on marriage certificate) - other sources cite the same date. Information about when Texas Guinan and John Moynahan separated and/or divorced differs from source to source.
Other information and sources that I thought too obscure for an encyclopedia article: She was the second of four children: Willie, Texas, Tommy & Pearl (unverified) The vocal contest she won in Chicago was for a Marshall Field music scholarship (unverified) There's an colorful description of the young Texas Guinan and her mother visiting relatives in Anaconda, Colorado, on page 125-126 of "Forgotten Men of Cripple Creek" by Leslie Doyle Spell and Hazel M. Spell. (Denver Public Library, I believe)