Family History of Rebecca Polk
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Family History of Rebecca Polk
Heltzel (1918-1918), Bessie May Heltzel (1919-2004), Kathleen Eliza-
beth Heltzel (1922-1923), Roy Franklin Heltzel (1926-unk), Earl Grant Heltzel (1928-2022), Renetta Florence Heltzel (1929-2003), Russell Alan Heltzel (1924-1924), and an unnamed daughter who was stillborn. 346 According to Grace’s daughter Esther, an unnamed daughter was born with a cleft palate who died as a result. 347 Cleft palate was a common birth defect, and it occurred when a baby’s facial structures don’t fuse correctly in the womb. 348 Once born, this introduces several difficulties for the baby, including difficulty eating, swallowing, and later in life can cause difficulties with speaking or causes ear infections and tooth decay. 349 After Grace and Perry’s daughter was born with a cleft palate, Grace had to feed her very carefully because of her cleft palate. Grace and Percy called for a doctor but because they did not have a lot of money nor was there much the doctor could do, she died nine days after being born because she was unable to swallow properly. 350 Sometime prior to the 1930s, Perry purchased farmland in Edin- burg, Virginia, and the two built a house and farm there. Grace was a housewife her entire life, but also helped her husband on the farm. 351 The couple would live here until Grace had a heart attack sometime in 346 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://fami- lysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R8Z-9385?cc=1810731&wc=QZF4- XJ3%3A648805201%2C650851201%2C649279801%2C1589282404 : 8 December 2015), Virginia > Shenandoah > Madison > ED 18 > image 6 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Ar- chives and Records Administration, 2002).; Personal knowledge of the author, Rebecca Polk. 347 Personal knowledge of the author, Rebecca Polk. 348 “Cleft Lip and cleft palate,” Mayo Clinic: accessed April 18, 2022, https://www.mayoclinic.org/dis- eases-conditions/cleft-palate/symptoms-causes/syc-20370985. 349 “Cleft Lip and cleft palate,” Mayo Clinic. 350 Personal knowledge of the author, Rebecca Polk. 351 Ibid. 87 the early 1950s, which resulted in significant health impairments. 352 As a result, Perry retired from farming and sold the farm and the cou- ple moved to a house in Edinburg. 353 Perry provided Grace with constant care, as she had difficulty with motor movements following her heart attack. 354 Grace would die of a cerebral hemorrhage at her home on Au- gust 1, 1955. 355 Download 0.91 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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