Talk:Mary Grace Borel

Latest comment: 4 years ago by Coffeeandcrumbs in topic Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Coffeeandcrumbs (talk15:06, 19 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

  • ... that San Francisco socialite Mary Grace Borel was granted her first divorce in a hearing that lasted less than five minutes, from a Superior Court Judge who was also her aunt's husband?Source: "In just five minutes at Redwood City yesterday the two-year-old marriage of socialite Mary Grace Borel and Dr. Charles Albert Shumate, was dissolved. ... The decree was granted by Superior Judge Aylett R. Cotton, uncle by marriage of Mrs. Shumate." (The San Francisco Examiner); "He was married in December of 1907 to Alice Borel, whose father, Antoine Borel, owned the Borel Estate in San Mateo...Alice Cotton died in 1935. Judge Cotton then married her sister, Sophie Borel Lewis, in 1936; she died in 1954." (San Mateo County Historical Association)

Created by Yoninah (talk). Self-nominated at 11:31, 2 June 2020 (UTC).Reply

@Yoninah: I want this for Prep 1 but can you add one more sentence to the lead to avoid {{Lead too short}}. What makes her a notable socialite or actress? --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 11:09, 19 June 2020 (UTC)Reply