MARINA JOSEPHINE RUTH ANN (MOORE) WELHAM November 29th, 1934 - August 30th, 2016 Marina's name: Marina was the youngest of three children, born about 12 twelve years after her two brothers, John and Bill, and a big surprise to her parents. Marina's mother, Caroline Wright (of England) and her father, John Francis (Jack) Moore of Ireland, both then long-time subjects of the Crown in Canada, expressed they joy in their new daughter, and their patriotism, when they christened her after the up-and-coming Duchess of Kent: Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark who married Prince George, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom on November 29th, 1934, the day my mother was born. The autographed photo above of Princess Marina of Greece in her wedding gown, is signed and dated on her wedding day, my mother's birthday: November 29th, 1934. Both my mother and I were born on Thursdays, which Marina's mother, my grandmother, Caroline, assur...
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