FIVE GENERATIONS ALIVE
UNIQUE AUCKLAND SERVICE INFANT GIRL’S FOUR “MOTHERS” ALL ATTEND HER CHRISTENING. (By Wire —Special to News.) Auckland, Last Night. Oblivious to all the fuss being made of her, a wee lady weighing only a few pounds and 'but two months old was the youngest of five living generations present at St. Mark’s Chureh, Remuera yesterday afternoon, when the Rev. G C, Cruickshan’k bestowed upon her the name Maureen Mavis Carter. Gathered at the ceremony were her mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and grea t-grea t-grand mo ther. It must be unique for five generations to be present at any ceremony and in the present instance it is more so because all belong to the fair sex and reside in Auckland.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 July 1929, Page 11
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