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DH: [name_m]Samson[/name_m] [name_m]Felix[/name_m] Arthur†
DW (46): [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] [name_u]Toney[/name_u] [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
DH (49): [name_u]William[/name_u] [name_u]Joseph[/name_u] [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
DW (24): [name_f]Effie[/name_f] [name_u]Marian[/name_u] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] [name_u]Rivera[/name_u] & DH (26): [name_m]Edwin[/name_m] [name_m]Philip[/name_m] [name_u]Rivera[/name_u]
—DD (5): Lissey [name_u]Shane[/name_u] [name_u]Rivera[/name_u]
—DD (2): [name_f]Katharine[/name_f] [name_f]Darlene[/name_f] [name_u]Rivera[/name_u]
—DD (nb): [name_f]Bette[/name_f] [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] [name_u]Rivera[/name_u]
DS (23): [name_m]Samson[/name_m] [name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u], [name_m]Jr[/name_m].
DW (21): [name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] & DH (26): [name_m]Abraham[/name_m] [name_m]Hugh[/name_m] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
—DS (5): [name_m]Dennis[/name_m] [name_u]Daniel[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
—DD (4): [name_f]Doris[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
DH (18): [name_u]Clifford[/name_u] [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] & DW (17): [name_u]Florence[/name_u] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] Biers [name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
—DD (nb): [name_f]Norma[/name_f] [name_f]Janine[/name_f] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] and [name_u]William[/name_u] with her children [name_f]Effie[/name_f], [name_m]Samson[/name_m], [name_f]Ginny[/name_f], & [name_m]Cliff[/name_m]
—Effie and [name_m]Edwin[/name_m] with daughters Lissey, [name_f]Katharine[/name_f], & [name_f]Bette[/name_f]
—Ginny and [name_m]Abe[/name_m] with children [name_m]Dennis[/name_m] & [name_f]Doris[/name_f]
—Cliff and [name_u]Florence[/name_u] with daughter [name_f]Norma[/name_f]
Now empty nesters, [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] and her now-husband [name_u]William[/name_u] live a quiet existence in [name_u]New[/name_u] Orleans. [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] does occasional work as a midwife, while [name_u]William[/name_u] works as a laborer and contractor for the city.
Right after graduating high school, [name_f]Effie[/name_f] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] moves to [name_u]Boston[/name_u] to attend university, motivated by the spirit of a big city. However, she soon meets [name_m]Edwin[/name_m] [name_u]Rivera[/name_u], who is half Puerto Rican. The two share an artistic, whimsical bond and [name_f]Effie[/name_f] finds herself pregnant. They quickly elope as [name_f]Effie[/name_f] knows her parents would disapprove of bearing children out of wedlock. [name_f]Effie[/name_f] drops out of school to take care of daughter Lissey, while [name_m]Edwin[/name_m] drops out to take a job as a stenographer to support the family. Though initially disappointed by giving up her dream of studying, [name_f]Effie[/name_f] soon falls into her role as a mother and the young family has two more daughters.
[name_u]Sam[/name_u] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] Jr., now going by his full name [name_m]Samson[/name_m], takes a job as a salesman at a cigar shop. He remains single.
[name_f]Ginny[/name_f] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u], eager to start a family of her own, meets an older gentleman named [name_m]Abe[/name_m] while still in high school and quickly marries him and bears two children. She manages to complete high school while raising two infants. [name_m]Abe[/name_m] works as a laborer for the city as it expands its sewerage and water facilities.
[name_m]Cliff[/name_m] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] grows up at extreme odds with his stepfather [name_u]William[/name_u] and resentful of how often [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] takes his side. He marries his high school sweetheart [name_u]Florence[/name_u] immediately after graduating solely to move out on his own. Unsure of what to do, the young couple has a daughter, [name_f]Norma[/name_f]. [name_m]Cliff[/name_m] takes a job as a laborer at the port of [name_u]New[/name_u] Orleans.