Peoria, Illinois, 1844
The Kittrell Family
DH, deceased (1795-1833): [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_u]Henry[/name_u]
DW, deceased (1796-1833): [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
DS, 26 (1818-): [name_u]Joseph[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]
DW, 24 (1820-): [name_f]Charity[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
-DD nb (1844-): [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_u]Joseph[/name_u] has fallen in love! He met [name_f]Charity[/name_f] after she tripped over and graciously helped her up. [name_f]Charity[/name_f] comes from a rich family, and knew her family wouldn’t approve of her wedding a working class gentleman. They kept their relationship secret, until [name_f]Charity[/name_f] became pregnant with Joseph’s baby! Unfortunately, Charity’s family were not at all pleased. Her father kicked her out of the house and shunned her from the family. Feeling guilty, Charity’s mother gave her a large sum of money to start a new life. [name_f]Charity[/name_f] moved in with [name_u]Joseph[/name_u] (still a farmhand), and they upgraded the farm and now live in a beautiful house on said farm! Soon after, a baby girl was born: sweet [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], to be nicknamed [name_f]Clemma[/name_f] (though [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] is determined to call her Lemon). Being the first baby in the family, everyone is enamoured with her.
DS, 24 (1820-): [name_u]Charles[/name_u] [name_u]Henry[/name_u]
DF, 29 (1815-): [name_f]Almira[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u] has fallen in love with an older middle-class lady, [name_f]Almira[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]. Though [name_u]Joseph[/name_u] doesn’t approve of [name_f]Almira[/name_f] (he thinks she is a very rude lady), they are set to get married summer. [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] has taken up a trade: carpentry. He has acquired enough money to start building a home for his family, though [name_f]Almira[/name_f] is never satisfied with his ideas. She longs for a regal mansion at best!
DD, 21 (1823-): [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] ‘Mamie’ (sick with pneumonia)
DF, 21 (1823-): [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u] [name_u]John[/name_u] (sick with
[name_f]Mamie[/name_f] is engaged with her childhood sweetheart, and her best friend. It is important to [name_f]Mamie[/name_f] that [name_u]Joseph[/name_u] likes her partner, and [name_u]Joseph[/name_u] adores [name_m]Benji[/name_m]! [name_m]Benji[/name_m] sees him as a mentor. [name_m]Benji[/name_m] comes from a lower middle class background. Mamie’s patient and caring demeanor has lead her to becoming a teacher at the school! The very same school in which [name_f]Mamie[/name_f] and [name_m]Benji[/name_m] fell in love. Unfortunately, [name_f]Mamie[/name_f] has been ill with pneumonia after falling in a creek out on an adventuring lesson with the schoolchildren. Lovers [name_f]Mamie[/name_f] and [name_m]Benji[/name_m] were further separated when [name_m]Benji[/name_m] contracted consumption at a baseball game! So much for team spirit. Luckily, both of their healths are improving and should survive.
DD, 17 (1827-): [name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] (sick with typhoid fever)
DD, 14 (1830-): [name_u]Rose[/name_u] [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] ‘Rosie’
[name_f]Olive[/name_f] and [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] are living with [name_u]Joseph[/name_u], [name_f]Charity[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] in the family’s lovely townhouse; they both adore [name_f]Charity[/name_f] and [name_f]Charity[/name_f] adores them, even seeing them as daughters or sisters. [name_f]Olive[/name_f] does dream to move to the city, away from the farm, and start a bustling business when she is of age. Unfortunately, she has contracted a mild case of typhoid fever and is on bed rest for the next weeks. [name_f]Olive[/name_f] and [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] are not fans of [name_f]Almira[/name_f], and [name_f]Almira[/name_f] positively despises them and [name_f]Charity[/name_f]!