Maude Elizabeth Calvert, daughter of Joseph Le Fevre Calvert and Mariah Leech Calvert was born on January 18, 1886 in Altoona and died on December 19, 1975, in Hollidaysburg. I do not remember ever meeting her. but I do remember Dad talking about her.
In an Altoona census from 1940, she is listed as living at 2013 Seventh Avenue in Altoona. The house is still standing:
According to Dad and Uncle Bill's notes, neither Maude nor Myrtle ever had any children due to concerns about possible genetic abnormalities because previous generations had been married cousins (Benedict Swingate Calvert and Elizabeth Calvert Calvert were cousins who married in 1748). Apparently Myrtle, who was a nurse, and her sister Maude followed the principles set forth by Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) about dominant and recessive traits handed down through the generations which could result in genetic abnormalities when cousins intermarried.
Maude married Roy Francis Klose (1882-1952) on September 12, 1911in Altoona at the First United Methodist Church. Roy was a proprietor of a grocery and meat store.
Maude's wedding dress was given to me on a visit to Altoona when I was a teenager, I believe. The dress has a lot of handwork which appears to my untrained eye to have taken a lot of time and talent. I have posted photos of the dress below:
The petticoat
Undated photo of Maude
