THIRTEENTH CHILD.

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20504, 21 May 1938, Page 24 (Supplement)

THIRTEENTH CHILD.

FOR MRS DIONNE I yirs Oliva Elzire Dionne is in the ; news again, say-s the Montreal Daily i Mail correspondent. And the famous ouins have a new baby brother. For Mrs Dionne lias given birth to ' her thirteenth child and twelfth living. | He arrived at the Dionne homei 'tead —the same primitive farmhouse jin which nearly four years ago the j Quins were born —and took the entire ; neighbourhood by surprise. For while t lie advent of 'Oliva Junior on July 9,193 G, was predicted by the newspapers, no hint that another happy event was expected had been heard even locally. Mrs Dionne, almost a recluse since tourists invaded her privacy, has i seldom been seen outside her flveiroom h*me 'for Hie past few months, j The new baby was assisted into the j world by Hr. -loyal, of North Bay, who officiated last, time, assisted by Miss Clare Tremblay and Miss Jacqueline Noe], both former nurses of the' quintuplets. "Both mother and child are doing nicely," says the doctor. No name has yet been selected for the new baby, who weighs 7£lb. Mrs Dionne, who is 2 9 and married at 17, now lias besides the Quins four boys and three girls living. They are Ernest (12), Hose (11), Therese (9), Pauline (7), Daniel (6), Oliva jr. (1$), and the baby. The Quins, who will be four next month, have a fortune of £150,000.