03-04-2014, 09:38 PM
Albert Doyle Wrote:I find it hard to believe there woud be a motive for either Marguerite, the Insurance man, or FBI to fabricate a tonsillectomy claim on the form.
This is a perfect example, Marlene, of what I am talking about. This poster is working on the premise that there was a 2nd Marguerite when no such thing has ever been proven.
The premise is largely based on the mistaken belief that John Pic accurately recalled Edwin Ekdahl as being over 6' tall. He was no such thing, and I have provided the documentary evidence here to prove that. As a young man (early 20s) his height was recorded on various documents as 5' 10", 5' 10[SUP][SUB]1/2" [/SUB][/SUP]and 5' 11". It is a medical fact that people shrink with age, so by the time he married Marguerite, he was probably only somewhere between 5'9" and 5'10". Marguerite was only in her 30s so would be at around her peak height. She was likely also wearing heels being as how it was her wedding day. All this other stuff used to support this claim is so mind-numbingly insipid as to merely draw yawns. One was "frumpy" and one was "well dressed"? And that can't be the same woman? Give me a break. She put on weight and took off weight as she aged, as well as shrunk a little. And her manner of dress depended on what work she did. She dressed well for her weddings obviously. As she did when managing various shops. Other photos show here dressed her her "practical nurses" uniform with flat heels.
There was no "second" Marguerite. If people want to speculate about such a possibility, that's fine, but it is wrong (and annoying in the extreme) to talk about this as if a proven historical fact. It is anything but.