My grandmother, Merphia Ewing, was born in 1901. There is/was some confusion about her name. We called her Murphy. Her delayed birth certificate reads "Annie Murphy Ewing". Her headstone and other records list her as "Merphia Emma." She was an artist and signed her paintings as "Merphia." I will refer to her as she signed her paintings....Merphia. She was my daddy's mother.
She married Paul Bryan Quillin in 1919 and divorced him before 1940. She remarried Oscar Clifton Hart. I called her Granny, and many times, she was referred to as "Granny Hart."
