Glen Smith's Diary (Page 59)

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Anna:
Grandma!
Elizabeth's Narration:
The following year, eldest son Pierre was born to Anna and Pierre.
Elizabeth:
Oh, you got the same name as your Papa.
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Elizabeth's Narration:
The year after, first daughter Elena was born.
Anna:
Grandma!
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Elizabeth's Narration:
Then second daughter Berta entered the world.
Pierre (Jr):
Grandma.
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Elizabeth's Narration:
Then came the third daughter, Hella.
Anna:
Grandma!
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Elizabeth's Narration:
…four years later, the fourth girl, Margrid, was born.
Pierre:
Why do we keep having girls!
Anna:
We are a matrilineal family.
Pierre:
Will it all fall on me to keep everyone fed?
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Berta:
Ha ha ha ha
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Anna:
Berta Berta
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Note:
Jan. 30, 1933
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Anna:
One less mouth to feed
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Anna:
Good-for-nothing! You call yourself a teacher? We're deep in debt. You're incompetent!
Pierre:
Get out if you don't like it!
Elizabeth:
Now, now, children. Let's go to my place.


More names that don't sound German. Perhaps the Hessens come from Alsace-Lorraine? Is it because Elizabeth is an Englishwoman? On the other hand Berta (or Bertha) and Hella are German names. I knew a Helle (she was Danish), but in German the it is spelled Hella. It's tough to figure out names from Katakana.