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Wife of George Kennedy-Skipton, mother of Enid and Laetitia.

barryd writes:

Helen Tow

Helen Tow was the daughter of Ole Tow and Anna M. Norland. She was born in Norway, Benton County, Iowa, United States, 15 October 1892. Helen was barely 7 years old when her father died. He was born in Norway, Europe and died in Norway in Iowa.

More information:

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Hahn

The date of his death is uncertain:

John Bechtel was a missionary.

Philip Cracknell wrote:

George Baxter on Page 44 of Personal Experiences During the seige of HK - " On July 15th a baby boy was born to the wife of Dr Ward, a missionary family who had been at Stanley. of American captive parents , on a Jap ship in the Indian Ocean". [...]

I think the parents were Cecil Sylvester and Margaret G Ward.