Lena Belle Johnson (your grandmother) and Thomas E. Wixtead (your grandfather) had a child out of wedlock in 1899. Their child, your uncle, Thomas C. Wixtead, was born in England, where it seems that your grandmother, Lena, resided for an unknown period of time. Lena and Thomas E. were later married in 1905, possibly in England, Massachusetts or Nova Scotia, Canada. Lena likely converted to Catholicism at this time.
Your mother’s brother, Thomas C. Wixtead, was born out of wedlock in 1899 in England. He later lived with your mother, his other siblings, and his parents in Yarmouth Nova Scotia.
Uncle Thomas died at age 36 in a traffic accident in Laramie Wyoming and is buried there.
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