Inaccuracies above: Cronk is spelled with "C" not "K."
Above, inaccuracies: The Cronk family ancestry lead back to Holland which is not considered to be a Scandinavian county.
Above, inaccuracies: The "skating accident" has many variations. If it truly happened, it was most likely in Denver while she was married. To gloss over this part of her life's story, she truncates true events into the period when she lived in Topeka or Seattle.
Claire was living in Denver during WW I, not in Seattle. Yes, Claire did sell War Bonds at charity events in Denver as confirmed in a Cawker City Ledger article of September 19, 1963.
Claire was living in Denver during WW I, not in Seattle. Yes, Claire did sell War Bonds at charity events in Denver as confirmed in a Cawker City Ledger article of September 19, 1963.
Inaccuracies: Claire Windsor was born in Marvin, Kansas in 1892. In Seattle, she was crowned queen of "Jappyland," a musical extravaganza featuring local talent which was held the week before the Potlatch Festival.
Above inaccuracies: 1) Claire was born in 1892, not 1901. This is the latest date used to suggest her age. If this were her true age, she would have been 13 years old when she married David Willis Bowes! Note that this date is only used in the British movie magazines. 2) Cronk, not Kronk. 3) Holland is not a Scandinavian country. 4) The home in Cawker was not blown down by a tornado and is still being lived in today. 5) The year at Broadway High School is conveniently left out. 6) Claire got married at the beginning of WW I and lived in Denver, not Seattle, and left for California at the end of the war. 7) Bowes, not Boweson.