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The Dionne Quintuplets Archived February 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at Neonatology on the Web (neonatology.org) A film clip "4 surviving Dionne quints open flower shop in Ottawa (1956)" is available for viewing at the Internet Archive [dead link ] All about the Dionne Quintuplets at the Quintland.com Gallery of Multiples
Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, OBE (29 May 1883 – 2 June 1943) was a Canadian obstetrician, best known for delivering and caring for the Dionne quintuplets, the first quintuplets known to survive early infancy. [1]
The poor Dionne family lives in rural Ontario, Canada. The mother, Elzire, collapses and goes into what everyone thinks is premature labor. Even though they have no money her husband, Oliva, races to get a doctor. Early on the morning of May 28, 1934 she gives birth to five daughters, the famous Dionne Quintuplets.
John Nihmey (September 22, 1951 – December 20, 2013) was an author and founding partner of the communications firm NIVA Inc. He authored a widely syndicated travel feature in the late 1970s, co-authored a book about the Dionne Quintuplets, and authored a book about the death of an Aboriginal woman.
The Wyatt quintuplets in the movie are shown to live an idealized version of the life of the Dionne quintuplets. Shortly after their birth, the Dionne girls were made wards of the state and raised in a theme park type hospital situation which was across the street from the parents they were taken from.
The Meyers weren't having twins — they were having quintuplets, two boys and three girls. Suddenly, "We can handle this" turned to sheer panic. “I was in complete shock,” Meyers says.
"To Whom the Wilderness Speaks: The remarkable life of Louise de Kiriline Lawrence." Harrowsmith 83, (1989): 72–81. Nero, Robert W. Woman by the Shore and Other Poems: A Tribute to Louise de Kiriline Lawrence. Toronto: Natural Heritage, 1990. Miller, Sarah. The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets, New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2019.
Ontario Premier Mitchell Hepburn with the Dionne quintuplets ca. 1934. Hepburn's premiership achieved international attention, which merited his appearance on Time magazine's cover in 1937. [5] As premier, Hepburn undertook a number of measures that enhanced his reputation as the practitioner of a highly vigorous style.