Wooster182 t1_jb56tip wrote
Reply to comment by Carioca1970 in Peter Skene Ogden, one of the most important and turbulent personalities in the North American Fur Trade. by creemetismami
The article was a bit confusing! In her article, it said she was widowed at 19, moved back home and then married him when she was 31 and he was 29.
Carioca1970 t1_jb58k80 wrote
It makes the whole story even more interesting because as a 31-year-old childless spinster in the early 1800s it's hard to conceive how she could have been such a difficult catch so to speak. Regardless of her looks. As a woman she would have had no real status and she didn't come with a list of businesses that she was running for example. There's no denying her extraordinary curriculum after they got married but she didn't have that when he pursued her. Their exchanges when they first met had to be off the charts and my, would I have loved to be a fly on the wall there
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