Related information from family sources:
1. There is a vaguely remembered reference to County Cork as her place of birth.
2. She once mentioned her father's name as "Duncan Derek". But the "Derek" could have been misunderstood to be refering to a middle name. Whereas, it could also be a surname that sounds like "Derek", since the marriage record only lists father's first name as "Duncan" and no surname.
3. She is supposed to have been orphaned around age 4 years (circa 1890)
4. Later, at around age 10 years (circa 1896), she sailed out to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), supposedly to join a much older sibling working there as a doctor at the time.
5. Her place of residence in Sri Lanka at the time of marriage was "Dimbula", a small town in the tea-growing district.
