Dionne quintuplets
quintuplet girls born 1934 in Ontario, Canada, who survived to adulthood
The Dionne quintuplets (French pronunciation: [djɔn]; born May 28, 1934) were the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy. The identical girls were born just outside Callander, Ontario, near the village of Corbeil. All five survived to adulthood.
The Dionne girls were born prematurely. After four months with their family, custody was signed over to the Red Cross, which paid for their care and oversaw the building of a hospital for the sisters. Less than a year after this agreement was signed, the Ontario government stepped in and passed the Dionne Quintuplets' Guardianship Act, 1935, which made them wards of the Crown until the age of 18. The Ontario provincial government and those around them began to profit by making them a significant tourist attraction.
Family
Oliva Édouard Dionne (1904–1979) and Elzire Dionne (née Legros; 1909–1986) married on September 15, 1925, and lived on a farm near Corbeil, Ontario. They were a French Canadian farming family and had fourteen children, all born at home. Together they had six sons and eight daughters.
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