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{{#spoiler:<p>Born in Portland, Fervent was the daughter of [[Marilee de Bouton]] and granddaughter of [[Eugène de Bouton]]. As a teen, she was estranged from her mother and father, and returned to Barlow County. While living with her cousin, [[Eugene Bouton]], she was accosted and raped by [[Delany Buncombe]]. When she learned she was pregnant, she reached out to her mother for help, who rejected her. Eugene's wife at the time, [[Sylvia McGruster|Sylvia]], refused to have a "soiled girl" in her home as well. With no where else to go, she entered the Hensley Asylum.</p>
{{#spoiler:<p>Born in Portland, Fervent was the daughter of [[Marilee de Bouton]] and granddaughter of [[Eugène de Bouton]]. As a teen, she was estranged from her mother and father, and returned to Barlow County. While living with her cousin, [[Eugene Bouton]], she was accosted and raped by [[Delany Buncombe]]. When she learned she was pregnant, she reached out to her mother for help, who rejected her. Eugene's wife at the time, [[Sylvia McGruster|Sylvia]], refused to have a "soiled girl" in her home as well. With no where else to go, she entered the Hensley Asylum.</p>
<p>After he learned of her death, her father [[Corrin Calvin]] repented of his and his wife's treatment of Fervent. He came to [[Barlow County]] to confront Del Buncombe, who had not been charged with the rape. Buncombe attacked and killed Corrin, and was subsequently arrested and convicted. Buncombe was executed in 1929.</p>
<p>After he learned of her death, her father [[Corrin Calvin]] repented of his and his wife's treatment of Fervent. He came to [[Barlow County]] to confront Del Buncombe, who had not been charged with the rape. Buncombe attacked and killed Corrin, and was subsequently arrested and convicted. Buncombe was executed in 1929.</p>
<p>[[Virginia Newland|Virginia]], [[Esmée Kinniburgh|Esmée]], and [[Kendra Kinniburgh|Kendra]] Calvin are descended from Fervent, through whom they have a distant family connection to the Bouton family.</p> }}
<p>[[Virginia Newland|Virginia]], [[Esmée Kinniburgh|Esmée]], and [[Kendra Kinniburgh|Kendra]] Kinniburgh are descended from Fervent, through whom they have a distant family connection to the Bouton family.</p> }}


==Vital Statistics==
==Vital Statistics==
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
* [[Memory Garden]] (historical figure)
* [[Memory Garden]] (historical figure, mentioned only)


[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Melisende Dulac Series Characters]]
[[Category:Melisende Dulac Series Characters]]
[[Category:Memory Garden Characters]]


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Latest revision as of 12:55, 6 February 2020

Fervent Calvin is a historical figure in the Melisende Dulac Series.

Biography

Fervent Calvin died while giving birth at the Hensley Asylum for Infirm Ladies and Needful Girls. Her daughter Mary Jane survived, but would fall to the same fate and in the same place only twelve years later.

Vital Statistics

Born: 10 September 1910
Died: 29 February 1928

See Family Trees for family relationships.

Appearances