About Hazel
- Full Name: Hazel Catherine (Knowles) Ewart Rankin
- Birth: 1 August 1913, Brooklyn, New York
- Baptism: 31 August 1913, St. Mark’s Church, Brooklyn, New York
- Death: 27 January 1984, Wheatly Heights, Suffolk, New York
- Burial: 31 January 1984, Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, New York
- Parents: Alfred William Knowles and Margaret Flood
- Spouse 1: Harold Ewart, Married 26 May 1943, Brooklyn, New York
- Children: Frances
- Spouse 2: George Irwin Rankin, Married 27 February 1954, Brooklyn, New York
- Children: Thomas
- Occupation: Glass Blower, Movie Theater Valet
Relationship to Author: Maternal Grandmother
AKA: “Grandma Hazel”