Dionne Quintuplets

The Qionne Quintuplets are mentioned in Out of the Dust. They were the first quintuplets to survive infancy. They were born on May 28, 1934 in Corbeil, Ontario. The following are the names of the quintuplets and when they died:

Annette (1934- )
Cecile (1934- )
Emilie (1934-1954)
Marie (1934-1970)
Yvonne (1934-)
The quintuplets were 2 months premature and became overnight celebrities. Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe was the doctor that delivered the babies also became a celebrity overnight. The identical quintuplets were taken away from their parents and made wards of the Ontario government, under Dr. Dafoe's supervision. The girls were  placed in a theme park called Quintland, across from the parents' home. The sisters became a huge commercial enterprise, endorsing hundreds of products ranging from corn syrup to Quaker Oats. Their father, Oliva, fought a nine-year battle to regain custody of his daughters. They were returned to their parents in 1943. The sisters have filed a $10 million suit against the Ontario government, saying they were wrongly deprived of a share of the earnings from tourists. In 1998, the 3 remaining sisters, Yvonne, Cecile and Annette, were awarded $4 million in compensation from the Ontario government.





The quintuplets as little girls





The 3 remaining sisters




*All facts and pictures come from the following sources:
http://whatever.losito.net/images/older-dionne.jpg
http://whatever.losito.net/images/dionne.jpg
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/bios/Dionne.html