Martha Elizabeth "Tookie" Winchester

Martha Elizabeth Winchester Martha spent a good portion of her childhood in the general store across the street from the family home in Wilmington, California. There, she would repetedly beg for a cookie - which she mispronounced as "tookie." "Tookie" became her nickname, and followed her for the rest of her life. Can you imagine anyone not giving this poor child a "tookie"?

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