<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Verna Felton akaberekerwa muSalinas, California, pana July 20, 1890. Baba vake, Horace W. Felton, chiremba, vakafa nguva pfupi asati asvitsa makore mapfumbamwe okuberekwa. Paaiongorora nhoroondo dzake pashure porufu rwake, amai vaFelton Clara Felton née Lawrence vakawana kuti kunyange zvazvo murume wake aiva nebasa guru rezvokurapa muSan Jose, kwakanga kusina zvinyorwa zvemari dzevarwere vake dzokurapwa uye hapana mari muhofisi. Nguva pfupi baba vake vasati vafa, Felton akanga aita basa rokubatsira vanhu vomunzvimbo iyoyo vakanga vawirwa nemafashamo eGalveston  <response>: . Kuimba kwake nokutamba kwakakwezva ngwariro yomutarisiri wekambani inoratidzira nzira iyo yakanga ichiridza muSan Jose panguva iyoyo. Maneja wacho akataura namai vaFelton, achivapa basa mukambani yake. Sezvo mhuri yakanga ichipfuura nenguva dzakaoma dzemari nokurasikirwa nababa vaFelton, amai vake vakaonana nemaneja wekuratidzira. Felton akakurumidza kubatana nevatambi vechiratidziro, achikura mumutambo. 