When
I was a little girl growing up in Austin, Texas, my grandfather showed me the
Governor’s Mansion and told me that once upon a time there was a little girl
who lived there, and her name was Ima Hogg. Who knew I was to spend a good part
of my adult life with her?
The
rest of her name story was that she had a sister named Ura.
You’d
be surprised at how many people still think that.
Her
name is all that many people know about Ima Hogg. Some said she also had a
sister named Sheesa, and brothers named Hesa, Harry, and Moore.
Not
true: Ima had three brothers, and their names were Will, Mike, and Tom.
Ima
Hogg was her real name. No middle name. That much is true.
Ima’s
father, James Stephen Hogg, named her. What was he thinking of? Name
recognition, perhaps? He was an ambitious politician. When Ima was eight years
old, her father was elected Governor of Texas. He had his own stories about
Ima’s name, and so did she.
Besides
The Name Question, The IMA HOGG BLOG will offer facts and ponder other questions:
Did she have any romances? Why did she never marry? How did a little girl from
Mineola, Texas grow up to become a nationally-known grande dame?
If
you have a “name story” about Ima, you can share it here.
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