Michaela Watkins was born in New York City.
Martin Donisthorpe Armstrong -LRB- 2 October 1882 -- 24 February 1974 -RRB- was an English writer and poet , known for his stories .. Armstrong was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne , and educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College , Cambridge .. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Charterhouse. Charterhouse School. During World War I he volunteered with the British Army and served in France as a Private in the Artists ' Rifles .. World War I. World War I. British Army. British Army. Private. Private ( rank ). He was commissioned into the 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment , T.F. in 1915 and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1916 .. Middlesex Regiment. Middlesex Regiment. Lieutenant. Lieutenant. He was included in the final Georgian Poetry anthology .. Georgian Poetry. Georgian Poetry. anthology. anthology. He married in 1929 Canadian writer Jessie McDonald after she had divorced Conrad Aiken , making Armstrong the stepfather of the young Joan Aiken .. Jessie McDonald. Jessie McDonald. Conrad Aiken. Conrad Aiken. Joan Aiken. Joan Aiken. He appears in disguised form as a character in Conrad Aiken 's Ushant .. Conrad Aiken. Conrad Aiken