Question

i need help.and my question is-
how was helen named? from "the novel the story of my life"

Answer 1

Helen's mother wished that she (Helen) should be called Helen Everett after her mother. But in the excitement of carrying Helen to the church, her father lost the name on the way. When the minister asked him for the name, he just remembered that it had been decided to call her (Helen) after her grandmother, and he gave her the name as Helen Adams.