Hetty Schriftguisser
b. ?
d. ?
Background
Hetty Schriftguisser was a kindergarten schoolteacher from Roxbury, MA. She was a rusticator and had a cottage, which is currently the Haydock house. The house was shared with her mother and sister.In the summertime, Mary Wheelwright, who lived in Seal Harbor, engaged a dentist to set up a portable office in the Ladies Aid to examine and treat the teeth of the island children. She also engaged Hetty to hold a sort of preschool and art class for kindergarten-age children on the island. They met in the parsonage, and had little chairs and round tables -- and a big toy chest.
Barbara Brooks lent me this photo showing Hettie with some of the island kids. The parsonage is in the background. Barbara Brooks herself is in the photo. Barbara Brooks was born in 1912, and appears to be about five in the photo, so it was taken about 1917.
photo courtesy of Barbara Brooks
| Left to right, back row | ||||||||
| Hetty Schriftguisser (teacher) |
unknown Bracy girl |
unknown Bracy girl |
Forest Spurling (b. 1907) | unknown girl |
unknown boy |
Fanny Spurling |
Clyde Spurling |
Louise Spurling |
| Left to right, front row | ||||||||
| Dorothy Spurling |
Barbara Spurling (b. 1912) |
unknown girl |
Mary Teel |
unknown girl |
unknown girl |
Tud Bunker (b. 1909) |
unknown boy |
Nelson Spurling |
photo courtesy of Barbara (Spurling) Brooks (holding black doll in front row)
Some additional information:
Barbara tells me she was the only girl who liked to play with the black doll.
Louise (Spurling) Sorenson is Barbara's sister.
Nelson Spurling is Barbara's brother.
Clyde Spurling was from Islesford, his father was Bert Spurling.
Fanny Spurling was the sister of Clyde.
Mary Teel's parents Sawtelle and Velma Teel ran the Teel House.
