BOOK: Homespun Poems by Aunt Sue by Susan Little Fitz
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BOOK: Homespun Poems by Aunt Sue by Susan Little Fitz
 kathywieland
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Posted: 14 Jul 2007 7:09PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Fitz, Libby, Markward, Spofford
I bought this small book of poems because I believe someone will treasure it.
"Susan Little Fitz, sixth of the eleven children of Andrew Giddings and Frances Matilda (Libby) Fitz, was born 6 Nov 1877 on the family farm at Southwest Bend, Durham, Maine, where she spent a happy, memorable childhood. She began teaching in Maine at the age of eighteen, later moving to Massachusetts, and eventually to Boston. She taught in that city for thirty-eight years, retiring on 1 Jan 1947. Now Blind, but still very alert and self-sufficient, she lives alone in an apartment that has been her moe for over fifty years, not far from the junior high school in which she ended her career teaching English and Spanish.
Most of her verses have been composed since she became blind, some in recent months. They are arranged here in roughly chronological order. A devoted friend, Miss Josephine Markward, has taken down the poems from her dictation, often typing several drafts. A niece, Miss Barbara Spofford, daughter of Sue's sister Tillie, has seen them through the press."
I am not related, but I would like to connect this book with a family member or family researcher. Please contact me if you have an interest in this book.
Kathy Wieland in St. Louis, MO
Kathy@familywesearch.com
"Susan Little Fitz, sixth of the eleven children of Andrew Giddings and Frances Matilda (Libby) Fitz, was born 6 Nov 1877 on the family farm at Southwest Bend, Durham, Maine, where she spent a happy, memorable childhood. She began teaching in Maine at the age of eighteen, later moving to Massachusetts, and eventually to Boston. She taught in that city for thirty-eight years, retiring on 1 Jan 1947. Now Blind, but still very alert and self-sufficient, she lives alone in an apartment that has been her moe for over fifty years, not far from the junior high school in which she ended her career teaching English and Spanish.
Most of her verses have been composed since she became blind, some in recent months. They are arranged here in roughly chronological order. A devoted friend, Miss Josephine Markward, has taken down the poems from her dictation, often typing several drafts. A niece, Miss Barbara Spofford, daughter of Sue's sister Tillie, has seen them through the press."
I am not related, but I would like to connect this book with a family member or family researcher. Please contact me if you have an interest in this book.
Kathy Wieland in St. Louis, MO
Kathy@familywesearch.com