Teacher's Certificate, Emily Winchester - 1859
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Teacher's Certificate, Emily Winchester - 1859
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Teacher's Certificate, Emily Winchester- 1859
Transcription: I do hereby certify that I have thoroughly examined Miss Emily A. Winchester and believe she is qualified in regard to moral character learning and ability to teach a common school in this town for one year Richford, Apr 19th 1859
A.G. Potter Supt of Public Instruction
Emily Ann Winchester Lane was born 1843, and she married Davis Ransleer Lane ( 1832 - 1909). They lived in Wisconsin and Michigan; One of their children, Anna E. Lane married Herbert Hammond. Anna and Herbert's daughter was Emily Janet Hammond. Janet married Albert Rohrabacher, whose great grandfather was one of the early settlers of Howell, Michigan in 1836. Janet was born near Lansing, Michigan in 1913, became a licensed practical nurse, and was interested in genealogy at a young age. Janet was a longtime member of the Philip Livingston Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Howell, Michigan, and a co-founder of the Livingston County Historical Society and the Livingston County Genealogical Society, Michigan. She was also an author of the "Bicentennial History of Howell, served on the Howell Carnegie DIstrict Library Archives Board and a volunteer at the Archives for many years. In 1998, she received the prestigious Lucy Mary Kellogg Award, from the Michigan Genealogical Council. Janet was also instrumental in the Annual Davis Lane & Emily Winchester Lane Family Reunions. It is believed that Janet donated this record of Emily Winchester's teaching certificate. Emily Janet Hammond Rohrabacher died in 2016.
Emily Ann Winchester Lane - Find A Grave
Lane Reunion at Williamston Newspapers.com Clipping
Transcription: I do hereby certify that I have thoroughly examined Miss Emily A. Winchester and believe she is qualified in regard to moral character learning and ability to teach a common school in this town for one year Richford, Apr 19th 1859
A.G. Potter Supt of Public Instruction
Emily Ann Winchester Lane was born 1843, and she married Davis Ransleer Lane ( 1832 - 1909). They lived in Wisconsin and Michigan; One of their children, Anna E. Lane married Herbert Hammond. Anna and Herbert's daughter was Emily Janet Hammond. Janet married Albert Rohrabacher, whose great grandfather was one of the early settlers of Howell, Michigan in 1836. Janet was born near Lansing, Michigan in 1913, became a licensed practical nurse, and was interested in genealogy at a young age. Janet was a longtime member of the Philip Livingston Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Howell, Michigan, and a co-founder of the Livingston County Historical Society and the Livingston County Genealogical Society, Michigan. She was also an author of the "Bicentennial History of Howell, served on the Howell Carnegie DIstrict Library Archives Board and a volunteer at the Archives for many years. In 1998, she received the prestigious Lucy Mary Kellogg Award, from the Michigan Genealogical Council. Janet was also instrumental in the Annual Davis Lane & Emily Winchester Lane Family Reunions. It is believed that Janet donated this record of Emily Winchester's teaching certificate. Emily Janet Hammond Rohrabacher died in 2016.
Emily Ann Winchester Lane - Find A Grave
Lane Reunion at Williamston Newspapers.com Clipping
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Teachers
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Date
1859
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Believed that Emily Janet Hammond Rohrabacher donated this.
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“Teacher's Certificate, Emily Winchester - 1859,” Howell Area Archives Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/8259.