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| Mary Hartley Read (1872-1957) was my great grandfather George H. Hartley's oldest sister. Picture courtesy of HermitInTheValley (Ancestry). |
As I've been going through my tree and correcting names/places/dates, I have noticed the fair number of cousins/uncles/aunts who didn't leave descendants (at least as far as I know). Sometimes their lives seemed more interesting since they were not as consumed with child-rearing, but after a few generations these same people can get forgotten because they don't have direct descendants. I plan on making a tag in Legacy to mark these people to get a better handle on some of what they did.
My 2nd great aunt Mary Hartley Read was a teacher and according to family story she reputedly taught in the Montessori style early on.
San Diego Union
23 Sep 1957
page 6
from GenealogyBank
Mrs. Mary Read Dies; Resident Here 75 Years
Mrs. Mary Hartley Read, 83, a resident here 75 years and a teacher in San Diego County schools for 20 years, died Saturday. She lived at 2931 B St.
Mrs. Read, a widow, was a member of the First Christian Church, the Historical Society of San Diego, the YWCA and the Women's Auxiliary of the Spanish American War Veterans.
A daughter of a pioneer North Park family, Mrs. Read was a graduate of the old state Normal School in Los Angeles. She is survived by a brother, Paul J. Hartley, and a sister, Mrs. Maud Hartley MacDougall, both of San Diego.
Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Lewis Colonial Mortuary, followed by cremation.
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