Notes for: Clara Maria GROUT
Notes for: Clara Maria GROUT
Age 35-10-22 at death. She died in childbirth.
Clara was 18 years old when she started teaching. She was naturally left-handed, but used either hand with equal dexterity. She is reported by an old Weathersfield resident as being "a most unusual teacher, really unexcelled".
Her record as a Weathersfield teacher:
1876 - Lime Kiln District, No 12, 8 pupils, 12 weeks
1877 - Lime Kiln District, No 12, 6 pupils, 23 weeks
1880 - Lime Kiln District, No 12, (weeks not recorded)
1882-83 - Lime Kiln District, 9 weeks, 14 pupils (winter) J M Billings Superintendent.
1884 - 2nd term - (two terms only in 1884)
1886 - 2nd term - winter - Lime Kiln (weeks not recorded)
1888 - 2nd term - winter - Lime Kiln, 2 terms of 13 weeks
1889-1890 - no school records found
1891 - Perkinsville Grammer School, District No 1, Fall and Winter terms
1892 - Upham District, No 2, (3 terms of 30 weeks, 16 pupils)
1893 - Amsden District, No 8, (weeks not recorded)