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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Katharine Stanley Hall (1886 – 1970) Community caretaker, librarian 1871 Main Road, Westport Point Katharine was born in Brooklyn Heights, New York in 1886, the eldest child of Rev. Charles Cuthbert Hall and Jeanie Stewart Boyd. She spent most of her youth in New York City where Dr. Hall was President […]
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Jean Yeomans Poet and writer Jean Yeomans read widely and wrote voluminously. Her pen and pad were always close at hand to fill the private moments in a busy life. Most of her writing was done in prose: journals which she had kept faithfully from the age of 12, descriptions of dreams, notes on books, […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Sylvia “Sue” Maxwell Van Sloun (1928-2019) Business owner 1787 E Main Scotch Pine Lane, Westport Point Sylvia “Sue” A.M. Maxwell was born in New York City, daughter of the late Eugene Lascalles Maxwell and Sylvia A. (Lathrop) Maxwell. He had been a member of the New York Stock Exchange. She was […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Kate Szal (1945-2004) Potter, Jungian analyst 1871 Main Road and 1720 Main Road, Westport Point Katy was born Kathy Jean McFarland in Chicago, daughter of Allen P McFarland and Dorthy Grace Miller McFarland. She spent her early years with her maternal grandparents who lived in a Frank Lloyd Wright house […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Blanche P. Southard The Junipers Blanche P. Southard lived on the Junipers estate for almost 30 years (circa early 1950s to late1970s), the first two decades as George H. Southard III’s wife and much of the following decade as his widow. She is controversial because there is a large living memory […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Harriet Hutchinson Sheldon (1838 – 1915) Owned many homes in Westport Point and along lower Drift Road, including the William Wood Homestead Farm and the Valentine House Harriet Hutchinson Sheldon was born in Brooklyn, New York, died in Westport Point and was buried in the Sheldon family plot in Green-wood […]
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Svetlana “Ludmilla” Alexeieff Rockwell (1923 – 2015) Artist 1678 Main “Lana Lane”, Westport Point Svetlana was born in Paris to her mother Alexandra Grinevsky and father Alexandre Alexeieff, both eventually becoming illustrators. Grinevsky was from European nobility and Alexeieff was from Kazan, Russia. Her parents’ stories in their own right are fascinating living through […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Minnie Alice Swint Robbins (1874-1961) Music teacher, business owner 1813 Main Road – and owner of the Robbins Tract Minnie Swint Robbins was born in Stoneham in 1874, the daughter of John W. Swint and Delia Richardson Swint. Her paternal grandparents were from Germany. Her father was a baker born […]
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Marjorie Newell Robb (1889 – 1992) Survivor of the Titanic disaster 1656 Main Road and Dune Cottage Marjorie was born in Lexington MA, the daughter of Arthur (a prominent Boston banker) and Mary (Greeley) Newell. She survived the Titanic disaster, and lived to become one of the oldest survivors, dying at the age of 103. […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Pauline Avis Nelson 1824 Main Road, Westport Pt. She served in the coast guard in WW2, trained at boot camp in Manhattan Beach training school, training for SPARS US Coast Guard. She became a yeoman, doing secretarial work at Lake Ponchatrain, Louisiana. Pauline was honorably discharged in May 1946. She […]
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