Beatrice Victorie Cook 's Life

Cornelia Ten Boom, known as Corrie, was born April fifteenth, 1892 in Haarlem, Netherlands. She lived with her father, Caspar, her older siblings, Betsie, Nollie and Willem and her three aunts. Her whole family was part of the Dutch Reform Church and was very religious and part of that was helping out the community. No matter how hard times were for the Ten Booms they always gave food to the poor. Corrie’s


Emeline Dyer was born on December 29, 1863. Emaline was never married and passed away on May 2, 1905, in Jacksonville, Illinois. Emaline was committed to the insane asylum because of her

Anne Bonny was a Irish american women who became a pirate. she was born on March 8, 1698 , the she died April 25,1782 charles towne. She was mostly known for her robberies and her murders. There was also a book written about her in 1724, called A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates.

     When he went to her house he found out that he had a new sister named Beatrice.

Though he was well over 40, the couple married a year after they met in January 1858.

On December 15, 1785, Abel married Susannah Bryant in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Joshua Bryant and Susannah Randall, and was born in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the August 8, 1767. Abel was 22 years old and Susannah was

By 1891 Benjamin had moved along with his daughter Julie Ann and her husband Donald McDonald, Robert, with his youngest son, William H. was living with a young family of 3, Ned Wyld, Margaret and young daughter Mary. Even Benjamin’s ex-step daughter Nancy Burns had moved to the westernmost end of the road to Haines Lake.

Born on a Canadian farm in 1890, Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy near Ingersoll, Ontario. She was dedicated to God’s service by her mother when she was a baby. Her mother, an orphan, was raised by foster parents who were in the Salvation Army. Her father was a Methodist.

Freda Josephine McDonald also known as Josephine Baker was born in Louis, Missouri on June 3, 1906. Josephine had a loving mother, two brothers, and a sister. Josephine’s dream was to dance, but she had a few problems with racism. She fought back to get justice and she did. Later on within her life she adopted kids and had had many spouses. Josephine’s life was long but not long enough.

The pair had a number of children together at Point La Nim: William Herman[C.1.4.12.1] in 1902, Beatrice Victorie (anglicised Beatrix Victo-ria)[C.1.4.12.3] in 1904 and Evangeline ‘Vangie’[C.1.4.12.4] in 1905, Beu-lah[C.1.4.12.4] in 1907, Margaret Jane[C.1.4.12.5] in 1909, and Florence May[C.1.4.12.6] in 1911. They all likely attended Point La Nim’s sole schoolhouse.

There marriage was secretive because back then there marriage was forbidden because she was german american. In 1924 he married Edith Granzo. She helped him finacial wise for the next decade. They had a child together in 1933.

The daughter of an English clergyman, Edith Cavell entered the world in 1865 and spent her childhood living in a family which was headed by an extremely frugal father completely devoted to the service of others. Edith's father, Frederick, was a strict puritan who sacrificed a great deal for his parishioners, for instance, he often took his family out to give their food to those who were in greater need. It was from her father that Edith would inherit her compassion and devotion to the care of others, leading her to a career as a governess with a family in Brussels, Belgium. However, she was forced to leave this post in the spring of 1895 when her father became ill and needed her to care for him. "Edith performed so capably that the Reverend Cavell returned to his church full-time by early autumn." (Batten 15)

Emily Murphy was born on March 14, 1868 in Cookstown, Ontario, she lead an average early life, being born into a legal family; she became an expert in legal practices. Emily married in 1887. Shortly after being married she moves into England and follows her career as a writer under the pseudonym, `Janey Canuck`. She started to attract attention to herself when she moved to Edmonton in 1907. She begins to involve herself in women's rights and in 1910 becomes the first female appointed into the Edmonton Hospital board. Then with the

Jennie Boyd and Lou Bennett became sisters-in-law! Four years after graduating from Monmouth in 1872, Lou Bennett married the Rev. M. Joseph Newton Boyd, Jennie’s brother.

Abraham was an only child who grew up in poverty with his father, Thomas Lincoln, who was a carpenter and mother, Nancy Hanks, who died in 1818. Shortly after Nancy’s death, Thomas married Sarah Johnston, a widow, who was a loving mother for Abraham. As a boy, Abraham attended almost no official schooling but taught himself to read small books with the encouragement of his step-mother.