Hand Drawn Map of Donation Land Claims in the Hopewell and Unionvale area where many of the family settled.
FROM MERRILEE JOHNSON
Hand drawn map of donation land claims
FAMILY DONATION LAND CLAIMS: Hand Drawn Map
July 4th, 2021VIRTUAL MUSEUM: Sylva Hewitt Kerr’s diploma
July 4th, 2021FROM MERRILEE JOHNSON
Sylva Leona Hewitt’s 1905 diploma from Willamette University’s Normal School
This is the announcement of the graduation in 1905 of Sylva Hewitt from the Willamette University Normal School. She is a James Andrew Hewitt descendant and became Sylva Kerr, mother to Margaret Kerr Farris, James Kerr, Marjorie Kerr Bauer, William Henry (Hank) Kerr, Mary Alice Kerr Murray McClain, Kerwin Kerr, Sr., Jean Kerr, and Conrad Kerr. [Henry Hewitt and Elizabeth Matheny>James Andrew Hewitt and Mary Jane Rose>Sylva Leona (Hewitt) Kerr]
FROM BARBARA KERR
Normal School refers to a teaching degree. Grandma taught in several districts including one where the one-room schoolhouse had so many students she asked her father, James Andrew Hewitt, to join her as a second teacher. At one point, she bought herself a Model T Ford to drive herself to her schools.
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VIRTUAL MUSEUM: Sylva Hewitt Kerr’s Gift from a Student
July 4th, 2021
Pitcher given to Sylva Hewitt Kerr by one of her students
This cream pitcher was given to my Grandma, Sylva Hewitt Kerr, by one of her students. I can imagine that she was as caring and dear as a teacher as she was a grandmother.
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