Herriman, Dorothy Choate

1901 - 1978  (76 years)

• Name	Herriman, Dorothy Choate
  Born	1 Sep 1901	Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Died	13 Jun 1978	Orangeville, Canada
  Person ID	I1060	theHornes Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2003

  
  

  Father	Herriman, William Choate,   b. 27 Apr 1867, Orono, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Sep 1945, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Williams, Nellie J.,   b. 6 Jul 1862, Arlington, VT ,   d. 19 May 1934, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Married	Oct 1900
  Family ID	F373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  She was Nancy’s 2nd cousin, once removed. Suzie, Peter & Cindy’s 2nd cousin, twice removed. Her family is related to the Choates who were early pioneer settlers in the area. She spent her childhood in Kingston, Toronto, and Orillia. She was educated at the Model School in Toronto, Orillia Central School, Orillia Collegiate Institute, Havergal College in Toronto and the Ontario College of Art. She served for a time, as secretary to the Canadian Author's Association. She was a poet and published a volume of poetry entitled "Mater Silva" in 1929 by McCllland and Stewart. She had numerous other poems published in newspapers and literary journals in Canada and England. John and I went to Peterborough in 2002 and looked at her poems, diaries, etc. in Trent Univ. I have her poetry book “Mater Silva” in my genealogy bookcase. Interment Union Cemetery, Port Hope. Cousins: Doris M. Kennard of Grand Valley, Dorothy Gibson of Cassyuna, NY, Barbara Gilmour and Betty Francis both of Toronto.