Hume, Margaret

(from memories of Bill Coristine as published in the Watford Carnegie Library Cookbook 2000 and from memories of Clara Hodgson)

In the 1940s there were four unmarried Hume sisters living on Main St. in Watford: Margaret, Jessie, Esther and Nellie. Their brother Douglas was a civil servant in Ottawa and their only nephew was a missionary in Africa.

Margaret was a piano teacher. A Heintzman piano of the mid-twenties era dominated the rather sparsely furnished studio in their home. Clara Hodgson took lessons from her in the 1942–1944 era, and found it was always fun to be in the home. Bill Coristine also took lessons from her. In the Library Cookbook he refers to references about her accompanying vocalists and choirs in the 1890s in the Watford Guide-Advocate.

Jessie and Esther were teachers at Watford Public School and later librarians at the Watford Pubic Library. Esther was librarian from 1936–1950 while Jessie was librarian from 1950–1953. Clara remembers them as being good cooks.

Nellie, the oldest, was Clara’s Sunday School teacher. She was different from the other three, often disagreeing with her sisters, as she preferred knowledge over helping with the household chores.

Chapter 24 of 25 - Hume, Margaret

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