Background
Ireland, Mary E. was born on January 9, 1834 in Calvert, Cecil Company, Maryland, United States. Daughter of Joseph and Harriet Haines.
Ireland, Mary E. was born on January 9, 1834 in Calvert, Cecil Company, Maryland, United States. Daughter of Joseph and Harriet Haines.
6th in descent from Richard Haines, Quaker, who came from Oxfordshire, 1682. On mother’s side Scotch Irish, 6th in descent from Roger Kirk, Lurgan, Ulster, Ireland, 1712. Educated Ladies’ Seminary, Long Island.
Author: What I Told Dorcas, 1895. Grandma Elliot’s Farmhouse, 1900. Timothy and His Friends, 1902.
Otterbrook’s Blessing, 1902.
Under the Cherry Blossoms, 1903. Otterbrook Parsonage, 1903.
Otterbrook People, 1907. Hilda’s Mascot, 1910.
Also many translations, of which the most popular are: Christian Beck’s Grandson.
An Obstinate Maid. In Days of Abdel-Kader. Stolen for Ransom; The School on Luneburg Heath.
The Young Artists; Pixy’s Holiday Journey: Eric’s Vacation.
The Doctor’s Family. Lenchen’s Brother. In Fair Silecia. Life Work of Pastor Louis Harms.
The Block House on the Shore.
The First School Year. In Days of Peter the Great. Dorris and Her Mountain Home.
The Tower Angel.
The Young Violinist. Homes in Schafhausen. Prince Albrecht of Brandenburg.
Prince Frederich of Franconia. The Mayor of Lubeck (three last mentioned are stories of the Reformation).
The Golden Fountain; The Shadow of a Crime.
King Otto’s Crown. Kaiser, King, and Pope. Happy Days at Grandfathers.
Thamas, And the Destruction of Jerusalem.
The Emigrants. God’s Ways Are Wonderful, 1922. The Gypsy Mother, 1922.
The Patriot, 1922; Joseph Hayden’s Two Problems, 1922.
Home: 644 K Saint North.E., Washington, District of Columbia.
Married Calvert, John M. Ireland, 1859 (died March 1911).