Emelyn Smythe (Newcomb) Partridge (1869 - 1963)

Born 1 Nov 1869 in Black Rock, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of George Everett Partridge — married 31 Aug 1898 in New York City, New York

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1963 at age 93 in Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, United States

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Biography

When Emelyn Smythe Newcomb was born on November 1, 1869, in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Asaph Newcomb was 39 and her mother Marietta Eaton, was 30. She married George Everett Partridge on August 31, 1898, in Manhattan, New York. They had three children during their marriage. She died on August 7, 1963, in Warrenton, Virginia, at the age of 93, and was buried in Worcester, Massachusetts.^[1][2][3]

When attending school in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1898, Emelyn lived at 55 Hollywood Street, which was across the street from GE Partridge's parents at 54 Hollywood Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. They married shortly afterward in August 1898. ^[4]

Emelyn was a storyteller, lecturer, clinical psychologist, and writer. Her interests were writing stories and novels dealing with life in Nova Scotia, her birthplace. She was educated at Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies in Northfield, Massachusetts and a fellow at Clark University 1920-21, Worcester, Massachusetts. She was one of the pioneers in the field of storytelling, and was co-author with her husband GE Partridge of "Storytelling In School And Home: A Study In Educational Aesthetics" (1912), a book intended to help teachers develop vivid and effective stories, which was translated into Russian. ^[5]

In practice as a clinical psychologist in Boston, Massachusetts 1921-25. Organized a school for mentally deficient children, Philadelphia Hospital for Mental Diseases, 1925-26, and a psychologist in the Special Education Dept. Baltimore, Maryland 1929-33. ^[6]

Emelyn, with her daughter Miriam Newcomb (Partridge) Speck, started a school for mentally handicapped children in 1954 in Virginia, with a then-novel approach of occupational therapy, to give the students whatever skills their individual limitations would allow. This was the philosophy of her husband George Partridge: “...whatever a person’s limitations, he or she can and must feel that they are part of the working world.” Following the initial success with seven boys, the program expanded each year until 1969 when financial and management problems led to the Partridge Schools and Rehabilitation Center collapsing in debt. Miriam then attempted to create a new facility in Tucson, Arizona, but that too was closed 23 August 1972. ^[7]

Authored numerous children’s story books, including "Glooscap The Great Chief, And Other Stories: Legends Of The Micmacs", 1913; "Joyful Star: Indian Stories for Camp Fire Girls" (1915); "Little Scarred Girl", 1938. She also authored papers on psychological subjects.

DNA

Mike Partridge and Lloyd de Vere Hunt and Gerald Aubrey Hunt descend from David Eaton Sr. and Deborah White

Chromosome 3 - M323683
1 devere15dad (H656644) 160717070 - 184142647 (22.039 cM)
2 devere15 (H793478) 160667263 - 183953780 (21.659 cM)

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRC-G1R6 : 16 August 2019), Emelyn Smythe Partridge, 07 Aug 1963; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
2. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q53P-CS2C : 18 July 2020), Mrs Emelyn Newcomb Partridge and Mrs G E Partridge, 1963.
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9278/images/43006_162028001249_0333-00133?ssrc=pt&treeid=156515935&personid=392061815092&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=992938
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10061839?pId=505712556
5. ↑ "Who's Who in America 1920-1921", Volume 11, Page 31
6. ↑ "Who's Who in America 1920-1921", Volume 11, Page 31
7. ↑ Country Spirit, "A Special School Once Flourished Near Gainesville", Spring 2019, John T. Toler