Eliza P. Evans-Hansell (née, Estabrook; pen names, Esta Brook, Aunt Nabby, Mrs. Peleg Newsby, Mrs. Abigail A. Evans; August 27, 1836 – March 20, 1922) was an American novelist and short-story writer from Massachusetts. Under the pen name of "Aunt Nabby", she wrote articles with dialect humor in the columns of the Boston Commonwealth and other newspapers, before aggregating the stories into an illustrated volume. Evans-Hansell was interested in historical and genealogical research.
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| Born | Eliza ("Lizzie") Phelps Estabrook August 27, 1836 Arlington, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | March 20, 1922 (aged 85) Arlington, Massachusetts, US |
| Pen name | Esta Brook; Aunt Nabby; Mrs. Peleg Newsb;, Mrs. Abigail A. Evans |
| Occupation | Novelist; short-story writer |
| Language | English |
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Andrew Allison Evans
(m. 1863)George Howe Hansell (m. 1893) |
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Early life and education
editEliza (nickname, "Lizzie") Phelps Estabrook was born in Arlington, Massachusetts, August 27, 1836[1] (or August 27, 1846).[2] She was the youngest daughter of Captain Endor and Lydia Adams Estabrook, and a granddaughter of Deacon John Adams, who owned and occupied the Adams house, which was riddled with bullets when war swept through West Cambridge (now Arlington, Massachusetts), as the British soldiers, on their retreat from the battles of Lexington and Concord, erroneously supposed that the patriot, Samuel Adams, a cousin of "Deacon John", was secreted within its walls.[2] Her siblings included: James Adams (1818-1866), Sarah Adams (b. 1820), Hannah Adams (b. 1822), Endor (1825-1880), John Norcross (b. 1830), Lydia A. (b. 1832), and Mary Emeline (b. 1834).[1]
Career
editUnder the book title of, Aunt Nabby, and using pseudonyms of "Mrs. Peleg Newsby" and "Mrs. Abigail A. Evans", Evans-Hansell collected the letters she wrote which appeared from time to time in the columns of the Boston Commonwealth and other newspapers into an illustrated volume. The diction and humor of these missives served as an effective medium for the satire and comment upon measures and people for which "Aunt Nabby" was distinguished.[3] "Aunt Nabby" was an entertaining picture of country life, customs, dialects and ideas. The book was a successful essay in laughing down the overdone conventionalities of fashionable life.[2]
Another of her successful books was From Summer to Summer, an entertaining home story. She also wrote many short stories and sketches, published under the pen name "Esta Brook" (or "Esta Brooks").[2] Her articles of dialect humor were written under the pen name of "Aunt Nabby".[1]
Personal life
editOn November 3, 1863, she married Andrew Allison Evans (Concord, New Hampshire, September 5, 1816 - Boston, May 31, 1888), son of Samuel and Margaret Barr (Allison) Evans. The inventor of the all-paper collar, he actively endorsed the temperance cause. She resided in Somerville, Massachusetts, and was interested in historical and genealogical research.[1]
On August 16, 1893, in New York, she married George Howe Hansell.[4]
Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell died in Arlingtohn, Massachusetts, March 20, 1922.[5]
Selected works
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References
edit- ^ a b c d Estabrook 1891, p. 115-17.
- ^ a b c d Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 279.
- ^ R.R. Bowker Company 1888, p. 37.
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"(untitled)". Fitchburg, Massachusetts: The Fitchburg Sentinel. 16 August 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 18 July 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eliza Phelps Estabrook 27 August 1836 – 20 March 1922 • KLV2-3SZ". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ a b Office of the Register of Copyrights 1901, p. 717.
Bibliography
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: R.R. Bowker Company (1888). The Publishers Weekly (Public domain ed.). Frederick Leypoldt. p. 37.- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Estabrook, William (1891). Genealogy of the Estabrook Family: Including the Esterbrook and Easterbrooks in the United States (Public domain ed.). Andrus & Church. p. 115.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Office of the Register of Copyrights (1901). Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington (Public domain ed.). Treasury Department. pp. 717–.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. p. 279.
External links
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Works related to Woman of the Century/Lizzie P. E. Evans at Wikisource- Works by or about Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell at the Internet Archive
