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Bradford County PA
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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
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School Memorabilia of the
Tri-Counties
1892 Provisional Teaching Certificate |
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| School: Provisional Tecahing Certificate |
| Township: Springfield Township, Bradford County |
| Teacher: Elvira Ayers |
| Year: 1892 |
| Submitted by: Marianne Walker |
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Subj: Photos for the school records
Date: 3/16/2003 2:10:37 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: TigrBug
To: JoyceTice
Dear Joyce,
Here is a photo of my maternal grandmother, Elvira Eretta Ayers (b.
1874) along with a photo of the "Teachers' Provisional Certificate" that
was issued to her on August 6, 1892, by then Superintendent of Schools,
Bradford Co, G. W. Ryan. I keep hoping to learn in which school she
taught, but assume it was in the Springfield/Berrytown area as she lived
in Berrytown during that school year.
She graduated from Neillsville H.S., Clark County, WI. abt. 1890.
In the late summer of 1892, she traveled via train back to Elmira,
NY then down into Berrytown, PA, escorted by her father, Martin Van
Buren Ayers, originally of Springfield Twp, Bradford Co, PA., who was the
5th of 8 surviving children of Lorenzo Ayers & Abigail Smith
Ayers, who farmed in the Columbia Cross Roads/Springfield area. Elvira
lived with cousins while teaching that year, & returned to central
Wisconsin the following spring.
Just a touch of humor on the certificate: at the bottom of the
form is a written explanation of the grades given the candidate on their
qualifying exams: "No. 1, signifes Very Good, 2, Good, 3, Middling."
If anyone ever runs across any further information about Elvira E. Ayres
during her stay in Berrytown, I'll appreciate hearing from them.
Thanks so very much,
Marianne Walker, Los Angeles, CA
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