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Visual Evidence
Chart 1: Douglas servants.
| Name of Servant |
Birthplace |
Position |
Years of Employment |
| Rosalie Loquet |
Unknown |
Maid |
1907 |
| Lucien Abadie |
Unknown |
Butler |
1907 |
| Henrietta Abadie |
Unknown |
Maid |
1907 |
| Samuel Ross |
Ireland |
Coachman |
1907-1913 |
| George Holmes |
Illinois |
Head Gardener |
1907-1910 |
| Elijah B. Loomis |
Ohio |
Gardener |
1907-1918 |
| Johanna Lau |
Germany |
Cook |
1/2 year 1908, 1909, 1911; 1910 |
| Lenore (Swift) St. Cricq |
Vermont |
Nurse/Maid |
1907, 1910;
1/2 year 1909, 1911 |
| Armand St. Cricq |
France |
Butler |
1/2 year 1909, 1911;
1910 |
| Ella McDannel |
Iowa |
Nurse |
1909-1929 |
| Bertha Meyers |
WI - German parents |
Maid |
1/2 year 1911, 1912; 1913-1919 |
| Alexander Huart |
Unknown |
Butler |
1/2 year 1911, 1913;
1912 |
| Hilda Huart |
Unknown |
Maid |
1/2 year 1911, 1913;
1912 |
| Andrew Krieg |
Germany |
Gardener |
1911-1919 |
| Loretta Byers |
WI - German parents |
Cook |
1/2 year 1913;
1914-1916 |
| Rose Bellet |
France |
Maid |
1908; 1913-1918 |
| Lucian Bellet |
Italy |
Butler |
1908;
1/2 year 1913;
1914-1918 |
| Charles Horn |
England |
Chauffeur |
1/2 year 1913, 1914 |
| Joe Podhasky |
IA-Bohemian parents |
Houseman |
1/2 year 1914;
1915-1920 |
| Rose Podhasky |
IA-Bohemian parents |
Cook |
1919-1920 |
| Albert Batten |
England |
Chauffeur |
1915-1937 |
| Anton Martini |
Unknown |
Head Gardener |
1/2 year 1920, 1921 |
| Archie White |
Jamaica, British WI |
Head Gardener |
1/2 year 1921;
1922-1937 |
| James Bracha |
Bohemia |
Houseman |
1924-1928 |
| Hans Guterich |
Germany |
Butler |
1924-1925 |
| Mabel Seay |
Sweden |
Cook |
1924-1931 |
| Alfred Batten |
England |
Butler |
1926-1937 |
| Ivy Batten |
England |
Maid |
1926-1937 |
Unless otherwise indicated, assume year-round employment.
(Information compiled by Brucemore Historian Jennifer Pustz, 2000)
Questions for Chart 1
1. Study Chart 1. Servants from what nationality made up the largest portion of the Douglas family staff? How many American-born servants did they have on staff?
2. Which servants stayed with the Douglases for more than ten years?
3. What does their length of their employment tell us about the Douglases?
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