Barbara, Madame LeFevre's Edgeworth School may have been founded by Sarah Agnes Kummer. Here's something I found on the MD Historical Society site: Sarah Agnes Kummer (fl. 1830-1872) was a teacher and school headmistress in Baltimore. A native of Bethlehem, Pa., Miss Kummer came to Baltimore as an orphan at the age of 14, and began teaching children at the school of Rev. Henry Sargent. Soon after, she was a private tutor to the children of Augustus Albert, and accompanied the family to Europe, where she remained for eleven years. Returning to Baltimore in the middle 1860s, she established a school for young women which was located, at various times, at 139 St. Paul St. and at 64 Mt. Vernon Place. At one point, she moved her institution to Paris, where she provided instruction in French for American women. Health problems compelled her return to the Baltimore, where she died of cancer in 1872. The reason I think Kummer may have founded the school is from this collection I found on archivegrid.org: Papers, 1846-1872. Kummer, Sarah Agnes, 1830-1872. Family correspondence, journal (1862-1863) describing trip to Paris, France, and other papers. Topics include teaching and the Edgeworth School for Young Ladies which Kummer opened in Baltimore. A famous philanthropist -- Martha McChesney Berry, founder of the Berry Schools who dedicated her life to providing an education to the youth of Southern Appalachia -- attended in 1882 (at age 16) "Madam LeFevre's Edgeworth School in Baltimore, MD." Good luck! Cynthia -----Original Message----- >From: BabsM007@aol.com >Sent: Aug 23, 2006 2:00 PM >To: MD-BaltimoreCity-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MD-BaltimoreCity] Baltimore School(s): One and the Same > >Hello! > >I am new to this messageboard, and I hope someone can help me. > >I am curious, and would like to learn more, about a school that I believe >was located in Baltimore during the time of (at least) 1878-1890. It was >called the Edgeworth School, or Mrs. LeFevre's School. I believe this was a >private school for young girls. My great Aunt and great grandmother attended the >school. > >Where was this school located? Does it still exist under another name? >Where would the school records be located? Any information about this school, >or suggestions about where to find information on this school would be very >appreciated. I have searched over the Internet and haven't found any >information about the school. > >Thank you! > >-Barbara > > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

NEW ADDRESS for JOAN DEAVER joandeaver@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Waring Shockley" <cynthiashockley@coastalnet.com> To: <MD-BaltimoreCity-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [MD-BaltimoreCity] Baltimore School(s): One and the Same > Barbara, > > Madame LeFevre's Edgeworth School may have been founded by Sarah Agnes > Kummer. Here's something I found on the MD Historical Society site: > > Sarah Agnes Kummer (fl. 1830-1872) was a teacher and school headmistress > in Baltimore. A native of Bethlehem, Pa., Miss Kummer came to Baltimore as > an orphan at the age of 14, and began teaching children at the school of > Rev. Henry Sargent. Soon after, she was a private tutor to the children of > Augustus Albert, and accompanied the family to Europe, where she remained > for eleven years. Returning to Baltimore in the middle 1860s, she > established a school for young women which was located, at various times, > at 139 St. Paul St. and at 64 Mt. Vernon Place. At one point, she moved > her institution to Paris, where she provided instruction in French for > American women. Health problems compelled her return to the Baltimore, > where she died of cancer in 1872. > > The reason I think Kummer may have founded the school is from this > collection I found on archivegrid.org: > > Papers, 1846-1872. Kummer, Sarah Agnes, 1830-1872. > Family correspondence, journal (1862-1863) describing trip to Paris, > France, and other papers. Topics include teaching and the Edgeworth School > for Young Ladies which Kummer opened in Baltimore. > > > A famous philanthropist -- Martha McChesney Berry, founder of the Berry > Schools who dedicated her life to providing an education to the youth of > Southern Appalachia -- attended in 1882 (at age 16) "Madam LeFevre's > Edgeworth School in Baltimore, MD." > > > Good luck! > Cynthia > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: BabsM007@aol.com >>Sent: Aug 23, 2006 2:00 PM >>To: MD-BaltimoreCity-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [MD-BaltimoreCity] Baltimore School(s): One and the Same >> >>Hello! >> >>I am new to this messageboard, and I hope someone can help me. >> >>I am curious, and would like to learn more, about a school that I believe >>was located in Baltimore during the time of (at least) 1878-1890. It was >>called the Edgeworth School, or Mrs. LeFevre's School. I believe this >>was a >>private school for young girls. My great Aunt and great grandmother >>attended the >>school. >> >>Where was this school located? Does it still exist under another name? >>Where would the school records be located? Any information about this >>school, >>or suggestions about where to find information on this school would be >>very >>appreciated. I have searched over the Internet and haven't found any >>information about the school. >> >>Thank you! >> >>-Barbara >> >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >