Cambridge, Massachusetts, 28 February 1934
Mrs. Annie Longfellow Thorp, the "Laughing Allegra" of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's celebrated poem, "The Children's Hour," and the poet's youngest daughter, died today (28 February 1934) at the family home on Brattle street. She was 79 years old.
Because of the loss of her mother, Frances Appleton Longfellow, while she was in her early childhood, Mrs. Thorp's relationship with her father was unusually close and enduring, and was immortalized by the poet in the lines from, "The Children's Hour,"
"From my study I see in the lamplight
Descending the broad hall stair.
Grave Alice, and Laughing Allegra,
And Edith with golden hair."
She was raised in the family estate on Brattle Street in Cambridge. She was six years old when her mother, Frances Appleton, died in 1861. Her father died in 1882.
Through her grandmother on her father's side, se was a descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullens of "The Courtship of Miles Standish."
In 1885, Annie Allegra Longfellow married Joseph Gilbert Thorp, who had come from Oxford, New York, to Harvard. The newlyweds commissioned her cousin, Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr. to design a home for them at 115 Brattle Street, two houses down from her childhood home.
The couple was actively concerned with the civic life of the community, being particularly active in the Family Welfare Society and the Cambridge Health Association. Mrs. Thorp was also extremely interested in negro education in the South
An uncle of Mrs. Thorp was the Reverend Samuel Longfellow of Portland, Maine, a prominent Unitarian minister and hymn writer.
She is survived by five daughters ( Alice, Amelia, Erica, Anne and Priscilla ) and number of grandchildren. Her husband, Joseph Gilbert Thorp preceded her in 1931.
Mrs. Annie Longfellow Thorp, the "Laughing Allegra" of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's celebrated poem, "The Children's Hour," and the poet's youngest daughter, died today (28 February 1934) at the family home on Brattle street. She was 79 years old.
Because of the loss of her mother, Frances Appleton Longfellow, while she was in her early childhood, Mrs. Thorp's relationship with her father was unusually close and enduring, and was immortalized by the poet in the lines from, "The Children's Hour,"
"From my study I see in the lamplight
Descending the broad hall stair.
Grave Alice, and Laughing Allegra,
And Edith with golden hair."
She was raised in the family estate on Brattle Street in Cambridge. She was six years old when her mother, Frances Appleton, died in 1861. Her father died in 1882.
Through her grandmother on her father's side, se was a descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullens of "The Courtship of Miles Standish."
In 1885, Annie Allegra Longfellow married Joseph Gilbert Thorp, who had come from Oxford, New York, to Harvard. The newlyweds commissioned her cousin, Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr. to design a home for them at 115 Brattle Street, two houses down from her childhood home.
The couple was actively concerned with the civic life of the community, being particularly active in the Family Welfare Society and the Cambridge Health Association. Mrs. Thorp was also extremely interested in negro education in the South
An uncle of Mrs. Thorp was the Reverend Samuel Longfellow of Portland, Maine, a prominent Unitarian minister and hymn writer.
She is survived by five daughters ( Alice, Amelia, Erica, Anne and Priscilla ) and number of grandchildren. Her husband, Joseph Gilbert Thorp preceded her in 1931.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 28 February 1934
Mrs. Annie Longfellow Thorp, the "Laughing Allegra" of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's celebrated poem, "The Children's Hour," and the poet's youngest daughter, died today (28 February 1934) at the family home on Brattle street. She was 79 years old.
Because of the loss of her mother, Frances Appleton Longfellow, while she was in her early childhood, Mrs. Thorp's relationship with her father was unusually close and enduring, and was immortalized by the poet in the lines from, "The Children's Hour,"
"From my study I see in the lamplight
Descending the broad hall stair.
Grave Alice, and Laughing Allegra,
And Edith with golden hair."
She was raised in the family estate on Brattle Street in Cambridge. She was six years old when her mother, Frances Appleton, died in 1861. Her father died in 1882.
Through her grandmother on her father's side, se was a descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullens of "The Courtship of Miles Standish."
In 1885, Annie Allegra Longfellow married Joseph Gilbert Thorp, who had come from Oxford, New York, to Harvard. The newlyweds commissioned her cousin, Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr. to design a home for them at 115 Brattle Street, two houses down from her childhood home.
The couple was actively concerned with the civic life of the community, being particularly active in the Family Welfare Society and the Cambridge Health Association. Mrs. Thorp was also extremely interested in negro education in the South
An uncle of Mrs. Thorp was the Reverend Samuel Longfellow of Portland, Maine, a prominent Unitarian minister and hymn writer.
She is survived by five daughters ( Alice, Amelia, Erica, Anne and Priscilla ) and number of grandchildren. Her husband, Joseph Gilbert Thorp preceded her in 1931.
Mrs. Annie Longfellow Thorp, the "Laughing Allegra" of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's celebrated poem, "The Children's Hour," and the poet's youngest daughter, died today (28 February 1934) at the family home on Brattle street. She was 79 years old.
Because of the loss of her mother, Frances Appleton Longfellow, while she was in her early childhood, Mrs. Thorp's relationship with her father was unusually close and enduring, and was immortalized by the poet in the lines from, "The Children's Hour,"
"From my study I see in the lamplight
Descending the broad hall stair.
Grave Alice, and Laughing Allegra,
And Edith with golden hair."
She was raised in the family estate on Brattle Street in Cambridge. She was six years old when her mother, Frances Appleton, died in 1861. Her father died in 1882.
Through her grandmother on her father's side, se was a descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullens of "The Courtship of Miles Standish."
In 1885, Annie Allegra Longfellow married Joseph Gilbert Thorp, who had come from Oxford, New York, to Harvard. The newlyweds commissioned her cousin, Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr. to design a home for them at 115 Brattle Street, two houses down from her childhood home.
The couple was actively concerned with the civic life of the community, being particularly active in the Family Welfare Society and the Cambridge Health Association. Mrs. Thorp was also extremely interested in negro education in the South
An uncle of Mrs. Thorp was the Reverend Samuel Longfellow of Portland, Maine, a prominent Unitarian minister and hymn writer.
She is survived by five daughters ( Alice, Amelia, Erica, Anne and Priscilla ) and number of grandchildren. Her husband, Joseph Gilbert Thorp preceded her in 1931.
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