Agnes Christina Laut, internationally known journalist, social worker & author, died at her Wassaic home Nov. 14, after a long illness. Miss Laut, 65, was born in Brucefield, Ontario, and had resided in Dutchess county for 30 years. The daughter of John & Eliza George Laut, she lived in Winnepeg as a child, and attended the University of Manitoba. From 1895 to 1897, she was an editorial writer on the Manitoba Free Press, and later correspondent for American, Canadian and English newspapers, and contributed to the Saturday Evening Post, Financial post, Reviews of Reviews, and Colliers. The first of her many historical books, Lords of the North, was published in 1900. …Survived by four sisters, Mrs. Janet Gallagher, mrs. S Kirkpatrick; Georgina Laut and mrs. McNatughton; one brother, John Laut. Her grandfather, the Rev. James George, was acting Principal of Queens University (Kingston) from 1853 to 1857.
Harlem Valley Times, 19 Nov 1936
Harlem Valley Times, 19 Nov 1936
Agnes Christina Laut, internationally known journalist, social worker & author, died at her Wassaic home Nov. 14, after a long illness. Miss Laut, 65, was born in Brucefield, Ontario, and had resided in Dutchess county for 30 years. The daughter of John & Eliza George Laut, she lived in Winnepeg as a child, and attended the University of Manitoba. From 1895 to 1897, she was an editorial writer on the Manitoba Free Press, and later correspondent for American, Canadian and English newspapers, and contributed to the Saturday Evening Post, Financial post, Reviews of Reviews, and Colliers. The first of her many historical books, Lords of the North, was published in 1900. …Survived by four sisters, Mrs. Janet Gallagher, mrs. S Kirkpatrick; Georgina Laut and mrs. McNatughton; one brother, John Laut. Her grandfather, the Rev. James George, was acting Principal of Queens University (Kingston) from 1853 to 1857.
Harlem Valley Times, 19 Nov 1936
Harlem Valley Times, 19 Nov 1936
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