![]() One day, Lydia and Daniel are allowed a visitation, where he gave her a note that said "I am leaving soon." He left a few days later in early November. She was unable to interact her brother, because of Shaker laws that separate boys and girls. She was placed in the sixth grade at the Shakers small schoolhouse. Lydia shared a room with three other girls, Grace, Rebecca, and Polly. ![]() Sister Jennie Mathers was Lydia's caretaker and guided her through the Shakers rules and customs. Henry was incapable of taking proper care of his niece and nephew, and brought them to 'Chosen Land' at Sabbathday Lake to live with the Shakers. Lydia and Daniel went to live with their uncle Henry, his wife, and children. ![]() Several days later, her father, mother, and little sister fell ill and died of Spanish flu. On her eleventh birthday in 1918, her parents gave Lydia a journal and an opal ring that had belonged to her mother's mother. Her best friend was Emily Ann Walsh, whom she acted out parts of The Secret Garden with. Her family consisted of her parents, Caroline and Walter, older brother Daniel, and a younger sister Lucy, who was born in July 1918. Lydia Amelia Pierce was born on Octoin her childhood home located in Portland, Maine. ![]()
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