Stone Angel Proper Nouns

Hagar Shipley

Hagar Shipley

Protagonist

Daniel Currie

Proud Scotsman

Owned a store

In debt

Hagar’s grandfather

Jason Currie

Stubborn and proud

Owns a grocery store

Dies of a stroke

Hagar’s Father

Matt Currie

Hagar’s eldest brother

“Four eyes”

Dies of influenza

Mavis Mcvitie

Matt’s wife

Her father was a lawyer

Later married Alden Cates

Daniel Currie

Hagar’s other brother

4 years older

Sickly; dies of pneumonia at 18

Brampton Shipley

14 years older than Hagar

Unsuccessful farmer

Good dancer and laughs

Hagar’s husband

Claira

Bram’s first wife

Was plump

Mother of Gladis and Jesse

Died of a burst spleen

John Shipley

Hagar’s youngest son

Is wilder than his brother

Arlene Simmons

John’s fiancé

Marvin Shipley

Hagar’s first born son

Solider in WW1

Sells paint and has ulcers

Doris

She cooks, cleans, and cares for Hagar

Is very religious

Marvin’s wife

Christina

Hagar’s granddaughter

Is 27

August

Lawyer in the east

Christina’s fiancé

Steven

Hagar’s grandson

An architect

Manawaka

Hagar’s hometown

Wachakwa

River that runs through the town and past the cemetery

Telford Simmons

Father ran the funeral parlor

Bank manager

Marries Lottie

Charlotte Tappen

Doctor’s daughter

Hagar’s childhood friend

Lottie Drieser

Social outcast when growing up (not invited to Currie parties)

Father left and mother died of consumption

Marries Telford

Dolly Stonehouse

“Auntie Doll”

Currie housekeeper

Hopes to marry Jason but moves back to Ontario

Reuben Pearl

Milkman

Doll flirts with him

Mrs. Mcvitie

The lawyer’s wife

Buys brown eggs

Billy Simmons

Kept funeral parlor

Used all his money on alcohol

Not respected

Henry Pearl

Big gawky farm boy

Baby sister died

Sold percherons to Brampton

Jules Tonnere

Asked Matt to go hunting

Half breed

Lottie’s mom

Talked to Jason in the cemetery

Died of consumption

Doherty

From liver stable

Owned Manawaka Icehouse

Floss Drieser

Lottie’s aunt

Lottie lives with her

Dressmaker and town gossip

Mr.Troy

Doris’s minister

Alden Cates

Mavis’s second husband

Jill

Marvin’s neighbour

Asked to babysit elderly Hagar

Doctor Corby

Accesses elderly Hagar and sends her for x-rays

Reverend Dougall MacCulloch

Manawaka Presbyterian church

Died of a heart attacked

Charlie Bean

Works at livery stable

Halfbreed

Bram’s drinking buddy

Morag MacCulloch

A teacher at the Manawaka school

Her father is Reverend Dougall

Miss Tyrrwhitt

Little person in a cotton pink wrap-around

Complains to Hagar

Mrs.Steiner

Heavy-built elderly women

Hagar likes her

Ben

Mrs. Steiner’s son and lives in a very small apartment

Esther

Mrs. Steiner’s glamorous daughter-in-law

Rita

Mrs. Steiner’s loving daughter

Lynne

Mrs. Steiner’s doll-like granddaughter

Moishe

Mrs. Steiner’s smart, dark-eyed grandson

Solider

Bram’s stallion

Tonnerre boys

French half breeds

John‘s friends

Sons of Jules (Matt’s friend)

Mr.Cooper

New owner of Currie’s general store

Mr. Oatley

Hagar’s boss when she is a housekeeper

David Connor

Fair-haired, shorter than John, good @ football, father is a doctor

John’s imaginary friend

James Reilly

Lanky, humorous, father owned funeral parlor

John’s imaginary friend

Lazarus Tonnerre

Traded jackknife for John’s plaid-pin

Kennie

6 year old boy on the beach

Calvin

Jesse’s husband

Stan

Glady’s husband

Caroline

Telford’s cousin

Murray. F. Lees

Works for dependable life assurance, finds Hagar at the cannery

Rose Ferrey

Murray’s mother

Tollemache Lees

Murray’s grandfather, preacher

Lou

Murray’s wife, big strapping girl, redhead

Pulsifer

“End of the world preacher”

Donnie

Murray’s son, dies in a house fire

Sandra Wong

Hagar’s hospital roommate, appendicitis

Elva Jardine

Hospital roommate, very social

Tom

Elva’s husband

Mrs. Reilly

“mountain of flesh”, Irish accent, daughter brought her gladioli flowers

Mrs. Dobereiner

German hospital patient