Stone Angel Proper Nouns Flashcards
Sir Daniel Currie
A wealthy, Scottish merchant who is proud; his friend cheated him into debt.
Jason Currie
Stubborn, he left Scotland for Canada and set up a store in Manawaka; he has two sons, and his wife died after the birth of his only daughter
Matt Currie
Hagar’s eldest brother who died of influenza at 29 and seldom pleased his father; he married Mavis McVitie
Mavis McVitie
Matt’s widowed wife who later married Alden Cates and had three children; her father was a lawyer
Daniel Currie
Hagar’s other brother who is 4 years older than her; he teased her, tried to get money from his nanny, and was sickly and died of pneumonia at a young age
Clair Shipley
Bram’s plump wife who died of a blursed spleen and had tao daughters, Gladys and Jess
Bram Shipley
Hagar’s husband who is 14 years older that her and an unsuccessful farmer but a good dancer
Hagar Shipley
The protagonist of the novel
Doris Shipley
She cooks, cleans, and care for the elderly Hagar and is religious
Marvin Shipley
Hagar’s first-born son who was a young soldier during WWI and sells paint; he has ulcers
John Shipley
Hagar’s younger son who is wilder than his brother and engaged to Arlene Simmons
Christina (Lastname)
Hagar granddaughter who is 27
August (Lastname)
Tina’s husband who is a lawyer in the east
Steven Shipley
Hagar’s grandson who is an architect
Telford Simmons
The bank manager of Manawaka who marries Lottie Drieser; his father ran the funeral parlour and spent his earnings on alcohol
Lottie Drieser
Determined to marry well and acquire social status despite being a social outcast when growing up
Charlotte Tappen
Hagar’s friend while growing up; she is the doctor’s daughter
Mr. Troy
The minister who sees Hagar at times during the novel
Reverend Dougall MacCulloch
Manawaka’s minister who dies unexpectedly
Morag MacCulloch
A teacher Hagar hears teaches the South Manawaka school.
Aunt Dolly
The Curries’ nanny who tries to get the romantic interest of Jason but leaves for her sister in Ontario after his death
Henry Pearl
A boy who is unnerved by seeing the body of his dead, baby sister in the funeral parlour
Doctor Corby
The doctor who sees the elderly Hagar after she falls down in a fit
Soldier
Bram’s grey stallion he bought from Henry Pearl; he gets stuck in a barbed wire fence and dies in a harsh snowstorm
Jules Tonnerre
Someone who Matt intended on hunting with before Jason refused to allow him to go as Matt would be clumsy with a firearm
Mrs. Tyrrwhitt
A little woman in a pink cotton wrap-around who complains to Hagar
Mrs. Steiner
A heavily-built woman who Hagar takes an instant liking to
Ben Steiner
Mrs. Steiner’s son who lives in a small apartment
Esther Steiner
Mrs. Steiner’s glamorous and somewhat insincere daughter-in-law
Rita Steiner
Mrs. Steiner’s loving daughter
Lynne Steiner
Mrs. Steiner’s doll-like granddaughter
Moishe Steiner
Mrs. Steiner’s smart, dark-eyed grandson
Charlie Bean
Bram’s friend who he spend time hunting, drinking, and causing problems with
Manawaka
The setting of Hagar’s flashbacks in the novel
Wachakwa
The river that runs through Manawaka and past the cemetery where the stone angel resides
Silver Threads
The nursing home that Doris and Marvin try
to get Hagar to move to despite her flouting
Mr. Cooper
The new owner of the Currie’s former store.
Shadow Point
The location Hagar plans to flee to after she is scheduled to admittance at Silver Threads Nursing Home.
Mr. Oatley
A retired human-trafficker who Hagar works as a house maid for and leaves $20,000 to after his death.
Jess and Gladys Shipley
Bram’s and Clara’s daughters.
Lazarus Tonnerre
A person John trades his jackknife in for a pack of cigarettes.
Calvin (Lastname)
Jess’ husband.
Murray F. Lees
A man who Hagar loiters with at an abandoned cannery and shares her woes with initially reluctant.
Rose Ferney
Murray’s mother.
Tollemache Lees
Murray’s evangelist grandfather.
Lou Lees
Murray’s strapping, redhead wife who bore a premature child.
Pulsifer
An armageddon preacher who Murray shamefully believes.
Mrs. Reilly
A “mountain of flesh” who sports an Irish accent at the hospital.
Eileen Reilly
Mrs. Reilly’s daughter.
Mrs. Dobereiner
A German patient who has been in the hospital for seven months and sings for a peaceful passing.
Elva Jardine
A seventy year-old woman who has been in the hospital for three months.
Thomas Jardine
Elva’s husband who has faithfully spent time with Mrs. Garvey.
Sandra Wong
A young girl who needs her appendix removed that Hagar meets near her private ward.
Steven Shipley
Hagar’s grandson who is an architect.
Alden Cates
Mavis McVitie’s second husband who she has three children with.
Weldon Jonas
A local cabinetmaker in Manawaka.
