Name: Heiskell, Gertrude
Occupation: Teacher
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Sex: F
Birth: 7 Apr 1879
Death: 27 Jul 1954
Marker: No
Spouse(s): James Henry Heiskell
Parents: Edward and Elmira Taylor Snead
Children: Raymond Reginald Heiskell, James Cardoza Heiskell, Christine Elizabeth Heiskell Pitman
Affiliations:
Notes: Undertaker – Ferguson’s Funeral Home
Mr. and Mrs. James and Gertrude Snead Heiskell
are pictured here with their oldest son,
Raymond Heiskell.
Image courtesy of the Heiskell family
Friday February 24, 1899
Page 1
Mrs. Gertrude Heiskell taught in the public schools of Albemarle and Greene counties for thirty-five years.
THE COLORED AMERICAN
(Washington, D. C.)
December 9, 1899
Page 5
Gertrude Heiskell played a leading part in a very successful local production of the operetta “The Belle of Saratoga” in 1912.
THE DAILY PROGRESS
(Charlottesville, Virginia)
Tuesday March 12, 1912
Page 1
After giving the first performance of “The Belle of Saratoga” at the First Baptist Church on Main Street in March, the company moved to the Levy Opera House where they performed for “a very large and appreciative audience” on April 26. The Daily Progress praised and promoted the production on page one from Thursday April 18 through Saturday April 27, 1912, saying “Those who have heard these singers in the same operetta endorse them very highly. No one who attends tonight will regret it.”
Mrs. Gertrude Heiskell was a Charter Member
of the Thalian Art and Literary Club,
organized in 1910.
THE TRIBUNE
(Roanoke, Virginia)
Saturday May 2, 1953
Page 5
THE DAILY PROGRESS
(Charlottesville, Virginia)
Thursday July 29, 1954
Page 14
THE TRIBUNE
(Roanoke, Virginia)
Saturday August 7, 1954
Page 5
NEW JOURNAL AND GUIDE
(Norfolk, Virginia)
August 14, 1954
Page 4
THE BALTIMORE AFRO-AMERICAN
(Baltimore, Maryland)
August 14, 1954
Page 18
