Toms River teacher Ethleen Longstreet

 Here is a summary of every mention I found of Ethleen in the Courier. She taught in Toms River schools beginning in the 1880s at least, and was still teaching as of 1930.

Ethleen Longstreet was teaching intermediate school in Toms River at least by 1886 (New Jersey Courier 6/23/1886).

 In 1891, she was still teaching intermediate school when she assited Professor Clute with a difficult instrumental duet at the graduation

exercises (New Jersey Courier 6/25/1891).

She spent Thanksgiving 1891 at Keyport (New Jersey Courier 12/3/1891)

In the summer of 1892, she visited East Bridgeton (New Jersey Courier 25 Aug 1892).  

In spring of 1893, she succeeded Anna Stephenson as the organist at the Methodist Episcopal church. (New Jersey Courier 30 Mar 1893)

In 1894, she visited a new utopian community in Concord, MA. (New Jersey Courier 16 Aug 1894)

In 1898, she visited her brother, Alvah, in Norwalk, CT (New Jersey Courier 4 Aug 1898).

In December 1899, she visited her sister, Mrs. Irwin, at Matawan, who had been feeling ill. (New Jersey Courier 28 Dec 1899)

In late December 1899, she assisted at the painting exhibition of Florence Barnett's painting class at 21 Washington Street in Toms River.

Ethleen Longstreet was a 34-year-old single woman from Toms River, who lived with her mother, Avelia, in Toms River, and her brother, Bertram O. Longrstreet (age 13)

in 1900.

In 1901, Ethleen played in a Ladies' golf tournament at Berkeley against Mrs. G.H. Aumack. (New Jersey Courier 4 Jul 1901)

By 1903, she was still teaching grammar school in Toms Rive.r  In July she visited Rev. J.Y. Irwin at South Amboy (this may be her brother-in-law)

(New Jersey Courier 9 Jul 1903)--she visited again in June 1905 (New Jersey Courier 23 Jun 1905), when his name is given s Joseph Young Irwin.

In 1907, she was one of 45 guests at a coffee thrown by Mrs. Hobart Hoogenstyn (New Jersey Courier  16 May 1907). She was again teaching intermediate

school that fall (New Jersey Courier 5 Sep 1907)

In 1908, she was a guest at the wedding of Betram O. Longstreet (her brother) in South Amboy, when he married Emma Harrison Compton, daughter of

Joseph Compton. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Joseph Y. Irwin (presumably her brother in law) of South Amboy (New Jersey Courier 19 Mar 1908)

In August 1908, she and her mother spent some time in Berkshire Hills, MA visiting Alvah. (New Jersey Courier 13 Aug 1908)

She was teaching intermediate and primary grades in Toms River by 1910 (New Jersey Courier 8 Sep 1910)

In 1910, per the federal census, Avelia and Etheleen were living with Etheleen's ister, Maria and her hsuband, Wm. Widemaier, on Main Street. William ran a dry goods store.

In the summer of 1913, she attended the summer school in Cape May. (New Jersey Courier 8 Aug 1913)

In 1914, she was teaching 8th grade with a salary of $650 (New Jersey Courier 8 May 1914). She and Margaret Adams attended the summer 

 school in Ocean City. Her brother in law, J.Y. Irwin, visited W.F. Widmaier in August before returning to his pulpit in Wilmington, DE.

(New Jersey Courier 7 Aug 1914)

By 1915, her salary had gone up to $675 (New Jersey Courier 7 May 1915)

She attended the summer school again in Ocean City in 1915,  (New Jersey Courier 2 Jul 1915) and 1916 (New Jersey Courier 11 Aug 1916) when

she obtained her diploma as a teacher of housework.

In 1918, she was still teaching 8th grade (New Jersey Courier 13 Aug 1918)

She spent several weeks in Ocean City in August 1919, probably at the summer school again. (New Jersey Courier 8 Aug 1919). Her salary by 1920

had increased to $1400 (New Jersey Courier 1 Apr 1920)

In November 1920, Alvah was living in Mt. Vernon, NY but came to visit his mother Avelia, sister Mrs. Wm. F. Widmaier, and Etheleen. (New 

Jersey Courier 19 Nov 1920)

According to the federal census, in 1920 she still lived with her mother at the Widmaier residence on Main Street, next door to Charles Waa-Sing,

a Chinese laundry operator.

She was still teaching 8th grade in 1923, earning $1600.

By 1930, the Widmeaiers had relocated to Manasquan, and Etheleen was still living with them, still working as a teacher.

She was still there in 1950, when she was 83, living with her by then widowed sister, Maria. She was no longer teaching.