Armour, Rebecca (1846–1891)
Armour, Rebecca (1846–1891)
Canadian novelist. Name variations: Rebecca Agatha Armour Thompson; Mrs. John G. Thompson. Born Rebecca Agatha Armour, 1846, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada; died 1891; dau. of Joseph A. Armour (grocer) and Margaret (Hazlett) Armour; m. John G. Thompson (carriage maker), 1885.
Daughter of Irish immigrants, had a working-class Canadian upbringing; attended a teachers' college; taught in Fredericton (1864–73), then in southern New Brunswick and Lancaster; wrote 4 novels depicting Fredericton society, including Lady Rosamund's Secret (1878) and Marguerite Verne; or, Scenes from Canadian Life (1886).
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