Annie Hewlett

Annie Hewlett (25 February 1887 – 1974), was a writer and artist, originally from England, who lived in Saskatchewan.

Biography Annie Elizabeth May Maisie Brown was born on 25 February 1887 in Sutton-on-Hull, Yorkshire, England. She started her journalistic career when she was twelve when she started a local newspaper. The paper continued running for years after she left England. As an adult in Yorkshire Hewlett worked as a teacher after training in London where she remained until she emigrated to Canada in 1911.

She initially settled in Alberta and Hewlett taught in a small rural school near Kitscoty. Hewlett then married Arthur Hewlett, whom she met on board the ship to Canada. He had settled in Cannington Manor, Saskatchewan. who usually worked in watercolours.

Hewlett published her memoir, A Too Short Yesterday, when she was 83. The family home is now a museum.