Little Women Letters

Chronology

It has been particularly the aim of the editors to lift these Little Women Letters out of the biographical and into the narrative class. For this reason dates have not been used with any degree of liberality, and chronological facts have been minimized.

However, as this is a story of the Alcott family, and seekers for definite data will not be lacking, a chronological summary is herewith furnished:

Amos Bronson Alcott . . . . 1799-1888

married

Abby May . . . . . . . . . .1800-1877

Their Children

Anna Bronson . . . . . . . .1831-1893

Louisa May . . . . . . . 1832-1888

Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . 1835-1858

Abby May . . . . . . . . . .1840-1879

Anna Bronson married John Bridge Pratt, 1860.

Their Children

Frederick Alcott . . . . . .1863-1910

John Sewall . . . . . . . . 1865

Abby May married Ernst Nieriker, March, 1878.

Children

Louisa May . . . . . . 1879

Frederick Alcott Pratt married Jessica Cate, February, 1888

Their Children

Bronson Alcott . . . . 1889

Elizabeth Sewall . . . 1891

Louisa May . . . . . . 1900

Frederick Woolsey . . . 1902

Elizabeth Sewall married Alfred Redfield, June, 1913

[A]John Sewall Pratt married Eunie May Hunting January, 1909

Children

Elverton Hunting

[A] John Sewall Pratt adopted in 1888 by Louisa May Alcott and name changed to John Sewall Pratt Alcott.

Louisa May Nieriker . . . 1878 married Ernst Rasim

Children

Ernestine