| rdfs:comment | - Ella H. Scharring Hausen was born Ella Harris in 1894 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania to Daniel Harris and Sarah McCutheon. Ella's father Daniel was one of the first original oilers of Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859. Ella's mother Sarah taught Sunday School. Ella grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania until her family moved to New Jersey. Ella was a teacher in the early 1920's. Besides teaching education at Normal School she was also a practicing Sunday School teacher. She married Robert Louis Scharring Hausen in New Jersey. Although Ella enjoyed teaching in the one room school house she had many other hobbies. Ella's hobbies included, gardening, writing, collecting fine antiques, reading, cooking, sewing and homemaking.
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| abstract | - Ella H. Scharring Hausen was born Ella Harris in 1894 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania to Daniel Harris and Sarah McCutheon. Ella's father Daniel was one of the first original oilers of Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859. Ella's mother Sarah taught Sunday School. Ella grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania until her family moved to New Jersey. Ella was a teacher in the early 1920's. Besides teaching education at Normal School she was also a practicing Sunday School teacher. She married Robert Louis Scharring Hausen in New Jersey. Although Ella enjoyed teaching in the one room school house she had many other hobbies. Ella's hobbies included, gardening, writing, collecting fine antiques, reading, cooking, sewing and homemaking. Ella and Robert Scharring Hausen were philanthropist who founded the Hopwell Museum in Hopewell, New Jersey. The Hopewell Museum still remains to this day. On June 6, 1922, at the young age of 28 Ella wrote a poem titled Footprints in the Sand. Ella often shared her poem with others. Ella's husband Robert Louis Scharring Hausen was the founding father of library week in 1922. The couple spent many wonderful years together dedicated to one another. They each shared an interest in nature, farming, education, writing and philanthropy. Ella and Robert Scharring Hausen were historians and neighbors to Charles & Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the Schwarzkopf’s and the Guttenberg’s all of Hopewell, New Jersey. The Scharring-Hausen's often entertained quest from Princeton such as Albert Einstein, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and Dr. Linus Pauling all Nobel hopefuls. Ella H. Scharring Hausen is the Great Aunt of American Poet Carolyn Joyce Carty. Ella H. Scharring Hausen Poet, recognized the extraordinary abilities of her neice Carolyn Joyce Carty who read and wrote well at an unusually young age encouraged Carolyn to write the Footprints literary classic which is a complilation of Ella's Sunday School lessons. Ella had no children of her own. In 1975 Ella moved from New Jersey, to Whidbey Island, Washington. Ella remained in Washington until her death in 1984. Ella lived to the age of 90 years old. Upon the passing of her life Ella donated funds to Rutgers University the alma mater of her late husbund Robert Louis Scharring Hausen for scholarships for journalism. Ella greatest accompliments in life were kindness, giving, caring and sharing. Ella H. Scharring Hausen declared her Footprints in the Sand poem non popular version public domain property in 1968 according to the copyright laws which governed her text from 1909. Many have tried to claim the founding mother of library week works however non can compare with it's original authorship.
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