Lucilla Harris

Lucilla Harris was the niece of Samuel Lawson and his wife and the lady clerk in her uncle's store.

Early life
Lucilla was probably born in the late 1850s in Carmody, Prince Edward Island, to Mr. and Mrs. Harris. She was raised there and most likely attended local school at the age of six.

Work in a store
In 1877, Lucilla's uncle Samuel Lawson expanded his business and employed her to help him and his son in the store. When Matthew Cuthbert came to Carmody to buy a new dress for Anne as a Christmas present, he decided to go to Samuel Lawson's store instead of William Blair'

Etymology
Ella is a female given name of Old German origin and means foreign, other. This name was very popular at the end of 19th century. May is the female given name, variant of Mary and means the fifth month.
 * Ella May shared her first name with Ella, the aunt of Gerald and Geraldine Raymond, Ella Hammond, the firstborn child of Kendrick and Lottie Hammond, and with Ella Baker, the niece of Susan Baker.
 * She shared her second name with Minnie May Barry and May Flagg.

Appearances
Book appearances
 * Anne of Green Gables

TV series appearances
 * Akage no An (1979)

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