Janet King

Janet King
Biographical information
Also known as	Janet Ward
Physical information
Gender	Female
Hair colour	Brown
Skin colour	Fair
Family information
Family members	Parents Walter Ward (father) Mrs. Ward (mother) Siblings Abigail Ward (sister) Spouse Alec King (husband) Issue Felicity King (daughter) Felix King (son) Cecily King (daughter) Daniel King (son) Aunts and uncles Eliza Ward (great-aunt) Nieces and nephews Andrew King (nephew) Sara Stanley (niece) Lucky MacEwan (adoptive nephew) Montgomery Dale (nephew) Alicia Dale Jr. (adoptive niece) In-law family Heziah King (father-in-law) Mrs. King (mother-in-law) Hetty King (sister-in-law) Roger King (brother-in-law) Ruth King (sister-in-law) Olivia King (sister-in-law) Arabella King (aunt-in-law) Mrs. King (sister-in-law) Blair Stanley (brother-in-law) Jasper Dale (brother-in-law) Malcolm MacEwan (brother-in-law) Gus Pike (son-in-law) Grandchildren Unborn Pike baby (grandchild)
Family	Ward family King family
Affiliation
Clubs and societies	Avonlea Churchwomen's Society Avonlea Sewing Circle
Religious views	Presbyterian
See also
Related pages	Gallery

Janet King (née Ward) was the great-niece of Eliza Ward, the wife of Alec King, and the mother of Felicity, Felix, Cecily and Daniel.

Behind the scenes

Portrayal

• Lally Cadeau portrayed Janet in Road to Avonlea (1990–1996) and Happy Christmas, Miss King (1998). Cadeau also provided the voice of Madame Poubelle in the 2005 film Anne: Journey to Green Gables.

Trivia

• The current version of the official Road to Avonlea website describes her in these words: Janet is Alec’s loving but independent-minded wife. She loves her husband and children, but unlike many women of her era, she knows she is capable of being more than a wife and mother. She is not afraid to speak her mind and express her opinion about family, financial and political issues.
• The 2012 version of the website described her thus: Janet King had a strict upbringing as a pastor’s daughter. At first, her over-bearing father would not let Alec King have anything to do with his daughter. It wasn’t until Janet’s Aunt Eliza stood up to her father that he relented and allowed Janet and Alec to be together and later marry in 1888. Together Janet and Alec had 4 children, Felicity, Felix, Cecily and Daniel, who they raised at King Farm.
  
  In 1905 the budding women’s suffragette movement began to gain more attention, including the attention of Janet King. She took up the cause of improved wages for the cannery workers. The working conditions were deplorable, and the workers received very little respect from the owner Angus McCorkndale. Janet was more than willing to sacrifice for her beliefs in equality and fair and respectful treatment. Janet began organizing a strike and protests to try and change the minds of the cannery owners. These views almost came at the cost of her marriage and her freedom. During one of the protests Janet was arrested and imprisoned in Carmody. The wife of the Cannery owner, Margaret McCorkndale, learned that the cannery was losing money due to the strike, and forced her husband Angus to agree to Janet’s terms. Janet, now the victorious winner, was released from prison, and was able to reconcile with Alec.
  
  Janet and Alec have had to face a few hurdles in their marriage, and their life in Avonlea. But their devotion to their children, the town and each other, has remained strong. The couple remained at King Farm with their daughter Cecily.

Gallery

Anne of Green Gables Wiki has 63 images of Janet King (view category).

Appearances

Season 1 (Road to Avonlea)

• "The Journey Begins"
• "The Story Girl Earns Her Name"
• "The Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's"
• "The Materializing of Duncan"
• "Old Lady Lloyd"
• "Proof of the Pudding"
• "Conversions"
• "Aunt Abigail's Beau"
• "Malcolm and the Baby"
• "The Witch of Avonlea"
• "Felicity's Challenge"
• "The Hope Chest of Arabella King"
• "Nothing Endures But Change"

Season 2 (Road to Avonlea)

• "Sara's Homecoming"
• "How Kissing Was Discovered"
• "May the Best Man Win"
• "Family Rivalry"
• "Sea Ghost"
• "All That Glitters"
• "Dreamer of Dreams"
• "A Mother's Love"
• "Misfits and Miracles"

Season 3 (Road to Avonlea)

• "The Ties That Bind"
• "Felix and Blackie"
• "Another Point of View"
• "But When She Was Bad... She Was Horrid: Part 1"
• "But When She Was Bad... She Was Horrid: Part 2"
• "Aunt Janet Rebels"
• "A Dark and Stormy Night"
• "Friends and Relations"
• "Vows of Silence"
• "After the Honeymoon"
• "High Society"
• "The Calamitous Courting of Hetty King"
• "Old Friends, Old Wounds"

Season 4 (Road to Avonlea)

• "Tug of War"
• "The Lady and the Blade"
• "Incident at Vernon River"
• "Boys Will Be Boys"
• "Moving On"
• "Evelyn"
• "The Dinner"
• "Heirs and Graces"
• "Hearts and Flowers"
• "Felicity's Perfect Beau"
• "The Disappearance"
• "Home Movie"
• "Hearth and Home"

Season 5 (Road to Avonlea)

• "Fathers and Sons"
• "Memento Mori"
• "Modern Times"
• "Strictly Melodrama"
• "The Great Race"
• "Stranger in the Night"
• "Someone to Believe In"
• "Thursday's Child"
• "Otherwise Engaged"
• "Enter Prince Charming"
• "The Minister's Wife"

Season 6 (Road to Avonlea)

• "The Return of Gus Pike"
• "Lonely Hearts"
• "Christmas in June"
• "Fools and Kings"
• "Comings and Goings"
• "The Trouble with Davey"
• "The More Things Change"
• "Home is Where the Heart Is"
• "What a Tangled Web We Weave"
• "A Time to Every Purpose"
• "Homecoming"

Season 7 (Road to Avonlea)

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Films

• Happy Christmas, Miss King (1998)