New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-11
DEATH OF SISTER ANNE Al RLS.
THE FOUNDER OF sIsTERHOOps IN THE
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

THE FOUNDER OF sISTERHOOpS IN THE
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Sister Anne Ayres through whose efforts the SIS
terhood of the Holy Communion was es'"O''s"7u Al
the Protestant Episcopal Church d'eu On """''S
from bronchitis. at St--LuKes iiosp''""
Heights Arnsterdam-ave. ana west ohe-Hui-
.,d,b,r,eenth-st She daughter OF ROBERT
srd Anne Ayres. and was born in LONDON on 1a"u-
arv q 1sls In 1886 her mother. with five daughters
and a son. came 20 New-loTk. Miss Ayres' VINO
had been literally educated abroad sought "o'A as
teacher She brought excellent letters Of refer
ence with her from London, and took 'hem 10
Horny Carey president OF the Phoenix BANK.
Through his efforts she secured many pupls di'u
private classes her pupils including the children
NJ l. NJ Hoffman, William H. AspenwaH and ROD
art B. Mnturn, the niece OF DE- Muhiehoers ana
me daughter of Mrs. John Rogers Or. Muieh-
herp was then the rector OF St Pau!s college, COL
lego Point At that time, ls45. there was no PFotes-
,ant sisierhood in either the United states OF IN
Great Britain. .
In the summer Of 1915 Miss Ayres. with Dr. Nun
lenbergs sister and niece. passed the mondays al
College Point. one Sunday the rector preached d
sermon on Jephthahs vow. and 1t was thls 'ha' ied
Miss Ayres to consecrate her life to the Church'
DE- Muhlenberg pictured a woman VINO was coHsc-
Grated to charity. 1t was not long before MISS
Avres finally decided between life devoted 10
charity and one passed in teaching ON All SAINTS
Day in lS45 she ordained as sister OF inc iIo''
Communion Besides the pastor and Mss Ayres
here IVES no one present except the old sexton
Sister Anne as she thereafter known es'ao-
ushed a parish school at No 80 SiXth-ave, ana
when cholera broke out she became daiig N's''o'
10 the cholera hospitals, rendering valuable aid'
Miss Breyoort was the second to join the sister
hood becoming Sister Meta in November Ieoo ia
February 1854 Sister Catherine joined. ana III 1854
Sister Harriet shortly after Miss BreVoort eh'eI'd
the s!sterhood an innrmary was established IN d
rear tenement house in Sixth-aVe., near i"e"'!-
srst.st In the spring OF is5ilSe the infrmary ana
aIsnen.ary building, presented by John H. oW;ll.
vs. FINISHED and 10 This the sisters niOVeu bui,i5
he occupancy OF the Old inirmary over Nv pa'ei's
were treated. Sister Meta was the on? IN o,snn
STAYED In the old inhrmary. She died IN i-onuyi'
but both Sisters Catherine and Harrlei sur'!.e'
The former is at the mead or the She'ter ioi .,
pectable Girls, and the latter Is the heau Vi o.
Garys Sisterhood. % ..,,.a a,d con-
Sister Anne gave forty years or active anu SC.
I,ant service to the ssternoOd III 81 -uhe
Jtal Inc Church Industrial Colony, al 81. johns
and and the two infrmaries. Shc ieIt a P"pe'A ~
,e onened after her death in which she sai she hiu
burned her Journal and papers. pTe'erilnS 10 ne
known simply faithful hanc-iEdioeh oi ~ ~
Nuhenberg For the last ten years she Mn9 Wy
,onored guest al ST. Iukcs Hospital ana, althyten
,eeply attached to the Old home CT the hospita'
consented 10 20 to the one Ten days ago siie
caught bronchitis. which. together with heaft an
tculties, proved fatal 49,, ,.oo, ot :.
Lukcs Chapel. -, ,os
From the modest beginning made by MISS Ayrts
there have sprung uD = Of branches OF sIstei
hoods and their members number several thousah-s
throughout the world.