Ellen Kyle Noel pseud. Mrs. J.V. Noel. (22 December 1815 – 20 June 1873), was an Irish Canadian writer who published a number of novels through journals and serialization.

Early life and education

Born Ellen Kyle in 1815 to Christopher Kyle and an Anglican family in

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. Noel emigrated to

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, Canada, settling in

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where she met John le Vavasour Noel and they married in 1833. Noel ran a seminary for women in

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, in the

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from about 1836 to 1847. While in the US the family name changed slightly to Vavasour. The couple returned to Kingston in 1847. They had seven children, one of whom, also Ellen, was also a writer. Noel wrote stories and serialized novels in periodicals based in Montreal and Toronto using the name ''Mrs JV Noel''. Her work appeared in the ''

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'' and the ''Saturday Reader''. Noel died of liver cancer in 1873.

Bibliography

* ''The Abbey of Rathmore, and Other Tales'' * ''The Cross of Pride'' * ''Hilda'' * ''Passion and Principle''

References and sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kyle Noel, Ellen 1815 births 1873 deaths British emigrants to pre-Confederation Canada 19th-century Canadian women writers