Minor Characters in Samantha's Series (N-Z)

These are the minor characters in the Samantha series whose names start from N to Z.


 * See: Minor Characters in Samantha's Series (A-M)

Nathaniel
Jessie's infant son. He is the reason that Jessie quits working for Grandmary because Jessie needs to stay home and watch him; when Jessie comes back, she brings Nathaniel with her. In Samantha's Surprise, Samantha has written and illustrated a picture book for him.

Captain Newman
The captain of the R.M.S. Queen Caroline. He's acquainted with Archibald Beemis.

Annie O'Callghan
An Irish girl on the S.S. Londonia. Her family arrived in America two years ago in 1904, but as her father could not find work (since people will not hire Irish) they are returning to Ireland. Samantha describes her as thin and kind. and takes a picture of her and gives her her address to write her.

Jamie O'Connor
A teenage boy who's acquainted with Nellie O'Malley. In The Stolen Sapphire he entrusts Nellie with a packet of money and tells her to mail it in Queenstown, Ireland, so his cousin Rory can be sent over to America.

Alice Pitt
Alice Pitt is Cornelia, Agnes, and Agatha Pitt's younger sister. She is three years old and wants to do what her older twin sisters do and play with them. She is fond of hide and seek.

In Samantha Saves the Wedding, she ruins Cornelia's veil by chopping it up to play "bride".

In the movie, a character similar to Alice is cast but is called "Agatha." She destroys Cornelia's veil by accidentally catching it to a heating curling iron over open flame and setting it afire.

Mrs. Pitt
The mother of Cornelia, Alice, Agnes, and Agatha Pitt.

Arthur Porterfield
An artist who had courted Grandmary when she was a young woman. Archibald Beemis commissions him to paint three pictures as a birthday present to Grandmary in The Cry of the Loon.

Eloise Raven
Horace Raven's daughter. She only appears in The Curse of Ravenscourt. Eloise mentions that she went to the same school as Cornelia.

Horace Raven
The owner of Ravenscourt, a hotel in New York City. He only appears in The Curse of Ravenscourt.

Roger
The footman at Lockston Castle.

Ruby
A laundry girl hired by Mary Edwards who was not expected to arrive at the Edwards household until the end of summer 1904.

Ruby is only mentioned in The Lilac Tunnel, and it is possible for the unnamed protagonist to take on Ruby's identity if the reader chooses so.

Mrs. Ryland
Mrs. Ryland is Eddie Ryland's mother. She has a rasping voice. She initially hired Nellie O'Malley as a worker, but sent her back because she wasn't healthy. When Nellie's family is hired by Mrs. Van Sicklen, she thinks that it's a disgrace for the family to live there and questions Samantha spending time with the girls.

Miss Stevens
Samantha's teacher at Miss Crampton's Academy for Girls. She wears gold rimmed spectacles that, to Samantha, seem to see everything.

In the movie, she tries to disqualify Samantha after the speech contest for having changed her speech from her original submission.

Tissie
A girl in Samantha and Nellie's school in New York City. She went on a hot air balloon ride for her eighth birthday. She wants to marry a duke like Consuelo Vanderbilt when she is older and live in a castle. She is clearly from a well to do family.

Mrs. Van Sicklen
The woman who hires the O'Malleys as a family. She hires the whole family to work for her. She is a larger character in Samantha and the Missing Pearls. When Mr. and Mrs. O'Malley die, she sends Nellie and her sisters away.

Clarisse Van Sicklen
A student in Samantha's class. She is likely a relative or the daughter of Mr. and Ms. Van Sicklen and is friends with Edith Eddleton.

Charles Stallsworth
An English knight and old friend of Archibald Beemis. He only appears in Clue in the Castle Tower.

Emily Stallsworth
Charles's late wife. She is mentioned as having passed away six months prior to the events of Clue in the Castle Tower.

Henry and Ian Stallsworth
Charles and Emily's twin nephews. They are only seen in Clue in the Castle Tower.

Bertie Vanderhoff
The young son of Robert and Mrs. Vanderhoff.

Robert and Mrs. Vanderhoff
A wealthy couple from Buffalo, New York seen touring Paris in Danger in Paris.

Mr. Vanderhoff is the owner of Vanderhoff's Mills, which he boasts sells the finest wheat flour in New York.

Mrs. VanVorst
The teacher of the kindergarten classes at the settlement house; described as stout and kindly.

Fitzwilliam Wharton
A renowned archaeologist seen transporting the Blue Star sapphire to London in The Stolen Sapphire.

Harrison Wharton III
The nephew of Fitzwilliam Wharton. He accompanies his uncle to London and brings along his pet monkey, Plato.

Helen Whitney
One of Samantha's classmates. In Samantha Learns a Lesson, she passes a note to Samantha asking, "What the dickens does la gorge mean?" Samantha tries to tell her the throat through hints, but she mistakenly says "neck." She is the first to give her speech on progress in the school competition.

She and her sister perform in the talent show together as singers in Samantha's Special Talent.