 Its clarity is without parallel, and, more than half a century later, it remains a handweaver's prime source of information.Mary Ellouise Black was born on 18 September 1895 at Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.The eldest daughter of William M. and Ellouise (Eldridge) Black, she received her early education in the schools of Wolfville, N.S., and graduated from Acadia Ladies Seminary in 1913.