Introduction

Biography

Hatch was the daugh­ter of Hen­ry Lake Gil­mour and Le­ti­tia Paul­ine How­ard, and wife of Hugh Mor­gan Hatch of Del­air, New Jer­sey (mar­ried Oc­to­ber 30, 1900).

She showed a love for mu­sic at an ear­ly age, which was en­cour­aged and cul­ti­vat­ed in a mu­sic­al at­mo­sphere.

Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick was her first in­stru­ment­al teach­er. She lat­er re­ceived a di­plo­ma from the South Jer­sey In­sti­tute, Bridge­ton, New Jer­sey. She al­so took a course at Ri­chard Zeck­wer’s Con­ser­va­to­ry of Mu­sic in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.