Hetty King

Staid, humourless, middle-aged Avonlea schoolteacher and eldest, hence - head of the King family. She lives at Rose Cottage with her sister, Olivia, and their niece, Sara (daughter of their late sister Ruth). In later seasons, Hetty quits teaching to write, then later returns to teaching. While Sara is in Europe with her nanny, Hetty takes in Mrs. Lynde and the twins, Davy and Dora Keith