Diarists

Diaries in Museums and Archives Across Ontario

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Adams, Thomas and Sophia 1880 1900 Delaware Middlesex Irish Farmer No University of Western Ontario
Allan, David 1862 1876 Guelph Wellington South Scottish Miller, Distiller, Farmer Yes Guelph Civic Museum and Archives of the University of Guelph
Andress, Henry M. 1858 1861 Lansdowne Leeds & Grenville English Miller No Leeds and 1000 Islands Historical Society
Andrew, Amos 1930 1931 Auburn Huron English Farmer No Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Arkell, Elizabeth "Lizzie" 1923 1938 Culross Bruce English & Scottish Farm Woman No Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Arkell, William Henry 1908 1915 Culross Bruce English & Scottish Farmer Yes Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Arner, Alfred L. 1907 1909 Colchester S./Gosfield Essex German Farmer Yes Harrow Early Immigrant Research Society
Atkins, Vivien Agnus Maud 1902 1905 South Dumfries Brant Irish Farm Woman No McMaster University Archives
Awrey, Mary Ellen 1910 1916 Erin Wellington English Drugstore Yes Wellington County Museum and Archives
Bagg, Solomon D. 1858 1865 Cornwall Stormont English, French Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Baker, Lenna 1901 1901 Woodhouse Norfolk English Teacher Yes Courtesy of Private Donor
Baker, Mary Elizabeth "Minnie" 1914 1921 Yarmouth Elgin English Farm Woman No Courtesy of Elgin County Archives
Barker, Jean 1926 1926 South Dumfries Brant English Farm Woman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Barnes, William Francis 1834 1836 Norwich Oxford Carpenter & Cabinetmaker Yes Norwich Archives
Barrett, William Henry "Harry" 1911 1912 Woodhouse Norfolk Irish Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Barrett, Theobald (Toby) 1911 1959 Woodhouse Norfolk Irish Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Bauman, Angus S. 1904 1952 Peel Wellington German Farmer Yes Martin Family Private Collection
Beaton, Velma 1930 1988 Puslinch Wellington Scottish Farm Woman No Wellington County Museum and Archives
Beattie, William 1866 1909 Nichol Wellington Scottish Farmer Yes Wellington County Museum and Archives
Beattie, David M. 1925 1989 Nichol Wellington Scottish Farmer No Wellington County Museum and Archives
Beatty, William 1838 1892 Young & Lansdowne Leeds & Grenville Scottish Farmer Yes Queen's University Archives and Leeds & Grenville Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
Bell, Reverend William 1817 1849 Burgess Lanark Scottish Reverend and Teacher No Electric Scotland Database
Bellamy, Eliza 1854 1855 North Augusta Leeds & Grenville Irish Married to Miller Yes Upper Canada Village
Bergey, David 1866 1924 Wilmot Waterloo Swiss Farmer, Teacher Yes Mennonite Archives of Ontario Conrad Grebel University College
Birdsall, Richard Everett 1852 1877 Asphodel Peterborough East English Civil Engineer No Trent University Digital Collections, 1874 diary available online at http://digitalcollections.trentu.ca/exhibits/birdsall-rogers/zrdiary1.htm, 1876 diary available online at http://digitalcollections.trentu.ca/exhibits/birdsall-rogers/zrdiary3.htm
Boothe, Mary Florence "Minnie" 1897 1898 Osgoode, near Metcalfe Carleton Irish Farm Woman Yes Queen's University Archives
Bowerman, Deborah 1874 1892 Hallowell Prince Edward English Farm Woman Yes Prince Edward County Archives
Bowerman, Vincent 1877 1884 Hallowell Prince Edward English Retired farmer Yes Prince Edward County Archives
Bowman , James 1886 1944 Guelph Wellington English Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Bremner , James 1881 1881 Sullivan Grey Scottish Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Brock, Harriet 1832 1836 Monaghan Northumberland English Married to Lieutenant No Trent University Digital Collections, 1835-1836 diary available online at http://www.trentu.ca/admin/library/archives/pengelleydiary2.htm
Brown Hood, Edith "Gertrude" 1912 1970 Markham York Irish Farm Woman Yes Markham Museum
Brubacher/ Bowman, Catherine 1896 1960 Elmira Waterloo German Married to Engineer/Farmer No Waterloo Region Museum
Buchanan, John G. 1835 1846 Colchester Essex Scottish Farmer No Harrow Early Immigrant Research Society
Buck, Ernest 1926 1927 South Dumfries Brant German Milkman , Farm Labourer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Burgess, Elizabeth Oliver "Olive" 1915 1974 Arran Bruce Scottish Farm Woman Yes Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Burgess, James "Rowand" 1911 1968 Arran Bruce Scottish Farmer Yes Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Butcher, Mary (Minnie) 1891 1918 Port Sydney, Stephenson Muskoka English Married to Salesman/Agent Yes Toronto Public Library
Butler, Charles 1833 1837 Near Cobourg, Hamilton Newcastle District (becomes Northumberland) English Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Bygott, Thomas Wilson 1874 1874 Adophustown Lennox & Addington English Farmer Yes Lennox and Addington County Museum
Cameron, James 1854 1902 McMaster's Island Glengarry Scottish Farmer Yes The Archives of Ontario
Campion, Mary Victoria 1861 1863 Marmora Hastings English Farm Woman Yes Upper Canada Village
Carpenter, James W. 1880 1884 Sombra Lambton English Farmer Yes This diary is available in published form: Donald W. Carpenter, ed. Diary of James W. Carpenter, 1880-1907, Corunna: Donald W. Carpenter, 1991.
Case, Jacob 1837 1860 Beverly Wentworth German Farmer/Sawmiller? Yes University of Western Ontario
Clark, John Collins 1831 1864 Ernestown Addington Farmer/Justice of the Peace No Library and Archives Canada
Clarke, Charles Kirk 1865 1866 Elora Wellington English Son of a merchant Yes Wellington County Museum and Archives
Coleman, William R. 1865 1915 Innisfil Simcoe Irish Farmer Yes Simcoe County Archives
Cooper, Mary Agnes "Aggie" 1897 1954 Vaughan York English Farm woman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Corless-Treffry, Alice 1900 1900 Hawtrey, South Norwich Oxford English Married to Farmer Yes Norwich Archives
Crawford, Benjamin 1810 1859 North Oxford Oxford Irish Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Crawford, James Augustus 1865 1880 North Oxford Oxford Irish Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Cressman, Ephraim 1876 1911 Waterloo Waterloo South Swiss Farmer No Mennonite Archives of Ontario
Crombie, Edward Rubidge 1903 1930 South Dumfries Brant Scottish Farmer/Retired Banker No McMaster University Archives
Crombie, Margaret Reynolds 1935 2002 London Middlesex Irish No McMaster University Archives
Crombie, Edward Hamerton 1928 1941 South Dumfries Brant Scottish Farmer No McMaster University Archives
Currie, Ada 1902 1902 Erin Wellington Scottish Farm Woman Yes Wellington County Museum and Archives
Davidson, William George 1889 1895 Amabel Bruce Irish farmer Yes Private: Courtesy of the Eby Family
Davison, Lucy Ella Stover 1903 1904 Ernestown Lennox & Addington German Farm Woman Yes Lennox and Addington County Museum
Delmage, Olive Esther 1902 1902 Camden Lennox & Addington Irish Farm woman Yes Museum of Lennox and Addington
Detlor, George Hill 1822 1849 Fredericksburg Lennox & Addington Irish Farmer, Merchant, Mill-builder, Politician Yes Museum of Lennox and Addington
Dick, Thomas 1867 1905 West Hawkesbury 1867-94, Vankleek Hill 1894-05 Prescott Irish Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Dillon, Joseph 1907 1907 Leeds Leeds & Grenville Irish Marble Cutter Yes Delta Mill
Donovan, Flora "Aleta" 1914 1915 Sheffield Lennox & Addington Irish Farm Woman No Lennox and Addington County Museum
Donovan, Mary Anne 1912 1912 Sheffield Lennox & Addington Irish Farm Woman No Lennox and Addington County Museum
Drinkwater, Sarah Hallen 1840 1880 Orillia Simcoe English Gentleman Farmer No Archives of Ontario , Library and Archives Canada
Dyment, Milton 1907 1941 Ancaster/Guelph Wentworth/Wellington English farm labourer/farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Easton , George 1830 1839 Dalhousie Lanark Scottish Farmer/ Teacher Yes Middleville Museum
Eby, Gordon 1911 1919 Waterloo Waterloo Pennsylvania Mennonite Gardener No The original diaries are at the Mennonite Archives of Ontario Conrad Grebel University College.
Everitt, Anne Thurtell 1853 1853 Guelph Wellington English Widow Yes
Fallows , Catharine 1899 1903 West Nissouri Middlesex E. English Farm Woman No University of Western Ontario
Ferguson , John Harrington 1868 1883 Chinguacousy Peel Scottish Farmer Yes This Licensed Material is provided by the Archives of Ontario in addition to Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives
Ferrier Hutchinson, Jean 1933 1973 West Garafraxa Wellington Farm Woman No Wellington County Museum and Archives
Fitzgerald, William 1892 1893 1) Camden, 2) Pittsburgh 1) Lennox & Addington, 2) Frontenac English Cheesemaker Yes Queen's University Archives
Fleming, Roy Franklin 1891 1903 Derby Grey Scottish Farm Boy Yes Grey Roots Museum and Archives, Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Fleming, Jean (Jennie) 1869 1903 Derby Grey Scottish Co-manager of General Store Yes Grey Roots Museum and Archives, Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Fraser, John Bell 1874 1890 Elizabethtown, then Edwardsburgh Leeds & Grenville Scottish Farmer, then Physician Yes Private: Courtesy of Catharine Wilson
Freure, Benjamin 1836 1842 Eramosa Wellington English Farmer Yes Toronto Public Library
Galbraith, John 1793 1843 Princeton/Blenheim Oxford Scottish Farmer Yes Archives of Ontario
Geddes, Alexander C. 1834 1836 Woolwich Waterloo Scottish farm labourer Yes
Geddes, James 1889 1893 Ryerson District of Parry Sound Scottish Farmer/Lay Preacher Yes Private Collection of Gordon Darroch & Gail Benjafield
Geddes, Jessie Dick Wares 1870 1914 Ryerson District of Parry Sound Scottish Farm Woman Yes Private Collection of Gordon Darroch & Gail Benjafield
Geddes, Malcolm Daniel 1899 1899 Whitby Durham Scottish Farm Labourer Yes Private Collection of Gordon Darroch & Gail Benjafield
Gibson, David 1834 1852 York Willowdale Scottish Deputy Surveyor of Roads/Farmer No Archives of Ontario & Gibson House Museum
Gilchrist, John W. 1931 1939 Puslinch Wellington Scottish Farmer No Wellington County Museum and Archives
Glen, James 1866 1924 Westminster Middlesex Irish Farmer No University of Western Ontario
Goble, Roseltha Wolverton 1857 1919 Blenheim Oxford English Farm Woman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Gohn, George 1889 1921 Markham York German Farmer No Markham Museum
Green , Mary L. 1899 1900 Colborne Huron Scottish Housekeeper for Farmer Uncles Yes Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Green , Bella 1914 1919 Ashfield Huron Scottish Farm Woman Yes Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Griffiths, Margaret Emma 1899 1901 Thorold Welland Welsh Farm Woman No Archives of Ontario
Hagerman/ Poole, Frances 1904 1924 Burford, Norwich Oxford Scottish Married to Farmer No Norwich Archives
Handy, Ida Katherine (Kate) 1875 1875 Howard Kent Irish Farm Woman Yes Private Collection of Leah Wilson
Harris, John 1821 1832 Eramosa Wellington Irish Farmer & Teacher No Wellington County Museum and Archives
Hersey, Sarah "Sally" 1804 1849 Hawkesbury West Prescott English/American Homemaker Yes
Hill, Matilda 1884 1885 West Garafraxa Wellington English Merchant's daughter Yes Wellington County Museum and Archives
Hinman, Smith 1858 1909 Haldimand Northumberland English Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Holmwood, George 1888 1927 Guelph Wellington English Farmer No Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Hope, Walter 1847 1880 Sydenham Grey Scottish Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Howell, Samson 1868 1869 1) South Dumfries, 2) Carlow 1) Brant, 2) Huron German Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Hume, Robert 1845 1867 Hamilton Northumberland English Farmer No Library and Archives Canada
Hutchinson, William 1863 1864 Nichol Wellington English Farmer No Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Hutchinson, Thomas J. 1939 1997 West Garafraxa Wellington Farmer No Wellington County Museum and Archives
Hyde, Jock 1913 1914 Amulree Perth Scottish Farmer No Waterloo Region Museum
James, William 1877 1884 York York, now Toronto Irish Farmer No Toronto Public Library
Jamieson, John 1852 1860 Adelaide Middlesex Scottish Farmer/Teacher No Toronto Public Library
Jardine, John Sr. 1868 1905 Tilbury West Essex Scottish Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Jarvis , Hannah Owen Peters 1842 1845 Niagara Lincoln English Gentlewoman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Jeffrey, John 1877 1900 Puslinch Wellington Scottish Farmer Yes Wellington County Museum and Archives
Johnson, Adelbert "Deb" Watson 1890 1900 Maryborough Wellington English Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Johnson, Samuel 1873 1874 Uxbridge Ontario Dutch Farmer Yes Uxbridge Historical Centre
Johnson, Captain William 1832 1850 Georgina York Scottish Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Johnstone, Mrs. Edna 1916 1921 McKillop Huron Irish Farm Woman No Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Jones, Frances Ann (Fanny) 1878 1880 South Augusta Leeds & Grenville Irish Farm Woman Yes Upper Canada Village
Kemkes, Edwin 1914 1916 Dumfries North Waterloo South German Farmer No Waterloo Region Museum
King, Mary Ann 1888 1910 Willoughby Niagara Irish Farm Woman Yes Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum
Klinck, Myrtle 1908 1908 Stouffville Village, Markham York English Teacher, Retired Farmer's Daughter No Markham Museum
Kollman, Henry 1913 1914 Amulree Perth German Farmer No Waterloo Region Museum
Lancley, Edward 1890 1890 Lansdowne Leeds & Grenville English Farm Labourer No Online at Leeds & 1000 Islands Historical Society Newsletter
Latimer, Amelia "Millie" Lydia 1907 1952 Osgoode, near Metcalf Carleton Irish Farm Woman No Private Collection
Learn, Andrew McFarland 1873 1877 Dorchester South Elgin German Farmer Yes Private: Courtesy of Catharine Wilson
Leeder, Sr., Nathaniel Edward 1854 1895 Saugeen Bruce English Farmer Soon Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Leith, George 1834 1860 1) Binbrook; 2) Ancaster Wentworth Scottish Gentleman Farmer Yes Private Collection
Lewis , George Edwin 1873 1874 Uxbridge Ontario Welsh Farmer Yes Uxbridge Historical Centre
Little, William John "Willy" 1914 1925 South Dumfries Brant Scottish Farmer Yes Original in private possession
Loghrin, Thomas Alexander "Tom" 1895 1936 Downie Perth Irish/Scottish Farmer Yes Original in private possession
MacFarlane, Duncan 1878 1892 Puslinch Wellington Scottish Farmer & JP Yes Original in private possession
MacFarlane, Eliza-Ann 1887 1901 Stanley Huron Scottish Farm Woman Yes Original in private possession. Copy of transcript in Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol.
MacGregor, John 1877 1883 Charlottenburg Glengarry Scottish Farmer No Queen's University Archives
MacLeod, William Neynoe 1870 1917 Westminster, Stamford Middlesex, Welland Scottish Farm labourer, farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
MacLeod, Harold Stewart 1904 1904 Stamford Welland Scottish Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Main, Stephen "Sylvester" 1889 1922 Beverly Wentworth German carpenter, photographer Yes Private Donor
Malloch, John Glass 1841 1845 Perth Bathurst District, later Lanark Scottish Lawyer, Farmer, Judge No Archives of Ontario
Manson, Edith 1924 1928 Norwich Oxford Scottish No Norwich Archives
Marks , John Bennett 1824 1828 Richmond Frontenac English Farmer No Library and Archives Canada
Martin , James S. 1870 1878 West Garafraxa Wellington Scottish Farmer No Wellington County Museum and Archives
Martin, David 1858 1882 Beverley Wentworth Scottish farmer Yes Private Donor
Martyn, Fanny "Frances" Fearman 1943 1945 Dorchester South Elgin English Farm woman Yes Privately owned
Mathers, Adeline 1932 1934 Morris Huron Irish Farm Woman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Maurer, Ellamanda Krauter 1917 1967 Woolwich Waterloo North German Farm Woman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Mayes , Rev. Robert 1874 1877 Draper Muskoka English Farmer and Minister Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
McCulloch, Mary 1898 1898 Chinguacousy Peel Irish Housekeeper Yes Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives
McDonald, Mary Josephine (Minnie) 1917 1919 Cornwall Stormont Scottish Farm Woman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
McKay, Albert "Russell" 1909 1916 Reach Ontario Scottish Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
McKay, John Sutherland 1866 1873 East Zorra Oxford Scottish farmer No Archives of Ontario
McLennan, Christina 1875 1922 Charlottenburg Glengarry Scottish Farm Woman Yes Glengarry County Archives
McMackon, David 1896 1896 Orford Kent Irish Cooper Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
McMackon, Walter 1906 1911 Orford, Sunnidale Kent, Simcoe Irish labourer, book-keeper, farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
McMahon, Henry 1887 1919 Albion Peel Irish Coal and Potato Merchant , Various other occupations Yes Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archive
McMillan, Franklin 1911 1961 Nelson Halton English Fruit & Market Gardener Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph and Private Donor
McTavish , Douglas 1876 1877 Stanley Huron Scottish Farmer Yes Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Michie, John Albert 1869 1899 Reach Ontario Scottish Farmer Yes Courtesy of private collection
Michie, Robert 1899 1943 Reach Ontario Scottish farmer Yes Courtesy of private collection
Mickle, Kate Halliday 1893 1934 Elderslie Bruce English Homemaker, Writer No Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Middagh, Victoria (Tory) 1887 1888 Mountain Dundas German Farm Woman Yes Private Collection
Middagh , Lucy 1884 1892 Mountain Dundas German Farm Woman Yes The original diaries are privately held.
Moir, Forbes 1884 1914 West Garafraxa Wellington Scottish Farmer & Post Office Yes Wellington County Museum and Archives
Mott, Phoebe 1888 1891 Norwich Oxford English Farm Woman Yes Library and Archives Canada
Murray, Donald Alexander 1887 1899 Zorra East Oxford Scottish Farm labourer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Needham, George 1875 1892 Moore Lambton English Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Nelson, David 1864 1886 Otonabee Peterborough Scottish Farmer No Library and Archives Canada
Nichols, Eliphalet Alford 1849 1851 Bastard, North Crosby Leeds & Grenville English Teacher Yes Rideau Lakes Public Library
Nicholson, Gertrude 1896 1896 Eramosa Wellington English No Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Nimmo, William 1871 1909 Bosanquet Lambton Scottish General Merchant No Lambton County Archives
Noble, Joseph 1890 1890 Mulmur Simcoe Irish Farmer No Dufferin County Museum and Archives
Noble, Elizabeth 1899 1899 Mulmur Simcoe Irish Farm Woman No Dufferin County Museum and Archives
Oakes, Robert B. 1866 1872 Yarmouth Elgin Scottish Farmer No Elgin County Archives
Olds, Courtland 1867 1894 Woodhouse Norfolk Irish Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Parson Smith, Mary Emily 1893 1921 Norwich South Oxford English Farm Woman Yes Norwich & District Archives
Patterson , Alice Sophia 1862 1888 Dunwich Elgin Irish Farm Woman No Archives of Ontario
Peirson, John 1888 1927 Saugeen Bruce English Farmer No Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Phenix, John Sr. 1869 1875 1) Mono, 2) Nottawasaga 1) Dufferin, 2) Simcoe Irish Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Phenix, John Jr. 1892 1934 1) Mono, 2) Nottawasaga 1) Dufferin, 2) Simcoe Irish Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Philp, Elizabeth (Eliza) 1893 1901 Maryborough Wellington English Farm Woman Yes Courtesy of Private Donor
Philp, Olive 1914 1920 Maryborough Wellington English Farm Woman Yes Courtesy of Private Donor
Philp Giffin, Clara 1902 1914 Maryborough Wellington English Farm Woman Yes Courtesy of Private Donor
Playter, Ely 1801 1853 Lived in Town of York/Toronto York English Tavern-Keeper, Farmer, Lumberman, MP, Militia Officer No Archives of Ontario
Poldon, George Washington 1873 1876 Norwich North Oxford South Scottish Blacksmith/Carriage maker No Norwich & District Archives
Quinn, John Francis 1897 1905 Lansdowne Leeds & Grenville Irish Farmer No Online at Leeds & 1000 Islands Historical Society Newsletter
Rea, David 1857 1861 Eramosa Wellington Irish Farmer Yes Wellington County Museum and Archives
Rea, William 1854 1865 Eramosa and West Garafraxa Wellington Irish Farmer Yes Wellington County Museum and Archives
Reesor, Benjamin 1861 1915 Markham York German Farmer Yes Markham Museum
Rennie, Jane Laing 1872 1874 Richmond Township Lennox & Addington County Scottish Homemaker Yes Private: Courtesy of descendants of the Rennie Family
Rice, Rev. Ebenezer Muir 1861 1870 Blandford, West Oxford; Zone Oxford; Kent From US minister Yes Canadian Baptist Archives at McMaster Divinity College
Ripley, Stephen "Marsh" 1869 1871 South Crosby Leeds & Grenville English Farmer Yes Rideau Lakes History Center Archive
Ripley, Jemima 1869 1871 South Crosby Leeds & Grenville English Farm Woman Yes Rideau Lakes History Center Archive
Robinson/Sills , Laura 1901 1945 South Fredericksburg Lennox & Addington Dutch Farm Woman Yes Queen's University Archives
Robson, David Reid 1925 1927 South Dumfries Brant English Farmer No South Dumfries Historical Society. The current copyright owner is unknown. Please contact the ruraldiaryarchive@gmail.com if you are the copyright owner.
Rogers, Timothy 1789 1799 Whitchurch Newmarket English Farmer No http://www.cfha.info/journalrogers.pdf
Ross, James 1893 1954 Nichol Wellington Scottish Farmer Yes Wellington County Museum and Archives
Rothwell , Annie 1894 1895 Innisfil Simcoe Irish Farm Woman Yes Simcoe County Archives
Russell, Robert 1876 1900 Proton (and Melancthon) Grey Irish Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Rutherford, Margaret 1917 1917 Sydenham Grey Scottish Farm Woman Yes Grey Roots Museum and Archives
Rutherford, Annie 1894 1895 Sydenham Grey Scottish Farm Woman Yes Private Collection Courtesy of David & Jock Rutherford
Schulze, Arthur Emil 1860 1861 Maitlandville, Colborne Huron German Gardener, Cigar Maker No Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Scott, Andrew Brown 1857 1857 Chinguacousy Peel Scottish Apprentice Surveyor Yes Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archive
Shadd, Garrison William 1881 1889 Raleigh Kent African Farmer Yes Buxton National Historic Site & Museum
Short, Nellie 1926 1981 West Garafraxa Wellington Farm Woman No Wellington County Museum and Archives
Shreve, William Jeremiah 1907 1907 Raleigh Kent African Farmer Yes Buxton National Historic Site & Museum
Simpson, Carver 1878 1882 East Garafraxa Dufferin English Farmer Yes Dufferin County Museum & Archives
Simpson, Elizabeth 1877 1907 East Garafraxa Dufferin English Farm Woman Yes Dufferin County Museum & Archives
Smith, George B. 1868 1869 Arthur Wellington Irish Farmer/student Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Smith, Frederic 1869 1877 Picton Prince Edward German Cordwainer No Archives of Ontario
Smith , Susanah (Susie) M. 1874 1874 Arthur Wellington Irish Farm Woman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Smith, Benjamin 1799 1849 Ancaster Wentworth From US Farmer/Lay Preacher No Archives of Ontario
Snider, Katherine Edith Hartman 1902 1904 Ernestown Lennox & Addington German Farm woman Yes Museum of Lennox and Addington
Standen, William 1879 1895 Vespra Simcoe English Farmer No Trent University Archives, 1879-1895 diary available online at http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/87-006.htm
Stein, Solomon 1873 1924 East Zorra Oxford German Farmer Yes Tavistock and District Historical Society
Sunley, Ann Amelia Day 1878 1879 Eramosa Wellington English Farm Woman Yes Wellington County Museum and Archives
Sunter , William 1857 1914 Eramosa Wellington Scottish Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Swale, Cecil 1904 1904 Amabel Bruce English Farmer Soon Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Sweeney, Peter 1839 1850 South Crosby Leeds & Grenville Irish Lockmaster of Jones Falls No Library and Archives Canada
Sweet, Charlotte "Aleta" Dance 1929 1973 Dorchester South, and by 1956 Malahide Elgin English Farm Woman No Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Sweet, Melba Rosamond 1928 1999 Malahide Elgin English Farm Woman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Sweet, Rosamond McKenney 1881 1927 Malahide Elgin Scottish & Dutch Farm Woman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Switzer, Christopher 1881 1883 Nepean Carleton, now Ottawa German Farmer No Upper Canada Village
Thomas, Charles 1850 1852 Algona Bathurst District, later Renfrew English Farmer, Trader Yes Library and Archives Canada
Thompson, Thomas 1883 1900 Toronto Gore Peel English Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Thompson, William 1842 1847 South Easthope Perth Irish Farmer No Courtesy of Stratford-Perth Archives
Tidy, John Arthur 1838 1845 Norwich Oxford English Farmer, Surveyor, Teacher No Archives of Ontario
Tindle, James 1895 1895 Smith Peterborough ? Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Treffry , Charles John 1867 1867 Norwich Oxford English Farmer Yes Norwich Archives
Tunis, Cora 1904 1974 Flamboro West Wentworth Welsh Daughter of a farmer No Dundas Museum and Archives
Tweedie/Milne , Frances (Frank) 1866 1882 Whitby Ontario then, now Durham Scottish Farm Woman No Archives of Ontario
Upton, Colonel William R. 1827 1893 Gloucester Carleton English Civil Engineer, Farmer No Library and Archives Canada
Van Sickle, Sidney Clarence 1909 1913 Beverly North Wentworth German Tenant Farmer, Store Clerk, Shipper Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Walton, Sarah 1883 1883 Trafalgar South Halton English Farm Woman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Walton, Annie Bronte 1883 1883 Trafalgar South Halton English Farm woman Soon Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Walton, Minetta "Nettie" 1883 1890 Trafalgar South Halton English Farm Woman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Washington, Clara and Joseph 1896 1896 W. Wawanosh Huron English Farmer No Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Washington, Walter Jenkins 1945 1954 W. Wawanosh Huron English Farmer No Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Waters, James M. 1908 1920 Williams East Middlesex Scottish Farmer, Carpenter No Waterloo Region Museum
Watson , Robert 1885 1885 1) Stanley (1881); 2) Tuckersmith (1891) Huron English Framer (1881), Farmer (1891) Yes Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Watson, William (Henry) 1881 1911 Orford Kent English Merchant/Newspaper Editor Yes Private Collection of Leah Wilson
Watson, Jeannie 1901 1902 Aldborough Elgin Scottish Farm Woman Yes Elgin County Archives
Welch Hill , Sarah 1821 1881 Hope Durham English Farm Woman Yes Archives of Ontario
Williams, Carolyn (Carrie) 1894 1916 Hallowell Prince Edward English Housewife Yes Prince Edward County Archives
Williams Trout, Mary 1867 1920 St. Vincent Grey English Teacher, Farmwoman, Housewife Yes Grey County Museum and Archives
Wilson, James Henry 1871 1871 Uxbridge Ontario English Plough Salesman, Farmer No Uxbridge Public Library
Wilson, Edmund 1870 1911 Hope Durham English Farmer No Archives of Ontario, John J. Wilson fonds
Wilson, George 1833 1859 Medonte Simcoe English Gentleman Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Wilson, James 1862 1892 Hope Durham English Farmer No Archives of Ontario, John J. Wilson fonds
Wooley, Joseph H. 1861 1898 Windham North Norfolk English Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Wright, George 1872 1879 Amherst Island Lennox & Addington Scottish Farmer, Merchant No