Amelia "Millie" Lydia Latimer

Coverage Dates:

1907 to 1952

County:

Carleton

Township:

Osgoode, near Metcalf

Lot:

E1/2 14

Concession:

Gender:

Female

Year of Birth:

1860

Year of Death:

1950

Ethnicity:

Irish

Religion:

Church of England

Occupation:

Farm Woman

Relationships:

Father: Henry Latimer.
Mother: Mary Ann Loney.
Brother: Fred Tane Latimer.
Sister-in-law: Frances "Fanny" Marina Latimer (née Hannah).
Nephews: Forest Cecil Latimer, Henry "Harry" Charles Latimer, Frederick Benson Latimer.

Archive:

Private Collection

Posted on Rural Diary Archive:

Age During Diary:

Millie, 46-54; Forest, 11-16; Benson, 10-14

Coverage:

18 years

Biography:

Millie lives with her brother, his wife and their three sons on a 100-acre farm north of the village of Metcalfe. She shares her diary with her three nephews, and with her great nephew and nieces, who write in it sometimes through the years. There are daily entries, children’s sketches, lists, prayers, and a few charts. The diary is filled with family, farming, prayer, and interesting little details such as cracking butternuts and colouring Easter eggs.

Her diary is transcribed in: The Latimer Diary. Edited by S.M.C. Godoy. Vernon, Ontario: Osgoode Township Museum, 2021.

Available at: Osgoode Township Museum Shop

Millie Latimer, 1860-1950.