Diarists

Diaries in Museums and Archives Across Ontario

Find Out More Start End Townshipsort descending County Ethnicity Occupation Posted on Rural Diary Archive Repository
Boothe, Mary Florence "Minnie" 1897 1898 Osgoode, near Metcalfe Carleton Irish Farm Woman Yes Queen's University Archives
Nelson, David 1864 1886 Otonabee Peterborough Scottish Farmer No Library and Archives Canada
Bauman, Angus S. 1904 1952 Peel Wellington German Farmer Yes Martin Family Private Collection
Malloch, John Glass 1841 1845 Perth Bathurst District, later Lanark Scottish Lawyer, Farmer, Judge No Archives of Ontario
Smith, Frederic 1869 1877 Picton Prince Edward German Cordwainer No Archives of Ontario
Butcher, Mary (Minnie) 1891 1918 Port Sydney, Stephenson Muskoka English Married to Salesman/Agent Yes Toronto Public Library
Galbraith, John 1793 1843 Princeton/Blenheim Oxford Scottish Farmer Yes Archives of Ontario
Russell, Robert 1876 1900 Proton (and Melancthon) Grey Irish Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
MacFarlane, Duncan 1878 1892 Puslinch Wellington Scottish Farmer & JP Yes Original in private possession
Gilchrist, John W. 1931 1939 Puslinch Wellington Scottish Farmer No Wellington County Museum and Archives
Beaton, Velma 1930 1988 Puslinch Wellington Scottish Farm Woman No Wellington County Museum and Archives
Jeffrey, John 1877 1900 Puslinch Wellington Scottish Farmer Yes Wellington County Museum and Archives
Shadd, Garrison William 1881 1889 Raleigh Kent African Farmer Yes Buxton National Historic Site & Museum
Shreve, William Jeremiah 1907 1907 Raleigh Kent African Farmer Yes Buxton National Historic Site & Museum
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
McKay, Albert "Russell" 1909 1916 Reach Ontario Scottish Farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Marks , John Bennett 1824 1828 Richmond Frontenac English Farmer No Library and Archives Canada
Rennie, Jane Laing 1872 1874 Richmond Township Lennox & Addington County Scottish Homemaker Yes Private: Courtesy of descendants of the Rennie Family
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
Hilborn, Mary Ann "Molly" 1919 1927 Saugeen Bruce English Farm woman Yes Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Leeder, Sr., Nathaniel Edward 1854 1895 Saugeen Bruce English Farmer Yes Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Peirson, John 1888 1927 Saugeen Bruce English Farmer No Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Donovan, Flora "Aleta" 1914 1915 Sheffield Lennox & Addington Irish Farm Woman No Lennox and Addington County Museum

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