Diarists

Diaries in Museums and Archives Across Ontario

Find Out More Start End Township Countysort ascending Ethnicity Occupation Posted on Rural Diary Archive Repository
Lancley, Edward 1890 1890 Lansdowne Leeds & Grenville English Farm Labourer No Online at Leeds & 1000 Islands Historical Society Newsletter
Andress, Henry M. 1858 1861 Lansdowne Leeds & Grenville English Miller No Leeds and 1000 Islands Historical Society
Fraser, John Bell 1874 1890 Elizabethtown, then Edwardsburgh Leeds & Grenville Scottish Farmer, then Physician Yes Private: Courtesy of Catharine Wilson
Beatty, William 1838 1892 Young & Lansdowne Leeds & Grenville Scottish Farmer Yes Queen's University Archives and Leeds & Grenville Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
Bellamy, Eliza 1854 1855 North Augusta Leeds & Grenville Irish Married to Miller Yes Upper Canada Village
Bell, Reverend William 1817 1849 Burgess Lanark Scottish Reverend and Teacher No Electric Scotland Database
Easton , George 1830 1839 Dalhousie Lanark Scottish Farmer/ Teacher Yes Middleville Museum
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.
Needham, George 1875 1892 Moore Lambton English Farmer No Archives of Ontario
Nimmo, William 1871 1909 Bosanquet Lambton Scottish General Merchant No Lambton County Archives
McMackon, Walter 1906 1911 Orford, Sunnidale Kent, Simcoe Irish labourer, book-keeper, farmer Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
McMackon, David 1896 1896 Orford Kent Irish Cooper Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
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
Handy, Ida Katherine (Kate) 1875 1875 Howard Kent Irish Farm Woman Yes Private Collection of Leah Wilson
Watson, William (Henry) 1881 1911 Orford Kent English Merchant/Newspaper Editor Yes Private Collection of Leah Wilson
Mathers, Adeline 1932 1934 Morris Huron Irish Farm Woman Yes Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Johnstone, Mrs. Edna 1916 1921 McKillop Huron Irish Farm Woman No Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
McTavish , Douglas 1876 1877 Stanley Huron Scottish Farmer Yes Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Schulze, Arthur Emil 1860 1861 Maitlandville, Colborne Huron German Gardener, Cigar Maker No Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Green , Mary L. 1899 1900 Colborne Huron Scottish Housekeeper for Farmer Uncles Yes Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Watson , Robert 1885 1885 1) Stanley (1881); 2) Tuckersmith (1891) Huron English Framer (1881), Farmer (1891) Yes Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Andrew, Amos 1930 1931 Auburn Huron English Farmer No Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Green , Bella 1914 1919 Ashfield Huron Scottish Farm Woman Yes Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Washington, Clara and Joseph 1896 1896 W. Wawanosh Huron English Farmer No Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol

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