Diarists

Diaries in Museums and Archives Across Ontario

Find Out More Start End Township Countysort ascending Ethnicity Occupation Posted on Rural Diary Archive Repository
Martyn, Fanny "Frances" Fearman 1943 1945 Dorchester South Elgin English Farm woman Yes Privately owned
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
Learn, Andrew McFarland 1873 1877 Dorchester South Elgin German Farmer Yes Private: Courtesy of Catharine Wilson
Watson, Jeannie 1901 1902 Aldborough Elgin Scottish Farm Woman Yes Elgin County Archives
Wilson, James 1862 1892 Hope Durham English Farmer No Archives of Ontario, John J. Wilson fonds
Geddes, Malcolm Daniel 1899 1899 Whitby Durham Scottish Farm Labourer Yes Private Collection of Gordon Darroch & Gail Benjafield
Welch Hill , Sarah 1821 1881 Hope Durham English Farm Woman Yes Archives of Ontario
Wilson, Edmund 1870 1911 Hope Durham English Farmer No Archives of Ontario, John J. Wilson fonds
Middagh , Lucy 1884 1892 Mountain Dundas German Farm Woman Yes The original diaries are privately held.
Middagh, Victoria (Tory) 1887 1888 Mountain Dundas German Farm Woman Yes Private Collection
Simpson, Elizabeth 1877 1907 East Garafraxa Dufferin English Farm Woman Yes Dufferin County Museum & Archives
Simpson, Carver 1878 1882 East Garafraxa Dufferin English Farmer Yes Dufferin County Museum & Archives
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
Switzer, Christopher 1881 1883 Nepean Carleton, now Ottawa German Farmer No Upper Canada Village
Latimer, Amelia "Millie" Lydia 1907 1952 Osgoode, near Metcalf Carleton Irish Farm Woman No Private Collection
Boothe, Mary Florence "Minnie" 1897 1898 Osgoode, near Metcalfe Carleton Irish Farm Woman Yes Queen's University Archives
Upton, Colonel William R. 1827 1893 Gloucester Carleton English Civil Engineer, Farmer No Library and Archives Canada
Leeder, Sr., Nathaniel Edward 1854 1895 Saugeen Bruce English Farmer Yes Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
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
Peirson, John 1888 1927 Saugeen Bruce English Farmer No Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Swale, Cecil 1904 1904 Amabel Bruce English Farmer Yes Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre

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