Jane Laing Rennie
Coverage Dates:
1872 to 1874
County:
Lennox & Addington County
Township:
Richmond Township
Lot:
Village of Napanee
Gender:
Female
Year of Birth:
1837
Year of Death:
1927
Ethnicity:
Scottish
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Occupation:
Homemaker
Relationships:
Father: Robert Rennie.
Mother: Margaret Harrison.
Sisters: Mary Catherine, Isabella Adams Lahey, Bethia Nesbitt McKenty, Margaret Ellen Dwyer.
Brothers: John, James.
Archive:
Private: Courtesy of descendants of the Rennie Family
Posted on Rural Diary Archive:
Yes
Age During Diary:
35-37
Coverage:
2 years
Biography:
Jane lives with her parents and siblings Mary and James. Her family have a “Clothier & Gent’s Furnishing” store in Napanee which Jane often visits in the evening. At home she bakes crullers and oatcakes, makes soap, cleans the parlour and cook house, papers the kitchen, tends nephew Robbie (Lahey), feeds visitors, sews a grenadine dress and gets her ears pierced. On Sundays she attends Mass and Vespers. The year 1873 is tough, as James and her mother die.
Jane’s 1872-74 diary.
Jane's artistry on the first page of her diary.
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