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Christina McLennan Diary, 1916-1922
Christina McLennan 1916-22 Diary 5.pdf
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| − | + | Fri 17 St. Patrick's Day cold and stormy. 10 below zero quite a number of people sat all day in the station waiting for the train to take them to Cornwall for The Play, The Birth of a Nation, there was no train. The hack is snowed up. 2 loaves 12 salt 10, 22 22 | |
| − | + | Sat 18, Brght day mercury 12. below about 10. Jimmie went again to the station. There were a number there tonight they would be up for the 2:30 play on the 8:30. They were agan disappointed , about {11} P.M there was a train and a few men got on. it was 9 before the got to Cornwall. I did not hear how they got back. 2 loaves 12. 2 lbs codfish 20. Milk 42 J 42 Katie here for tea. 64 | |
| − | + | Sun 19 Jimmie's birthday. Sent 25 to church. John Agnes and Randolph were down. | |
| − | + | Mon 20, Jimmie left on the early train for Ottowa. he is looking up men for the bushmen's battalion that are going to Britain and France to cut down forests 2 loaves 12, 12 | |
| − | + | Tues 21 Jimmie missed the connection from Ottawa at St Polycarpe and had to get {illegible} to Lancaster then drove home about 11 P.M. | |
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| − | + | Wed 22 Bright day. Cold wind. Jimmie has a heavy cold | |
| + | 2 loaves 12. Sent a letter to Marion 12 | ||
| − | + | Thurs 23 Roman meal 25 rolled oats 25 coal oil 18 blueing 5 73 | |
| − | + | mercury at 7 a.m. 2 below 2 loaves 12 | |
| − | + | Fri 24 Lovely day, a great deal of traffic on the roads the snow is very deep. Gave Mary m Lennan 1.00 for {illegible} | |
| − | + | Sat milk 42. Jimmie 42 4 loaves 24 1 {illegible} herring 30, 96 | |
| − | Tues 28 | + | Sun 26 Fine day Mrs Christie Katie & Dunkie here to tea The roads are going fast, travelling will be bad the snow is so deep Sent 25 to church Jimmie not out yet 25 |
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| + | Mon 27 Very fine day. roads very bad. | ||
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| + | Tues 28 My birthday I was born 1836. 80 years To 2 loaves 12, 3-16 / 10 10 | ||
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{Written sideways, Christina possibly showing signs of dementia} | {Written sideways, Christina possibly showing signs of dementia} | ||
| − | Mon 29 | + | Mon 29 Carried from page 11 Carried forward $9.57 |
| + | Ann she paid him for the work today, I paid her 65 to 2 loaves 12 | ||
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| + | Tues 30 Rain all day, Katie here all night | ||
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| + | Wed 31 Fine sunshine, high wind, to 2 loaves 12, hen feed 100 lbs 2 - 12 | ||
| + | Chicken feed 5 lbs, 4 cts per lb, 20 cts, 50 lb flour 1.80, 2 | ||
| + | Heard today that M Larin Dingwall was killed on the 23rd May somewhere in the war | ||
Revision as of Sep 24, 2026, 3:08:01 PM
March 191 Amount through forward 10.18
Fri 17 St. Patrick's Day cold and stormy. 10 below zero quite a number of people sat all day in the station waiting for the train to take them to Cornwall for The Play, The Birth of a Nation, there was no train. The hack is snowed up. 2 loaves 12 salt 10, 22 22
Sat 18, Brght day mercury 12. below about 10. Jimmie went again to the station. There were a number there tonight they would be up for the 2:30 play on the 8:30. They were agan disappointed , about {11} P.M there was a train and a few men got on. it was 9 before the got to Cornwall. I did not hear how they got back. 2 loaves 12. 2 lbs codfish 20. Milk 42 J 42 Katie here for tea. 64
Sun 19 Jimmie's birthday. Sent 25 to church. John Agnes and Randolph were down.
Mon 20, Jimmie left on the early train for Ottowa. he is looking up men for the bushmen's battalion that are going to Britain and France to cut down forests 2 loaves 12, 12
Tues 21 Jimmie missed the connection from Ottawa at St Polycarpe and had to get {illegible} to Lancaster then drove home about 11 P.M.
Wed 22 Bright day. Cold wind. Jimmie has a heavy cold 2 loaves 12. Sent a letter to Marion 12
Thurs 23 Roman meal 25 rolled oats 25 coal oil 18 blueing 5 73
mercury at 7 a.m. 2 below 2 loaves 12
Fri 24 Lovely day, a great deal of traffic on the roads the snow is very deep. Gave Mary m Lennan 1.00 for {illegible}
Sat milk 42. Jimmie 42 4 loaves 24 1 {illegible} herring 30, 96
Sun 26 Fine day Mrs Christie Katie & Dunkie here to tea The roads are going fast, travelling will be bad the snow is so deep Sent 25 to church Jimmie not out yet 25
Mon 27 Very fine day. roads very bad.
Tues 28 My birthday I was born 1836. 80 years To 2 loaves 12, 3-16 / 10 10
March 1916
Carried forward
Tues 28, My birthday 80 years. Fine day Farquhar and Jean came on the 5:30 Am. had tea went back on 8.p.m. Far brought me a silk coat. Gladys sent me some dish cloths and face cloth
Wed 29
{Written sideways, Christina possibly showing signs of dementia}
Mon 29 Carried from page 11 Carried forward $9.57 Ann she paid him for the work today, I paid her 65 to 2 loaves 12
Tues 30 Rain all day, Katie here all night
Wed 31 Fine sunshine, high wind, to 2 loaves 12, hen feed 100 lbs 2 - 12 Chicken feed 5 lbs, 4 cts per lb, 20 cts, 50 lb flour 1.80, 2 Heard today that M Larin Dingwall was killed on the 23rd May somewhere in the war
