Coverage Dates: 1926
County: Brant
Township: South Dumfries
Lot: 36
Concession: 1
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1901
Year of Death: 1984
Ethnicity: English
Religion: United Church
Occupation: Farm Woman
Relationships:
Father: William Daniel Barker
Mother: Lottie May Ball
Brother: William (Dan) Daniel
Sister: Mary (Lou) Louise
Boyfriend then Husband: diarist Ernest Buck
Mother: Lottie May Ball
Brother: William (Dan) Daniel
Sister: Mary (Lou) Louise
Boyfriend then Husband: diarist Ernest Buck
Archive: Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Posted on Rural Diary Archive: Yes
Age During Diary: 24
Coverage: 1 year
Biography:
Jean is in love. She spends her days milking cows and doing domestic chores – and looking forward to Ernest Buck’s visits. The young couple frequently spends time with Jean’s sister and her boyfriend, Jack. They skate in the winter and picnic in the summer. They attend fairs, dances, box socials and the movies. Both keep diaries which they share with each other, along with other intimacies. Jean writes “cool night but one wonderful time and the first _______?”