Mary Florence “Minnie” Boothe – Rural Diary Archive

Coverage Dates: 1897 to 1898

County: Carleton

Township: Osgoode, near Metcalfe

Lot: 3

Concession: 8

Gender: Female

Year of Birth: 1874

Year of Death: 1959

Ethnicity: Irish

Religion: Methodist

Occupation: Farm Woman

Relationships:

Father: Mr Peterkin
Husband: James William Boothe
Son: Milburn Harris Boothe

Archive: Queen’s University Archives

Posted on Rural Diary Archive: Yes

Age During Diary: 23

Coverage: 1 year

Biography:

Sometimes Minnie writes with her new baby on her knee. After Milburn’s birth, she struggles with her health, receives a constant stream of visitors and carries on with her production of butter, eggs and fowl for the markets in Ottawa and Metcalf. Observe the help she receives from her husband, relatives and neighbours as her domestic life stretches to accommodate a new baby.

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