Rural Diary Archive
Rural Diary Archive

Thomas Wilson Bygott

 
Coverage Dates: 1874
County: Lennox & Addington
Township: Adophustown
Lot: 24
Concession: 3
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1839
Year of Death: 1903
Ethnicity: English
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Farmer
Relationships: 
Wife: Catherine “Kate” Bogart.
Daughter: Louisa “Lou.”
Son: Frank.
Archive: Lennox and Addington County Museum
Posted on Rural Diary Archive: Yes
Age During Diary: 36
Coverage: 1 year
Biography: 
Living on the shore of Hay Bay, Thomas is oriented towards the water and notes steamers arriving in the sailing season and the conditions of the ice in winter. He draws wood to the wharf, possibly headed for Napanee, and ships 150 lbs of cheese. He is involved in the cheese factory and attends several of its meetings. Of interest are the list of his cows’ names and the seventeen varieties of apples that he grows. He also includes accounts with labourers, including the Kanyen’kehà;ka/Mohawk First Nation from the Tyendinaga Reserve.
 
Front cover of Thomas Butcher's 1874 diary.
Front cover of Thomas’s 1874 diary.
Handwritten entries from Thomas Butcher's diary in June 1874.
Thomas’s handwritten entries in June.


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