Rural Diary Archive
Rural Diary Archive

Carolyn “Carrie” Williams

Coverage Dates: 1894 to 1916
County: Prince Edward
Township: Hallowell
Lot: Bloomfield
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1855
Year of Death: ?
Ethnicity: English
Religion: Quaker
Occupation: Housewife
Relationships: 

Grandfather: diartist Vincent Bowerman
Grandmother: diarist Deborah Bowerman
Father: Levi Vincent Bowerman
Mother: Mary Haight
Husband: Edwin Allison Williams
Sons: Merton, Thomas, John

Archive: Prince Edward County Archives
Posted on Rural Diary Archive: Yes
Age During Diary: 39-61
Coverage: 22 years
Biography: 

Widowed at 34, Carrie and her sons live with her parents in Bloomfield. She and her mother run a busy household.  Her father, previously the cheesemaker, now runs a grist mill. In 1904 they all move to a farm southeast of the village.  Carrie’s entries are intermittent as she chronicles the local social scene of visits, lectures, “magic lantern” slide shows, and trips to Picton and Napanee.  Glimpses of Carrie’s earlier life can be found in the diaries of Vincent and Deborah Bowerman, her grandparents.

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