Coverage Dates: 1881
County: Grey
Township: Sullivan
Lot: 1
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: c. 1855
Year of Death: 1882
Ethnicity: Scottish
Religion: Presbyterian
Occupation: Farmer
Relationships:
Father: James Sr. Bremner
Sisters: Elsie, Annie, Jean, Bella
Brother: William
Archive: Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph
Posted on Rural Diary Archive: Yes
Age During Diary: 25
Coverage: 1 year
Biography:
James emigrated with his father and siblings after his mother died in Scotland. To help farm, they took in a Bernardo Boy, Robert Armstrong. James does much of the hard labour with his little brother Willie and gets tired of “Ploughing, Ploughing, Ploughing.” It is heart wrenching to learn that just a few years after the diary, James, dies of appendicitis during a trip to Owen Sound. His father sells the farm thereafter.