Coverage Dates: 1880 to 1900
County: Middlesex
Township: Delaware
Lot: 11 & 12
Concession: 2
Year of Birth: Thomas: 1830, Sophia: 1886
Year of Death: Thomas: 1928, Sophia: 1960
Ethnicity: Irish
Religion: Methodist – All Denominations
Occupation: Farmer
Relationships:
For Thomas Adams
Wife: Rosalia E Sherk
Daughters: Fanny Sophie (who starts diary), Sarah Alzina (Ina), Alice May, Clara B.
Sons: Albert, Ezra Franklin, Samuel Crayton
Archive: University of Western Ontario
Posted on Rural Diary Archive: No
Age During Diary: Thomas: 50-70, Sophia: 12-32
Coverage: 20 years
Biography:
Sophie begins this diary under the supervision of her father, but Thomas soon takes it over and writes with regularity for twenty years. This is a wonderful overview of the Adam’s farm and family as they develop through the years. It’s a busy household of seven growing children. Thomas travels to church, Grange meetings, the World’s Fair in Chicago and relatives out west. His wife Rosalia dies from cancer in 1899. Thomas remains on the farmstead for the rest of his life and his son Crayton inherits it.