Henry M. Andress – Rural Diary Archive

Coverage Dates: 1858 to 1861

County: Leeds & Grenville

Township: Lansdowne

Lot: 17

Concession: 2

Gender: Male

Year of Birth: 1825

Year of Death: 1902

Ethnicity: English

Religion: Episcopal Methodist

Occupation: Miller

Relationships:

Father: William Andress.
Mother: Hannah Elliot.
Wife: Lucy May.
Sons: Wesly, Charles, Wilson.
Daughters: Lucy, Mandy, Eliza.

Archive: Leeds and 1000 Islands Historical Society

Posted on Rural Diary Archive: No

Age During Diary: 33-36

Coverage: 4 years

Biography:

Henry is a miller and father of six children (eventually eleven) in Lyndhurst. He intersperses details about sick children, fireworks on the Queen’s birthday, cows, and Methodist camp meetings with his “mill talk”. For example, “April 11: Commenced to cog the large spur wheel, furrowing the provender run of stone.” By 1871 he has moved to the Escott area where he is farming and milling.