Laura Robinson/Sills – Rural Diary Archive

Coverage Dates: 1901 to 1945

County: Lennox & Addington

Township: South Fredericksburg

Lot: 1) Near Sandhurst; 2) when married, near Sandhurst

Concession: 1) 1; 2) ?

Gender: Female

Year of Birth: 1886

Year of Death: 1959

Ethnicity: Dutch

Religion: Church of England

Occupation: Farm Woman

Relationships:

Father: Holden Robinson
Step-Mother: Mabel Gurren
Sister: Ethel
Husband: Alex Sills
Daughter: Elizabeth

Archive: Queen’s University Archives

Posted on Rural Diary Archive: Yes

Age During Diary: 15-59

Coverage: 44 years

Biography:

These diaries capture a farm woman throughout her life from childhood to middle-age. Laura’s mother dies when she is very young and when Laura is old enough she runs her father’s household. Join Laura as she paints the veranda, rides in a motor car, dates her boyfriend Alex, and decorates the house for their wedding day, 27 December 1911. Years later we find her preparing for her only daughter’s wedding and caring for her aging husband.

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