Phoebe Mott – Rural Diary Archive

Coverage Dates: 1888 to 1891

County: Oxford

Township: Norwich

Gender: Female

Year of Birth: 1854

Year of Death: 1912

Ethnicity: English

Religion: Quaker

Occupation: Farm Woman

Relationships:

Father: Moses Mott

Mother: Catherine Corless

Step-siblings from father’s first marriage: Jan Ann, Aden, Sarah, Rebecca, Mary, Elias, George & Elizabeth

Sisters: Catherine Elizabeth (Lizzie), Caroline

Brothers: John Jacob, Charles Albert, Chester

Archive: Library and Archives Canada

Posted on Rural Diary Archive: Yes

Age During Diary: 34-37

Coverage: 4 years

Biography:

Phoebe is single and keeping house with her widowed mother. Her brother Charles and his wife, Rachel, and children live next door on the farm. Phoebe details their housework and her sewing and knitting. Note her subtle sense of humour as she writes “finished sewing rags and am not sorry.” She records taking tea with visitors and keeps us informed about the larger Quaker community in Norwich and friends and family who have moved further away.

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