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Archive Record
Metadata
Item ID# |
A2014.003.0109 |
Title |
Pioneers in the Queen's Bush |
Object Name |
Book |
Dates of Creation |
1976 |
Creator |
Fee, Florence A. |
Description |
From the introduction: "Pioneers in the Queen's Bush is that section of a larger "family history" that deals especially with certain of the experiences of English emigrants to Canada - William Williams, his wife Margaret Pearse Williams and their children - in the seven years subsequent to their settling in the virgin woods of Holland Township in Grey County, then the Queens's Bush, in 1850." Table of contents: 1. The Williams in Stonehouse, Devon 2. Early years in Canada West 3. From Albion to the Queen's Bush 4. The log cabin 5. Death, disaster, and devotion 6. The novice pioneers in 1850 7. First harvest: first Christmas 8. Sugar and sowing, soap and sewing 9. A bee, a barn; itinerants, and smut 10. Memorable happenings of 1852 11. The breaking-in of Buck and Bright, 1853 12. A house is built, 1854 13. Ministering Methodists 14. Two early schools in Holland Township 15. Memorable memories |
Provenance |
This item was part of the personal library of Bruce Arthur Krug. |
Level of Description |
Item |
Physical Description |
117 p. : ill., ports ; 21.5 x 16 cm (light green softcover) |
Places |
Grey County Holland Township |
People |
Pearse, Margaret Williams, William |
Search Terms & Subjects |
Agriculture Bees (Cooperative gatherings) Churches, Methodist Domestic life Family history Housework Original settlers Pioneers Rural life |