The autobiography of
(20 August 1900 – 13 May
1992)
“Love can transform dust to
Gold.”
J. G. Whittier
For some years, a friend has been urging me to write an account of my life in Saskatchewan where I arrived with my family as a young girl, subsequently marrying a farmer, and living in that province for forty years. Conditions were very different there then, and today’s young people would have a hard time visualizing how people could survive, and even be content and happy, in those circumstances. Since I am the last member of my immediate family (footnote 1) to remain on this earth, and as most of my friends in my age group are also gone to their reward, some record of those early days should be left. I have hesitated for long, hardly knowing where to begin, and how much to tell. But as tomorrow, August the 20th, marks the 78th anniversary of my birth, it is high time to make a start.
Such as it is, and however poorly written, this is the autobiography of
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Victoria B.C. |
Olive
O. Lockhart
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August 19th, 1978 |
Nee Moores |
“So long Thy power hath
blest me – sure it still
Will lead me on
O’er moor and fen, o’er crag
and torrent, till
The night be gone”.
J. H. Newman
Transcribed
onto computer by Bernard J Harris (her great-nephew), February 2002.
The
original had English spelling with the exception of an occasional Americanism
(e.g. flavor, neighbor), but for consistency English spelling has been adopted
in the transcription. For the moment, most of the photos are omitted – perhaps
they will be added again at a later date.
Please follow the links below:-
Chapter One Arrival in Canada
Chapter Two The First Year
Chapter Three
Neighbours
Chapter Four Christian Activities
Chapter Five
Early Years and Education
Chapter Six Social Activities
Chapter Seven
Mother as Doctor and Nurse
Chapter Eight
First World War
Chapter Nine End of War
Chapter Ten Beauty, Birds, Beasts, and little lost Boys
Chapter Eleven
Married Life on a Farm
Chapter Twelve
The Years bring Changes
Epilogue March
1980
Transcription to computer copyright © 2002 by Bernard J Harris
See also – an incomplete index of her poetry.
Transcriber’s
footnotes:
1. The
family of Thomas Walter Moores and Lillian Birch Garland – see autobiography
of T W Moores.