52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 24 (DEAR DIARY)
"These are my garden plots
To plant sweet forget-me-nots
~ Maisie Thomson"
These are the words inside the front cover of 1 of the 3 autograph books that were kept by Marion Thomson (known as Maisie) during her schooling years in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Maisie was my grandmother Mary Elizabeth Thomson's sister. She was the only aunt my dad knew he had growing up. After Maisie passed away in 1996 her husband, Wally, sent these along with other treasures to my grandmother. After my grandmother passed away my dad gave them to me. He knew that I would keep them safe since I am the keeper of the stories.
The books are in surprisingly good shape given them are more than 90 years old, and haven't been stored in ideal conditions. The tape on the inside front cover of one has broken, but the other two are in very good shape. The writing is still legible. Most of the ink has held up better over time than some of the pencil. There is even a 1 cent stamp on one page.
There are a lot of pages about future marriages and children. One even references how it would be lucky for Auntie Maisie to have a son as her first born. Auntie Maisie never had any children. It's clear from reading the messages that most young women expected to get married fairly young, and have children.
My favourite entry was from Edra Hines on January 9th 1928.
She wrote:
"Dear Marion
Love many,
Trust few,
But always paddle your
own canoe.
~ Edra Hines"
***she didn't author it, but was passing a fine message along***
My grandmother and aunt were definitely before their time. They both had post secondary education, and careers. Edra Hines made several entries over the years. I feel she was a good friend to Auntie Maisie. Maybe they even stayed connected over the years. I would love to know what happened to Edra Hines.
This is not even half of the pages that the books have, but it is quite a few. I have uploaded them in no particular order exactly how Auntie Maisie's autograph books were. The dates span 1927 to 1932. There are entries for different years in pages next to each other.
Finding the documents of the past!
To plant sweet forget-me-nots
~ Maisie Thomson"
These are the words inside the front cover of 1 of the 3 autograph books that were kept by Marion Thomson (known as Maisie) during her schooling years in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Maisie was my grandmother Mary Elizabeth Thomson's sister. She was the only aunt my dad knew he had growing up. After Maisie passed away in 1996 her husband, Wally, sent these along with other treasures to my grandmother. After my grandmother passed away my dad gave them to me. He knew that I would keep them safe since I am the keeper of the stories.
The books are in surprisingly good shape given them are more than 90 years old, and haven't been stored in ideal conditions. The tape on the inside front cover of one has broken, but the other two are in very good shape. The writing is still legible. Most of the ink has held up better over time than some of the pencil. There is even a 1 cent stamp on one page.
There are a lot of pages about future marriages and children. One even references how it would be lucky for Auntie Maisie to have a son as her first born. Auntie Maisie never had any children. It's clear from reading the messages that most young women expected to get married fairly young, and have children.
My favourite entry was from Edra Hines on January 9th 1928.
She wrote:
"Dear Marion
Love many,
Trust few,
But always paddle your
own canoe.
~ Edra Hines"
***she didn't author it, but was passing a fine message along***
My grandmother and aunt were definitely before their time. They both had post secondary education, and careers. Edra Hines made several entries over the years. I feel she was a good friend to Auntie Maisie. Maybe they even stayed connected over the years. I would love to know what happened to Edra Hines.
I was thrilled to find 2 messages from my grandmother to her sister,
and 2 from their mother (my great grandmother).
And their cousins
Plus my X2 great aunt Mary
I was excited to see the famous Nancy Tuttle left a message. I grew up listening to Grandma talk about her friend Nancy Tuttle.
I'm guessing May must have been Nancy's sister.
I'm guessing May must have been Nancy's sister.
This is not even half of the pages that the books have, but it is quite a few. I have uploaded them in no particular order exactly how Auntie Maisie's autograph books were. The dates span 1927 to 1932. There are entries for different years in pages next to each other.
 |
| Add caption |
Finding the documents of the past!
This is why I search -
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***
Sources:
Author's Memory
Marion Isabella Thomson's autograph books (X3)
Marion Isabella Thomson's autograph books (X3)
If you reference or use my blog posts in any way please
include a link to the specific blog and
credit http://somehowrelated.blogspot.com/
My blogs are ©Deborah Buchner, 2014 forward.
All rights reserved.
Please & Thank you!
No comments:
Post a Comment