Collection Acc4990 - Gertrude MacMillan collection

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Gertrude MacMillan collection

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CA PCA Acc4990

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  • 1910, [200-?], Copied 2008 (Creation)
    Creator
    MacMillan, Gertrude

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.02 m of textual records
2 photographs

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MacMillan, Gertrude

Biographical history

Gertrude MacMillan was born 11 February 1896 to George Frederick MacMillan (1864-1942) and Ida Jane Vickerson (1868-1928) of Alberry Plains, Prince Edward Island. According to family members, Gertrude was very ill with diabetes, since insulin was not discovered until the early 1920's. Gertrude died 27 June 1910 at age fourteen. She and her parents are buried next to each other in the Vernon River Bible Christian/United Memorial Cemetery.

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The collection consists of two diaries of Gertrude MacMillan covering 1 January 1910 through 25 May 1910. The diaries are a daily account of rural family farm life. Outdoor chores include cutting and sawing wood, separating milk, thrashing, slaughtering pigs, and hauling manure. Helena "Wilhelmina" (Gertrude's younger sister) and Florence Coffin (her cousin who lived with the family) went to school, but Gertrude stayed at home and her diary records homemaking tasks such as baking and sewing. Gertrude also recounts visitors' names, passersby, pedlars, mail delivery, and purchasing household supplies and foodstuffs. Other than a sprained ankle, the only mention of Gertrude being ill is a sore eye on 25 May 1910, the last diary entry. The collection also includes a name key (to identify people mentioned in the diaries), two portrait photographs (one of Gertrude and one of her parents and sister) and two newspaper clippings regarding Gertrude's death in 1910.

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  • English

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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER

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Copy prints of photographs available in the Reading Room

For preservation purposes, original newspaper clippings were photocopied and discarded

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  • English

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