Leading to the Canadian Confederation | View timeline

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Epilogue

In the spring Ann was born a healthy baby(Mary's youngest sister). Molly, Hannah's older sister married Angus Mary's older brother, and Hannah and Mary were very happy to become sisters. Mr. Macdonald started a school later that year. Mary and Duncan were married in 1787. Unfortunately that year was the "Hungary Year", the crops also failed because of a drought and many settlers died that year. And if that wasn't bad enough to everyone sorrow Mary's Grannie died that year too. Mary gave birth that year but it was still born and didn't make it, in others words it was the worst year for Mary and her family. That next year Mary successfully gave birth to a little baby girl that she named Margaret. Mary went on to have five more children 2 girls and 3 boys. The boys were called apon to support the Militia and fight the Americans in the war of 1812, all survived but one was badly wounded. Hannah married a boy named Alex a year after Mary married, she gave birth to five children one of who that died in the war of 1813 the fight for Crysler's Farm. Mr.Macdonald gave up teaching after 16 years but sadly died soon after, his wife Mary's mother died the next year. Jamie became a owner of a small store and always had at least on dog or cat with him at all times. Mary's youngest sister never married or had any children and lived with Mary and her family and was a wonderful aunt to all her children. Mary died when she was 80 years old .

Journal Enty #4

Winter is starting to come again this year, grannie and I smell snow in the air, I hope its not going to snow so soon in the season we still have so much to do. Our house is still small, but cozzy. Father and the boys are busy all the time clearing the land to make room for the spring when we can plant and harvest our crops. Right now its sunday and we cant do anything or else will have to deal with grannie and none of us want to deal with her on Sunday. Duncan and Angus have dissapeared so i think that they have gone off to clean up there cabin. I can see in Fathers face that he is worried about not working today when there is so much to do still before the winter startes. Mother is siting in the corner in a chair quilting and grannie is spinging the wheel making father and the boys new shirts for the winter. Father has skined a deer and is waiting for the skin to dry out so that he can make me a skirt like the indians have, I cant wait because those skirts look so nice. The indians came over today and traded with us. Father is learning their language but he still cant talk to them for long. We dont know their names, Father says we will give them English names to make it easyer for us to remember, I dont think it is right because they already have they their own names. The new baby is almost here I cant wait I think it is a girl but father thinks it will be a boy.

The baby was born today its a girl I was right. Mother named her Ann.
This is my last page in my journal so it will be my last entry, its my birthday next week so I will be asking father for a new one.
So till then.
Mary Macdonald