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Field name | Value |
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Title | Brook, Sidney: Diaries and Notebooks, 1886 |
Author | Brook, Sydney (1871-1957) |
Date | Jul 1886 - Jun 1891 |
Document Type | Personal Account |
Reference | M-9076-1 |
Library / Archive | Glenbow Museum |
Collection Name | Brook Family Fonds |
Description | Notebook containing doodles, to-do lists, accounts and quotes. |
Series Description | From Series 1 – Sidney’s diaries and notebooks, 1883-1954. 15cm of textual records. The series is broken down into seven sections consisting of small volumes in which Sidney recorded daily events, notes to himself and, occasionally, accounts. The first volume was written when he was 12 and the last when he was 83. The entries are very brief and he did not write every day. |
Biographical Note / History | Sidney Brook (1871-1957) was born in Brighton, England. He came to Canada in 1891 and settled for several years near Morden, Manitoba. In 1907 he married Christena Isabelle McFadden (1886-1966) of Manitou, Manitoba. They had seven children: Gordon S. (1908-?); Arnott (1910-1917); Lorne V. (c.1912-); Glen L. (c.1914 or 1915-); Alice May (Carmichael) (1916 -); Mabel (Lewis) (1920 -); and Roy Eustace (1924-). The Brooks moved to Alberta in 1910 and farmed at Craigmyle. Sidney served during the First World War and was wounded in France. The Brooks retired from farming in 1939 and moved into Craigmyle, where Sidney worked as the Alberta Treasury Branch agent for 15 years. In 1963 Isabelle moved into Calgary. |
Theme(s) | Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
Places | Brighton, England |
Keywords | children, education |
Additional Information | Included in this project are sections 1-3 of this series. This document is diary three of part 1. Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Glenbow Museum catalogue. |
Language | English |
Document(s) linked to |
Brook, Sidney: Diaries and Notebooks, 1891 |
Copyright | Glenbow Museum |