Gr. Grandpa Joseph Enos Diary — March 1885
Excerpt from My Great-Grandfather’s Diary 📖
I’m sharing excerpts from my Great-Grandfather’s diary. They may not always appear in chronological order, so please bear with me as I work through them.
He lived in Nanoose Bay, on Notch Hill, and his diary gives us a glimpse into our family’s life and history.
My Great-Great-Grandfather came from the Azores to Victoria in 1862. He later married my Songhees Great-Great-Grandmother in 1876, the same year the federal Indian Act was enacted.
The diary belonged to my Great-Grandfather. My Great-Aunt Mary eventually donated it to the Royal BC Museum. I was able to have it scanned into a PDF, and I’ve also been working from the handwritten cursive to create a hand-printed transcription so that we can actually read his words.
It feels pretty special to be able to bring these pages back into the family story, more than a century later.
More excerpts to come. ❤️
Transcription Note
Please note: These transcriptions may contain errors. I am working from handwritten cursive that is more than 140 years old, and some words, names and places are difficult to decipher. Where I’m uncertain, I’ve indicated it with [brackets] or a question mark rather than guessing.
I’m sharing these as a work in progress, and I’ll continue to correct and refine the transcriptions as I learn more.
March 1885
March 1 — Sunday
Showers.
March 2 — Monday
Surveying.
March 3 — Tuesday
Surveying.
March 4 — Wednesday
Surveying.
March 5 — Thursday
Clearing in front of the house to put fruit trees in.
March 6 — Friday
Fine weather. ?
March 7 — Saturday
We finished surveying.
March 8 — Sunday
Fishing for ? -?
Places, People & Subjects Mentioned
House · fruit trees · surveying · fishing
More excerpts from Joseph Enos's diary to come. ❤️
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