Gr.GrandpaJohn Enos Diary April 1881

 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. ❤️

April 1, 1881

1. Ploughing at the spit

2. Brought J. tey home with a calf

3. [unclear]

4. Brought [unclear]

5. Mother went to Nanaimo *

6. Sowing peas at the spit

7. Raing Day

8. Brought Mr Beachums cow
   calfe home

9. Planting potatoes at the spit

10. [unclear]

11. Ploughing its well yard

12. Rainy Day

13. Ploughing for the Indians **

14. Father took Mr Beachums cow
    to Wellington

15. FCD

16. I went to Nanaimo *

17. At Nanaimo *

18. "

19. I returned from Nanaimo *
    Rainy weather

20. Father went to E. M. Rei[?]

21. Rainy

22. Plant potatoes at the spit

23. FCD

24. Fine Day

25. Fine

26. Bring home dogfish scraps
    from point for manure

27. Rainy Weather

28. Fine Day

29. Planting beans at point

30. Sowing oats by the [unclear] house