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getting ready for fall – blueberries

Another painting in my series! I could call the collection paintings to illustrate ‘within easy reach’ since each one was inspired by a poem in my book.

Blueberries are probably my favorite berry to pick. This could be because every summer, when my family visited Nova Scotia, we spent a week at my Grandfather’s blueberry farm. I picked blueberries with cousins, siblings and parents. I was never very good at the task but my idea of picking is one for the bucket, two for the mouth, so I guess you now know why I love picking blueberries!

This little painting was fun to do. I was inspired because I had just finished putting together freezer bags of blueberries from a big box we bought at McKay’s Wild Blueberry Farm Stand in Pennfield, New Brunswick (https://janetims.com/2012/08/04/blueberries/).

The painting is 10″ X 10″, gallery edges, acrylics, painted with Ultramarine blue, Cadmium yellow, Cadmium red, Burnt sienna and Titanium white.

August 20, 2016 ‘pick faster’ Jane Tims

And, to accompany the painting, another sampling from the poems in my book ‘within easy reach’. My book of poems and drawings is available from my publisher http://www.chapelstreeteditions.com

pick faster

for Dad

blue ripens as morning, deft fingers

noisy pails, hail on metal gutters

this bush spent, unsatisfactory

berries over there fatter

bluer

I am certain I see, beside mine

my father’s hands, callused

and quick

berries roll between

thumb and fingers

I try to meet

his expectation

pick faster

within easy reach, Chapel Street Editions, 2016

Written by jane tims

September 5, 2016 at 7:00 am

Posted in my grandfather's farm, within easy reach

Tagged with acrylic painting, art, blueberries, Chapel Street Editions, edible plants, family history, local food, McKay's Wild Blueberry Farm, within easy reach

morning bird chorus – ephemera

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When I was a child, one of the things I prized was my collection of ‘bird cards’. These were an advertising give-away from ‘Cow Brand Baking Soda’ (Church and Dwight Limited, Montreal, Canada).

I would spend hours looking at these, putting them in order of the ones I liked best, thinking about the birds depicted. The Meadowlark was a local bird I had seen many times and his call was as familiar to me as breathing – he always made it to the top of the pile! Today the winner would be the Cedar Waxwing who sits in the tops of the pines at our cabin, or the Goldfinch who spends all winter at our feeders!

Today I still have two packs of these cards. They are in sets of 16 in a paper envelope. The card sets are called ‘Useful Birds of America’ and the front of each card shows an image of a bird by artist Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927), an American ornithologist and artist. On the back, there is a tip on how to use ‘Cow Brand Baking Soda’, the bird’s common name, its scientific name and a charming paragraph about its appearance and habits. The card concludes with a short message still relevant today:

For the good of all, do not destroy the birds

Written by jane tims

August 3, 2016 at 8:22 am

Posted in bird song, wild life

Tagged with art, bird cards, birds, Cow Brand Baking Soda, ephemera, family history, history, Meadowlark, Useful Birds of America

early schools – the exotic and the common

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In my Aunt’s book about early schooling in Nova Scotia, she tells an amusing story about field days at school:

… I recall another field day when Dr. DeWolfe, Miss Harris, and Miss Baker came with shrubs to our school. The shrubs were ten cents each. My mother had always longed for a weigela and a snowball and we were delighted that at last she could have her wish, for both these varieties were among Dr. DeWolf’s collection. They were duly planted at my home on the bank of the French River. One turned out to be a high bush cranberry and the other a spiraea, but today we still refer to them as the “snowball” and “weigela” and, I may mention, they have many an offspring throughout our province.

I must have seen the high bush cranberry and spiraea many times at my mother’s old home, but I don’t remember them in particular. I do remember the gardens, lush with rose bushes, tiger lilies, and grape vines.

June 17 2016 'an exotic shrub' Jane Tims

Written by jane tims

June 24, 2016 at 6:45 am

Posted in family history, old school houses

Tagged with 1930s, art, family history, field days, Nova Scotia, one room schools, pencil drawing, shrubs

a place for Zoe

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I’ve heard the theory that the Internet is 90% occupied by cats. I have spent a fair share of my time watching feline antics on stairways, kittens tumbling from chairs and cats sneaking up on cameras.

The cat I spend most time with is Zoe. She is a small cat, about eight years old (whoops, my niece says Zoe is twelve)! She tries so hard to communicate and can usually make herself understood via telepathy. She sits and stares at me and I go through the list. Food? No. Water? No. Ice cubes? Yes.

Zoe checks in with me at intervals through the day. She greets me and listens to the morning bird chorus with me. She runs in front of me to her bowls and waits while I feed her. When I am typing at the computer, she hops up and tries to help. Later, when I watch TV, she snoozes on my lap for a few minutes. She usually appears later to race through the house from corner to corner.

Nothing special about this particular cat post. But I wish I had Zoe’s nonchalance, her utter calm, her faith that all will be well.

Copyright Jane Tims 2016

Written by jane tims

June 22, 2016 at 7:00 am

Posted in a niche for Zoë

Tagged with antics, calm, cat, family history, Zoë

early schools – the autograph book

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A tradition in schools before the 1960s was the autograph book. I had one of these books in the 1960s, but although I collected some autographs, it was considered a quaint activity.

two of Jane Margaret Norman’s autograph albums

Both my mother and my aunt had autograph books in the 1940s and 1950s. One of my aunt’s albums was from her students when she taught in a one room school.

I also have my great-grandmother’s autograph album with messages from 1885 to 1914. Her name was Mary Jane (Johnson) Clarke. Her daughters (including my grand-mother) wrote in the album in the later years.

Mary Jane Johnson Clarke’s autograph album from the 1880s

These books are small, rectangular in shape. The covers are heavy stock paper, sometimes flocked. The older albums have embossed leather covers. The albums range in size from about 3″ by 5″ to 7 3/4″ by 4 3/4″ (the oldest books are the largest). Each page of the book held one autograph: the date, a message, saying or poem, perhaps an address and a signature. Males as well as females wrote in the albums. The albums from the 1940s and 1950s have variously coloured pages in now-faded pink, yellow and blue. The pages in my great-grandmother’s album are beige and white.

my grandmother’s autograph in my great-grandmother’s autograph album

Some of the messages offer serious advice for a good life:

Life is like a mirror

Reflecting what you do

And when you face it smiling

It smiles right back at you

Some messages are amusing or even politically incorrect. One from 1947 shows a disturbing flippancy about marital violence:

When your husband at you flings

Knives and forks and other things

Seek revenge and seek it soon

In the handle of a broom

Some messages are just funny, and seem almost modern:

Great-Aunt Laura Clark's autograph in my Great-Grandmother's autograph album

Great-Aunt Laura Clarke’s autograph in my Great-Grandmother’s autograph album in 1909

Since my focus in my ‘old schools’ project will be on the school in the context of the landscape, I was pleased to find one or two messages about landscape!

When hills and dales divide us

And distance is our lot

Just cultivate the little flower

That is called forget-me-not

And:

I’m glad the sky is painted blue

And the earth is painted green

And such a lot of nice fresh air

Is sandwiched in between

June 8 2016 ‘the autograph’ Jane Tims (Is she writing the autograph for her friend or her doll?)

Did you ever have an autograph album? Do you remember any of the verses people wrote?

Written by jane tims

June 15, 2016 at 7:00 am

Posted in old school houses

Tagged with 1900s, art, autograph album, family history, history, one room school, pencil drawing

Norman Families Living in Missouri in 1870

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In my search for my Great-Grandfather Frank Norman, I became interested in where Norman families were living in Missouri in 1860 and 1870. Frank was born around 1855, so it is likely his family was still in Missouri for the 1860 Census and may have been there in 1870. Locating all the Normans in Missouri also helped me be certain I have not missed any possible Frank Normans in my search.

In a previous post, I located the Norman families living in Missouri in 1860 on an 1856 map. Today’s post shows the Norman families in Missouri in 1870. Each black dot represents one to three households living at that location in 1870. I have included the table of households at the end of this post, in case this information would help other Norman families in their genealogy searches. I have double-checked the information but please be aware, there may be households missing or incorrect. My next genealogy project is to map the Norman families in Missouri in 1880.

Norman Families in Missouri 1870

In 1870, there were 148 households in Missouri with people having the surname Norman (in 1860, there were 92). Some of these were families, some with more than one generation in the household, some with as many as nine children. Some were young men or women living or working as servants or laborers with other families. Some were young children, living with foster families or in one case, in an orphanage (Lucy Norman, 12 years old).

To see the change in the Norman families, compare the 1860 and 1870 map below. The numbers of Norman families have increased due to migration from other states, or because older children have established their own families. Some families or their members have migrated to the cities of Saint Louis or Kansas City.

By comparing the family lists, the whereabouts of various families can be traced. For example, in Laclede County in 1860 there were two Norman families, including Moses and Betsy Norman who I think may be Frank’s parents. By 1870, this family is no longer in Laclede County or anywhere else in Missouri. Also, I know from other records that their son Benj has died. The other 1860 Norman family (Moses and Lucinda with eight other family members) is now represented by Lucinda and four other family members (Moses died in 1873, so it is unknown why he is not with the family at Census time). I can trace remnants and descendants of this family through to 1880 (Lucinda died in 1891). There are two other Norman families in Laclede County in 1870, Newton Norman and William Norman. Newton Norman is Lucinda’s son and has his own family. I do not know the relationship, if any, of William Norman to the Moses and Lucinda family.

Norman Families Missouri 1860 Norman Families in Missouri 1870

Six of the 1870 Norman families had sons named Francis/Frank. There is also a Frank L (born 1836) in St. Joseph, Buchanan County who is too old to be my Frank, and an ‘F. Norman of uncertain age in St, Louis. I think my ancestor was Francis M. Norman, son of Moses and Betsy Norman, living in Hooker, Laclede County in 1860. In 1870, he is 18 years old and if his parents have died, he could be anywhere. Sad sentence for a family historian!!!

Family Number (for my own reference)	Male (usually husband but also father or son)	Age	Female (usually wife but also mother or daughter)	Age	Number Other Normans in House-hold (* son Francis)	Township	County	Living with another family

135			Salina	26		Rochester	Andrew	Cook
139			Laura E.	20		Lincoln	Andrew	Jackson
124	Alexander	16	Nancy	57	1	Deer Creek	Bates
47	Caleb	37	Josephine	35	4	Boone	Bates
110	William	29	Julia	19	2	Capps Creek	Barry
80	Marion	24			1	Fristoe	Benton
7	W. L.	59	Mary	60	4	Cedar	Boone
35	James	41	Armina	23	5 *	Cedar	Boone
138			Maj	21	2	Cedar	Boone
22	Enos	48	Nancy	47	6 *	Jackson	Buchanan
121			Charlotte	63		Center	Buchanan	Smith
41	Charles	39			4	St. Joseph	Buchanan
42	John	39	Mary E.	21	9	St. Joseph	Buchanan
55	Frank L.	34	Stacy J.	26	2	St. Joseph	Buchanan
68	James	30				St. Joseph	Buchanan
69	Jas	30				St. Joseph	Buchanan
115	B.F.	27				St. Joseph	Buchanan	Thompson
141			Mary	16		St. Joseph	Buchanan	McClean
144			Josephine	13		St. Joseph	Buchanan	Cunningham
32	Smith	44	Hannah	41		Hamilton	Caldwell
71	Fayett	29	Elen	26	4	Warren	Camden
48	Caleb	33	Josie	26	4	Dolan	Cass
9	George W.	57			5	Cedar	Cedar
131			Hillina	32	1	Twnshp 53	Chariton
15	Hiram	52	Juda	52	4	Polk	Christian
62	William	33	Sarah	30	3	Polk	Christian
91	William	26	Elisabeth	22		Wyaconda	Clark
143			Mary	14		Jackson	Clark
54	A.M.	34	Fannie	26		Saline	Cooper
113	William	28	Eleanor	20	1	Greenfield	Dade
27	Eldridge	46	Julia	40	2	Benton	Dallas
57	William	34	Lucy	30	8 *	Benton	Dallas
107	Thomas	21	Adeline	20		Benton	Dallas
24	Joseph	47	Phoeba	43	3	Jefferson	Davies
117	John F.	27				Sherman	Dekalb	Tenneson
99	James M.P.	23	Mary F.	23		Findley	Douglas	Ellison
31	Henry	44	Emilie	24		Boles	Franklin
72	James T.	11			1	Miller	Gentry	Setzer
82	William J.	23				Miller	Gentry	Sutzer
94	Louis C.	25	Martha F.	25	2	Cooper	Gentry
16	James	52	Sarah	40	4	Pond Creek	Greene
25	William	47	Mary	41	6	Center	Greene
56	Robert	34	Mary	30	2	Wilson	Greene
60	Josiah	33	Sarah A.	34	1	Taylor	Greene
108	Jesse	29	Susanna	23		Taylor	Greene
123	Daniel	17	Malinda	58		Taylor	Greene
112	Olon	28				Trenton	Grundy	Hansen
147			Hattie	12		Marion	Grundy	Johnson
77	Milton S.	25				Lewis	Holt	Prie
88	Andy	20				Richmond	Howard	Patterson
2	Thomas	64			3	Kansas City	Jackson
45	Thomas	38				Kansas City	Jackson
63	Henry	32	Laura	21		Kansas City	Jackson
95	A.J.	24				Kansas City	Jackson
96	Thomas	64			3	Kansas City	Jackson
105	James	21				Kansas City	Jackson	Madison
118	Joseph	27	Mary J.	23	3	Kansas City	Jackson
3	Thron	62	Mary A.	55	3	Marion	Jasper
20	Aaron Vanormond	49	Sarah	44	4	Benton	Knox
5			Lucinda	52	4	Hooker	Laclede
46	William	38	Mary	33	3	Lebanon	Laclede
111	Newton	28	Virginia A.	35	3	Hooker	Laclede
102	Joseph	22				Buck Prairie	Lawrence	Cummings
109	Milford	29	Mary	23	3	Buck Prairie	Lawrence
132			Amanda	30	2	Monticello	Lewis	Howard
33	William	44	Mary	32		Chillicothe	Livingston
51			Minnie	12		Chilicothe	Livingston	Reugger
140			Namie	18		Chillicothe	Livingston
142			Basha	15		Chillicothe	Livingston	Bargdoll
65	Henry	31	Alice A.	25	2	Medicine	Livingston
129			Elizabeth	35	2	Blue Mound	Livingston
83	George	22				Warren	Marion	Hanley
134			Nancy L.	26		Somerset	Mercer	Duree
28	J.B.	45	Rosan	38	7 *	Pilot Grove	Moniteau
86	James M.	21	Anna	66		Pilot Grove	Moniteau
64	J.W.	32	Mary J.	31	2	Willow Fork	Moniteau
92	Joseph W.T.	25	Louisa A.	20	2	Clay	Monroe
122			Eliza	58		Jackson	Monroe	Vaughn
18	Allen	50	Catherine	40	4	Danville	Montgomery
90	Robert	19	Melissa	23	1	Danville	Montgomery
29	William	45	Sarah	35	6	Mill Creek	Morgan
13	Thomas M.	53	Julia A.	37	5	Oak Grove	Oregon
100	John	23	Nancy	25	1	Oak Grove	Oregon
120	George	26	Mary	23	2	Oak Grove	Oregon
127			Hester	49		Oak Grove	Oregon
38	M.G.	40	Mary	38	6	Piney	Oregon
11	A.	54	Roda	36		Marion	Ozark
67	James	30				Bowling Green	Pettis
74	Jas	26	Mary	24	5	Bowling Green	Pettis
75	John D.	26				Calumet	Pike	Kissinger
116	C.N.	27				Carroll	Platte	Adams
61	Thomas F.	33	Mary	28	4	Madison	Polk
85	William T.	22	Lucretia	52	5	Looney	Polk
1	Stephen	64	Mary A.	38	2	Sherman	Putnam
43	L.M.	39	Susan	34	4	Sherman	Putnam
101	Eph	22				Sherman	Putnam	Neff
14	George	52	Eliza	46	5	Center	Ralls
73	Harry	17	Margaret	14	1	Jasper	Ralls	Brasher
79	Johnithan	24				Saline	Ralls
81	Thomas	24	Mary	23	1	Salt River	Ralls
78	Jas B.	24	Sarah	19		Polk	Ray
104	Jack	21	E.D.	45	2	Current River	Ripley
26	Albert	46	Mary	39	6	Fabius	Schuyler
37	James	40	Hannah	66	3	Fabius	Schuyler
39	Minor	40	Ellen	34	5	Fabius	Schuyler
50	Doctor	35	Martha	25	4	Independence	Schuyler
6	James	60				Kelso	Scott
128			Caroline	37	1	Kelso	Scott	Hankerson
23	Charles W.	47	Mary E.	41	4	Moreland	Scott
53	William	35	Diana	45	2 *	Moreland	Scott
70	John C.	30	Ann E.	23	2	Moreland	Scott
84	Reuben	22	Harriet	25	2	Moreland	Scott
89	James K.	20	Altha	24		Moreland	Scott
145			Mary L.	13		Commerce	Scott	Archer
12	Birkett	54	Carlonie	54	3	Tiger Fork	Shelby
40	Thomas	40	Sally	24	1	Osceola	St. Clair	Barth
8	Daniel	58				Bonhomme	Sr. Louis	Campbell
17	John	52	Mary	38		St. Louis	St. Louis
19	Pat	50				St. Louis	St. Louis
21	Daniel	49	Lucy	39		St. Louis	St. Louis
49	David	35				St. Louis	St. Louis
66	F.	??				St. Louis	St. Louis
87	Saml	21				St. Louis	St. Louis
93	Leslie R.	25	Mary	26	1 (Eliz 49)	St. Louis	St. Louis
98	Henry	24				St. Louis	St. Louis
103	Michael	22				St. Louis	St. Louis	Heinsey
119	Dennis	26				St. Louis	St. Louis
126			Lizzie	50		St. Louis	St. Louis	Washington
133			Angeline	30		St. Louis	St. Louis
136			N.	25		St. Louis	St. Louis
137			Louisa	22		St. Louis	St. Louis	Nayler
148			Lucy	12		St. Louis	St. Louis	Winter Orphanage
10	Christ	56	Catherin	56	3	Ste. Genevieve	Ste. Genevieve
4	William	62	Sarah	38	2	Castor	Stoddard
30	Wm	45	Sarah	38	8	Castor	Stoddard
44	Matthew J.	38	Christian	35	6	Castor	Stoddard
106	Levi	21	Missouri	21	3	Castor	Stoddard
58	Andrew	36	Martha	34	6	Liberty	Stoddard
36	Eli	40	Eliz	40	4	Liberty	Stoddard
125			Elizabeth	42	3	Liberty	Stoddard
146			Elizabeth	42	3	Liberty	Stoddard
97	Enos W.	24	Mary E.	20	1	Clay	Sullivan
59	John A.	33	Margaret	23	4 (Louisa 53)	Cass	Texas
34	Alfred R.	43	Cornelia	39	6	Henry	Vernon
52	Jacob F.	35	Eliza	33	3 *	Henry	Vernon
76	George	25	Nellie L.	29	1	Osage	Vernon
130	Henry	17	Nancy	33	3	Warrenton	Warren
114	W.S.	28	Sarah C.	22	2	Various	Wright

Written by jane tims

June 3, 2016 at 7:35 am

Posted in family history

Tagged with 1860, 1870, family history, genealogy, history, map of families, Missouri, Norman, Norman family

‘within easy reach’ … a poetry book about wild edibles and local foods

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all about my new book:

within easy reach by Jane Spavold Tims

(with a foreword by Freeman Patterson)

Chapel Street Editions, Woodstock

www.chapelstreeteditions.com

May 2016

'within easy reach' 2016 Jane Spavold Tims

includes poems and pencil drawings about

eating local foods and gathering wild edible plants

'picking fiddleheads'

poetry about picking berries, gathering herbs and roots, gardening, fishing

local markets, beekeeping and salad greens

explores how easy it is to bring local foods into your diet

and

considers the barriers to eating local and gathering wild foods

explores abandoned gardens

poisonous berries and berries in bottles

includes poems about our history of eating wild foods

and about New Brunswick’s special local foods:

maple syrup and fiddleheads

coastal plants like goosetongue greens and samphire

land-locked salmon

notes on each plant – characteristics and uses

seventeen pencil drawings

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this book will remind you of your own experiences picking berries

a tribute to every age of our lives – dancing in the school gym and picking berries with arthritic hands

it will recall the habits of your ancestors

a beautiful book – rests open in your hands as you read

a font so easy on the eyes

I hope you will love within easy reach

Jane Tims

2016

Written by jane tims

May 23, 2016 at 12:01 pm

Posted in within easy reach

Tagged with art, edible plants, family history, history, local food, pencil drawing, plants, poetry

Norman Families Living in Missouri in 1860

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In my search for my Great-Grandfather Frank Norman, I became interested in where Norman families were living in Missouri in 1860. Frank was born around 1855, so it is likely his family was still in Missouri for the 1860 Census. Locating all the Normans in Missouri also helped me be certain I have not missed any possible Frank Normans in my search.

To do this, I searched the 1860 US Census for the name Norman and located each family on an 1856 map of Missouri. Each black dot represents one or more households living at that location in 1860. I have included the table of households at the end of this post, in case this information would help other Norman families in their genealogy searches. I have double-checked the information but please be aware, there may be households missing or incorrect. My next genealogy project is to map the Norman families in Missouri in 1870.

Norman Families Missouri 1860

In 1860, there were 92 households in Missouri with people having the surname Norman. Some of these were families, some with more than one generation in the household, some with as many as eight children. Some were young men or women living or working as servants or laborers with other families. Some were young children, living with foster families.

Four of Norman families had sons named Francis. As I have explained in earlier posts, I have eliminated three of these as possible candidates for my Great-Grandfather. I think my ancestor was Francis M. Norman, son of Moses and Betsy Norman, living in Hooker, Laclede County.

Norman Families in Missouri in 1860 in order of County (from US Census)

Household Number (for my own reference)	Male (usually husband but also father or son)	Age	Female (usually wife but also mother or daughter)	Age	Number Other Normans in House-hold (* son Francis)	Township	County	Family name if living with another family

14	Jas	37	Margaret	35	4	Jefferson	Andrew
34	Lewis	47	Martha	26	4	Liberty	Barry
35	Joseph	35	Mahala	33	7	Liberty	Barry
47	Joel	39	Mary Ann	26	3	Shoal Creek	Barry
73	George	68	Rachel	68		Liberty	Barry
24			Mary	31	3	Cedar	Boone
74	Jas T.	32				Cedar	Boone	Senor
65			Charlotte	60		Center	Buchanan	Smith
29	William	43	Eliz	27	4	Williamsburg	Callaway
8	Jas	22	Eliz N.	24		Wakenda	Carroll
54	C.P.	26	Josephine	18	2	Dolan	Cass
12			Louisa	15		Jackson	Clark	McMillan
31	Charles	9				St. Francisville	Clark	Wayland
75	Jos	23				Moniteau	Cooper	Jones
53	Samuel	34	America	38	4	Benton	Dallas
25	Joseph	36	Phoebe	32	4	Jefferson	Davies
66			Elizabeth	60		Jefferson	Davies	Downs
30	William	9				Clay	Dunklin	Smith
76	John	40	Angeline	20		Union	Dunklin
9	James	14			1* (F.)	Boone	Franklin	Brauley
44	William A.	36	Mary A.	30	4* (Wm.F.)	Wilson	Greene
57	James C.	42	Sarah	30	2	Pond Creek	Greene
77	Robert P.	25	Mary L.	19		Wilson	Greene
61	Aaron (Vanarman)	39	Sarah	34	4	Center	Knox
38	Moses	65	Lucinda	35	8	Hooker	Laclede
39	Moses	29	Betsy	30	2 * (Francis M.)	Hooker	Laclede
60	William	14				Buck Prairie	Lawrence	Grammar
78	J.B.	30	Unknown	25	1	Twnshp 57	Linn
18	B.F.	27	Malinda	24	4	Chillicothe	Livingston
79	Elias	30	Lefy	20	1	Chillicothe	Livingston
13	B.	46	Caroline	45	7	Warren	Marion
80	Giles	27				Ohio	Mississippi	Knowles
20	A.R.	32	C.A.	29	2	Twnshp 44	Moniteau
21	John	34	Rosanna	29	5* (S.F.)	Twnshp 44	Moniteau
22	Alfred	60	Ann	56	3	Twnshp 44	Moniteau
63			Ann	56		Twnshp 44	Moniteau
81	George	21				Twnshp 44	Moniteau
82	Jacob F.	24				Twnshp 44	Moniteau
10	Thomas	14	C.C.	16		Jefferson	Monroe	Scobee
11	Handkerson	30	Nannie	36	3	Jefferson	Monroe
68			Clarissa	45		Marion	Monroe	Irons
27	Allen	40	Catherine	30	5	Danville	Montgomery
28	Barry	35	Dulcina	34	4	Danville	Montgomery
64			Susan	69		Danville	Montgomery	Whitesides/Armstrong
45	Samuel	7				New Madrid	New Madrid	Fluty
83	William	28				New Madrid	New Madrid	White
26	Oliver	26	Arraminta	18	2	Nodaway	Nodaway
5	Thomas N.	40	Julia A.	25	5	Oak Grove	Oregon
6	Benjamin	52	Hester	39	1	Oak Grove	Oregon
23	M.G.	30	Mary A.	29	3	Piney	Oregon
7	John B.	17	Chlany	32	4	Clarkesville	Pike
84	William	45	Eliza	32	4	Pettis	Platte
40	Thomas J.	49	Lucina	43	8	Johnson	Polk
41	G.W.	43	Eliza	36	6	Johnson	Polk
19	L.M.	29	Susannah	26	3	York	Putnam
85	Henry	32				Spencer	Ralls
1	Samuel	22				Fabius	Schuyler
2			Hannah	53	3	Fabius	Schuyler
3	A.	36	Mary	28	4	Fabius	Schuyler
86	James	29	Anna	19		Fabius	Schuyler
87	Minor	26	Ellen	18	1	Liberty	Schuyler
49	John	30	Mary	30	4	Mount Pleasant	Scotland
59	Hankerson	59	Eliz	50	1	Harrison	Scotland
15	Charles W.	37	Ally	72	4	Moreland	Scott
16	John	50	Diana	36	5	Moreland	Scott
48	Louis	43	Permelia	43	3	Kelso	Scott
58	Washington	23	Bennetta	42	2	Kelso	Scott
69			Bethia	43	1	Rickland	Scott	Archer
70	James	50				Kelso	Scott
71	Henry	35	Eliza	30	3	Jackson	Shelby
88	James	26				Tiger	Shelby	Graham
33	John	42	Mary	30	1	St. Louis	St. Louis
56	Robert	20				St. Louis	St. Louis
72	Dan	45				St. Louis	St. Louis
89	Betson	63				St. Louis	St. Louis
90	John	30				St. Louis	St. Louis
91	William	30	Anna	30	1	St. Louis	St. Louis
36	W.W.	53	Belinda	40	6	Castor	Stoddard
37	William F.	37	Sarah	28	6	Castor	Stoddard
42	Eli	32	Eliz	34	6	Liberty	Stoddard
43	Elija	32	Elizabeth	32	3	Liberty	Stoddard
92	Mathew J.	30	Christian	22	3	Castor	Stoddard
46	Thomas	7	Mary	8		North Salem	Sullivan	Harris
50	Joseph	34	Virginia	34	5	West Locust	Sullivan
51	George	35	Alcinda	35	8	West Locust	Sullivan
52	Stephen	54	Frances	60	3	West Locust	Sullivan
55	James	22	Mary	18		Ozark	Texas
32	John	38	Deborah	38	6	Ozark	Webster
67			Martha	49		Marshfield	Webster
62	Peter	25				Jackson	Westport	Thoes

Written by jane tims

May 18, 2016 at 7:00 am

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Tagged with 1860, family history, genealogy, history, map of families, Missouri, Norman, Norman family

early schooling – what to do at recess

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When I was young, recess was a big deal. You had to take a treat to eat and something for play. In Grade Three, tops were all the rage. My Dad made me a top from a wooden spool and we painted it in a rainbow of colours. I can still see it spinning on the concrete step. We also played hop-scotch, ball games like Ordinary Secretary, marbles, skipping and tag.

April 30, 2016 ‘top made from a wooden spool’ Jane Tims

I am lucky to have some of my Dad’s writing about his early years and his experiences in a one room school. He went to the Weaver Settlement School in Digby County in Nova Scotia in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He tells about some of the activities at the school, especially at recess. Fishing was popular, as well as playing ball and trading jack knives.

… There was a well out beside the school and it was a good appointment to take care of the water-cooler for a day of a week … Gave a student time off from books…

… There was a brook nearby … In fall we usually built a dam so the brook became a pond for winter … A place to skate or just play on the ice …every moment of recess and noon was spent there …

… The big contest was ‘who comes to school first in bare feet ’ … Our parents had control, not full control as there were hiding places for shoes and stockings along the way to school …

Dad with the family horse Goldie in about 1930

I am certain recess is still a favorite time for school kids – time to talk with friends, play games and get a little break from the classroom. I think we could all build a little ‘recess’ into our busy lives!

Written by jane tims

May 4, 2016 at 7:08 am

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Tagged with 1920s, 1930s, family, family history, history, Nova Scotia history, one room school, recess games, school days, skating, spinning tops

early schooling in New Brunswick – teachers in 1888

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In my family, teaching was a much-revered profession. Both Mom and Dad were teachers, as were my Aunt and Uncle. Mom, and my Aunt and Uncle, taught in one room schools. Mom began teaching in the early 1940s, when she was only 16, just after her graduation from Grade Twelve. At first, she taught with a temporary teaching licence issued during the Second World War. Later she went to Normal School to obtain a permanent licence.

a copy of the reader my Dad used in High School in Nova Scotia, about 1933 (High School Reader, 1913)

To learn a little about teachers in one room schools in the late 1800s, I have continued to read the Annual Report of the Schools of New Brunswick, 1888 by the Chief Superintendent of Education. In 1888, teachers in New Brunswick were trained in the Provincial Normal School. Of the 1,582 teachers, 1,534 were trained and 48 were untrained. Teachers, depending on qualifications, were in three classes: I, II and III.

In 1888 in New Brunswick, there were many more female teachers than male:

Class	#Male Teachers	# Female Teachers
I	114	141
II	157	644
III	108	404

High School English Composition, 1913

The salary of a teacher in 1888 was certainly small compared to today! The average yearly salary for teachers in New Brunswick in 1888 was lower for female than for male teachers:

male teachers $536.90 (First Class) (average salaries for the three Classes ranged from $231.00 to $536.90)
female teachers $328.49 (First Class) (average salaries for the three Classes ranged from $187.47 to $328.49)

The Superintendent does not mention the inequity in pay for male and female teachers. He focuses on a decrease in pay from 1888 to 1889, criticizing the government for not being more generous to teachers. His worry was that teachers would not stay in the profession if salaries were too low.

… it is an ill-advised economy that seeks to maintain on the scantiest allowance a service which is essential to the preservation of order and the strength and progress of a country.

The budget for all schools in the Province in 1888-1889, from provincial, federal and district sources, was $404,145.00 (not including building and property costs).