Day, C.M. (Catherine Matilda), 1815-1899

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Day, C.M. (Catherine Matilda), 1815-1899

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        Catherine M. Day, a writer and historian of the Eastern Townships, was born in 1815 in East Farnham where her parents, Samuel Wells Townsend and Pamela Lawrence owned a farm. In 1840, she married Henry W. Day. The couple and their children lived in Sainte-Thérèse and later in Chambly, Quebec. Henry died in 1854, leaving Catherine with six children to support. She moved to Champlain, New York, where she taught in a young ladies' school. In 1861, she published a novel, "Alice Maynard". The same year, she returned to live in the Eastern Townships. In 1863, she published "Pioneers of the Eastern Townships" and in 1869 "History of the Eastern Townships". Later, she lived in Iowa, first with her daughter Mary and then with her son Samuel. Finally, she returned to the Townships to live with her daughter Pamelia Annie Pearson, wife of William Keene Knowlton. Catherine M. Day died in 1899 in South Stukely and is buried there.

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