Fonds P081 - Lydia Sawyer fonds

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Lydia Sawyer fonds

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    CA ETRC P081

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    • 1825-1883 (Creation)

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    0,03 m of textual records.

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    Lydia (Laberee Oughtred) Sawyer was born in December 1803 or January 1804, probably in the Township of Eaton, to Rufus and Olive Laberee. She married Thomas Kirton Oughtred; they had three daughters: Harriet (1821), Susan (1829), and Eliza (1833). Widowed in 1839, she married John Sawyer in 1852. She was widowed for a second time in September 1869. She died in the Township of Eaton on 26 October 1883.

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    The fonds contains source material on the daily life of Lydia Sawyer from 1855 to 1883 and on the activities of the members of her immediate family, notably her husband Thomas Kirton Oughtred; her brother-in-law Robinson Oughtred; and her daughters Susan and Harriet. The fonds consists of her personal diary dating from 1855 to 1883; the contract for her second marriage; documents relating to Thomas Kirton Oughtred's activities as a private land agent, his work as a teacher at the School Royal Foundation in the Township of Eaton, and his last will and testament; and documents concerning Susan and Harriet. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Lydia Sawyer (1852-1883), Thomas Kirton Oughtred (1825-1838), Susan Oughtred (1852-1853), Harriet Oughtred (1852), and Robinson Oughtred (1849).

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        Lydia Sawyer's diary is also available in digital format.

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        Previously known as the Oughtred Papers and School of Royal Foundation - Eaton.
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        Two items in the series P081/002/002 were purchased in 1989.
        The documents are in English.

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        28 janvier, 2016

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