1803-1884+Susanna+Moodie

=__Susanna Moodie__=

-born in Bungay, on the River Waveney in Suffolk -she wrote jourals -the country had changed somewhat between the end of the War of 1812 and the arrival of the Moodies, this account from her book -came to Upper Canada with her husband from England -wrote "Roughing it in the Bush" -illustrate what immigrants to early Canada had to endure -wrote "Life in the Clearings" -wrote her first children's book in 1822 -the younger sister of three other writers, including Agnes Strickland and Catharine Parr Traill -published other children's stories in London, including books about Spartacus and Jugurtha -married John Moodie in 1831, April 4 -emigrated to Canada in 1832, with her husband and daughter -settled on a farm in Douro township, near Lakefield, north of Peterborough, Upper Canada -continued to write in Canada and her letters and journals contain valuable information about life in the colony -observed life in the backwoods of Ontario, including native customs, the climate, the wildlife, relations between the Canadian population and recent American, and the strong sense of community and the communal work - suffered through the economic depressio in 1836 -her husband served in the militia against William Lyon Mackenzie in the Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837 -she and her husband moved to Belleville in 1840 -published "Roughing it in the Bush" in 1852, detailing her experiences on the farm in the 1830s -published "Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush" in 1853, about her time in Belleville -remained in Belleville, living with various family members (particularly her son Robert)after her husband's death -died in Toronto, Ontario on 8 April 1885 and is buried in Belleville Cemetery

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