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John’s 20th century life

  • baby john

    baby john
    this is the day i was born and brang joy to my parents.
    i was born in nova scotia, canada
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    John’s life

  • baby teeth

    baby teeth
    her is when i lost my first tooth, i hurt a little
  • john's favorite and worst day.

    john's favorite and worst day.
    today was by 5th birthday, witch wasn't the best of all birthdays ever. this is the day when my mother died. i felt very said but knew she would come back to me later.i think
  • 80th life

    80th life
    it was my dads 80th birthday yeah
  • time to go out

    time to go out
    today my dad toke me out side to show me his farming "ways" he sais.
  • the day where my life started to get serious

    the day where my life started to get serious
    this day my father came to talk to me. he said. "sun, it's been hard farming on my own, i tryed to doe other things like fishing, forestry, mining and shiping will you where a child but non of them worked, so came up with a desicion that you are know old enough to help me in farming" "ok dad, i understand"
  • the killer fork

    the killer fork
    today was terifying, my dad was stabed with a pitch fork will working, it was disgusting
  • another death

    another death
    this day was the day that i lost my best friend, my father and this day is when i made a discion to go to the city.
  • the search

    the search
    my search lead me to a old part of the city where factoris worked with something called, steam engine. hours past and i still didnt find a place to live. i sat down and ate some of the food i packed. this girl i noticed would keep looking at me from her house window. later she came out and invited me to her house, she was roughly younger than me by two years so i went.
  • the arivment

    the arivment
    today i arived in the city. the first thing i looked for was a place to live in if i wanted to get a job and earn money to live. when i started exploring, i saw things i'v never seen befor like, a new source of transportation, i belive they where automobiles, that wasn't it i saw some instaling a light, that was powerd by hydroelectricity, thats what he sad at least i think it was amazing. so i contuenud my search for a home.
  • deal with the old man

    deal with the old man
    i woke up and found my self in a bed. at first i was suprised,but later i remembered that the girl invited me"knock..knock" "yes" "my father expects you downstares" "okkkk" i went down and saw this realy old man. "come her son" "thanks for letting me stay her" "and you can stay her for as long as you want only if you agree to my deal. we have been low in incom and we need a young man like you to work for us. in return you get to stay and have my dughters hand in mariage." "ok".
  • job

    job
    i went over to the factory i saw earlyer. i went to he boss and asked for a job. he aproved. he wasn't that mean. he gave me the job of pulling this triger every ten min. to get the factory going.it was realy easy.
  • the day of my life

    the day of my life
    my freinds and my soon to be wife's family came over for the big day. it started. the maridge. the day that detirmins your future god or bad. it was time. she camedown to me."you are know pronunced husband and wife" yeah!!!
  • son

    son
    waaa...waaaa...waaa our child was born the one i wished for all thies years. im naming you jacob...
  • grown to work

    grown to work
    to day was the day i said that my sun should know start to work because i was getting old and the price of goods was geting higher. so i found a man that would like my sun for child labour. i didnt want him to go but i had to so i did. :(
  • happy birthday

    happy birthday
    today my son didn't go to work and stayed for his birthday. he loved it and thanked all of us.
  • complaint

    complaint
    he came crying to me "dad jobs hard, our boss dosn't treat us fairly, hes mean, and all thi for little money, and i work realy long time it sucks" that left me wondering if this was a good idea.
  • union

    union
    today my son came to me jumping and danceing. i asked him why and this is what he said happly "dad, me and the other children that work for this man, yeah, we made a union agenst him and we won" "a union for what" "well better pay, fair tretment, less hours, easyer jobs and some breakes" from that day i knew my sun was ready to solve any problem.
  • son's life

    son's life
    my son was getting maride to day. what a day. to day was the last day for me to work. my son know would get a job and pay for all of us. his wife was a smart girl and could take care of hime and her self. my son decided to live sswith me and my wife because we where geting old and needed some on next to us.
  • child for my son

    child for my son
    my son got a child, i just felt like life went by vert fast :) her name was emma
  • the talk

    the talk
    today my wife sat next to me and started to talk to me "john, did you ever feel it isn't fair that only man could vote. if i could i would try to solve problems like the drunk men thats dangers for them, chld labour, education, boys in those mines and all thos people that are having problems out their... you now what, im going to do it i want to VOTE!!!" "GOOD LUCK".
  • death

    death
    i died this day, the day that was supposed to be my 0th birthday...................................................................................................