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Gold is discovered in British Columbia and coal in Vancouver Island, and my cousins go to work there.,
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I am born in Southern Toronto. My English father is not present but in Quebec. My sister and Metis mother are present.
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The Liberals win the election. My father is happy about this and celebrates by drinking at the local tavern with his friends.
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Bytown is renamed Ottawa. My father (who is home for Christmas) is not pleased.
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The bridge over Niagra river is completed.
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Henry Sherwood, the 4th Premier of Canada, dies.
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The bridge over Desjardins Canal, near Hamilton, Canada West, collapses under a Great Western Railway passenger train. About 60 people die, my great-uncle Will one of them.
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Ottawa is chosen by Queen Victoria as the Capitol of the Canadas.
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Politician William Morris dies.
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205 killed when the SS Hungarian (Allan Line) is wrecked at Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, and my mother recieves word that two of her friends were on the ship.
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I have turned nine years old. My sister is 14, my father and mother are both present. I recieve the gift of a book, the Scarlet Letter.
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The construction of the House of Commons begins.
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Me and Carolina get married.
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Viscount Monck becomes Governer General.
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My father has left for Quebec City to participate in the House Of Commons. My mother is recieving few letters from him, and they are very vague.
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My sister gets engaged to a man named Frances that works at the local school as a teacher.
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My mother recieves a letter from my father explaining that he must stay in Quebec for a year. She grows sad and locks herself in her room. My sister, Beatrice, prepares a delicous supper for me and her. (Potatoes and beef stew)
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My sister gets married. The celebration is very festive and we eat. We had kidney and steak pudding and stewed carrots and potatoes. Then we had custard for dessert.
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My sister gives birth to a baby girl named Josephina.
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Sir John A. Macdonald becomes the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada.
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JS MacDonald becomes first Premier of Ontario
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First Canadian Parliment meets.
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I meet a woman while at the post office. Her name is Carolina Feight.
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I get engaged with Carolina Feight
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Edward Blake's Liberals win the Ontario election, defeating JS MacDonald's Conseratives.
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Carolina gives birth to son who we name James after my father.
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My dear Father has deceased.We have recieved news. My mother begins to weep and sob and cry.
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Schools of Ontario will now accept anyone from ages 7 to 12. Josephina shall go to school.
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Edward Blake, replacing JS MacDonald, becomes second Premier of Ontario
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The first ever edition of the Toronto Mail is published.
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John A MacDonald introduces a bill to legalize trade unions.
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The Trade Unions Act is passed in parliament, legalizing labour unions. The Criminal Law Amendment Act is also passed, making picketing illegal.
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John A MacDonald''s Conservatives are re-elected.
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A retiring Edward Blake is replaced by Oliver Mowat as Premier of Ontario.
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Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberal's win again.
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The Supreme Court of Canada is created.
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Josephina recieves a pretty dress for her tenth birthday. She enjoys playing with James.
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I die because I am hit with a speeding carriage. (The driver's name is Lucas McCambell)
