Notes on the 1883 Journal

Authors

Rankin MacMillan

Files

Journal Date

1883

Transcription

Notes from the 1883 Diary, made by Rankin MacMillan Sept. 1979

The family in 1883: James - 49 yrs. old, Martha 39 years old.
Daughter Frances (Fannie) - 15 years
Daughter Clara - 7 years
son Fred - 13 years
son Harlan - 11 years
son Homer - 9 years
son Clayton - 3 years
son Jason 1 year old on April 8th, wt. 22 lbs.

March 12 - Clara was seven years old yesterday - so she went to school today. (The custom seemed to be that you started to school when you became seven, no matter what time of year).

No plowing done until middle of April; March had been cold and wet. Corn planting began May 9. Had a snow on May 21st; finished corn planting on May 30. Sheared sheep in June.

Started wheat harvest July 12 (cut and shocked). Made hay the last two weeks in July.

First part of August, hauled wheat into the barn to be threshed later. (wheat threshed out of barn Sept. 18th)

Began corn cutting Sept. 19.

McMillan school house opened Oct. 1. (School in Cedarville opened early in September). The MacMillan school board (trustees) were James MacMillan, Henry Kyle, and Joe Barber.

Wonderful fall weather, all of October, November and first two weeks of December. No snow until Dec. 16.

December 5 - Butchered nine hogs - and cured for food.

Digitization Date

August 28, 2015

Source

University Archives

Archives Collection

Martha McMillan Journal Collection

Archives Accession Number

01-129

Archives Container Number

SF-101B

Archives Identification Number

RG 16/46

Keywords

Martha McMillan, Cedarville, diaries, journals

Disciplines

Agriculture | Animal Sciences | Christianity | Civic and Community Engagement | Education | Family, Life Course, and Society

Comments

Notes compiled in September 1979

Recommended Citation

MacMillan, Rankin, "Notes on the 1883 Journal" (1883). Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal. 12.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/mcmillan_notes/12