Mary Janeway - The Legacy of a Home Child

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Width:  6  Inches
Height:  9  Inches
Pages:  176
Format:  Paperback
Publication Date:  October 15, 2000
Illustrations:  None
Publisher:  Dundurn Press

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Mary Janeway, born in Scotland in 1887, came to Canada as a “home child” at a very young age. Separated from her brothers and sisters, the “tiny” Mary was sent as a domestic to a farm near Innerkip, Ontario. This is Mary‘s story -- a recreation of her life set in Victorian rural Ontario, from the time of the tragedy that split her family to her eventual escape from a life of drudgery. Robbed of her childhood years but buoyed by an inner resolve and an indomitable spirit, Mary Janeway reveals the tragic events surrounding this period of Canadian history -- the Home Children.

Mary Janeway was godmother to author Mary Pettit.

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