Title: The journals of Mary O'Brien, 1828-1838
Description: Edited compilation of the Diaries/Journals of Mary O'Brien (nee Gapper) who came to Canada in 1828 and expected to stay a year. Instead, she got married and raised a family starting out in the area of north of Toronto (Thornhill) and eventually settling in the Lake Simcoe area of Shanty Bay.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Frontier and pioneer life
Places: Ontario
People: Mary Sophia Gapper O'Brien (1798-1876)