Family Life and Sociability in Upper and Lower Canada, 1780-1870: A View from Diaries and Family Correspondence

Françoise Noël

Feb. 2003 · McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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She notes that courtship usually took place within the social network of interactions with kin and neighbours and shows that family life was located in a broad social space that included people of various ages. By examining the correspondence and diaries of francophone and anglophone middle-class families of various faiths, Noël presents touching stories of family life in the Canadas in the early nineteenth century.

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Françoise Noël is professor of history, Nipissing University, and the author of several books, including Family Life and Sociability in Upper and Lower Canada.