Elizabeth Postuma Simcoe, 1762-1850: A BiographyElizabeth Postuma Gwillim was born in 1762 in Aldwinkle, Northampton, England. Her parents were Thomas Gwillim (1726-1762) and Elizabeth Spinckes (1723-1762). She married John Graves Simcoe 30 December 1782. Her husband was the first Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Upper Canada. |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Early Life | 13 |
Hembury Fort House | 19 |
Wolford Lodge | 26 |
Departure for Canada | 34 |
PART II | 46 |
News from Home September 1791June 1792 | 53 |
Nature Untamed | 59 |
The Season of 1795 | 138 |
Julia 17951796 | 149 |
End of the Tour of Duty 1796 | 157 |
General Simcoes Last Years 18031806 | 177 |
Francis and Mary Anne 18121813 | 188 |
PART IV | 198 |
The New Generation 18241826 | 205 |
More Joy in Heaven 18271837 | 212 |
Winter in the Wilds | 67 |
Miss Burges Reports 17921793 | 76 |
The Move to York 17931794 | 85 |
Miss Burges and Mrs Graves | 95 |
War Clouds May 1794January 1795 | 103 |
Mrs Burges Commissions | 129 |
Sir Francis and the Rebels of 1837 | 219 |
The Church Builders | 226 |
The Best Christian | 233 |
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