Lanark Research Paper

Lanark Research Paper

There were developments back in Lanark for the Lawsons and Boags. John's wife, a mother and grandmother to so many Lawsons passed away by 1842. The brothers Robert, Peter and Alex stayed on the same patch of land with father John heading the lot. Eventually Peter moved out just down the way once he got married and Alexander eventually married in 1861 to Rachel Taylor (b 1831, Scotland) and he too moved away but not far. John Sr. lived past his 86th year having farmed in Lanark for over 40 years.

For Peter and Robert Lawson in 1870, their farms continued to provide, Peter with 199 acres (on Lot 11, Con. 5 Lanark) that included some of the original Boag property and the older Robert with 400 acres

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OATS (Bush) TURNIPS ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...Although they most likely would have had help from the Lawsons they did not produce nearly as many goods. They harvested only 5 bushels of wheat, 3 of oats and 10 of rye and 50 of potatoes. They had reduced their livestock by culling most of their sheep – 15 – leaving only 2 left as well as 2 cows and 2 pigs. They did however do well in making 200 lbs of butter and 50 lbs of wool. Unlike the men, who typically had 20 cords of wood for cooking and warmth, the Boags had none and hence would have to depend on the Lawsons. Then the three women were reduced to just two when Jeannie died in June of 'a disease of the heart' at the youthful age of 25. Mary Ann and Elizabeth's could not be faulted if they had a deepening sense of insecurity as Mary Ann's only surviving son John (Robert had passed away years before) departed for the United States with his family that included 17 year old Andrew Boag and four other

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