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Lois Frances Booth

Ottawa, 8 Aug 1897 – Copenhagen, 26 Feb 1941

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A life in time

  1. 8 Aug 1897

    Born in Ottawa

  2. 26 Feb 1941

    Dies in Copenhagen, aged 43

Family

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During her lifetime

She lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Ottawa.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1890s · Lois is born in Ottawa

In the news1896–1899

Klondike Gold Rush (1896)

The Klondike Gold Rush began in 1896, drawing approximately 100,000 people to the Yukon territory over the following three years.

What people wore

Hand-Made Clothing and Production Costs

Because ready-made clothing was costly, women often hand-manufactured garments for their families using available materials, including dyeing repurposed flour bags to create colorful clothing. In rural areas, women produced significant amounts of handwoven cloth, with a typical weaver earning about 10 cents per yard for custom work.

Daily life

School Attendance and Farm Labor

Children often struggled to attend school because their labor was required on the family farm, especially during planting and harvesting seasons. Mandatory schooling introduced in 1871 only required attendance for four months of the year for children aged 7 to 12.

In the news1891–1892

1891 Social insurance legislation introduced

In 1891–1892, Denmark introduced its first social insurance legislation, granting old-age relief to the deserving poor.

Music

Work songs integrated into daily life

Songs were essential for daily labor, with workers singing to keep rhythm while paddling canoes, spinning, or performing farm chores.

Around the world1893

Women vote in New Zealand

New Zealand became the first country where women could vote in national elections.

Getting around

Winter travel was the easiest method

Travel between towns was often difficult due to mud in spring and dust in summer, making winter travel in horse-drawn sleighs the easiest method.