Lydia Campbell
Lydia Campbell (November 1, 1818 – April 1905), born to an Inuit mother and an English father,[1] was an early diarist in Labrador.[2] She is one of Labrador's best known historical figures and writers, affectionately known as "Aunt Lydia".[3]
She was born Lydia Brooks in Hamilton Inlet, Gross Water (Groswater Bay), Labrador, to Ambrose Brooks, a native of England who was employed with the Hudson's Bay Company, and Susan, his Inuit wife. She was home-schooled by her father. She was married twice: first to William Ambrose Blake in 1834, with whom she had five children, and later to Daniel Campbell with whom she had eight children. In 1894, Arthur Charles Waghorne, a clergyman, submitted her autobiography for publication; it appeared as Sketches of Labrador life in the St John’s Evening Herald. Campbell died in Mulligan River at the age of 86.[2]
Her great niece, Elizabeth Goudie, wrote Woman of Labrador, published in 1973.[4]
References
- ^ Light, Beth; Parr. Canadian Women on the Move vol. 2. New Hogtown Press and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. pp. 273–275.
- ^ a b Hart, Anne (1994). "Lydia Brooks". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Stopp, Marianne (June 27, 2011). "I, old Lydia Campbell": a Labrador Woman of National Historic Significance" (PDF). Memorial University. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ^ Hulan, Renée (2002). Northern Experience and the Myths of Canadian Culture. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-6944-8. Retrieved March 29, 2013.