"What can't be cured must be endured..."

Anna Maria Leveridge (nee Godbolt) was born in Harleston, Norfolk, England in 1846. She married David Leveridge (1840-1930) and they emigrated to Canada about 1883. They settled on a homestead near Coe Hill, Ontario and had 8 children between 1870-1887.

Anna was proud to be an English woman in the Canadian bush. She enjoyed good health and she grew stronger from the hard work and hardy diet. She was content with how her family was able to survive adversity in spite of being so far from home.

She died in 1928.

Holdings for Anna Maria Leveridge are held at the Trent University Archives.

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73-1000 Anna Leveridge fonds

71-001 Thomas Alexander Stewart Hay family fonds (Related record)

Anna's letters have been published in Your Loving Anna by Louis Tivy. University of Toronto Press, 1972.

Photo: Anna Leveridge (73-1000)