The Life Writings of Mary Baker McQuesten: Victorian Matriarch

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THE LIFE WRITINGS of MARY BAKER MCQUESTEN Victorian Matriarch ❧ edited by Mary J.Anderson This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for our publishing activities. We acknowledge the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative. National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data McQuesten, Mary Baker, 1849–1934 The life writings of Mary Baker McQuesten : Victorian matriarch / Mary J. Anderson, editor. (Life writing series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-88920-437-3 1. McQuesten, Mary Baker, 1849-1934—Correspondence. 2. Single mothers— Ontario—Hamilton—Correspondence. 3. Hamilton (Ont.)—History. 4. Hamilton (Ont.)—Biography. I. Anderson, Mary J. (Mary Johanna), 1931– II. Title. III. Series. FC3098.26.M36A73 2004 971.3’.5203’092 C2004-901531-1© 2004 Wilfrid Laurier University Press Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5 www.wlupress.wlu.ca Cover and text design by PJ Woodland. All photographs courtesy of Whitehern Archives. Every reasonable effort has been made to acquire permission for copyright material used in this text, and to acknowledge all such indebtedness accurately. Any errors and omissions called to the publisher’s attention will be corrected in future printings. Printed in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted , in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a licence from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright licence, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-8935777 . For further information, contact the Whitehern Museum Web site at: www.whitehern.ca FOR MY CHILDREN Mark James Anderson Janelle Mary Baldwin and GRANDCHILDREN Jessica Turner Anderson Sarah Janelle Baldwin Rebecca Jane Baldwin and for MY HUSBAND, THEIR FATHER, and GRANDFATHER James John Anderson l Mr. [Thomas] McQuesten himself has told me of the large part his mother played in molding his tastes, his standards and his plan of life. Not the least of her contributions to him was to give him a love for beauty that was large enough to spread out and influence the appearance of a great city… Large areas of Hamilton are, in the last analysis, a reflection of her love of beauty. (Hamilton Herald obituary for Mary Baker McQuesten, 7 December 1934) l ...