Category Archives: Emily Jackman

Grandma’s Log Cabin Quilts

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Linda C Butler

GRANDMA’S LOG CABIN QUILTS by Linda C Butler Grandma learned to make quilts as a young girl with her Turner sisters, sewing exquisitely fine stitches by hand.  Quilts were made from scraps left over from making articles of clothing and … Continue reading →

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Family Baking Secret

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Linda C Butler

Family Secret – Baking with Spirits By Linda C Butler There is nothing like sharing a juicy family secret that I learned from my mother.  She made the most delicious baking.  Her secret – she intensified the flavor of dried fruit by … Continue reading →

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Sad Irons

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Linda C Butler

SAD IRONS By Linda C Butler Before electricity, women ironed clothing by heating sad irons on top of the wood stove until they were hot.  A wooden handle was placed into the holder in the steel and when the iron … Continue reading →

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Yes, Children, Math Does Matter

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

Our Grandma, Emily Turner, was a school teacher before she married Grandpa Allen Vance. She was a strict disciplinarian, too, from the memories my Mom F related to me. Mom talked of getting her ears ‘boxed’ by Grandma – using … Continue reading →

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Magic Saskatoons

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Linda C Butler

MAGIC SASKATOONS By Linda C Butler I was with Grandma Jackman when a former neighbor from Saskatchewan visited, bringing her a gift of a jar of canned saskatoon berries. Grandma told me about the wild saskatoons that she picked when … Continue reading →

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Extend the Love …

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Linda C Butler

Extend the Love … by Linda C Butler I have a photo of Grandma Jackman in a Christmas card which she sent to family in 1960.  She later gave me a copy as a birthday card and she wrote this inscription: “I came … Continue reading →

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Grandpa Meets His Match

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

Allen Vance and his father Sam arrived in the Northwest Territories in the fall in 1899 to check out the area. Sam’s brother was already homesteading near Neepawa, Manitoba; no doubt the prospect of 160 acres for $10 was appealing. … Continue reading →

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Boarding the Teacher

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

How Grandma Met Grandpa Our Grandmother, Emily Priscilla Turner was hired to teach at Spy Hill, SK around 1904, and was to be boarded with a local family, as was the custom of the time. According to Uncle Steve, she … Continue reading →

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