1853-1946+Jessie+Ann+Smith

=Jessie Ann Smith = By: Ivy Wu ====This is Jessie Ann Smith's book, a record of her life story. It was fi rst published in 1989 (ref. to in Canadian Geographic and Reader's Digest magazines brings back interest). ====

The woman in the oval portrait is Jessie Ann Smith.
-died on Feb. 7, 1946 || - wrote book **"Widow Smith of Spence's Bridge"**
 * **WHO ** || **WHEN ** || **WHAT ** || **WHERE ** || **WHY ** ||
 * Jessie Ann Smith || __1853 – 1946 __

 - grew **Grimes Golden apples** à  won awards à **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">King **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Edward VII** wanted these apples at London Horticultural Show (1909)

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - wrote memoirs in 1930s

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - not really diff. w/o her

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - rec. = **pioneer of B.C.** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">- Born in Gartly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - left Liverpool in Feb 5, 1884 with John Smith (husband) to New York

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - reached **Spence's Bridge, B.C.**(train to Fraser Canyon) à <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">orchard w/ semi-desert soil of Thompson Valley

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - homesteading in Valley South of Merritt || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">- pioneer à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Unprepared for **orchardist** (teacher, musician, banker, Presbyterian)

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - husband died in 1906 à <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> w/ 3 children made orchard successful (returned 1897 from Merritt) || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Things she should have done differently...**
 * She would have had an easier, supporting life if she had chosen to undertake an occupation similar or useful to the skills she acquired when she was young and in Scotland
 * For example, a teacher to the local children, musician to the nobles, banker at the trading post as she is well adapt to calculations, etc.

__**<span style="color: #de5317; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Works Cited **__

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Smith, Jessie Ann.” //ABC BookWorld.// Simon Fraser University Library, 2012. Web. 14 May 2012. < <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=4108 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">>. =====

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">"Widow Smith of Spence's Bridge." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">BOOKS ABOUT BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA! //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Sonotek® Publishing, 2009. Web. 22 May 2012. <http://www.sonotek.com/widow_smith.html>. =====