The Days That Are No More by Loney Hudson

$32.00

The stories told in this book are about the people in the geographical area of Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada, during the 1920s up to around the 180s. The tell of a time when most of the people in Kent County had large families and children, left home very young, and went where ever there was work. Life was often hard. They lived through war and poverty and experienced hardships and modernization. This is non fiction account, complete with over 100 B&W images.

The stories told in this book are about people in the geographical area of Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada, during the 1920’s up to around the 1980’s. Although Kent County has many French, English and Indigenous peoples (Mi’kmaq), these stories come from the small English communities of Targettville, Main River, Bass River, Smith Corner, Emerson, Harcourt, Clairville, Beersville, Fordsmills, Brown’s Yard, West Branch, South Branch, Mundleville, and Rexton, with the exception of the French community of Saint-Sosime. They tell of a time when most of the people of Kent County had large families and children, left home very young and went wherever there was work. Life was often hard. They lived through war and poverty and experienced hardships and modernization. These are some of their stories.

Weight 2.6 kg
Dimensions 8.5 × 0.5 × 10.5 cm

About Author - Loney Hudson

 

Loney grew up in Targettville, New Brunswick, the daughter of William and Ruth (Thompson) Donaher.  She has lived in this community all her life and enjoys the rural way of life where people make much of their own entertainment and know most of their neighbors. Growing up in a family with eight brothers and sisters, she can relate to the people whom she writes about.

As a child in school, history was, and continues to be, a favorite subject for Loney.  She is the sixth generation of James Donaher who emigrated from Ireland sometime after his birth in 1785.   He died in 1855 at the age of 70.

Loney is married with three grown children and is a homecare worker.  She enjoys painting,  music and of course, a good story.

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