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Lady Elizabeth

  • Full name was Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim
  • Died at 84 years old

Her Amazing Family

  • Married at 16, husband was 29
  • First Lady of Upper Canada

Now you can listen to the little skit about a very beautiful lady.

  • Accomplished artist and writer
  • Travelled around Lower and Upper Canada
  • Parents were Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gwillim and Elizabeth Spinkes
  • Orphaned child
  • Middle name honoured father
  • Had 11 children
  • Seventh child (Katherine Simcoe)
  • Estate was called ‘Castle Frank’
  • Had three pets

“We dined in the Woods and ate part of a Raccoon, it was very fat and tasted like lamb if eaten with Mint sauce.”

-Diary entry, November 20, 1793

Some Other Facts

  • Owned a large tent
  • Baptized at Aldwincle Church
  • Raised by her mother's sister
  • Naming of Cities
  • Provided an influential and educational environment

Lady Elizabeth Simcoe

1766-1850

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