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Elizabeth Simcoe
Elizabeth Simcoe
Achievements
Who was she?
Elizabeth Simcoe has many paintings and artwork, some which include "Church in England", "Wolfred Chapel,England", "The Bluffs" and more.
She also wrote a diary, which was published and is still read now, even after 200 years she wrote it.
Elizabeth Simcoe was an artist and diarist in colonial Canada. She was the wife of John Graves Simcoe who was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada.
Elizabeth Simcoe
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Role in Confederation
Childhood
Elizabeth Simcoe is well known for her writing and artwork, both of which depict the life in colonial Ontario, mainly York (now Toronto)
She was responsible for naming Scarborough. The townships of North, East and West Gwillimbury, just south of Lake Simcoe in central Ontario, are also named for the family. The Township of Whitchurch (now known as the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario), was named in honor of her place of birth.
Elizabeth Simcoe was born in the village of Whitchurch, Herefordshire, England. Since both her parents died when she was really young, she was taken into the care of her mother's younger sister, Margaret. Margaret, married Admiral Samuel Graves on June 14, 1769 and she grew up at Grave's estate, Hembury Fort near Honiton in Devon.
Adulthood
On December 30, 1782, Elizabeth married John Graves Simcoe, Admiral Graves' godson. They had eleven children. Katherine Simcoe, their only daughter to be born in Upper Canada, died in childhood of pneumonia; she is buried at Fort York Garrison.