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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Mary Janeway required extensive research in order to authenticate the historical context of the late 1800s in rural Ontario. I am indebted to many for their encouragement.

To Barry Penhale, my publisher, who took a long time deciding whether to publish my work but decided that Mary Janeway certainly ‘deserved attention’;

To Joseph Jacques, grandson of Daniel Jacques, for his willingness to share his past;

To David Lorente, Chair of the Heritage Renfrew Home Children Committee, for trying to help me locate Mary's name on juvenile immigration records and ship passenger lists. To David and Kay Lorente, for reading my manuscript twice for correctness;

To Kenneth Bagnell, author of The Little Immigrants, who willingly gave me permission to quote from his book;

To John Duncan, for his artistic ability in creating the sketches which help to tell my story;

To Barry Hoskins, publisher of Heritage Cards, for his photographs of the late 1880s and his artistic ability in scanning turn of the century photographs;

To Stella Clark, Branch Head of the Stoney Creek Library, and the staff of the Wentworth Libraries, for helping in my endeavour to research my subject thoroughly;

To Elizabeth Nelson-Raffaele, Curator of the Gibson House Museum, and Millie McClintock, Assistant Curator of the Historic Zion Schoolhouse, for kindly responding to queries about foodways and schooling in the 1890s;

To Joanne Reynolds, for fielding questions about nineteenth-century social customs;

To the Special Collections Department in the Hamilton Public Library, for their assistance while I sifted through the archives searching for authentic illustrations;

To Elizabeth Duern, English teacher at Saltfleet high school, for proofreading to identify the ‘comma splices’;

To George Milovanov, Head of the History Department at Saltfleet high school, for his advice on its historical authenticity and relevance to high school Canadian history;

To Gary Rawnsley, Eric Turner and Bill Stubbings, for their computer expertise and patience;

To Brian Carnahan, a freelance photographer for the Hamilton Spectator, who tried very hard to find my ‘good side’;

To Rosa, from Rosa's Day Spa and Silvana Elia, my hair stylist for their expertise and patience on ‘photograph day’;

To Laura Higgins of Natural Heritage for her quiet persistence in authenticating historical references and to Jane Gibson of Natural Heritage for her editorial experience;

To my best friend Catherine Steel, for her enthusiasm and willingness to proofread, chauffeur and be my research companion (and for the champagne when she witnessed the signing of my contract);

To my aunt, Beth Kelterborn, for always being able to answer the question, “Does this make sense?” and for her wisdom which only comes from years of life experience;

To my daughter, Allison, for her candid, honest but gentle criticism;

To my husband, Paul, for his faith in me that never wavered, even when mine did;

And finally to Mary Janeway, the little orphan girl who left her legacy behind because she trusted me with her story.