Anne Jenkins diaries,

Diaries, 1886-1947, of Anne Jenkins, including details of daily farm tasks such as notes on potatoes planted at Trecefel and orders received; her interest in the well-being of her community; references to the weather; and literary quotations often written in red ink in her earlier diaries. Extracts from her diaries have been included in Bethan Phillips, Rhwng dau fyd : y swagman o Geredigion (Aberystwyth, 1998) and Pity the swagman : the Australian odyssey of a Victorian diarist (Aberystwyth, 2002).

Anne Jenkins was born at Trecefel, Tregaron, 30 December 1864, the eighth of nine children born to Joseph and Elizabeth Jenkins. She received part of her education in Kensington in 1888 and later studied for a dairy qualification at Aberystwyth University in 1901. Along with her brother Tom she farmed Trecefel and produced cheese and butter which were sold at Tregaron market, and also candles. An active member of the British Women's Temperance Association, she was elected a member of the working committee of the Tregaron Temperance Association. She was also a member of the board of governors of Tregaron County School. Anne Jenkins died in 1948.

Anne Jenkins was born at Trecefel, Tregaron, 30 December 1864, the eighth of nine children born to Joseph and Elizabeth Jenkins. She received part of her education in Kensington in 1888 and later studied for a dairy qualification at Aberystwyth University in 1901. Along with her brother Tom she farmed Trecefel and produced cheese and butter which were sold at Tregaron market, and also candles. An active member of the British Women's Temperance Association, she was elected a member of the working committee of the Tregaron Temperance Association. She was also a member of the board of governors of Tregaron County School. Anne Jenkins died in 1948.

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