Despite family opposition, Catharine Strickland
married Thomas Traill
at Reydon. He was some years older, and she was his second wife.
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Family and Intimate relationships
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In CanadaCPT
gave birth to her first child, a son whom she and her husband
named James
.
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Catharine Parr Traill
CPT
's husband Thomas
, who had never properly recovered from the loss of their home, died.
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Soon Thomas Traill
, a friend of Susanna's new husband John Moodie, was a frequent visitor. He was from the Orkney gentry, a half-pay officer, self-styled scholar, and the recently widowed father of two teenage boys.
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Residence
Catharine Parr Traill
CPT
and her husband
left England for Canada just days before Susanna Moodie
and her husband
also left. They were eager to claim Thomas Traill's military land grant.
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