Index

The page numbers in this index refer to the print edition of this book.

Numbers in italics indicate pages of illustrations or photographs.

abolition (of slavery), 14

Acton, Ontario, 56, 57, 63, 85, 163, 164

Acton House, 56, 61, 63, 87, 163

Alcott, Louisa May, 30, 35

Allward, Walter, 113

Arts and Letters Club, 100

Atlantic Monthly, 100, 107, 108, 159, 166

Atlantic Monthly-Little, Brown Competition, xii, 1-4, 100, 169

Alwood, Margaret, 152, 172, 177, 178

Aurora, Ontario, 14, 134, 180

Australia, 143

Austria, 171

Ava Crescent, Toronto, 137, 146, 174, 177

Baltimore, 18, 159, 161

Balzac, Honoré de, 36

Barrie, Ontario, 14, 33

Barrie, James, 77

Battle of Lundy’s Lane, 13, 157

Battle of Queenston Heights, 157

Beardsmore family, 57

Bell Ewart, Ontario, 26

Belleville, Ontario, 158, 159

Benares House, 96, 97, 153, 179, 180

Beside a Norman Tower, 119, 121, 155

bestseller fiction lists, 162-167, 169, 170

Bird, John, 105

Boney (parrot), 125, 127, 129

Book of (he Month Club, 109, 170

Boston Public Library, 100

Bostwick, Lardner, 14

Boslwick family, 14

A Boy in the House, 137, 174

Bradford, Ontario, 33, 160

Brandon, Manitoba, 75, 76

Brantford, Ontario, 62, 74, 75

Brantford Expositor, 74, 75

Britain, 157, 162, 163, 172

British army, 93, 97, 162

British Columbia, 76, 96, 133

British Empire, 97

Broadway, New York Cirv, 5, 129, 172

Bronte, Ontario, 60, 61, 62, 67, 69, 71, 73, 82, 109, 153, 156, 165, 166, 179, 184

Bronte Historical Society, 153

Brown, Ivor, 128

Bryan, Abraham ("Uncle Bryan") (paternal great-uncle), 45

Bryan, Great-grandfather (paternal), 16-18, 158

Bryan, Great-grandmother (paternal), 15, 16, 18, 158

Bryan, Jacob, (paternal great-uncle), 18

Bryan family, 18, 44

Buffalo, 96

The Building of Jalna, 136, 142, 143, 154, 172

Buntv (dog), xii, 1-4, 68-70, 72, 83, 84, 90, 101, 170; death, 105

Burlington, Ontario, 62, 85

Byron, Lord, 105, 164

Callaghan, Morley, 97

Canada, 5, 10, 18, 54, 62, 77, 82, 85, 87, 88, 93, 97, 101, 103, 109, 119, 121, 122, 129, 131, 132, 135, 137, 140, 142, 143, 152, 162, 167, 170, 172, 174, 176-179

Canadian Authors Association, 88, 97, 167, 169, 171, 176

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 141, 147, 148, 171, 175

Canadian Home Journal, 87

"Canadian Ida and English Nell," 58, 63, 165

The Canadian Magazine, 165

Canadian Pacific Railway, 21-23, 28, 161

Canadian Press, 84, 166

Carr, Emily, 55, 172

Carroll, Lewis, 36

Castle Frank Road, Toronto, 121

Centenary at jalna, 144-146, 154, 175

Central Prison, Toronto, 38

Cervantes, Miguel de, 76

Chant, Charles, 117

Cherry Creek, Ontario, 8-11, 22, 23, 26, 29, 32, 22, 38, 40, 42, 44, 95

Chicago, 23

Children of Peace, 132, 158

cholera, 14

Chub (dog), 9, 25

Clarkson, Ontario, 83, 85, 92, 97, 98, 168

Clement, Caroline Louise (first cousin, once removed), 1, 3, 21-33, 39, 40, 46, 47, 50, 52, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61-70, 75, 76, 80, 83, 93, 94, 96, 104, 108-11, 113, 117, 119, 121-124, 126, 130, 131, 133, 135-137, 141, 146-148, 156, 162, 163, 165, 166, 168-174, 177; adolescence, 50, 161; adopts children, 11, 114, 115, 170; appearance, 40; birth, 26, 160; car accident, 121; cares for Mazo, 105, 106, 169; death and burial, 149, 151, 178; editor, critic for Mazo, 84, 107, 119; education, 161; helps Mazo write, 106, 107, 109, 116, 130; ill health 38, 140, 173 ; literary executor of Mazo, 147; meets Mazo, 24, 25, 27, 161; relationship with Mazo, 3, 28, 37, 47, 95, 119; supports Mazo and Alberta Roche, 70, 73, 74, 83, 92, 119, 166, 168

Clement Cemetery, 38, 40-42, 94, 95

Clement, David (Caroline's uncle), 33, 94

Clement, Great-grandfather (Caroline's paternal great-grandfather), 93, 97

Clement, James (Caroline's father), 22, 23, 26, 27, 32, 42-44, 160, 161; death, 38, 42

Clement, James Harvey ("James Junior") (Caroline's brother), 26, 32, 33, 43, 67, 74-76; death, 75, 94, 166

Clement, Lewis James (Caroline's paternal grandfather), 26, 32, 40-44, 67, 80, 94-96

Clement, Martha, née Willson (Caroline's mother), 8, 22, 23, 26-28, 32, 42-44; death, 65, 160, 161

Clement, Mary Elizabeth (Caroline's sister), 26; death, 27, 41

Clement, Mary Jane (Caroline's paternal aunt), 41, 42

Clement, Robert (cousin), 95

Clement, Stephen Jr, (cousin), 75, 76

Clement family, 33, 42, 43, 95, 96

Clements' Hill, 8, 23, 95

Cosmopolitan (magazine), 107

Czechoslovakia, 143

Dakota Territory, 21, 26

Davies, Robertson, 142, 151

Deacon, William Arthur, 86, 87, 167, 168; birth, 161

de la Roche, Esmée Vetschoyle (daughter), 111, 112, 114-121, 126, 128, 130, 131, 135, 137, 139-141, 146, 170-172, 175

de la Roche, Mazo
adolescence, 34, 35-47, 50, 162 adopts children, 111, 114, 115, 170
appearance, 40, 56
arthritis, 140, 175, 176
attends art school, 50, 163
attends university, 50, 162
attitude towards adaptations of works, 123, 124
attitude towards religion, 39, 53
autobiography, 137, 155, 175
awards, honours, 3, 134, 142, 143, 171, 174, 175
birth, 9, 11, 160
breakdowns, 53-56, 67, 102, 103, 105, 163, 169
childhood, 6, 10-12, 15-19, 20, 21, 23-33, 139
children's books, 137, 155
creative impulse, 101
cyst operation, 134
death and burial, 87, 88, 146-149, 150, 176
decides on writing career, 51
diaries, 146
difficult to know, 129
education (schooling), 30, 35, 37, 161, 162
escapism, 63
fantasizes roles in stories, 11, 28, 29, 37, 94, 95, 106
farming experience, 59-70, 82, 109, 165, 166
fascination with upper-class
English life, 77, 116, 131, 137
fear of new people, public speaking, 3, 101, 102
frequent moves with parents: 29,
161 (Orillia); 33, 161 (Gait); 38,
50, 162, 163 (Toronto); 56,
163 (Acton); 61, 165 (Bronte)
first story published, 52
French ancestry, 51
hatred of publicity, 3, 101, 102, 108, 109
identification with fictional
characters, 2, 28, 55, 106
music lessons, 35, 38, 162
name, 9, 16, 63
nervous troubles, 101, 102, 103
neuralgic pains, 69, 105, 109
observer of common people, 57, 63, , 83, 86
only child, grandchild, 10, 11, 18
Parkinson's disease, 140, 176
photographs of, xii, 6, 20, 34, 48, 72, 90, 112, 138, 156, 184
poetry, 71
reads classics, 19, 76
reads Dickens, 35
realism, 63
relationship with Caroline
Clement, See Clement, Caroline relationship with fans, 143
relationship with parents, 36, 55
reviews of works, 82, 87, 88, 142
romanticism, 86, 151
use of details of own life in novels, 77, 82, 85, 87, 89, 93, 109, 110, 132, 133, 149, 151 walks and walking, 81 (cit), 83, 84, 90, 130, 139
and woman's role, 54
writing activity, 30, 31, 52, 62, 63, 71, 76, 79, 81, 84, 97, 113, 114, 117, 119, 122, 123, 132, 137, 144, 163, 165-167, 170, 173, 175
writing talent, 12, 63
writing technique, 2, 3, 51, 52, 85, 92, 93, 106-110, 130, 139

de la Roche, René Richmond (son), 111, 112, 114-121, 126, 130, 131, 135, 137, 139-141, 146, 170-172, 175; death, 115, 178

Delight, 63, 84-88, 142, 168, 155, 174, 176

Depression, Great, 169, 170

Devon, 109, 110, 116, 169, 170

Diamond Jubilee (Queen Victorias), 39, 162

Dickens, Charles, 35

Dr, Johnson's Dictionary, 2, 92, 106

Dmmmond, William Henry, 36

Dryer, Gerhardt, 30

Duffy, Dennis, 151

du Maurier, Daphne, 143

Eayrs, Hugh, 78, 79, 162, 165, 167

Edgar, Pelham, 171

Edward VII (King of England), 163, 165

Edward VIII (King of England), 130

Egypt, 143

Elizabeth I (Queen of England), 130

Elizabeth (Queen Mother), 130, 131, 168

Elizabeth II (Queen of England), 130, 131, 169, 174, 176

England, 5, 13, 14, 85, 109-111, 114, 115, 121, 122, 126, 128-132, 135, 137, 142, 158, 161-163, 165, 171, 175, 176

Erindale, Ontario, 121

Eton (school), 131

Explorers; of the Dawn, 76, 77, 155, 167

Fennel, Ontario, 95

Finch’s Fortune, UO, Ul, U3, 114, 119, 142, 154, 170

First Nations people, 62-64, 82, 84

First World War, 74, 113, 166

Forest Hill, Toronto, 137

France, 16, 66, 136, 152

France 2 (television station), 152, 179

Galsworthy, John, 121, 164, 170

Gait, Ontario, 35, 36, 73, 161

Garvin, Amelia Beers, 71, 73, 76

George V (King of England), 129, 165, 170

George VI (King of England), 130, 168, 174

Georgian Bay, 56

Germany, 136, 170, 179

Gigi (cat), 147, 148

Givner, Joan, 152, 179

Gone with the Wind, 144

Governor General's Literary Awards, 134, 142, 171-174, 176, 178, 179

Graham, Jean, 87

Graliame, Kenneth, 77

Grand Forks, North Dakota, 21, 23, 27, 28, 41

Greece, 143

Greenaway, Kate, 12, 141

Growth of a Man, 132-134, 155, 172

Haggard, Rider, 36

Halton County, 61, 62

Hambleton, Ronald, 147, 152, 177

Hamish (dog), 72

Harris, Captain James, 96, 97

Harris, Robert, 160

Hawkchuruh Parish, Devon 116, 170

Hendrick, George, 151, 178

Heme Bay, 115

Hitler, Adolf, 137, 171, 172

Hollywood, 5, 123, 170, 171

Home for Incurables, Toronto, 39

Hungary, 143

Hunter, Ian, 123

Imperial Order of (he Daughters of the Empire, 88

India, 96, 97

Innisfil Township, 10, 26, 38, 40, 42, 61, 62, 80, 95, 160, 166

Ireland, 18, 40, 94, 122, 157, 158

Italy, 108, 114, 169

Jalna, 1-3, 92-101, 103, 113, 122, 124, 129, 154, 169; film adaptation of, 5, 123, 124, 171

jalna (television mini-series), 152, 179

Jalna novels, 4, 5, 55, 122, 123, 133, 137, 142, 143, 151, 152, 154, 170, 171, 174, 175, 180; huge success of, 4, 5, 123, 143, 144, 152, 172; television adaptations of: 147, 148, 178 (CBC): 152, 179 (France 2); theatre adaptations of, 113, See also Whiteoaks (play)

King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 100, 167

Knister, Raymond, 97

Knopf, Alfred A, (publishers), 76, 167

Lafferty, Cecile, 30

Lake Ontario, 38, 61, 64, 65, 67, 68, 85, 184

Lake Simcoe, 10, 29, 40, 43, 56, 61, 72, 74, 76, 94, 146, 149, 166, 176

Lancaster, England, 115

Lang, Daniel, 146, 147

Lardner, Nathaniel, 14

Lark Ascending, 114, 119, 155, 170

Laurence, Margaret, 152, 168, 176, 177, 178

Leacock, Stephen, 153, 165, 171

The Leading House, 18

Literary Guild: American, 109, 173; British, 172

Little, Brown and Company, 100

Little Theatre, London, 129

Littlewood (critic), 128

Livesay, Dorothy, 98, 164, 166, 168, 169, 172-174

Livesay, Florence, 83, 84, 98, 166, 168

Livesay, J, F, B, ("Fred"), 84, 98, 166, 168, 172

London, England, 5, 104, 109, 110, 113, 120, 121, 122, 128, 129, 136, 140, 158, 160, 161, 169, 171, 174

Lome Pierce Medal, 134, 171, 174

Lovat Dickson, H, H, (Rache), 140, 141

Low Life (play), 88, 155, 168

Lundy, Benjamin (abolitionist), 14

Lundy, Daniel Ambrose (maternal grandfather), 9-14, 19, 23, 24, 28, 29, 32, 38, 39, 43, 45, 53, 93, 94, 109, 160, 162; birth, 158; death, 49, 50, 163; marriage, 159

Lundy, Enos Jr, (maternal greatgrandfather), 13

Lundy, Enos Sr, (maternal great-great-grandfather) 9, 13, 14, 93, 95, 97, 158, 180

Lundy, Eva (maternal aunt) 9, 24, 29, 50, 66, 165, 166

Lundy, Frank (maternal uncle), 9; accidental death: 23, 24, 29

Lundv, George (maternal uncle), 9, 24-26; death, 65

Lundy, Louise, née Willson (maternal grandmother), 8-12, 14, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27-31, 45, 50, 53, 94, 132, 133, 160; birth, 158; death, 65, 165; marriage, 159

Lundy, Richard (maternal great-great-great-great-greatgrandfather), 13

Lundy, Walter (maternal uncle), 9, 11, 12, 29

Lundy, William, 157

Lundy family, 29, 44, 50, 95, 161, 162, 180

Mackenzie, William Lyon, 14

MacLennan, Hugh, 142, 173

MacMillan, Harvey Reginald - ("Reggie") (cousin), 76, 133

Macmillan (publishers), 78, 79, 82, 99, 108, 140, 162, 163, 165, 167, 168, 170

MacMillan Bloedel Limited, 133, 134

Mail and Empire (Toronto), 73

Malvern Hills, England, 123, 171

Manitoba, 21, 33, 75, 76

Mansbendel, Fritz Pierre, 65, 66, 165, 166

The Maples, 43

Margaret (Princess), 131

Mary (Queen Consort of England), 129, 170

Mary Wakefield, 174

Massey, Raymond, 113, 169

Massey family, 50, 73

The Master of jalna, 119-121, 154, 170

Mazo de la Roclie of jalna, 177

Mazo de la Roclie: The Hidden Life, 179

McConkey's, 38

McGrath, Gordon, 39, 40, 45-47

McLeod, Murdoch (maternal great-great-grandfather), 132

Methodists, 11, 18, 53

The Metropolitan (magazine), 63, 165

Metropolitan School of Music, 38, 162

Mississauga, 83, 153, 179, 180

Mitchell, Margaret, 143, 144

Montgomery, Lucy Maud, 55, 152, 153, 164-166, 170, 172

Montreal, 51, 88, 161, 167, 177

Moodie, Susanna, 152, 158, 159, 166, 178

Morgan, Charles, 128

Morlcy, Christopher, 77

Morning at Jalna, 144, 154, 176

Muir, Norma Philips, 89

Munsey's (magazine), 52, 163

Naples, 109, 114

National Award (University of Alberta), 142, 143, 174

Nazis, 129, 137

New England, 119

New York City, 66, 76, 108, 129, 160, 163, 166

New York State, 26

New York Times, 143

Newmarket, Ontario, 9-11, 14, 18, 19, 23, 26, 27, 29, 41, 45, 50, 62, 76, 87, 94, 133, 134, 160, 161, 165

Niagara Falls and Niagara Peninsula, 33, 62, 97, 101, 105, 157

Northern Railway, 7, 10

Norway, 143

Nova Scotia, 14, 83, 159, 167, 172

Oakville, Ontario, 62, 85, 121

The Observer (London), 128

Old Pail Factory, Orillia, 29, 32

Ontario, 9, 22, 33, 62, 63, 74, 83, 85, 94, 119, 121, 136, 145, 153, 157-161, 165, 166, 168, 179, 180, 184

Ontario School of Art, 50, 160, 163, 164

Orillia, Ontario, 28-30, 32, 37, 38, 149, 153, 161, 162

Ottawa, 33, 158

Pacey, Desmond, 151

Paris, 51, 114

Parkdale, Toronto, 38, 45, 50, 162

Parkdale Collegiate, 38, 162

Parliament (Canadian), 33, 103

Penn, William, 13

The Playhouse, 129

Poland, 143

Port Credit, Ontario, 50, 56

Portrait of a Dog, 109, 110, 155, 170

Possession, 81, 82, 155, 168, 184

The Post (London), 128

Price, Nancy, 122, 128, 129

Prince Edward Island, 152, 155

Princess Theatre, 39

Pringle, Certnide, 98, 168

Prohibition, 75

Quakers, 10, 11, 132, 158

Quebec, 51, 63, 157, 159, 160

Quebec: Historic Seaport, 137, 156, 173

Quebec City, 137

Ralph, Jessie, 123

Rectory, The, 116, 117, 119, 170

Reid, George A, and family, 50, 56, 160, 163, 164

Rees, Esmée, See de la Roche, Esmée Verschoyle (daughter)

Return to jalna, 136, 154, 173

Richmond Hill, Ontario, 50

Ringing the Changes (autobiography), 137, 155, 175

RKO Radio Pictures, 123, 170-172

Roberts, Charles D, G, , 97, 98, 100, 101, 169, 171

Roche, Alberta "Bertie, "née Lundy (mother), 9, 10, 18, 24, 29-31, 35, 50, 52, 53, 56, 59, 61-63, 66, 68-70, 73, 74, 119, 160-163, 165, 166: birth, 159; death, 76, 94, 167: dysfunctional wife, 55: illness, 10, 36, 37, 38, 55, 160; marriage, 160

Roche, Danford (paternal uncle), 14, 16, 17-19, 29, 45, 103, 160, 161; death, 94

Roche, Francis (paternal uncle), 16, 19, 92 ; death, 103

Roche, Ida Pearson (paternal aunt by marriage), 16, 18, 103

Roche, John Richmond (paternal grandfather), 16-19, 76, 92; birth, 157; death, 18, 19, 41, 161; marriage, 18, 158

Roche, Mazo Louise, See de la Roche, Mazo

Roche, Sarah, ne'e Bryan (paternal grandmother), 15-18, 29, 45, 92, 94, 158-160; birth and marriage, 158; death, 165

Roche, William Richmond (father), 9, 10, 12, 14-19, 24, 25, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, 48, 49-51, 55, 56, 59, 61, 63, 64, 66-69, 92, 96, 160-163, 165; birth, 158; death, 69, 70, 76, 166; drifter, 55, 162; marriage, 160

Roche family, 18, 44; conflict with Bryan family, 18

Rogerson, Richard, 44

Rogerson, Mary Catherine, née Willson (maternal great-aunt), 8, 23, 43, 44; death, 94

Rogerson family, 44

Roy, Gabrielle, 55, 142, 173

Royal Military College, 47

Royal Society of Canada, 134, 171

Russell Hill Road, Toronto, 137, 173

Scotland, 121

Secldngton, 110, 116

Second World War, 129, 136, 142, 172, 173

The Secret of jalna (biography), 178

Seton, Ernest Thompson, 98

Shakespeare, William, 36

Sharon Temple, 132-134, 158

Shaw, George Bernard, 129, 168

Sibbald Point Provincial Park, 146, 176

Sicily, 119

Simcoe County, 10, 29, 62

Smart Set (magazine), 164

Smith, Walter (cousin), 50

Snow, C, P, , 141

Southampton, 121

Sovereign House, 153, 179, 184

"Spirit of the Dance," 165

Springfield Farm, 170

Stafford Place, London, 128

Star (Toronto), xii, 4, 162

Star Weekly (Toronto), 71, 89

St, George's Anglican Church (burial site), 146, 150, 148, 149, 176

St, Mark's Anglican Church, Toronto, 39

St, Peter's Church, Cherry Creek, 43, 80, 96

Strawberry Island, 29

Sutton, Ontario, 146

Symons, Scott, 152

Taormina, 109, 114

temperance movement, 57

Tennyson, Alfred Lord, 36

Thomas Fisher Bare Book Library, 147

Thompson brothers' woodware factory, See Old Pail Factory, Orillia

Thornhill, Ontario, 137

Through the Looking Glass, 12, 25

The Thunder of New Wings, 83, 84, 155, 167, 170

Times (London), 128

Toronto, 4, 9, 10, 14-16, 18, 19, 22- 24, 29, 38, 44, 50, 61, 66, 70, 73, 76, 77, 83, 84, 86, 88, 92, 97, 98, 100, 103, 108, 121, 137, 146, 147, 160-163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 172, 173, 174, 177

Trail Cottage, 84, 89, 90, 91, 94, 96, 105-107, 121, 137, 168, 170

Traill, Catharine Parr, 152, 159

tuberculosis, 114, 120

United Empire Loyalists, 14, 33

United States, 10, 13, 18, 23, 26, 76, 100, 101, 103, 108, 142, 143, 157, 159, 162, 163, 165, 167, 168, 175-177, 179

University of Alberta, 142, 174

University of Toronto, 50, 143, 147, 162, 171, 175, 176

Vale House, 126, 130-132, 135, 137, 171

Vancouver, 96

Variable Winds at jalna, 154, 175

The Very House, 155, 171

Victoria (Queen), 39, 159, 162, 163

Vimy Ridge, 113

Vulcania (ship), 108

Wakefield's Course, 136, 154, 172

Walker Avenue, Toronto, 73

War of 1812, 14, 33, 93, 157

Waniock family, 73

Weeks, Edward, 100

Whitby, Ontario, 18, 45, 159

The Whiteoak Brothers, 154, 175

Whiteoak Harvest, 123, 154, 171

Whiteoak Heritage, 154, 172

Whiteoaks (play): 155; London production, 5, 122, 124, 125, 27- 130 170, 171; Broadway production, 5, 129, 160, 172; tours Canada and England, 129; CBC production, 175

The Whiteoaks of jalna, 55, 106- 108, 122, 128, 154, 169

William Cane woodenware factory, 11

Willson, Caroline McLeod (maternal great-grandmother), 42, 43

Willson, David (maternal great-great-great-uncle), 132

Willson, Hiram (maternal greatgrandfather), 42, 43, 132, 133

Willson, John (great-great-uncle), 157

Willson, Lambert (great-uncle), 22, 23

Willson, Mary Catherine, See Rogerson, Mary Catherine

Willson, Norman (cousin), 95

Willson, Wellington (great-uncle), 9, 133-135

Willson familv, 11, 22, 23, 26, 42-44, 95, 133

Willson's Hill, 8, 23, 95

Wimlrush Hill, 137

Windsor, England, 125, 131

Windsor Castle, 126, 130, 131, 171

The Winnings, 122, 123, 130

Winnipeg, 21, 27, 164

Wood, Peggy, 123

Yonge Street, 19, 38, 43

York County, 9, 61, 158

York Mills, 136, 137

Yorkville Avenue, Toronto, 98

Young Renny, 121-123, 154, 171

Youth's Companion, 31, 32