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135:(15 April 1879 – 1953) was a British-born Canadian teacher who became a writer, particularly of poetry, later in her career. In addition to six volumes of verse, she contributed articles, poems and short stories to various periodicals. Awards and recognition followed from the Canadian Literature Club of Toronto, Canadian Authors Association, and the McNab Poetry Award. Leveridge died in 1953.
151:, April 15, 1879. Reverses of fortune led her father, David William Leveridge (1840-1929), to remove to Canada in 1882. On 9 July 1883, Lilian, her mother, Anna Maria Godbolt Leveridge (1846-1927), and her six siblings (Edward, Arthur, Florence, Gertrude, Catherine, John) joined the father. The family settled in a one-room home on a 100 acres (40 ha) heavily timbered farm near
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Leveridge died in Carrying Place, 1953. Archival holdings are held by Allison University, National Archives of Quebec, University of Calgary Libraries, Trent University Archives, Queen's University Archives, North York Central Library, and Ryerson University.
167:. Here, remote from church and school, for a time, she experienced the privations of pioneer life, but with the advantage of a refined home atmosphere and a devoted mother to guide her early education.
214:(E. P. Dutton & Co., 1918) of a score or more of poems which were of varying mood and of simple structure and sincere feeling. This was the first of six books published between 1918 and 1939.
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