Sophia Holness: An Intrepid Woman, from a British Workhouse to Canada (1850–1922)
Born on June 2, 1850, in Blean, a village in Canterbury, Kent, England, Sophia Holness lived a long, eventful life. The civil parish of Blean was heavily wooded, filled with ancient trees. The name of the village derives from the old English word “blea”, meaning rough ground and given the