Sunday, Jan 19, 1908

My folks went over to Buckles and Grandma spent the day at Brands.  Winnie and I baked chicken and had a dandy dinner.  Chilt came over and told our fortunes.  Took Winnie back home about 6 o'clock.  Dandy day.

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Transcriber's notes:

The Buckle family lives about a mile down the road, about 6 properties east of the Rose farm.  Grace spells their name at least once as "Buckel", but primarily uses the "Buckle" spelling.

In 1908, the head of household was Fred E. Buckle, born July 1865, according to census records.  He died on December 31, 1909.
His wife is Agnes "Aggie" Buckle (nee Serr).  She was born May 1868.  In census records she consistently reports having 2 daughters, and no other children living or deceased.

The elder daughter is sometimes named "Z Romaine" and sometimes "Romaine Z" in census records.  She is 14 years old in 1908 when Grace wrote her diary. Therefore it most likely that when Grace refers to "Romaine B" she is more than likely referring to Romaine Bramwell, who is closer to Grace's age.  Romaine Buckle was born 10 Apr 1894 and died 20 Jul 1978 per the Michigan death index and Social Security records.  She married William Walter Knott around 1927, per 1930 census records.

The younger Buckle daughter is named Mildred.  She is not referenced in Grace's diary, so must have been too young in age for Grace to take much notice.