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[[Image:Mazo garden 1928.jpg|thumb|Mazo de la Roche, in [[Clarkson, Mississauga|Clarkson]] 1928]]
[[Image:Mazo garden 1928.jpg|thumb|Mazo de la Roche, in [[Clarkson, Mississauga|Clarkson]] 1928]]


Mazo de la Roche was the only child of William Roche, a salesman, and Alberta (Lundy) Roche,who was a great-great-niece of [[David Willson 1778-1866|David Willson]], founder of the Children of Peace, through the latter's elder half-brother Hugh L. Willson.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.sharontemple.ca/pdf/Genealogy%20(By%20Family)/family_willson.pdf | title=The Willson Family | publisher=www.sharontemple.ca | accessdate=September 25, 2013}}</ref> The family moved frequently during her childhood because of her mother's ill health and her father's many jobs, and she was a lonely child who became an avid reader and developed her own fictional world, "The Play," in which she created imaginary scenes and characters. She wrote her first [[short story]] at age 9.
Mazo Louise Roche was the only child of William Roche, a salesman, and Alberta (Lundy) Roche, who was a great-great-niece of [[David Willson 1778-1866|David Willson]], founder of the Children of Peace, through the latter's elder half-brother Hugh L. Willson.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.sharontemple.ca/pdf/Genealogy%20(By%20Family)/family_willson.pdf | title=The Willson Family | publisher=www.sharontemple.ca | accessdate=September 25, 2013}}</ref> On her father's side of the family, Mazo's uncle Francis signed himself as "Francis J. de la Roche", claiming a descendancy from Sir Richard de la Roche (1199-1283) of [[Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke|Strongbow's]] army<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=VOf-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT115&lpg=PT115&dq=mazo+de+la+roche+signature&source=bl&ots=teplO5fUse&sig=WgtcBtAS6W1BYEHc0F2saGkun-U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi22ab5sY7UAhUIzIMKHTFxDuEQ6AEIZTAO#v=onepage&q=mazo%20de%20la%20roche%20signature&f=false</ref>; Mazo eventually adopted the "de la Roche" surname as her own as well.

Mazo was born in [[Newmarket, Ontario]], north of Toronto. The family moved frequently throughout Southern Ontario during her childhood because of her mother's ill health and her father's many jobs; de la Roche lived successively in Newmarket (1879-87), [[Toronto]] (1887-88), [[Orillia, Ontario|Orillia]] (1888-91), [[Galt, Ontario|Galt]] (1891-92), Orillia (again, 1892-94) and Toronto (again, 1894-1900).<ref>https://books.google.ca/books?id=VOf-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT115&lpg=PT115&dq=mazo+de+la+roche+signature&source=bl&ots=teplO5fUse&sig=WgtcBtAS6W1BYEHc0F2saGkun-U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi22ab5sY7UAhUIzIMKHTFxDuEQ6AEIZTAO#v=onepage&q=mazo%20de%20la%20roche%20signature&f=false</ref> She was a lonely child who became an avid reader and developed her own fictional world, "The Play," in which she created imaginary scenes and characters. She wrote her first [[short story]] at age 9.


One of the family's moves meant some years on a farm owned by a wealthy man who farmed as a hobby. There de la Roche began to develop her fictional world of [[rural]] [[aristocracy]] that would become Jalna.
One of the family's moves meant some years on a farm owned by a wealthy man who farmed as a hobby. There de la Roche began to develop her fictional world of [[rural]] [[aristocracy]] that would become Jalna.
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When she was seven, her parents [[Adoption|adopt]]ed her [[orphan]]ed younger [[cousin]] Caroline Clement, who joined in her fantasy world game and would become her lifelong companion. The two lived a fairly reclusive life; their relationship was not discussed widely in the press. In 1931 they adopted the two orphaned children of friends of theirs.<ref name="andrejk">{{Cite news |url=http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biod1/dela10.html |title=Mazo de la Roche |periodical=AndrejKoymasky.com |accessdate=2007-10-26 |format= &ndash; <sup>[http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=intitle%3AMazo+de+la+Roche&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search]</sup> |postscript=<!--None-->|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071017223518/http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biod1/dela10.html |archivedate = October 17, 2007}} </ref>
When she was seven, her parents [[Adoption|adopt]]ed her [[orphan]]ed younger [[cousin]] Caroline Clement, who joined in her fantasy world game and would become her lifelong companion. The two lived a fairly reclusive life; their relationship was not discussed widely in the press. In 1931 they adopted the two orphaned children of friends of theirs.<ref name="andrejk">{{Cite news |url=http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biod1/dela10.html |title=Mazo de la Roche |periodical=AndrejKoymasky.com |accessdate=2007-10-26 |format= &ndash; <sup>[http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=intitle%3AMazo+de+la+Roche&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search]</sup> |postscript=<!--None-->|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071017223518/http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biod1/dela10.html |archivedate = October 17, 2007}} </ref>


Before she became famous, she lived for five years in Sovereign House in [[Bronte, Ontario|Bronte]] which has been designated a historical building by the Bronte Historical Society. Mazo's "Whiteoaks Chronicles" figures into the term "Whiteoaks" which usually refers to the Oakville-Bronte area.
Before she became famous, she lived for five years in Sovereign House in [[Bronte, Ontario]], which has been designated a historical building by the Bronte Historical Society. Mazo's "Whiteoaks Chronicles" figures into the term "Whiteoaks" which usually refers to the Oakville-Bronte area.


===Early writing===
===Early writing===

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Mazo de la Roche
Mazo de la Roche, December 18, 1927
Born(1879-01-15)January 15, 1879
Newmarket, Ontario
DiedJuly 12, 1961(1961-07-12) (aged 82)
Toronto, Ontario

Mazo de la Roche (January 15, 1879 – July 12, 1961), born Mazo Louise Roche in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, was the author of the Jalna novels, one of the most popular series of books of her time.

Biography

Early life

Mazo de la Roche, in Clarkson 1928

Mazo Louise Roche was the only child of William Roche, a salesman, and Alberta (Lundy) Roche, who was a great-great-niece of David Willson, founder of the Children of Peace, through the latter's elder half-brother Hugh L. Willson.[1] On her father's side of the family, Mazo's uncle Francis signed himself as "Francis J. de la Roche", claiming a descendancy from Sir Richard de la Roche (1199-1283) of Strongbow's army[2]; Mazo eventually adopted the "de la Roche" surname as her own as well.

Mazo was born in Newmarket, Ontario, north of Toronto. The family moved frequently throughout Southern Ontario during her childhood because of her mother's ill health and her father's many jobs; de la Roche lived successively in Newmarket (1879-87), Toronto (1887-88), Orillia (1888-91), Galt (1891-92), Orillia (again, 1892-94) and Toronto (again, 1894-1900).[3] She was a lonely child who became an avid reader and developed her own fictional world, "The Play," in which she created imaginary scenes and characters. She wrote her first short story at age 9.

One of the family's moves meant some years on a farm owned by a wealthy man who farmed as a hobby. There de la Roche began to develop her fictional world of rural aristocracy that would become Jalna.

Benares Historic House and Bianca de la Roche. Mazo De La Roche & Caroline Clement, ca. 1930s

When she was seven, her parents adopted her orphaned younger cousin Caroline Clement, who joined in her fantasy world game and would become her lifelong companion. The two lived a fairly reclusive life; their relationship was not discussed widely in the press. In 1931 they adopted the two orphaned children of friends of theirs.[4]

Before she became famous, she lived for five years in Sovereign House in Bronte, Ontario, which has been designated a historical building by the Bronte Historical Society. Mazo's "Whiteoaks Chronicles" figures into the term "Whiteoaks" which usually refers to the Oakville-Bronte area.

Early writing

De la Roche had her first story published in 1902 in Munsey's Magazine but did not begin her writing career in earnest until after the death of her father. Her first two novels, Possession (1923) and Delight (1926), were romantic novels and earned her little in income or recognition.

Her third novel, Jalna, was submitted to the American magazine Atlantic Monthly, winning a $10,000 award. Its victory and subsequent publication in 1927 brought de la Roche fame and fortune at the age of 48.

Jalna series

Further information: Jalna (novel)

Her books became best-sellers and she wrote 16 novels in the series known as the Jalna series or the Whiteoak Chronicles. The series tells the story of one hundred years of the Whiteoak family covering from 1854 to 1954. The novels were not written in sequential order, however, and each can be read as an independent story.

It is interesting to note the similarities and differences in the experiences of the Whiteoak family and de la Roche's. While the lives and successes of the Whiteoaks rise and fall, there remained for them the steadiness of the family manor, known as Jalna. De la Roche's family endured the illness of her mother, the perpetual job searches of her father, and the adoption of her orphaned cousin while being moved 17 times. Her family did work a farm for a few years for a wealthy man who owned the farm for a hobby. Several critics believe that Finch Whiteoak who majors in Finch's Fortune (1932) is a reflection of de la Roche herself. He was a somewhat tortured concert pianist with overtones of gayness.[5] The names of many of the characters were taken from gravestones in a Newmarket, Ontario cemetery.

The Jalna series has sold more than eleven million copies in 193 English and 92 foreign editions. In 1935, the film Jalna, based on the novel, was released by RKO Radio Pictures and, in 1972, a CBC television series was produced based on the series.

Death and legacy

Mazo de la Roche is buried near the grave of Stephen Leacock at St. George's Anglican Church, at Sibbald Point, near Sutton, Ontario. Later, Caroline Clement was buried alongside her.

December, 1927

Benares in Clarkson, Ontario is believed to be the inspiration for Jalna[6] (Benares and Jalna are in fact both names of Indian cities) and is now maintained by the Museums of Mississauga.[7] A nearby park is named Whiteoaks in honour of the series, as is a nearby elementary school. Streets in the area also bear names such as "Mazo Crescent," "Jalna Avenue," and "Whiteoaks Avenue."

Her house at 3590 Bayview Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, bought by The Zoroastrian Society of Ontario in 1975, currently (2007) serves as its community centre. It is listed as a City of Toronto Heritage Property.[8]

In the 1970s, a land developer in London, Ontario used the characters from de la Roche's Jalna series to name streets for a new subdivision named White Oaks. Streetnames used from the Jalna series include: Jalna Boulevard, Ernest Avenue, Renny Crescent, Finch Crescent, Nicholas Crescent, Alayne Crescent, Archer Crescent, Piers Crescent, Meg Drive.[9]

In 1990, a new French-immersion public school in de la Roche's birthplace of Newmarket, Ontario was named in her honour.

Most recently, she was the subject of a Red Queen Productions and National Film Board of Canada co-production, The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche, which premiered on March 17, 2012 at the Festival international du film sur l'art in Montreal, then had its Toronto Premiere at Hot Docs April 29/12. The film is directed by Maya Gallus, produced by Justine Pimlott & Anita Lee, and combines archival material with dramatic reenactments featuring Severn Thompson as Mazo de la Roche.[10]

Responding to an enquiry on the pronunciation of her name, her secretary told The Literary Digest: "Her Christian name is pronounced may'zo, and Roche is pronounced rosh, to rhyme with Foch."[11]

Works

Novels

The following table can be sorted to show Mazo de la Roche's novels in chronological order,
or arranged alphabetically by title, or by publisher, or by series.
Year Title Publisher Series (Order) Notes
1922 Explorers Of The Dawn Knopf
1923 Possession Macmillan Reprinted, C. Chivers, 1973.
1926 Delight Macmillan Reprinted with introduction by Desmond Pacey, McClelland and Stewart, 1961
1927 Jalna Little, Brown Jalna 7 ISBN 0-316-18000-9
1929 Whiteoaks of Jalna Little, Brown Jalna 8 Also published as Whiteoaks, Macmillan, 1929; ISBN 0-316-18014-9
1930 Portrait of a Dog Little, Brown
1932 Finch's Fortune Little, Brown Jalna 9 ISBN 0-333-09966-4
1932 Lark Ascending Little, Brown
1932 The Thunder of the New Wings Little, Brown
1933 The Master of Jalna Little, Brown Jalna 10 ISBN 0-316-18002-5
1934 Beside a Norman Tower Little, Brown
1935 Young Renny Little, Brown Jalna 4 ISBN 0-333-01371-9
1936 Whiteoak Harvest Little, Brown Jalna 11 ISBN 0-333-07404-1
1937 The Very Little House Little, Brown
1938 Growth of a Man Little, Brown
1940 Whiteoak Heritage Little, Brown Jalna 5 ISBN 0-333-05090-8
1941 Wakefield's Course Little, Brown Jalna 12 ISBN 0-316-18010-6
1942 The Two Saplings Macmillan
1944 Building of Jalna Little, Brown Jalna 1 ISBN 0-316-17996-5
1946 Return to Jalna Little, Brown Jalna 13 ISBN 0-333-04842-3
1949 Mary Wakefield Little, Brown Jalna 3 ISBN 0-333-07652-4
1951 Renny's Daughter Little, Brown Jalna 14 ISBN 0-333-08561-2
1953 Whiteoak Brothers Little, Brown Jalna 6 ISBN 0-333-08809-3
1954 Variable Winds at Jalna Little, Brown Jalna 15 ISBN 0-333-02280-7
1955 The Song of Lambert Macmillan Juvenile
1958 Centenary at Jalna Little, Brown Jalna 16 ISBN 0-316-17997-3
1958 Bill and Coo Macmillan Juvenile
1960 Morning at Jalna Little, Brown Jalna 2 ISBN 0-333-03933-5

Plays

  • Low Life: A Comedy in One Act (first produced as Low Life in Toronto, Ontario, at Trinity Memorial Hall, May 14, 1925), Macmillan, 1925.
  • Come True (first produced in Toronto at Trinity Memorial Hall, May 16, 1927), Macmillan, 1927.
  • The Return of the Emigrant (first produced in Toronto at Trinity Memorial Hall, March 12, 1928.) Collected in Low Life and Other Plays (contains Low Life, Come True, and The Return of the Emigrant), Little, Brown, 1929. ISBN 1-131-68067-7
  • (With Nancy Price) Whiteoaks: A Play (adapted from Whiteoaks of Jalna; first produced in London, England, at Little Theatre in the Adelphi, April 13, 1936; produced on Broadway, 1938), Macmillan, 1936. ISBN 0-333-06247-7
Bain News Service/LOC ggbain.24645. Mazo De La Roche

Short story collections

  • The Sacred Bullock and Other Stories of Animals, Little, Brown, 1939. ISBN 0-8369-3186-6
  • A Boy in the House, and Other Stories, Little, Brown, 1952.
  • Selected Stories of Mazo de la Roche, edited and introduced by Douglas Daymond, University of Ottawa Press, 1979. ISBN 2-7603-4340-5

Non-fiction

  • Quebec: Historic Seaport (non-fiction), Doubleday, 1944. ISBN 1-121-26423-9
  • Ringing the Changes: An Autobiography, Little, Brown, 1957. ISBN 1-141-37942-2
  • (Author of introduction) George F. Nelson, editor, Northern Lights: A New Collection of Distinguished Writing by Canadian Authors, Doubleday, 1960. OCLC 1395116, LCCN 60-9741.

Related works

  • Jalna 1935 film based on the novel. IMDb
  • The Whiteoaks of Jalna 1972 CBC TV series based on the Jalna series. IMDb

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Willson Family" (PDF). www.sharontemple.ca. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  2. ^ https://books.google.ca/books?id=VOf-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT115&lpg=PT115&dq=mazo+de+la+roche+signature&source=bl&ots=teplO5fUse&sig=WgtcBtAS6W1BYEHc0F2saGkun-U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi22ab5sY7UAhUIzIMKHTFxDuEQ6AEIZTAO#v=onepage&q=mazo%20de%20la%20roche%20signature&f=false
  3. ^ https://books.google.ca/books?id=VOf-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT115&lpg=PT115&dq=mazo+de+la+roche+signature&source=bl&ots=teplO5fUse&sig=WgtcBtAS6W1BYEHc0F2saGkun-U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi22ab5sY7UAhUIzIMKHTFxDuEQ6AEIZTAO#v=onepage&q=mazo%20de%20la%20roche%20signature&f=false
  4. ^ "Mazo de la Roche". AndrejKoymasky.com. Archived from the original (– Scholar search) on October 17, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-26. {{cite news}}: External link in |format= (help)
  5. ^ p. 37, Not in Front of the Audience by Nicholas de Jongh
  6. ^ Benares Historic House
  7. ^ Museums of Mississauga
  8. ^ "City of Toronto's Inventory of Heritage Properties". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Google Map of White Oaks".
  10. ^ Weldon, Carolyne (16 March 2012). "Feature film on Canada's most famous unknown author premieres at FIFA". NFB.ca Blog. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  11. ^ Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.

External links

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