Just have to add a link.
This topic sent me looking to see if there was any information online about my great granny. I found a link to her petition to receive a pension after her husband died. I was incorrect above, her kids had grown up before she was widowed. I guess the rabbits and foxes were to supplement her meager income.
http://bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/o..._oic/0116_1948