Background
Olivia was born in 1889 and died in 1975.
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Education
She was part Ojibway and a talented pianist who studied music at Brandon College in Manitoba, Canada where she met her husband, Delbert Poole, who was studying for the ministry.
Career
Susan Olivia (née Davis) Poole, a.k.a. As a child Olivia watched her elders strap their babies to cradle boards to carry them as ‘papooses’. While working in the fields, a mother would often hang the papoose on a sturdy tree limb and soothe the baby by occasionally pulling on the limb to cause a bouncing motion.
She made him a swing and called it a Jolly Jumper.
She made the harness or saddle from a cloth diaper and a blacksmith created a soft-action steel spring. An axe handle was used for the spreader Barometer
This Canadian invention is still being produced today in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada under its original name, Jolly Jumper. Today Jolly Jumpers are made with either a door clamp or on a portable stand.
Jolly Jumper History.
