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Old Post Inn c.1815
Built around 1815 by George Washington Post, this is
the oldest building in Ajax. It was a stagecoach inn for
travellers between Toronto and Kingston, with a black-
smith shop and stable maintained on the property. The
inn, at 367 Kingston Rd. E, was quarantined due to an
outbreak of cholera in 1832 and by 1856 the stagecoach
trade had started to decline quite rapidly due to the ad-
vent of the Grand Trunk Railroad. Still standing today,
it is located across the road from Picov Downs with
much of the original stonework now covered by blue
aluminum siding.
Photos supplied by the Heritage Ajax Advisory Committee
on behalf of the Ajax Community Archives. For more information
about either, please call Brenda Kriz at 905-619-2529 ext. 343.
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FULLER, Ivan — At St, Mary's Hospital Kitchener,
ON., on Wednesday, November 15, 20M. Formerly
of Kelowna, BC, Toronto, Pickering, and recently
of Beechwood Manor, Waterloo, ON., Ivan Fuller,
age 81 years. Beloved husband of Elaine Fuller, for
55 years. Devoted father of Chelan Fuller of
Waterloo, ON and Dwight Fuller of Las Vegas, NV.
Father-in-law of Rob Hdlditch and grandfather of
Alison Holditch and Heather Holditch allof
Waterloo ON. The family will receive friends at the
McEachnie Funeral Home,_ 28 Old Kingston Road,
Aiax (Pickering Village) 905.4284488 from 7-9 P.M.
Friday and 12 Noon till time of Funeral Service in
the chapel on Saturday, November 18, 2000 at 1:30
p.m. Interment Erskine Cemetery. Should family
and friends so desire, donations to the Heart and
Stroke Foundation or t
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"THE BAY", story is dedicated to our Grand
daucrhters :
ALISON FULLER HOLDITCH
and
HEATHER FULLER HOLDITCH
that they may know something of the lives and
times of their ancestors.
- PREFACE -
"THE BAY" - This is an account of my mother's
ancestors and their lives at "Frenchman's Bay".
The Bay was of special interest to me. I
do not recall the Elevators or Schooners, they
had just gone before my time, but many people
r knew at the Bay lived in that era. I came
along in the summer cottage phase. I have to
rely on stories, clippings, letters, and some
people who had worked on schooners (like my grand-
father, for one.)
I want to thank the many who have given me
information and pictures etc. Some are Helen
Hedge, Effie Preston, Lorne White, Ruth Sparks,
Joan Avis, Dave O'Brien, Helen Ryder, Winnie
Boyes, Harold Scott, Doreen McLean, and Pearl Clar'.:.
This story dwells mostly on the lake nav-
gation, and those who worked it. This is a
history on the way it was in the schooner times.
A special thanks to my wife Elaine for
editing and typing.
"THE BAY"
Written and compiled by,
Ivan Fuller
Kelowna, B.C.
1993.
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THE BAY
The history of "The Bay" starts with the village
of "Ganatsekwyagon", a Seneca Indian settlement
close to the bay. To -day coming down the Bay road
it would be hard to imagine that the first school,
in what is now the Province of Ontario, would be
started here over 320 years ago.
There were many Indian villages at the mouth of
creeks and rivers along the lake. The river gave
shelter for the canoes, and were abundant with salmon,
and the forests were full of every kind of game.
By 1900 all the salmon had disappeared - victims
of over -kill by the early settlers.
It was from here that Joliet® the French Ex-
plorer, and a French Fur Trader, known only as Pere,
left for Lake Huron. Joliet was the explorer to map
much of the region and also the Mississippi River.
In 1669-70 Francios De Salignac De Fenlon came
to the Bay ( Ganatsekwyagon ) to work among the
Senecas' and start the first Mission School. Another
Missionary was Trouve. They were Sulpician Missionaries.
Count Denonville and troops stopped at Ganatsekwyagon
in 1687 on his return from war with the Iroquois on
the south shore of the lake. A great feast of deer
and salmon were served to these guests.
Ganatsekwyagon, (Frenchmans' Bay) was an ideal
place for the village. The lake could be very rough
and wild, but the bay would be calm and safe. The
channel would not be cut through to the lake for
another 175 years. Canoes were portaged across the
narrow sand bar. Lily pads, reeds, fish, wild rice,
berries and birds were plentiful. It was a tranquil
spot, a jewel on the lake, backed by a pristine
forest of white pines.
There were Seneca villages at the mouth of
Riviere Rouge, (Rouge River ), the Riviere au Salmon
(Duffin's Creek), Les Grandes Ecores (Highland Creek)
the St. John River (Humber River), and so on up and
down the lake. Now all that remains of this domain
of Louis the X1V, are two names, Rouc7e River and
Frenchman's Bay.
The Indians still had another century before
their way of life would end. Canada changed from
French to English rule in 1759. It is said, the
Indians preferred the French to the English, because
of the British authoritative manner. By 1795 a
trickle of settlers started to arrive , some coming
up from the States. In the 1820's immigrants started
arriving from England, Ireland, and Scotland. The
forests gave way to farms, the streams were dammed
for power, and the Indian way was changed forever.
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THE BAY
As the dawn of the 1800's broke over the
region, the Indian ways of hunting, trapping,
and living off the land, gave way to the
settlers from the British Isles. They set out to
exploit the abundance of raw materials.
David Tripp and his five sons, John,Thomas,
Edward, James, and Ira, settled near Frenchman's
Bay in 1837. John built and operated one of the
first saw -mills in the township.
The Settlers started to clear the land.
Pine forests gave way to grain growing. First
they just worked around the stumps, and as time
went on, stump pullers, and horses came into use.
Most farmers had to be content with a yoke of oxen.
They would take the best logs to York (Toronto)
by schooner. Fort York was built with logs from���
Pickering via Duffins Creek. In 1820 Captain�7
Hadley built a schooner "The Duke of York" It �f
sailed between York and Oswego, N.Y. The
"Charlotte of Pickering", was built in 1834, by a
Mr. William Quick. Both built at the mouth of
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Frenchman's Bay was a little lake of its owner
with no opening into lake Ontario until 84 Win`
Mr. Wm. Edwards and a Mr. Henderson, with a horse
powered dredge, cut a channel through the Bar and
turned Frenchman's Bay from pond to port. Most
of the shipping would go via Frenchman's Bay from
now on. This was the start of the Commercial
Phase.
With an outlet to the lake, an elevator was
built at the north end of the bay. Warehouses
were built, and farmers would bring their goods
for shipment.
This did not last long, when Pickering Harbour
Co. built a 100,000 bushel elevator at the south
end of the bay. Warehouses were opened up on the
east side.
Two piers were built out into the lake, with
a lighthouse on the east pier. The piers were
built with cribs of heavy timbers and filled with
rocks, and decked with heavy planks. The light-
house was unique. It was the only one on the lake
with a green light. Schooners could now tie up, to
wait their turn for loading or unloading.
The elevator at the north end was torn down.
The pilings still could be seen when I was young.
My grand -father pointed them out to me.
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The quaint village of Fairport sprang up, a
few houses, post office, store, church, hotel, and
of course, a tavern. Frenchman's Bay, Fairport,
Pickering Harbour, or just "The BAy", all mean the
same thing. One thing for sure, the village of
Ganatsekwyagon has faded into the mists of time.
Mr. J.H. McClellan was President of the 5y o
Pickering Harbour Co. He came to the area in
1PA8. Dr. Wm. McGill was a major partner.
The harbour got a substantial boost in 1875'f
with a $7000 grant to expand. The light -house
and a wharf were built. A year later they got Q �J3
an additional grant of $6000. A loan of $20,000-
was taken out in 18= /47J(Things were now in full
swing. The farmers bringing apples, barley,
produce, logs, wood, lumber, and potash, to be
shipped out, and coal, lime, plaster, building
materials, glass, etc. were brought in. Huge
ice houses were built. Ice cutting was extensive.
Ice was used for cooling railway passenger cars,
hotels, theatres, and in homes where they were
fortunate enough to have ice boxes. Refrigeration
had not yet arrived on the scene. SChooners
could get $25.00 a load for saw -dust , from Toronto
which was used to pack around the ice. Manure
from livery barns, etc. was also brought back to
Pickering Harbour, and sold to farmers.
Liverpool was starting. A townsite had
been laid out in 1855, and lots were being sold.
It was thought that Liverpool would one day rival
it's namesake in England. A hotel,bank,telegraph
office and stores made up the little town. Mr.
McClellan, President of Pickering Harbour lived there.
Farmers lined up from Liverpool to the bay,
with loads of barley, etc. for the U.S. breweries.
All was GO ---Boom times for the area----. Two
things then changed, and the elevator phase ended.
The U.S. Congress imposed a duty on Canadian
barley. Toronto did not need ice or cordwood by
W.AT.1. Most of this had shut down. Coal was
being used to heat homes, drive trains, and ships,
which had previously been done by wood.
The schooner fleet of the cord wood, ice, and
barley trade, turned to stone, sand, and gravel.
A shale rock called Dundas shale, could be hooked
up from the bottom of the lake, put on little
scows, then loaded by hand winch on to the schooners
near by. This was taken to Toronto for building
stones and paving. Concrete was not in wide use
yet.
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The chooners, also hauled sand and gravel from
the bars and the shallow lake bottom. These
schooners were called "Hookers" or "Stonehookers".
Not many "Hookers" lasted into the 1920's.
Concrete was now used. The last Hooker was burned
in front of the C.N.E., as an attraction. It is
hard to believe that thinking men would burn for
fun the last schooner on the lake. No thought for
to -morrow. At one time , thousands of schooners
graced the lake.
The name of the last schooner on lake Ontario
was the "Lyman M. Davis", Burned June 29, 1934.
---A National Tragedy ---. The burning of schooners
was commonplace through the years, at Sunnyside,
C.N.E. and off Oshawa Park, etc.
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The Schooner "Lyman M. Davis" at Toronto
Exhibition break -water. She had wintered
in Kingston, and under her own sail came
to Toronto. She would have had many more
useful years, but steam and larger vessels
made her obsolete. -- sad --.
Photo - May 29, 1934.
THE BAY
The name "THE BAY" for me, had a touch of
magic! It was a different world once you got
south of the Base line or the C.N.R. tracks.
This was before any 401 highway or businesses on
the Liverpool road. The bridge over the C.N.R.
tracks had a special sound. The deck was made
of heavy planks, not bolted down. As you crossed
the bridge, a loud rumble occurred, that could
be heard a mile or so away. The planks were
loose so as to shake the dirt and grit off, thus
stopping rot. The bridge has long since gone,
replaced by a concrete one.
After crossing the bridge and starting to-
ward the "Bay", on the left were beautiful farms
on the right , one could see the Bay. The air
was always a little cooler, with a breeze from
the lake. Sail boats dotted the glistening Bay.
Power boats had not arrived yet to spoil the peace
and tranquillity. An orchard, a farm house, then
a quaint little church, the "Friend's Meeting House",
with a cemetery in the back, where my grand parents
great grand -mother, uncles and aunts, sleep. A
dozen or so other graves are also there, the
Mansfield's,the Stoner's, the Scott's, etc. all
one time friends and neighbours. After the
little church, you came to Tom Sowerby's ice
house, then you make a turn on to Commerce Street
and my pulse would quicken, because my grand-
father O'Brien lived at the foot of this street.
All the houses then, were mostly summer places.
Cottages with pickets fences, and neatly trimmed
little lawns. These were mainly empty in the
winter, only a dozen or so families lived here
in the winter. This was the phase of the Bay I
knew.
The Bay went through many phases. First
the Indian and French, thus Frenchman's Bay, then
earlv white settlers,, then an attempt to make it
a port, then a centre of Commerce, which gave way
to camping on the sand bars, followed by cottages
and summer resorts. In my time, it really was
magic.
My grand -father and step grand -mother, who
we affectionately called Aunt May, had a neat
little tea room. They served light lunches, pop
and ice cream. They had five tables, two in the
inside , and three on the veranda. They called
it "Bay View Inn". Across the street, the Scott's
had a booth, much the same, with picnic tables, also
a boat house with row boats to rent. It was called
the "Blue Line Inn".
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My uncle John O'Brien, also had a boat house
it was north of the "Bay View Inn". He rented
boats and sold bait, etc.
On Commerce Street, a few doors from the bay, was
Mansfield's store, post office, and grocery.
Down Liverpool road.was Glen Avis Park and dance
pavilion. They had good dances that were strictly
ran, no liquor, or doubtful characters allowed,Two
other dance halls were Mansfield's and a dance hall
owned by Mr. E.N. Croker. Dancing was a popular
pastime, and every resort had more than one dance
hall.
People from Toronto, spent pleasant summer
holidays at Frenchman's Bay. Most families stayed
all summer. The bread winner coming out on the
week -ends. There was a station at Dunbarton, a
short pleasant walk brought you to the bay. It
was a great summer place. Many visitors came to
the Bay. This phase started with people camping
on the sand bars, then later building cottages.
It was about 1902 when summer people started coming
out to the Bay. It was only twenty miles from
Toronto. Most came by rail. With the war coming
in 1939, it ended that phase. That is my fondest
memory of my growing years. It chokes me up now
just to see the place. Gone are all the neat
cottages. Gone is Bay View Inn. Gone is the
Blue Line Inn. Gone are almost all of my kinfolk:
Gone is the quiet quaint village of Fairport.
Replaced by sub-divisions,nuclear plants, noise
from cars and power boats. Nothing remains static
but for me, this is not the Bay I knew and loved.
Even gone is the little church. New comers who
had no attachment to the Bay, thought best to tear
it down. This building had over 125 years of
history ! _ So much for heritage sites. _
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My Great, great, Grand -father, Salisbury Wright
was born in 1814 in Yorkshire, England. After a very
long ocean trip to Canada (Sailing ships could take
6-10 weeks to cross the Atlantic), he came to 3�e
Rsu�e.e-River-a-rea,- later movedo Frenchman's Bay.
He had four children, Hannah, (my great Grand-
mother) William, Mrs. McCourt, and "Marme" (Mrs. Wm.
Appleton). Appleton's owned the schooners "Goodnews"
and the "Maud". They later moved to Toronto, and
William had charge of the Leuty Street Life saving
sub -station. They had no children.
William had three children, one son William,
two daughters, Violet (Vi) and Tish. They married
two brothers, Will and Jack Guthrie.
Salisbury Wright died at his daughter and Bon-
in -law, Capt. William McCourt's residence Feb. 11,1906.
SALISBURY WRIGHT'S death notice and funeral in-
formation This was common in these times.
They were posted in the shops, stores, and in
prominent places that could be seen by all.
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THE O'BRIEN'S
(Taken from the marriage certificate of Matthew
O'Brien and Hannah Wright.)
The marriage of Mr. Matthew O'Brien, Dunbarton,
Canada West, -sailor- age 22, born in Ireland - 1847, and
Miss Hannah Wright of Dunbarton, Canada West, - age 19,
born in Dunbarton, Canada West, in 1850.
Married by Pastor George R. Davis, at Fort Gratiot
St.Clair County, Michigan, U.S.A. on Dec. 22, 1869.
Witness - Mr James Button.
- Mr Abner Palmer, of Fort Gratiot.
Fort Gratiot, St. Clair County, Michigan was built
in 1814. It was named for the engineer in charge, Capt.
Charles Gratiot. Fort Gratiot is now part of the city of
Port Huron , Michigan.
Matthew and Hannah were my Great Grand Parents.
Matthew's rather was a deep-sea mariner.
Matthew and Hannah had four children.
(,WILLIAM O'BRIEN (My Grand -father)- born Nov.20, 1870
- died Nov.16, 1943.
?-AMELIA O'BRIEN born 1879 - died 1890, age ll,. a
tragic death. She swallowed an open safety - pin , while
playing.
ANNIE O'BRIEN - born Aug. 27, 1882. Died Feb. 2,1959.
- buried in Wynyard, Sask.
i4TOHN O'BRIEN, born 1886. - died 1959, as the results
of a car accident on Highway 401.
Matthew and Hannah lived all their lives at Fairport
on Frenchman's Bay. Matthew worked as a sailor and was
the;---f ho
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light -use was built in the �188's.
Matthew bought a schooner called the "MADELINE"
she was built in Bronte, Ont. by Mr. Lem Dorland. It
was used in the barley trade, taking barley, apples,
lumber, etc. to U.S. ports, mainly, Oswego, N.Y.. Oswego
was on the Erie Canal System, to the Hudson River and New
York, City. He brought back cargoes of salt, cement, coal
Plaster, and general merchandise. Two men could handle
the schooner, but usually there were three. It was hard
work as they had no power winches. In rough sea all
had to be alert. The "Madeline" was 3 long, with
a 210'"„ beam and could carry 100 tons. �f
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Matthew O'Brien died Feb. 1, 1904, age 56,
buried in the R.C. Cemetery in Pickering, Ont.
The Madeline was sold to Steve Peer of Port
Credit and was used in the stone,sand, and gravel
trade. 1916 was her last year. She sank in the
mouth of the Credit River in 1919 or 1920, and was
blown up by Steve Peer, as the department of trans-
port claimed it was a hazard to navigation.
My Great Grandmother, Hannah O'Brien, lived
in her home at Fairport, until . her death in Oct. W_1
1938, age 88. She is buried in The Friends burying
Ground, Fairport.
Great Grandmother was a joy to have known. I
was 19 when she passed away. I always enjoyed talk-
ing to her. She had lots of stories to tell of the
old Bay, which I should have taken note of. I would
have to sit on her left side, the side with the good
ear. We would have tea and cookies, and she always
called me "Ivy". She was born near the Rouge Rivera.
in 1850.
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GREAT GRAND -MOTHER, HANNAH O'OBRIEN - at
the front gate of her home - Circa 1928 -.
Matthew and Hannah bought a lot and had a
house built on it in 18720 The house was added
to over the years. Stories have it, they lived
in the Sowerby house for two years before their
house was built.
Matthew O'Brien and a Mr. Brumage owned the
"Mary Ann", a scow Schooner and was reported doing
business at Frenchman's Bay in 1882. This was
the year the Madeline was built. The "Mary Ann"
was built before 1855, and she survived the Port
Credit fire of 1855, also the Esplanade fire of
1885. Not much else is known of her.
SCHOONER
RIGGING OF A TWO MASTED SCHOONER
1. MAIN SAIL 2. FORE SAIL 3. MAIN GAFF
TOP SAIL 4. FORE'GAFF TOP SAIL 5. FORE STAY
SAIL 6. INNER JIB 7. FLYING JIB OR OUTER JIB.
The term toise ( Fr. ) was used in the stone,
sand, and gravel trade. 100 tons = 10 toise.
(pronounced "tyce"). 6xl2x3 ft. of stone = 216
cubic ft. or 1 toise (10 ton). The Madeline
could carry 10 toise. Water Depth - (1 fathom =
6 ft.).
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"THE TRIP TO THE QUEEN CITY"
On a pleasant summer day in 1887, Matthew
O'Brien ( my great grand -father ) had a cargo of
grain to take to the Queen City. "Willie", my
grand -father, a lad of 17 , for a deck-hand,two
people could handle the Madeline in good weather.
It was planned to take the family along,
Uncle John a tot, Aunt Amelia a girl of 8 yearn
my aunt Annie a girl of 5, and my great grand-
mother Hannah O'Brien 37 years of age. The young
family left Frenchman's Bay for Toronto, having
packed supplies for a couple of days. It was not
uncommon for a skipper to take along family members.
As they left the bay light -house astern, and
headed west, the children's thoughts were of visiting
and sight-seeing, while the cargo was being dis-
charged. This may take many hours, depending on
how long the line-up of schooners were.
When they neared Scarborough, the wind fresh-
ened, and the cloud in the west started to look
ominous. The Madeline was a good ship and under
capable hands. Capt. O'Brien was a life long
sailor, first on salt and now fresh water. The
Madeline was built in 1882, in Bronte, by Lem
Dorland, and was in new condition. As they made
for the Queen City gap, the vessel started to pitch
and roll, and waves started to wash over the deck.
The children, Amelia, Annie, and little John were
put in the cabin, as it was feared they would be
washed over board. They became terrified. My
great grand -father and grand -father had all they
could do to keep her under control. My great
grand -mother worked the pumps, as they were taking
on water. The children locked in the cabin, must
have had nightmares for months. The two older children
never forgot.
Finally the light of the eastern gap, and the
safety of Toronto Bay and Queen's Wharf. They were
lucky not to have ended up like Capt. Edwards, 17
years before , with loss of life and a lost schooner.
I don't think my great grand -father was concerned
about landing on beam ends. His concern was for the
children and the danger of being lost over board. But
with my great grand -mother on the pumps, great grand-
dad, and grand -father, keeping her deck side up. A
happy ending for all.
Aunt Annie (Sparks) O'Brien never forgot the
terror she experienced on that trip!.
SA
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THE BAY
WILLIAM O'BRIEN --- was born Nov. 20, 1870,
at Frenchman's Bay. Married ATHELIA JANE SPARKS
born Oct. 28, 1872, at Whitby, Ont. They were
married Sept. 2, 1890.
William and Athelia O'Brien were my grand-
parents. They bought a house and lot (4 acre)
Block E. Lot 23, from George St. John Gwatkin for
$100 on May 6, 1892. This was for house and lot.
Wm. O'Brien lived here for the rest of his life.
My grand -father is listed as a sailor in the deed.
The place was owned by Daniel and Elizabeth
Marks of Toronto. They sold it to George Gwatkin
of Toronto for one dollar, on the first day of
Sept. 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Marks were the parents
of Mrs. Thomas Mansfield Sr.
The earliest records of the Lot being regist
ered in the county of York (now Ontario county)
was in 1848. Feb. 9, 1857, Mr. Stephen Gardner
sold it to Daniel Marks for 20 pounds.
WILLIAM AND ATHELIA had two daughters;
May Madeline (my mother), born Nov.8, 1893
Died Jan. 5, 1942. Interred in Erskine Cemetery,
Pickering. She was named fo the schooner "Madeline".
Grace Amelia born Sept.j0898. Died Dec. 29,
1928. Interred Friends Bur . Ground, Frenchman's
Bay, Jan. 1, 1929. ,ac-�� / ,cl
William worked on the lake with his father
Matthew, following the sea -faring tradition of the
O'Briens. They had many experiences to relate.
One being - The Trip To The Queen City. as told
earlier.
In 1906 Athelia, my grand-mother,died at the
yc�lan.q age of 33 years. She was interred in the
Friends Burying Ground, Frenchman's Bay, Wed. Jan.
24,1906. William was a widower with two daughters
Grace 8 years, and May 13. Annie O'Brien, a sister
Of William, helped raise the girls until she married
William Joseph Sparks on Aug. 28, 1911. She was
a great help to my grand -father. W. J. Sparks
was a brother to Athelia.? My mother and great
grand -mother looked out for Grace until my mother
(age 20), married my father, Reginald Fuller on
Aug. 27, 1913.
William O'Brien was the last light -house
keeper at the Bay. He started commercial fishing
after schooner days were over. He and his brother
had a fishing boat, and for a time, white fish were
the main catch. They had 2 or 3 large drying reels
for the nets, then the nets were put on smaller
reels for taking back to the lake. My aunt Grace
used to mend the nets as they were slowly wound off.
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I can recall the squeak of the big drying reels.
The fish were packed in ice and shipped to Toronto,
by train. It was a good business until the Lamprey SA
got into the lakes. Now, all the commercial
fishing is a thing of the past. Every lake port
had a commercial fleet. The O'Briens gave up
fishing before the Lamprey, and sold the boat,
nets, and equipment to Gordon Brown, Toronto,
1935-6. John built a boat house and was engaged
in building and renting boats.
In 1920 my grand -father met Marion Melton.
She worked for the Robert Simpson Co. Ltd.
Toronto, in the confectionery circle. They
were married March 28, 1921, by Edward Morley'
rector of St. PAul's Church, West Toronto. Witnesses
were Helen and Herbert Wells.
Marion was born in Scarborough County, York,
England, Aug.7, 1892. She was 22 years my grand -
father's junior. She was affectionately known
as "Aunt May". She was important to me. She took
me many places , my first train ride, my first
Santa Claus Parade, and fussed over me like a
grand -mother.
William and May O'Brien built the tea room,
Bay view Inn, in 1924. It was a success. My
Aunt May was very much a Go -Getter. In summer
she served breakfast to fishermen out from Toronto,
she also served light lunches all day, ice cream,
sundaes, sodas, milk shakes, Banana splits were
the special. They also sold candy, pop, ice
cream cones,cigarettes, milk, etc. No groceries
at this time. Her sister-in-law Agnes, Mrs. J.
O'Brien helped on busy week -ends.
The milk came from Oswald (Pete) Hilts's
farm, located at the south end of Liverpool road
on the east side, and ran right to the lake.
"Hilts" was an old name at the Bay. John Hilts
owned this farm in the 1870's.
My grand -father had two covered milk pails,
and every evening, he would walk to Hilts' farm
(about a mile) and carry back the milk ---a gallon
in each pail. Every morning, between 7;30 - 8 a.m.
Pete would bring a large can of milk, in a 1920
model T. Ford. It was a closed car with disc
wheels. You could hear it coming from when he
left the farm.
My grand -father was kept busy keeping the
POP cold, the ice cream frozen, and helping with
the dishes. The pop was kept in a long metal
lined wooden box, with chopped ice packed around
the bottles. As the ice melted, the water would
run out through a hole in the floor. The ice
cream had to be packed in layers of ice and rock
salt to keep it frozen. They also had big ice
boxes for the food. They had their own ice house
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and filled it with ice, cut from the Bay in winter.
This was before electric refrigeration.
All went fine until 1939 - WAR - . The world
changed. The Bay would never be a summer resort
again. Gasoline was put on ration. Men and
women joined the Services. A shell filling plant
was built in Ajax. Workers needed places to live.
Cottages were winterized (sort -of), the day of the
nice neat cottage was gone.
Grand -dad died in Nov.1943, and is buried in
The Friends Burying Ground , Frenchman's Bay -A
real friend of mine -.
My Aunt May changed the Tea Room and ice cream
parlor into a store. She also had the Post Office
in the summer. Thomas Mansfield had previously
had the Post Office with his store before it closed.
Aunt May kept the Post Office for a few years, and
then retired. She passed away July 5, 1985, and
is buried in The Friends Burying Ground in French -
mans' Bay.
LEFT - Mrs. Willi~.;a ( May ) O'Brin
RIGHT - Mrs John ( Agnes ) O'Brien
SOL
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CO., INC.
is IN
LIP
N. Y.
Mr. William O'Brien
Pickering Harbor, Ont.
As late as 1936, requests for white fish were
coming in from New York. But alas, progress
had seen to it, the lake fishing was over.
Picture - My Grand -father standing in the bow
of the boat, my Uncle John O'Brien, fore ground
pulling in the nets. Note the white fish.
Picture taken by Gracie O'Brien (my aunt). Circa 1923.
j
Fairport.
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( 1),ain `iattheNv 013t-icu, one
'W01-thiest citirells passed
:,1(,::�l,l�- a
Friends Mourn I
Oit (\ eni:tg :after
t-ei'N: -llcl-t 1111t1 railif111 Miler`.
�Trs. �T O"Brien
Ili �\::s ill good ilealth un to=
•
1'111Ir-dad c\c r:inK last, -)tell Ile
/y �_-_, _
\\ as seized \\•ith the fatill disease.
Rouge =River Native Was;
(_'al)t. O' iBiel] had foHowed the
of�Flowers
\ uciltiull c;f in ni iner up to thresC
he retl l-ed f r01n
t.Z`,-- '
rrulWn ma's Bay, Oct 27 (Specials
yell l-S ilgo, \\-hell
!4:lilllljr and hrid dial'_' Of Nile
=9.'`.VyLlathew- O'Brieh, who had re-
sided, -in this districtallher life,
li};l:t-)louse at this pul.t. IIe \\'a`
was'liuried from her.6ome" with a
large number of relatives and friends.
;t lc)\'lit S * hl1SiT1U(1 alld faLllel', Of !l
i..:.
in attendance. 0rr,-. :
Rouge/
kindly alid genial disj)ositi011
Mrs. O'Brierilfyvas born at
'her•
\\" 111C1] tl]:tdC 1111I] )0 tllal' �\ 1L11 llll
l
River district in 1850, where
father settled after his -long. trip from
with R-110I,1 lie nssuciated. Ile
Yorkshire, England, later moving to
!oave� a t\vo soil`; 11I1d a
Fre0.chman's Bak.
Mrs. O'Brien was well known as a
tl;tt:hlttC't'. 1i slid part of tlli_�
ifluens of his
lover. Zlowers. Her house ,was
al y ed a .as-, -
affilir IS the se:.iolis
IO\V
_with- ,large
Sb • en�i`' 1 "bths, while' she greNV.
s
_ )tt, "'1111a111, \\-110 is vel-Y
ma her own - garden,:
\\ iLll 1)i:elltll:)1lI;L at his O\\'tl 11UIlle
She.r��-in fancy need)
anil \'.•as llllable t0 see his fathel'
w - ,�"•`�-" 1M.•�
She Is by one d8�ghter,
lifter }le Ivas ttlkell ill. His fuller. 1
D4rl:AfsOie Sparks, Wynward.'-ward..*
ie Sparks,
ill tuck place on Thill'sday to tile'
two sons. William and John. Fiocft-!
--Wm..
ft. L. Celtletet'y, Pickcril)g, alld
ma 's.Ba�no: one brother,
i
\ells Ill.-gely attended.
Matthew -O'BrrieN , my Great Grand -father, was a
member of the Doric Lodge # 424, chartered in
1890. He was a Roman Catholic. It is rare for
a Catholic to be a Mason. I have his Masonic
pin.
..... DIED ..... '
,
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:1� I�nirlun 1, nn Jlunila� , I',•Imuarc 1�;, 14� �4, {�
1
- Mattliew O'Brien, •�-
Aged 56 Nears.
On the morning of Feb.lst, 1904, my grandpa O'Brien
was very ill. He did not know that his father was
very sick. He said he could hear harnesses clink-
ing and sleigh runners squeaking in the snow. A
hour or so they started to go back past his house.
He was not told it was his father's funeral.
Bells were removed from harnesses for funerals.
16 A
MARRIED
MATTHEW O'BRIEN 1869
1847 - 1904
WM. O'BRIEN - M -
1870 - 1943 1890
MAY O'BRIEN - M -
1893 - 1942 1913
HANNAH WRIGHT
1850 -1938
ATHELIA SPARKS
1872 - 1906
REGINALD FULLER
1889 - 1977
v -
IVAN FULLER - M - ELAINE BAUM
1919 - 1945 1920 -
CHELAN FULLER - M - ROBERT HOLDITCH
1955 - 1980 1951 -
ALISON FULLER HOLDITCH
1985 -
HEATHER FULLER HOLDITCH
1987 -
DWIGHT FULLER
1959 -
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11 LA
TOP Blue Line Inn. &,A-ZZ-,
CENTRE - Thomas Manfield's old store -* /- -7
BOTTOM - Mrs. Balsdon and Helen Scott as a baby.
BACKGROUND - Wm..O'Brien's house, Mansfield's
house, far right - Thomas Mansfield's
old store. Circa - 1919.
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THE BAY
CHURCH
The little Church at the Bay was a frame
building, with 3 windows on each side. The door
faced Liverpool R'd. (sometime called the Bay R'd.,
at one time called Queen St.). The church was
very plain, as all Quaker buildings are. Out
behind was an open -front shed to put horses in
during the services. When I was a small boy we
put our horse in the shed on New Years Day, while
we had a day at Grandpa O'Brien's. Horse and
cutter was used when the roads were snow -bound.
It is not known when the church was built,
but it is known, the land was granted to Capt.
George Hill in May 1796, and sold to David
Gardner in 1847. David Gardner sold what is
now the cemetery, to the Bible Chiistian Church
for ten pounds. This land was to be a Burying
Ground and a site for a church.
My Great Grand -father W.W. Sparks was a Lay
Preacher and Superintendent of the Sunday School.
Thomas Mansfield Sr. was a Sunday School teacher.
This was after 1875.
No records of the graves were kept before
the 19401s. Many Graves are unmarked. My Grand-
dad told me, there are Veterans from the war of
1812-1814 buried there. Three Veterans of the
1812-1814 war, from the Bay area buried there are
Abraham Stoner, Peter Stoner, and John Palmer.
The Stoners lived at the Bay and were engaged in
Lake Navigation. John Palmer lived on Lot 22,
Baseline and Liverpool R'd.
When I was a child, church services were
held in the summer only. Mrs. John (Agnes)
O'Brien played the organ for many years. Student
Ministers and Lay Preachers took the services.
Not so, in Pickering Harbour days, the church was
used the year around.
The little white "Friends Church" (Quaker)
was demolished in 1984.
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THE BAY
From the "Pickering News", December 16, 1887.
PICKERING HARBOR SABBATH SCHOOL.
An entertainment will.be given by the scholars
of Pickering Harbor Sunday School, on Tuesday
December 20th, to consist of readings, recitations
and singing by the school, and addresses by prom-
inent speakers. A special feature during the
evening will be the unloading of the Christmas
Ship "Glad Tidings", of her full cargo of presents
for young and old. Refreshments provided for the
children. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Come and help us spend the evening. Admission 154!.
Doors open at 7 P.M.
P.J. Wright, Treas. T. Mansfield, Sec. W.W. Sparks,
Supt.
From the "Pickering News", December 30th, 1887.
The Christmas Boat, held by the Friends Sunday
School at the Harbor Church on Tuesday 19,inst.
was quite a success. the program was extensive
and varied. A very interesting part of the even-
ing's proceedings was the distribution of the
presents taken from the boat. The report of the
secretary showed that the school was in a healthy
state, financially and otherwise. A considerable
sum was realized at the door.
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THE BAY
1 SCHOOL
Base Line School S.S. # 2 was on the South East
corner of Base Line and Brock R'd. It was built
in 1852. It was almost two miles from Fairport
village to the school. A long way to walk, even
in summer. It was a one room school, one teacher
for all grades. Most stopped going by grade 6 or
7. Few went on to high school, because of dist-
ance. Education was as good as any to -day.
Before this, the school was at Kingston R'd. and
Brock R'd., an impossible distance.
A Centennial was held June 26, 1954. The
school was 102 years old. My Mother, Grand -father
and all Bay children went to this school.
,50u % If _5 JD� a F
- Base -line School - building as it looked
in the 1940's. Note the Elm trees - gone too -
dutch elm disease - as all in Ontario have gone.
THE BAY
From
- The
Pickering News
- July 3, 1896.
Report
of
Exams S.S. no.
2.
Sr.
1st. -
Morley Sleep,
Geo. Hilts, John O'Brien
Jr.
2nd. -
Etta Hadley, Tom
Gormley, 011ie Edt;,,ards.
Sr.
2nd. -
Frank Sparks,
Emma Mansfield, A. Hilts.
Jr.
3rd. -
Geo. Burell, Martha
Mansfield, V. Wright.
Sr.
3rd. -
Lizzie Walsh,
Albert Sparks, Chas. Shepherd..
Sr.
4th. -
Annie O'Brien,
Arthur Leng, Eva Hilts.
BASE - LINE SCHOOL Circa - 1900.
Back Row - Tom Gormley 5th. from thr right, John
O'Brien 6th from the right.
Centre Rote* - Allegra Sparks first on the right.
- May O'Brien second from the right.
- Sadie Sparks third from the right.
-,� .��-�' � tom? �-•`r ���"
4,1
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Athelia O'Brien, May O'Brien, and
Grace O'Brien - baby. ( My Grand-
mother, mother, and aunt ).
William O'Brien
Age - 19.
William O'Brien
Age - 68
I
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MAY MADELINE O'BRIEN - 1893 - 1942.
My mother - age 4.
25
a
Verna and Ivan Fuller
only grand children of
Wm. and Athelia O'Brien.
Grace O'Brien and Marjorie
Mansfield. Neighbours at
the Bay.
Annie O'Brien - 1st. cousin of Wm.
O'Brien. WM- Wright - brother of
Hannah O'Brien,- Agnes O'Brien.
,
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I
TuPi
The Light -house and East Pier near the end of
its days. 1923-5.
Bottom
The Pier and light -house in mid -winter. Pier
piled high with ice
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i it R{{ ,,.ka: • '� . ~
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THE BAY
Ice cutting was a big part of winter activ-
ities at the bay. There were large ice houses
just north of the elevators. Electric refrig-
eration was not known at this time. Ice was used
for cooling in homes, hotels, theaters, railway
passenger cars, etc.
Very few steamers came into the Bay. One
was Joe Goodwin's tug, which towed empty ice barges
from Toronto every a.m.-and back loaded with ice
every night.
The pictures on this page are not at the
Bay, but the operation is the same. An ice plow
pulled by a horse would mark off a field. First
going one way , then the other, like a checker
board. The cut would be 3-4 inches deep. (the
ice would be 18-24 inches thick. The plow was
like a saw blade , Near the shore they would break
up an area and with a fork like tool, they would
snap off the blocks, with aid of pike poles they
would guide the blocks to the ice house, an endless
chain would lift them up and down a shoot into
place in the ice house. Saw dust would be packed
all around the blocks, and next summer, off to
Toronto. w A5
The O'Brien ice utting equipment ,�,o in the
Museum in Greenwood.
SEE PICTURES NEXT PAGE.
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ICE CUTTING
The ice is marled off into squares, an ice cutter is run through, the blocks are pushed on an endless chain and carried to the
ice house.
Top - Frank Fletcher & John
O'Brien guiding blocks of ice
to the ice ladder. This is
not the Lake Simcoe operation,
but for private ice houses—
(Mansfields, O'Briens and Avis,
Centre - Two old timers from The
Bay, Charlie Mansfield and my
Grand -dad William O'Brien.
Bottom - Cutting ice the hard
Grandpa O'Brien pulling and
Charlie Mansfield pushing the
ice plough.
In the "Hey Daym,horses pulled the
plough. At the end of the ice
era, Walter Avis developed a po-
wer saw, but it was in the mid- f0p
thirty's and _,44 o
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was ending. )r
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Old -Dobbin Loses Job
Motor Cuts Ice Blocks
Frenchman's Bay, Jan. 16.—Vision-
Ing torrid midsummer days, resi-
dents of Frenchman's Bay are busily
I hauling in their annual harvest of
'ice from the frozen surface of the
bay and storing it for use when
butter floats in its own fat and
.milk goes sour through the efforts
of ;King Sol. Horses, used for gen-
erations to cut and. transport the
huge blocks, were no longer in evi-
dence when The Star visited the
scene, the industry having become
j mechanized.
For the first time in the history
of ice -cutting on the bay, a motor
driven saw, developed by Walter
Avis, Frenchman's Bay, in his spare
time, is being used to gouge huge
chunks off the solid surface of the
water..•.
.The cutter, which is pushed by
hand; cuts two lines through the
ice to a depth of 9% inches. By
crossing the first cuts made, the ice
blocks are clearly marked out and
one blow of a slicing bar is suf-
ficient to separate the 200-pound
blocks. These are floated to an in-
clined ramp where an endless belt,
driven by a one -cylinder motor,
hoists them to the. loading platform
on the level of truck platforms.
Utilizing a four -cylinder motor
from a discarded automobile, Mr.
Avis mounted a thirty -inch cir-
cular saw on each end of the short-
ened rear axle and put the ap-
paratus on skids. The result was an
effective labor-saving ice -cutter.
"It was just an experiment," Mr.
Avis told The Star. "I find that it'.
will cut as much ice as men can
using three or four horses. It ..can
keep four or five trucks busy haul-
ing ice all day."
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_ FRENCHMA.N'S BAY ICE CUTTERS REPLACE HORSES WITH HORSE -POWER
Ice -cutting is under way in old automobile, a power -driven ice- guiding the 200-pound blocks of ice
Frenchman's Bay, but Old Dobbin, cutter has beea developed by AVal- to the endless chain which hoists
who for many years supplied the ter Avis, Frenchman's Bay, which them to the loading platform for
does the work of several horses. transfer to trucks; (3) Walter Avis,
.motive power, is now among the Working oa ice 14 inches thick, resi- operating the ice -cutter he built,
unemployed, modern mechanization dents of the community are busy The cutter has two 30-inch circular
of the industry having driven him harvesting h supply for the summer. saws and can cut ice fast enough
into retirement. Manufactured out (1) Dick Avis, 9, is shown busy to keep four or five trucks busy
of the motor and drive shaft of an with a handsaw; (2) Men at work hauling it away.
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TOP -- Grand-dad's home, with the Mansfield's
house in the rear. Mansfield's house was built
by Thomas Mansfield Sr. Later occupied by Chas.
Mansfield.
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BOTTOM -- The Tea Room and Ice Cream Parlor.
"THE BAY VIEW INN". Built - 1924.
Front St., Frenchman's Bay, Ont.
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LAZY SUMMER'S DAY
Frenchman's Bay In 1936 offered a peaceful refuge subdivisions and stores of Bay Ridges, although a few
from the city, with its tree -shaded roads and quiet of the older houses still stand. The wide bay, with its
streets. Today, Frenchman's Bay is surrounded by the narrow harbour, is a popular spot with boaters.
TOP - A post card -1936 - Tells it all -
BOTTOM - Left Bay View Inn, behind - O'Brien's
house, next Mansfield's house, back - Mansfield's
new store. Right - Blue Line Inn, operated
by Fred and Marj1mo Scott. C�7\
The car is a 1931 model. ay—?1,�a
31
May Fuller
Ivan Fuller
( 0' Brien ) and
1919.
3
32 .
THE BAY
PARTIAL LIST OF SCHOONERS THAT CALLED PICKERING
HARBOUR HOME.
NORTH WEST owned by Hilts, sold to Gold
rings, Whitby.
MAUD owned by Appleton.
MAPLE LEAF 11T. Mansfield.
MADELINE Matt O'Brien.
GOOD NEWS Wm. Appleton.
JESSIE STEWART Stoners.
ANNA BELLCHAMBERS William Bellchambers.
Last owned by Capt. William Edwards. It was
built in 1864 at Frenchman's Bay by Wm .Bell
chambers. Deck - 53' beam - 1316" - hold - 51.
Built to carry wood. On the map, Wm Bellchambers
farm is Lot # 28. B.F. ( right on the lake shore.
RAPID CITY owned by Tom Sowerby, sold
her to George Atkinson who lost her off Scarbor
ough bluffs in 1917. Tom Sowerby sailed , as a
boy with Capt. O'Brien on the Madeline. I visit-
ed Tom Sowerby Jan 31, 1971. He told me schooner
stories and gave me pictures. He was born in 1883.
His mother "Granny" Sowerby was a mid -wife for
many babies, including me.
A small part of the Schooner Fleet that called
at Frenchman's Bay.
J.F.. Edwarda, who lived at the Bay, said he
cou.ited as many as thirty-five schooners in
the Harbor at one time. His Grand -father,
Capt. Wm. Edwards, was owner of the "Anna
Bellchambers".
a
TOP - Lake Ontario showing the Erie Canal.
Schooner's took their cargo to Oswego, re-
loaded on horse drawn barges, then down the
Oswego canal to join the Erie Canal at Syracuse.
Down the Hudson River to New York and world
markets. The Erie Canal played a big part in
the development of the Lake Ontario Region.
:7LLAGE OF:..
IF IIRPORT -�
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From Beer's Atlas 1877.
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LAKE ONTARio
This map is from Beers Atlas of Ontario County ~���1\•`--
' 1877 - Showing farms, buildings, etc. Base
Line School is shown Lot 18, Base Line and Brock
R'd. - The Village of Duffins Creek, is now Pick-
ering Village. The Lot numbers are shown on \
Base Line (first east - west road north of
Frenchman's Bay). The R.R. is now C.N.R. and
was put through in the 18501s.
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THE STORY OF THE ANNA BELLCHAMBERS.
The following account of the wreck of the Anna
Bellchambers was copied from a newspaper article
called "Schooner Days" which was a regular weekly
feature in the Toronto Evening Telegram newspaper
in the early 19401s. The article was written by
C.H.J. Snider, and was titled - "A Hesperus out
of Frenchman's Bay."
Like the gentleman who caught the tiger by the
tail, Schooner Days has some difficulty in letting
go, in the case of Frenchman's Bay. Since the last
reference to this historic port and prehistoric
site, many communications have come, some impart-
ing information, more seeking it. Mr.Thomas Pizer
177 St. Helen's Avenue, wrote:
Sir, I enjoy reading Schooner Days, very very much
as I was born in Dunbarton 75 years ago, I remem-
ber old Frenchman's Bay and the activities which
kept the harbour alive, but now it is only a memory.
Last week you mentioned the Anna Bellchambers.
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This Schooner was owned by my granddad, Wm. Bell -
chambers, and I was wondering if you have a record
of the particulars of the Anna Bellchambers (schooner)
disaster. My uncle Wm. Edwards was the skipper,
and my cousin, Joe, was washed overboard and drowned.
If you can find space in future issue of Schooner
Days, giving me a write-up of particulars of this
schooner disaster, it will be greatly appreciated
also by my remaining relatives.
Yours sincerely,
THOMAS PIZER,
177 St. Helens Ave. Toronto.
A Capt. Pizer commanded the Belle, built in
Oakville in 1854, and Wm. Pizer was the registered
owner of the Anna Bellchambers in 1864. More-
over, Wm. Edwards was one of the two men, Wm.
Henderson being the other, who with a horse-
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powered dredge of some sort cut the channel through
the sandbar which turned Frenchman's Bay from a pond
to a port in 1853.
Knowing the Pizers to have been masters or
owners of small craft themselves in Schooner Days
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we shall tell the story of the Anna Bellchambers sometime
soon, as it was told to us sometime ago by two old
sailors now gone to glory, Capt. Jack Marks of French-
man's Bay, and Wm. Ward, fisherman of Ward's Island.
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THE STORY OF THE ANNA BELLCHAMBERS.
In 1864, with the American War drawing to
a close, William Bellchambers built a little
schooner in Frenchman's Bay. He named her the
Anna Bellchambers, after his wife. The vessel
was called "Anna Bell" for short, so her name
has become confused with that of Anna Bellchambers,
in narration, but Anna Bellchambers it was, and
so it stands on the first Dominion register after
Confederation.
This gives the vessel's dimensions as 52
feet long on deck, 13 feet 6 inches beam, 5 feet
depth of hold and 31 tons register. She was
therefore a narrow version of one of the many
stonehookers which used to crowd the bridge of
Port Credit or Westmarket street slip in Toronto.
She was not a stone -hooker, but a wood carrier,
one of the fleet which supplied the growing
Queen City with fuel for its homes and factories
steamboats and locomotives. There were no in-
ternal combustion engines then, coal was a novelty,
and everybody used cordwood, hard or soft. Wood -
wharves stretched from George to Yonge street, and
were piled with cordwood like the coal mountains
of to -day, at the east of the harbour.
Towards the end of October, seventy years
ago the Anna Bellchambers, loaded fifteen or
twenty cords of green wood on the shore half a
mile east of Frenchman's Bay, ferrying the sticks
from the beach. It blew hard from the north-
west, but she lay in the lee, and when the wind
lulled, ventured out for the wood market in Toronto.
Her captain was William Edwards, maybe the very
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man of that name who cut the channel into French-
man's Bay from the lake with a horse -power dredge
in 1843. Capt. Edwards had two men in his crew,
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Peter Young of Dunbarton, an old saltwater man,
and another named Mansfield, and he also took
along his son, Joseph Henry, a lad of fourteen.
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The schooner had been named after his mother,
who had died four years before.
A man and a boy could handle the small
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schooner, but she leaked with the heavy deckloads,
and extra crew was required to keep her pumped and
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to pile out the wood at the wharf. While the
wood was in her, she was sure to float, but in the
two preceding autumns she had waterlogged while
trying to get into Toronto, and lifesavers had
taken her crew off and helped pump her out when
the lake calmed down.
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0 Capt. Jack Marks of the R.C.Y.C. steamer
Kwasind used to tell of seeing his boyhood chum,
Joe Edwards, going aboard the Anna Bellchambers
that morning, all eager for the trip to the big
city, his pockets bulging with red snow apples,
his eyes dancing with expectation.
It took hours for the laden schooner to beat
up the meridian of the Eastern Gap. This was
then a half -mile stretch of shallow water, across
the long neck of the Peninsula which started at
Scarboro Bluffs and hooked around towards the
Garrison and Queen's wharf at the far west end
of Toronto. There was a narrow, winding channel
through it, marked by two bouys, but no lighthouse
and no piers.
When Capt. Edwards got this far he anchored,
and sent one of his men ahead, in the schooner's
little scow, to hang lanterns on the buoys, for
it was dusk and the wind was going around so that
the schooner had to zigzag to get through. He
did this with some misgivings, for it was just
in this same position that the Anna Bellchambers
had waterlogged twice before; and she was already
leaking more than enough.
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The man either missed the buoys or lost the
lanterns, and sculled on across to the city.
when he got what he wanted there, it was blowing
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too hard for him to get back. The wind had gone
around to the east and was freshening to a gale.
The Anna Bellchambers reared and plunged at
her anchor, with all on board watching anxiously
for a lantern's gleam and a hail from the return-
ing scow. They pumped and pumped but the water
gained on them.
The Port Credit scow Samson or the Olive
Branch, they couldn't be sure which, in the early
°
night drove past under squatted foresail. They
cou_-+ just make her out in the dark. They talked
of her big race with the Catherine Hayes and the
Hurter, ten years before, when Bob Collins wrung
the Samson's mainmast head off carrying sail.
Billy Hutchinson was sailing with more caution
this time.
They climbed up on the drenched deckload,
for the "Annabel's" deck was now under water.
The deckload began to wash away. Before it was
all gone,the weight of it, watersoaked, rolled the
little vessel over on her side. Poor Peter Young
was swept off and drowned, although Capt. Edwards
caught him once. He could not hold on in the
fore rigging. Capt. Edwards scrambled up the
main rigging and lashed himself to the crosstrees
with young Joe buttoned inside his overcoat to
keep him warm. The only friend they had left
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was the tall stone lighthouse on Gibralter Point,
two miles away. Its regular flash through the
darkness beamed encouragement.
"Bear up Joey," said the father. "They'll
see us soon as daylight comes, and take us off.
They did that the last time and the time before.
It'll soon be light. It'll soon be lightl"
"Don't be scared to die pa, I ain't," whispered
Joey through numbed lips. "I can hear music
sounding on the shore."
But the only earthly music was the tramp of
the surf and the howl of the increasing wind.
It got darker after midnight, and thick smothering
snow began to fall. The light on the point shut
out, hidden in snow swirls. Even the faint glow
of the city gaslamps on the clouds vanished.
Billy Hutchinson, homing for Port Credit,
missed this stern range, and could see nothing
of the Port Credit light ahead. In the dark he
tried to round the point of Toronto Island
and gain shelter at the Queen's Wharf, but the
hooker swamped in the trough of the sea and drift
ed before the bursting billows until she struck on
the Dutchman's Bar and was dashed on to that shaly
headland on the far side of Humber Bay known various-
ly as Pig Iron, Two -Tree, Hooten's and Van Every's
Point. And there she was found the ne;:t day, her
masts gone, decks stove in, everything covered
with snow and ice and Billy Hutchinson and his
mate dead in the breakers.
William Ward, hardy fisherman whose name
survives in Ward's Island, had to dig his way out
of his Island cottage in the morning. The cottage
stood a thousand feet south of the present island
breakwall, and three fathoms of water now washes
over its hearthstone. The first thing he saw on
the shore was cordwood. "Don't tell me the "Anna-
bel" has waterlogged again!" cried he. He fired
a gun and roused Bob Berry, the big black oarsman,
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and they ran a fishing skiff down the snowbank to
look for the wreck. By this time it was light
enough to distinguish a sort of iceberg rising and
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falling to eastward, but not moving in with the
seas. They pulled to it, through a wide wake of
floating cordwood and found a mass of ice -coated
spars, rigging, cordwood and planking which cry-
stallized into a small schooner on her beam ends.
There was a blob at the main crosstrees which
they took to be an unstowed topsail. Wm. Ward
hacked with his clasp Knife at frozen lashings,
and cut loose the captain and his son in one mass.
The frozen bundle fell inti the boat. The
rescurers dragged the mass into the Ward cottage
and sent across to the city for three doctors.
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For seven hours, till darkness fell on that short
November day, they worked ceaselessly on the man
and the boy. When they lighted the coal oil
lamp on the kitchen table Wm. Edwards began to
murmur; "Light! Light! They'll see us soon and
come for us Joey! Its getting light now!"
But for Joey the light that shone was from
the place where there is neither sorrow nor cry-
ing, and there is no night there, for the Lord
God giveth them light. He had passed hours before
into the arms of our Heavenly Father.
The Anna Bellchambers parted her cables as
the day wore on and drove up the lake. Her
broken hull washed in on the beach under the tall
lighthouse whose far off ray the night before ,
sole comfort of the perishing, had been smothered
by the November snow while four fellows died.
Such was the wreck of this Lake Ontario
Hesperus in the midnight and the snow seventy
years ago. The facts are as given by Capt. Jack
Marks, Capt. Wm. Ward, and Mrs. Edith Southgate,
1096 Queen street east, who had them from her
mother, a sister of Capt. Edwards, who survived
the wreck. Capt. Edwards married twice, and
had a second son, Joseph who lives at 83 Green-
wood avenue, and has been very kind to Schooner
Days. The date of this was Oct. 30th 1873.
The Capt. Wm. Edwards mentioned in this story
was the great Grand -father of Pearl Clark, of
Brooklin. Her Grand -father was Oliver Edwards who
married Pearl Rodd, whose sister Bertha Rodd was
the first wife of my father Reginald Fuller.
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FAV
THE BAY
The Edward 's family came to the Bay from ,
�j Cornwall England in the 18401s. They were one
of the oldest families at the Bay. It was Wm.
Edwards and a Mr. Henderson that cut the channel
through the sandbar in 853 Wm Edward-s first
married Anna Bellchambers, who passed away Jan.31,
1869, age 28 years. They had a son Joseph Henry
born in 1859, who was lost in a schooner disaster
Oct. 31, 1873, age 14. Wm Edwards later married
Elizabeth Worfolk and had another son Joseph, and
a son Oliver. Elizabeth was a sister of Sarah
Worfolk, my great grand -mother.
Joseph Edwards was laid to rest beside his
mother in a little cemetery in Dunbarton. The
cemetery fell into disuse because of Eriskine
Cemetery being so close. In 1935 the headstones
and remains , from the little cemetery were re-
moved to Eriskine, and a cairn erected with the
headstones as part of it. The old Dunbarton
Cemetery was cleaned up and sold. The cairn is
on the south side of Eriskine Church, Dunbarton.
This practice of moving stones and remains,
abhors me. The same thing happened to my great
Grand- parents, Powell, in 1991, when four or
five stones were removed and placed elsewhere.
After the disaster of 1873, Capt. Edwards
gave up sailing, and for the rest of his life, he
followed the building trade.
The Edwards residence at Frenchman's Bay.
In later years occupied by Len and Dorothy
Burningham and family (Winnie and Betty).
• The :.ause was still standing in 1990.
"THE MAIL"
Toronto, Saturday, November 1, 187;�.73
RESULTS OF THE INOUEST ON THE BODY OF JOSEPH EDWARDS.
The Jury returned the verdict - "That the said
Joseph Edwards, on the 30th day of October, in the
rigging of the schooner, Anna Bellchambers, off
the island, came to his death through exposure
to the inclemency of the weather. The Jury
further stated that Messes. Chas. Coleman, J. Mc-
Knight, John McMahon, Geo. Smith and the bar -tender
at Mead,s Hotel deserve every commendation for their
efforts in recovering the body of the deceased and
saving the life of Captain Edwards."
CITY MATTERS - The Anna Bellchambers Wreck.
The body of Peter Young, the sailor who lost his
life last Thursday morning by being washed off
the Anna Bellchambers, has not been recovered,
although a diligent search has been made near the
scene of the disaster.
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SOWERBY
John Sowerby born 1827 - died Feb. 7, 1895.
Age 68 years.
Elizabeth Sowerby (Fisher) born 1843. Died
Mar. 9, 1925. Age 82 years. All who knew her
called her "Granny" Sowerby. She was mid -wife
from Whitby to Scarborough. They had two sons
Willie who died Aug 30,1899 and Thomas born 1883-
died Nov. 18, 1972. He was 89 years old. Thomas
is buried in Eris!--�Ptery. His mother, father,
and brother at Fairport.
They lived on Lot #5 ,Block "C" in 1848.
Tom and his father were lake people. In the mid-
1930's, Tom built an ice house, north of his house,
corner of Liverpool road and Commerce St., just
south of the burying ground. It was not a success,
as the demand for natural ice was past. t
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BAY FOLK
1\ FLETCHER, HILL, & CORMAN
Four well known names, from schooner days through
sand and gravel, fishing, and summer resorts,
were Frank and Al Fletcher, Rube Hill , anf AApdy- 4a!�'
Corman. - all bachelors. L, d— i*
They built a house (shack) called "Duck Inn". s�
right on the seaters edge, at the foot of P tAlyv`AevD �
Ste. The origin of the name "Duck Inn", came from
having a low door, and you had to "duck" to get in.
They were all in the fishing business, having
boats, nets, etc. Frank also worked for the sand
and gravel company. The gravel washing plant was
near the piers. A railroad ran up the beach, to haul
gravel to the plant. A steam engine with gondola
cars, for gravel, made up the train. Frank Fletcher
was the engine driver.
Of the four, Andy Corman was the only one to
marry. He bought the old engine house and turned
it into a nice little home.
Frank Fletcher was engaged to marry my aunt,
Grace O'Brien, in June 1929, but, Grace died 6n
Dec. 29th, 1928. Frank never married.
After the lampree finished the white fish,
Frank worked with Len. Burningham, a building
contractor. t
Al Fletcher died in the early 301s.
Frank Fletcher died in 1986. 7z
Early lots at Fairport were owned by the following:
Avis, Blight, Sowerby, Hadley, Reid, Brown, Edwards,
Clarke, Taylor, Stoner, Pegloe, Andrus, O'Brien,
Mansfield, Wade, Lake Simcoe Ice, Reddick, and
Sparks. Two acres conveyed to Pickering Harbor
Co. by John Palmer - June 1854.
BURNINGHAM
Len Burningham came to the Bay, around. 1910.
He worked at the ice houses, also the sand and
gravel company. He worked a couple of seasons
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on the "Maple Leaf", with Charlie Mansfield. He
made $25 per month, board, and sleeping accommodations.
They were stone hooking and taking pea gravel to
Toronto. He reported, " A person has just not lived
who hasn't sailed on a good sized schooner, with a
fair wind ,on a good day with all sails pulling. The
longer the trip, the more exciting. It puts all
power propelled boats in the shade for excitement".
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BENJAMIN WORFOLK
Two of Benjamin and Mary Ann Worfolk's daughters
married two Sparks brothers.:
W.W.Sparks married Sarah Worfolk - July 2, 1871.
James Sparks married Amy Worfolk - Nov.14, 1881.
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The Vnitby Chronicle March 21, 1912
DEATH of BEN-jAi'1.11 WORFOLK
On Sunday morning (March 17) one of the'oldest residents of �4niitby,
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Mr. Benjamin Worfolk, died at the home of his daughter, 1,irs. Thos. Ross, l
Perry St. at the advanced age of nearly 90 years. Mr. Worfolk had been
about town until about a week previous to his death. lie had an attack
of la grippe, and the worn-out vital powers collapsed.
Mr. Worfolk was a big man physically and his stalwart form was a
familiar sight upon the streets as he took his daily walk. l
tor. Worfolk was born in Yorkshire, England, on August 31, 1822, II
and came to Canada 56 years ago. lie has resided here almost continuously
ever since. He first engaged in sailing, then he vrurked for a nu:aber of
years as engine driver, when Chester Draper was harbor master. And lie
helped to build the present piers at the harbor. He was a county constable:
for some ;ears. He was contractor for moving buildings up to his 80th
year. In politics he was a Liberal, and in religion he belon,ed to
Brethren. lie le«ves to „,�)u:-n his death seven dauFhters- 1.1:S.
Spar.-s, of Pic::erin7; ,"_rs. E,:ward, , nunbarton; ,"•L llet.._ 1i:,7- .
of Bradford; i,'L^... D. ::core, of Detroit; Mrs. J. li. 5,,r-:., 017!cJt 'aF
B.C.; i-irs. T. 'Al. Ross, of Whitby; 1irs. J. Bowsher, of Brantford; _,nd
three sons --William R., of Galt; Joseph A. of Origian, Ill.; Jas. H.,
of Whitby.
The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon to St. John's burying
ground, Port Whitby. Mr. Torrance, of Oshawa, assisted by Pev. M, E.
Se:csmith, conducted the funeral service.
Benjamin Worfolk, My Great, Great Grand -father
was born in Yorkshire, England. He married Mary
Ann Robinson. In 1849 they lived in Grimsby, in
Lincoln County, England. They had a daughter
bui,1 June 1, 1849. This girl was to be my Great
Grand -mother. Benjamin is listed as a mariner.
Most of my mother's people were seafarers, another
of his daughters was Elizabeth, who became Mrs.
Wm. Edwards.
Mrs. B. Worfolk,(Mary Ann Robinson) died
May. 11 , 1883 .
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STONER
George and Ira (bachelors) lived in a very small
house at the south end of Liverpool R'd., east
side. When the bridge was built in the late
19201s, it was found that their house was on the
road allowance. It was -left that way, untl they
passed away, then was removed.
George's Grand -father was a veteran of 1812-
1814, war.
The Stoner's were mariners,and sailed on
many different schooners.
Abraham and Betsy (George and Ira's parents),
had eleven children, four 'goys and seven girls.
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;1 Frenchman's Bay.. on Sunday .
8ep t. I M 1898
id -
Abraham Stoner, 4-
Aged 73 years, I month, and 5 days.
' The tzMeral, wiU.i 'leave his late
' residence on
r T,.esday', 13th.
= t 2";o'clock- P. na., . and. proceed
to Frienrc s burying,' ground
x for iniermenl.
.Frtets and a"�quainiarices �vill�2ease
accept this intimation,
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BAY FOLK
MANSFIELD
Thomas Mansfield Sr. was born in England
in 1851. He worked in the mattress trade, as
did his father Henry Mansfield. Thomas came to
Canada in 1867, from London, England. He worked
in the bush a short while, and then went to the
Bay. He had a little store and also took produce
to Toronto by horse and cart.
He married Ardelia Marks (1858 - 1929),
daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Marks. My
Grand -dad O'Brien bought his house from the Marks.
Mrs. Thomas Mansfield Sr. was born in that house.
They had 11 children, 2 died shortly after birth:
Charles (1875-1956), Charlotte, Ada born 1876,
Lou:se,Thomas, Annie, Emma born 1886, Wilbur,
Marjorie (1899-1961).
Thomas Sr. had the Schooner "Maple Leaf".
His son Charles was the Captain. Each year ,
Thomas, Charles, and Thomas Sr. would cut a
load of marsh grass, from the head of the Bayr
and take it to Toronto, to a mattress Factory.
Thomas Jr. ran the store at Fairport.
Charles had a fishing boat and the stone
hooker.
Marjorie (1899-1961) married Fredrick Scott
(1881-1970). They had two children, a daughter
Helen (Ryder), and a son Harold.
HILTS
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The Hilts family owned the Schooner "North N' Url
West", later sold to Captain Goldring, Whitby. _._ )al
James Hilts was a Mason, joined the Doric Lodge
Feb. 1, 1891.-Listed as sailing master. He had
a son Oswald (Pete) who had a farm on the east
side of Liverpool R'd. It went right to the lake.
Pete's son Grant carried on farming until it was
bought by the Bay -Ridges Development Co. The
Pickering sewage plant is built on swamp land at
the foot of Liverpool R'd., the rest is sub -division.
Sad that all of these old farms have to suffer
the indignity of a sewage plant, dump, race track,
or miles of Pizza places, Dairy Queens, etc.
Such is Progress !!!!.
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Thomas Mansfield Sr.'s Store.
THE BAY
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The Elevator with a rare visit from a steam Carrier.
The ELEVATOR - Note the Light House.
Scal'on 5he Ras�!,
(Composed after a pleasant sail on Frenchman's Bay, and
\ after testing the speed of Mr.
Sparks new steam yacht).
We swiftly go, thro' waves that flow,
With sunbeams on them dancing;
With scarce a frown the sun Iooks down,
His darts around us -glancing.
All crowned with foam, the billows come,
The deep blue sky o'er -arching,
Each crested wave like warrior brave,
Away to battle marching.
The waters glint, with varying tint,
I watch their bright commotion,
And long for life of furless strife
With inivTllty waves of ocean.
Away, away, my fancies stray
To islands green and floral,
To Slliilll: r t1111c. ,Ind S"1111111C1- c11111C
13,;yorld the reefs of cor�jl.
O far-off strand of fairy land.
Where strange bright birds are singing,
The billo%. -s roll as fleet my soul
Its fancy flight is winging.
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O land of thought, what gems are wrought
In gay fantastic weaving!
Its realms are fair, devoid of care
All grief and trouble leaving.
I wake from dreams, the lightning gleams
My fancy isle forgetting;
On, on, good boat, at anchor float,
Or we shall get a wetting.
Brave boat you glide, safe thro' the tide,
And Tho' no sail is swelling,
Away you start, a beating hurt,
Your outward course propelling.
I would Proclaim aloud your nanic:
"Scintilla," staunch and hearty,
I-I0�v well you bore us front the shore,
A merry laughing party.
Long May you ref` n, the brigllt Llue main,
And free from all disaster;
Good luck and health, the sea111an's wealth,
The lot of thy brave master.
Adalena Westriey,
Pickering, July 2nd, 1884.
MR.
Four Generations
First Row - Little Girl, Pearl
Clark, sitting on her Great,
Grand -mother's lap. (Mrs -William
Edwards - Elizabeth Worfolk).
Oliver Edwards, Grand -father,
(foreman of the ice plant.)
Back Row - Mother of Pearl
Annie Fyke (Edwards). I
Elizabeth Worfolk was the
sister of Mrs. W.W. Sparks
(Sarah), my Great Grand -mother.
((u 1 ;'-"*' A Delightful Trip. / � k+
A nien;y and plonmant picnic party was
that Whie'li uiet on board Mr. NY. NV.
Sparks' stenin yncht " Scintilla," on Area•
day lnst, bound for Victoria Park. The
party included Messrs. Lonis Wrwary
(chirf stowart), John anti Alex. Cntlibert,
W. 0. 1faiti, 1). O'Connor, Thos. Itonder• �
son, John linntiug, it. limey, it. AYor•'
folk, null L. S. Ackerinan, of l'ickeriug ;
It. pecker and Thoa. hfoaly, of Livorlx)ol
Market ; Goo. Parkor, L. Grant and John i
)ticIntomh, of Dtiuhartou, Willi Cnptniu
Spnrkm and whoelmninn. After sting that
the lockrr Was well storod With provisions,
the harhor was left at nhont 1 l o'clock. j
A deli •fitful mail of less than threo hours'
aver t�to stuooth lake hronght the party
to Victoria Park, whero largo crow is
from Tormito were niot, Monday being
the civic holiday in that CI
Atrolling
through the mha+ly groves, cliattiug with
ac�naiutnuces, etc., filled up tho tiuio,
anti the return Journey was cotuiiioneril
at tweetYty tuiuntes after five, anti tho'
liarbor again rencrhetl at 8 o'clock, every•'
one being delighted with tho tlny'm outiug. ,
An the liers were roaclied, n licarty veto
of thanks was teudered Captniu Sparks
for Ilia g�enerosity in placing Ilia .triin
little y�acilt at the disiwmal of the party,
to which lie matte a stiitablo remjcmao.
Tlio "Scintilla" was built throughout
roughout
by Mr. Sparks last winter. Sho is 17 ft.
a in Icing, width of beani,7 ft. 8 in., t qAh
of INI, 8 it. 10 in., anti will carry thirty
tt�oopleii0i"00
r engine is a anti Loilor 4
liorme,a; screw, 20 in. in diaineter.
With ilia, stows she will rnu six
iuiles an hottr ilicely.
To Mr. L. O'Leary the part � is also in.
debted for courtesies extoutlod, lie Having
boeu chiefly iuofruineutal in gottiug up
Nits excursion.
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THE BAY
News items of Fairport, Ont. Clippings from the
Pickering News, etc.
The following is business done at Frenchman's
Bay up to May 1, 1882.
Schooner "Athol of Kingston" - Capt. J. Marks
left on 21st of March, and has now made seven
trips with gravel for Toronto.
Schooner "Bell" - Capt Hilts, 10 trips of
stone from the harbour for Toronto.
Schooner "John Wesley" - Capt. McCourt 8
trips. Two 5f them gravel and one sand for the
new Sugar Refinery, Toronto. He has contracted
for 8000 yards this season.
Schooner "Mary Ann" in twice. Capt. O'Brien.
Schooner "Maple Leaf" in once. Capt. Mansfield.
Schooner "Vienna" has made 8 trips from the
port with grain.
Schooner "Nellie Hunter" 1 trip with grain.
Pickering Harbour - May 1884.
The Schooner "North West", loaded with stone
Sat. A.M., sailed to Toronto, unloaded and returned
same day.
The stone fleet is doing a good business this
season. 1884.
White fish are now being caught, the comm-
ercial fleet reports.
The Schooner "North West" and "Lillian" and
scow Schooners "John Wesley" and "Mary Ann" arrived
on the 20th and 21st, May 1884.
Pickering News , April 15, 1885.
The ice in the bay is nearly all gone, and
the Schooners are again loading their hefty cargoes
for Toronto.
Our worthy Harbour -Master, Mr. Sparks is
busily engaged in building another steam yacht
which will surpass the last one the "Scintilla".
June 24, 1887
Mr, Sparks is now engaged in building an
elevated railway near the dock, in order to expediate
the unloading of coal. It willbe quite a convenience
when completed.
The new stean yacht has not received all it's
fininshing touches as yet, but is in good shape
for excursion parties. Mr. Sparks intends effect-
ing some changes in the awning that covers the
top to make the trip more enjoyable and pleasant.
THE BAY
July 17, 1896.
C.H.C. Wright has just had completed at
Frenchmans Bay, a handsome and commodious yacht,
a two master. The boat was first put upon the
lake , Monday afternoon, and in the evening, we
had the pleasure of a sail upon her, which we
much enjoyed. Mr. Wright is an enthusiastic sailor
and will derive much pleasure from his splendid
yacht, ere his autumn duties beckon him back to the
dingy old walls of the school of science. Wm.W.
Sparks built the yacht and it is a splendid test-
imonial as to his ability in that line.
W.W.Sparks, our genial harbour master is
building a neat commodious yacht, which he informs
us he.intends putting an engine into, if it proves
satisfactory, our pleasure -seekers may expect
short holiday trips through Mr. Sparks generosity.
The total population of Fairport in 1912 was
25 people. (From Len. Burningham's notes.)
Wm. and John O'Brien reports their white
fish catch for 1923, from May 8th-June 12th, and
Sept. 5th.-Nov.19th - 8629 lbs. of white fish
Value $1377.11.
May 31, 1918. - Frenchmans Bay was a busy
place on the 12th. About 100 motors were down
there from all parts. The Bay was covered with
all kinds of fishing crafts, and it was truly a
Gala day.
July 1922 - Frenchmans Bay.
Old time dancing held at Mansfield's hall on Sat.
night was much enjoyed.
While Harbour dues were only 15 cents, Harbour
Master Sparks waged an unprofitable war to collect.
The three master "Van Straubenzee" could
take 9,000 bushels of barley to Oswego,N.Y. and
the "Speedwell" could load 16,000 bushels. Enough
to fill two Erie Canal barges of 8'000 bushels each.
She was in the Command of Capt. John Williams.
Around 1910 - 1914 excursions from Frenchmans
Bay to Niagara were popular. The passenger steamer
"Chippewa" would put into the piers. Then Grand --
father Sparks would ferry the people across the
bay, in his yacht, to the piers.
The sand and gravel business did not last long
into the 1920's. The big ice houses also went in
the 201s. The Bay was no longer a port, as far as
Commerce went. Now came the motor boats, fun sail
boats, too many cars, people. PROGRESS CAUGHT UP !!!.
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THE BAY
1900 - The wooden steamer "Jenny" loaded with
pig iron, tied up to the piers to ride out a storm,
when she tried to make the open lake again, she was
driven into the light house pier and floundered. The
cargo and equipment were salvaged. Part of the
wreck lay on the bottom , on the west side of the
;pest pier. The boiler lay on the bottom chained to
the light house pier for years. My grand -father
took me over to the piers to see the boiler.
1915 - The Pickering Harbour Company started to
wreck the grain elevator in the spring of 1915,
and took all the timbers, planks, etc. over to
the piers, to erect the gravel washing plant. A
barge load of white oak planks 3"x10"X10', that
had lined the elevator bins , were loaded and
sent to Toronto. They had been sold to a furniture
manufacturing company. These planks were without
knots or nail holes. It was very sad to see the
old landmark disappear. The Grand Trunk Railroad
could be blamed partly for its demise, as farmers
took their grain to box cars at the stations.
Freight rates were cheaper than by boat, and. the
U.S. Congress had stopped the barley trade.
My Grandfather O'Brien lost his job as a
foreman at the elevator, but still retained
management of the coal business and light -house
keeper.
- -
1885* (Barley,,')'-I885)6
The nnder*igned is p o
prepared to urcIlaso
BARLEY', UPBEAT, PEAS, RYE AND OATS,
At Priam that will compare favorably with other Markets.
No expense is spared to make
FRENCHMAN'S BAY ELEVATOR'
a Safi and Speedy Place for farmer to deliver their grain at.
The late fire in Toronto somewhat impaired the facilities of delivering there.
Farmer in Sca+�o' who have not yet been to &Ilia market may depend on fair
treatment in weight and prices.
Frenchman's Bay is a Safe Place to deliver at.
No Wharfs to beck over. No Rail wa Cronhw,
No wkistlins Imomotives, No Street lace,
NO MARKET FEES.
CO A T. A, s A T •rr FOR
THOS. MOODY,
u 4fl Agent for W. D. Matthews h Co.
Liverpool Marks/, Lt Sept., lees.
Entrance to Avis Park.- _
room for tents,for thoseswhoraantcto�stay Picnics,
days. Pavilion for dancing,Y a few
hardwood floor. One of thefinestainutheoprovince.
Modern Orchestras - Johnny Remmer, Pickering and
Ragnar Stien, Whitby.
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Mansfields' new store, operated by Thomas Mansfield
Jr. On the same site as the old store .
Note: the 1928 Chev. and gas pum q p
p ' � l�/ l� �c�lA:�'y�� ,GYXLI
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The Light -house - A fixed green light visible
for 6 miles, white wooden tower, Octagonal in
shape, 47' high, built on the east pier. The
pier is 685, in length. The west pier is 835,
long. (1911)
THE BAY
61
Two good neighbours, Fred Scott
O'Brien, talkin g it oand William
good over , out beside the
pile on a warm spring day.
6g
AVIS TAVERN on Wharf
For the thirst Rd' Corner of Liverpool Rd,
load of Y teamster, 1;aiting to unload
Avis. It is now the home Of their
grain. �.
(Joan). Mrs Dick
4
The ELEVATOR, - ice houses back left'
Schooners waitingto be loaded, - Two
THE BAY
Four of the "Bay's" young people served in W.W.11.
Helen Scott Air Force, , Harold Scott, Air Force,
John " O'Brien,, Army, and Richard "Dick" Avis
Army.
4M
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7 7 r
YbiyF � y
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HEr EN SCOTT
DAVE O'BRIEN
DICK AVIS.
67
THE BAY
This is a prayer said by "Aunt May", for
Helen Scott, at a luncheon held for her prior
to going overseas.
68
THE BAY
John Sparks - Born
1771, died 1847. (My Great,Great, Great,
John came to Canada twice. Grand -Father),
born in Scotland He had
He in 1808. Came a son
joined the British Arm to Canada in 1811.���
the First Garrison y and was a
a grant of 200 acres, For his serviceehet in
He then near Chatham, Canada Westceived
went back to England , and
back and a son William in 1818 came
father was born (MY Great, Great
Grand -
land aboard a ship in Bantryay, Ire -
He
All weree had two other sons, Bay, Ire -
Mar in lake navigation John and Thomas.
navi He
Margaret. had one daughter,
William's first
wifeRebecca Spencer died
in 1860. He ,
to Simcoe left the Pic'
County and remarriedg area and went
McLaster. Had 2 sons a widow
Hannah
"Ned Sparks", one being the movie actor
John Sparks was a �)
is not known r PaPermaker b J `J
AAfter the he followed that y trade. It
ert hear, 1812 _ trade in Canada.
settled 14' and his return
he moved to Pickering
York. (Toronto).
to Canada Ir
land ickering and In 1832 lei
was , for 150 pounds from purchased 200 acres of
an original land David Smith. cr"
the crown. It grant to Major John This land
took Ma Smith
to Base Line in all of Lot from
,(now called Bayley). Broken Front,
the East side of Duffins St.),
the villa Creek, directly It was on D
village of s knows Creek Y south of
AJaxtLionsand is known as parkslckering); The
Club has erecte pO1n X The{
John Sparks cleared a
and built ath ere.
some of the dense and shipping a log house. He earned a living, forest
Piling his catch to York. He
repaired schooners. by fishing,
It is also built
strange and
Parents ge that my Great, Great
Powell, lived on Lot 6 Broken Grand -
about 3 miles east
The Powells °f John Front,
were my father�SParks on Base Line.
were my mother's s kin. The
All sixteen kin. Sparks'
came °f MY Great, Great, Grand -Parents
to the Pickering g area. All from
John the British
in Elizabeth harks and wife Sarah
St. Cemetery,
are both buried
John Sparks left Y, in Pickering (Chatham) and his 200 acres in Dover Village. four his 200 acres in in
East
sons and one daughter. g to his
° , �, 119co
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f NO.
PR VI1�'"
C OF lTPPE'R C-4-N 4D.I.
�R.4NT to �--
« -': I
of the Town.���f l r 1
in the County o
in the _
Tlrict G�E�• 1� 1' � ,
i7
!('
scllltc
--�� Underse Regulations of the
Order in Council o Gtbe
and Surveyor General's Tic et of L.gCalion of the /� 'J
II d� A iniv Uon of,✓� �1 � /S�>� 1.1T.
The Settlement duty
performed, ' • 1
To the Surveyor Cener� .dllorne Genara4 �
4C. 4C. 4c. �' Dated `Q
• day of
• y3�
John Sparks was
granted 200 acres
Service in the
near war of 1812 _ of land, for
;, i Chatham,CAnada west. 14� in east Dover,
!
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John Sparks
MARRIED
1771 - 1847
1795
Sarah
- 1842
Wm. Sparks
1818 -
- M -
Rebecca Spencer
.1838
1818 - 1860
f
Wm- Walter Sparks
_ M _
1848 - 1917
1871
Sarah Worfolk
1849 - 1923
Athelia Sparks
1872 - 1906
_ M _
1890
Wm- O'Brien
1870 - 1943
------------
May O'Brien
1893 - 1942
_ M -
1913
Reginald Fuller
1889 - 1977
Ivan Fuller
1919 -
_ M _
1945
Elaine Baum
1920 -
Chelan Fuller
1955 -
Alison Fuller Holditch
1985 -
Heather Fuller Holditch
1987 -
M -
1980
Robert Holditch
1951 -
Dwight Fuller
1959 -
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THE BAY
It the Bay
name "Sparks" was a well
Walter Bay for nearly 70 known name
Sparks was m Years. William came from
of Y laket Grand -father. He
His a line
Capt. James S navigation people.����
"Beaver", It had a parks owned the
She was blown gold gilt Be Barque (j
ashore near aver figure head.
was lost in the Rochester, N.Y. and
Mid 1860's
MY Great,
Sparks was Great, Great Grand -
Parish born in Oxford England, father, John
in 1771 - died June lgc7.St. Thomas (last name unknown) born _? His wife
MY Great, Died Sarah
William S Great, Grand -father Feb. 28, 18a2
Bay, Irelandks, was born aboard a (their son)
(born 181g He married Rebecca ship in Bantry
in Canada, West Spencer,
Pickering, by Rev. Robert )' Oct-1, 183
Spencer Thornton. 8, at
died May 27 1860 Rebecca
William
(my Great and Rebecca
Grand -dad had a son William Walter
It Duffin's Creek )� He was born Jul
He married (Pickering). Died 2� 1845,
born i Sarah Worfolk Jul Sept-S10, 1917.
n Grimsby, Il,incolnshire, 2En871. Sarah was
1849. Died Oct .23,
abeth 1923. gland, June 1,
married Capt• William Sarah's sister
mentioned). Edwards Eliz-
William They lived at Fair (previously
Walter Sarah port.
eigntaborn at Fairport, Atheliaaand en children,
1• Athelia Mary Rebecca
Grand -mother. - born Oct.28, 1872
Died Jan. Married William O'Brien She was 1my
8
22,1906 - Age 34 years. Sept. 2,1890
2. Mary Rebecca Married Thomas Law Sparks, born
etc. Pickering Oct. 1, 1874.
dealer. Mary died Aug.J c°al, wood., and coke
25, 1932.
3• Walter James Sparks. Born
Mar. 7, 1877.
Died. Aug, 31, 1948.
Died4• ? •Arthur Beau James Sparks, born
-
Jan. 1, 1879.
5. Will. Jose
Died - Dec. 29, 1951. ph Sparks _
Born Augov. 8, 1880.
g• 27, 1882. • Married AnnieO'Brien
moved to Saskatchewan
- Feb. 2, 1959.0 BThey S� ^
lives and lived most
Born in WYnyard. They had of their
- July 6, 1912. one daughter Ruth.
Wuth ynthere. Yard for many years. was post -mistress in
Sparks' home She still resides in
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6. Herbert, Robert, Henry, Sparks - Born
April 7, 1883. Died - Aug. 30, 1949.
7• Albert, Ernest, Sparks - Born Jan. 13, 1884.
Died - 1945.
8. Frank, Wilmot Sparks Died - Born Dec. 23, 1886.
train aMay 8,t1909. Age 22 years. Result of a
in Cemetery with his motherland N Y' Buried in Erskine
father.
9• Sarah, Lucille, Elizabeth Sparks - Born -
Mar. 14, 1888. (Sadie) married Thomas
station master in Oshawa. Gormley,
Died Apr. 1974.
10. Effie, Allegra Sparks
Died - Mar. 2, 1956. - Born Dec. 18, 1889.
Married Charles, William
Stephenson of Port Dover
Charles died 194pt Oshawa, June 19, 1919.
Effie - Dec.2q
born - June 29, 1920.jhMaa had two daughters.
Cecil Preston Jan. 31, rried - Frederick
1942.& Ruth (Stephenson) Morris.
Effie Allegra and
interred Charles William Stephenson are
in the Sparks' Plot in Erskine Cemetery.
Wm- Walter Sparks was a Harbour master at
Fairport, a Sunday School Superintendent
Mason. He joined the Doric Lodae and a
listed as a grain merchant. Nov. 1, 18g0r
Grand-
fathers were Masons. Both ie Great Grand_
Grand -father was Matthew O'Brien , my Great
as a a Charter member in 1890. - listed
sailor. W.W. Sparks was Methodist, and "Tent pa a Liberal, and a
at Fairport. the little "Friends" church
p His "rife was petite
mother of his ten children. a i'�orfol was the
Wm. Walter and (Sarah bdorfoll;) .
Rd. for $239 from Caparah purchased a lotjon Wharf
Mrs. McCourt Capt. ��m• McCourt, a lake man.
Grand- (Sarah) was a sister of my Great
Grand -mother Hannah O'Brien. The McCourt's moved
to Port Whites
Wm, Port
was Caere they carried on lake trade.
Captain
of a ship"fetitia" which
brought again fromla1=e head to the Port of
Whitby. He also had
a stone hooker "John Wesley".
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THE HAY
6 inquest into the death of
W,'W. Sparks was resumed in the
Town Hall on Monday afternoon
with the Coroner,' Dr, afcGllivray,
presiding.. The crown waa repre-
sented by Col. J. E. Farewell, the
County Crown Attorney 'and the
Grand Trunk
PraRailway' by Mr. 'tt, their, solicitor.. Evidence
y, was given by C, C, Ravin, the sta-
tion agent, who was on the station
platform at the ti
dme of the acci- -
ent ; Dr. Field, who was on the r
'< scene a_few minutes after the
engineer and fireman, and _H, G. ; Calvert, who was. the last man• to
;::'speak to Mr. Sparks, Afterhear-
inR all the evidence, he ar
: brought in a verdict exonerating
:.'the employees oft
lie Grand Trunk
- ' ifrom all blame, The general im-
`pression seems to be that air,
SSparks, in his burry to get to his
'home at Fairport, did not think
of danger and did not look up or
'down the tracks to see if a
was approactiiug. train
•The evidence
jshowed that only about two
seconds elapsed between the time
(SSpat the fireman first saw air.
parks when he was approaching
,the crossing and the time of the
,collision, n•hich made the collision
inevitable.
—The funeral of the late W. W,
Sparks, wbicl, took place on Fri.
day afternoon last to Erskine
Cemetery, was one of the largest
ever seen in the township, 31
Sparks being widely knownr,
. 't-bull lit
I.11any were present from the stir.
linges, inclndinfi �,__ :awns and via
and SZ_ �, R
Foke, ex.
E. \ Sinclair, es-11.
P. P., of 0,411qrva. His five sons
and three dc3nghte_ s were all Ares.
ent at the last �,d rites. The
funeral service wa..i conducted by
Rev. Ur. Marsb, ;assisted by the
Rev. air. Uown. The Masonic;
order, of which tii� deceased was
me
mber, ember, was n ell represented by members froin Claremont,
Wbitevale, Brougham Whitby
and Oshawa, and their impressive
service was c,^,ndl.icted at the
grave. The pall- be.irers were mem-
bers of the pres�:nt and fornierl
township councils,
.air. Sparks was of which body •
about nine ears, member for,
expressions of estee aihea,d. the: i
his many years of
the public in the "rain
with;
business alr, •,rain and real
reputation . forSls�, arks
-bciilt up a
which makes his death a dealing,
aloss to the comrnuLlity. distinct
_.
MY Great Grand —Mother Sarah Sparks
With sons Herb. and Will.
—It is with regret that we re-
port the death of a well and favor-
ably known re%ldent of this town.
ship, Mrs. W. W. Sparks, n hich
took place at the residence of her
son, Albert Spark•, 17.1 Chnrc•h
St., Oshawa, on Thursday, Oct.
27th. The deceased, whose maid.
en name was Sarah Warfolk, and
who was in her 78th year, was
born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
England, and came to Cau,,4
i with her parents when 7 years of
age, and settled in Whitby. . Iu
1870 ebe married the late w. W.
Sparks nod continued residing in
Whitby for twelve years after•
wards. Forty yeers ago the
moved to Frenrbman•s gay (nowt'
Fairport), wbere she has ever since I remided. She had a family of ten,
five sons and five daughters, of
whom eight survive. These are
Walter of Alberta. Arthur of
Hevvart, Sask., William of Wyn_
yard, Sask., Herbert of Toronto,
Albert of Oshawa, Mrs. Thom, Law
of tbi� village, Mrs Thos. Gorin.
ley of Oshawa, and Mrs. Stephens
of Toronto. Her husband prede.
reamed her six years. She was a
member of tiie Friends' Church
and wag highly esteemed by all
who knew- her. Her funeral took place on Monday to Erskine Ceme. I tery, n•hen the service w
ducted by Revn
; J. F. Cln as as co !
Dan'barton.
This poem best expresses the
feelings I have, when I visit
Frenchman's Bay to -day.
Tize Light of Other Days
0FT, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Fond Memory brings the light
Of other days around me:
The smiles, the tears
Of boyhood's years,
The words of love then spoken;
The eyes that shone,
Now dimm'd and gone,
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad Afemory brings the light
Of other days around me.
When I remember all
The friends, so link'd together,
I've seen around me fall
Like leaves in wintry weather,
I feel like one
Who treads alone
Some banquet -hall deserted,
Whose lights are fled,
Whose garlands dead,
And all but he departed !
Thus, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain h. s bound me.
Sad Memory brings the light
Of other days around me.
THOMAS MOORE
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1 .,, trut:r, Jf;,lt; •In1. Jr.
Ill —011ie
t ,I, li ttrlai l�s, \iaggle
l i- l lar l y 11(,pkine+. Jr.
Her-
1--Lydia Ftill+rr,
1;,.,.,11• (_)liie holler, Sari
•1':Irl,,:•, Ann;(- Fi.1-
is ;.' lint
N,•11;e• Mich-
i::(' , NIacIIo.)a!3, Prof.
tt YaIe
'n laid till for the
Pont ht•7•, (If Tor-
! i..• ,t ",• , ill i h. •ale.
"I I vt ht•a•a1 visit:tig her
`i : It . . i tit al hove Jet.,
I•,.t',i: 'Will. I"lilts.
t,!' •1',I:()rlto J(-t., t'-.
t 1'r ' L• 1 , �ti"il:ilttu, here.
�r., `! (� :• �i,t•nt a ft-tt• (law
I-, \I: 114,1im, of T(.run'
:!f lit i,t•, . ,)f 'l' lrnnt',, na3 ;now-
I f,:r I'ouple of dtlys tlrie
1. l i • l , •:+tt, t,f llarrie. i:a stround
t1. k to 'Li'll{ for imported stal-
family are all sick with
:II .. f•1 •,. L.,t :(rl• all reported do -
lit; It,•I1.
ttrlti,, • I r w. Mrs• n:,akinK a large
:.I i•I(• frt,ttt Lt,cust Hilt
\N•. W.1111•11 installed
11” W041ko
'f`Mlr NUdfaulwli� ilHw„ N Ith a Maw.
yuI••111at*00I, nlsphlud 111t1 a 1hr-1u1n1• I
wild) dare work cell lt+ntlday t,y Ihre•+►1►•
luW �A llushals of red clotlrr rst+txl at Ml.
Al their Anida,
Ilarry Watts has takuu lint~, hlul,
salt a Witte, • tart tts11111ahlet Ytoulltc
tack,y� tt•tont the wwt and has twkan till
ruslllet► o Ili tour utldst, t+urupyhig th+t
h(tulm Owned rccrntly occu}drel
1)7 hire. :Ilc+dland Thu {{►ru 11e of I'urt
Union oltttrnd (•ol► rnW1lllt�uns.
The niativ frlltntfe tit Barry G(Afrry,
third -year 414ilaural atud.•llt of Tonintu
Unlroretity, will Iw Klacl tit barn that
he is pi-tigressltiK favorably after hay.
ing Itnd.trifonr an t1 leratlon tit having
fumy -four srltiarw lnellue of s{ein re-
uloved to grutt un, r, the bark of a tx,y
%•Ito had been .sevemly burned lit
Christtilu.M tines. Mr. tiuclfrey it, now
in (*race Hospital, Toronto, where -he
is havinK hi+ ground attended to along
with it fellow-lctude•nt (Norman Alliu,
of Ilownaanviilc) w ho tindertreut it
s;milar (tpe•rtition for the ,&tile boy.
IUl concerned ure pic,6rut>ising far( r-
atbly.
Dunbar on.
Tile members of the DuribarWn
corl"regRtion purpose ]lolling
their anniversary services on Sun
flay the 21,�t iti�:t^, and on Tiles
day evening following tea will be
Ferved in the basement ftrllowed
Ly an excellent entertainment
given by fit•Ft-clads talent from
Toronto, r,nd will be of it charac-
ter that will e,Iual those given ill
Massey hall. Ftill part-icultirs trill
be given later.
Duuba:tor•, Frh. `?lat.
Fairport.
Captain :Intthew• O'Brien, one
(,f t,:ir %vurthiv-t citizena passed
away on Nlonolay evening after it
very short and pahiftil illne-s.
Ht. was in R(x)d health tip to
Tlotr; tday evening last. when he
was seized with the fatal disease.
Capt. O'Brirti had followed the'
vocation of mariner up to three
years Kgo, when he retired froin
y:til'ing and ball charge of the
light -house at this port. He was
,t loving husband and father, of a
kindly--itud----genial dislxAtion
which made hint popular with ail
with whom he assueiatetl. e
leave:4 a widow, two eons and a
slaughter. A mad part of this
affair is the serious i mess of his
son, William, who is very loin
with pneumonia at his own home
and was unable W see his father
after ho was taken ill. Hie Tuner.
a1 took place on Thnrsday to the
IL C. cemetery, Pickering, attic
was largely attended. "
Airs. J61,l a Cogan ' is indisposed
three d ya. .
Clwln o the 40vPt* enow-atornf
run 472 DI I`oelally 11r1t1, I 1•I1111�
11n,1, ll 1N•11 ;I7r1, 11 `t,l ill
lelllll11tit ]trcl 1-11 +�. !1 �,
rt7u, N1 lAilt+olt :till I': ll yl
Fitr111111K 11111, 1: Ile+rstl Ittl,
llltullltaln Nu, "till c1a0441 K I.'
tetll 11110, A M,trthinK 31.1, 111 Ill,r, It.
1:17, T Nitrtttlt lit. I't AI— It 111r,c1,. ,
."_'-t., A Iiatnllt.on 7'.'., A Jlannat,n
L !login lit), 11 Iluhharll Yt'/• I't 1
y hnrth111K 82, H1 llarc9ny 0li, ►
i'Nnke III, ti Norton 45, .) llttli-, t
•It. A John-m 42, J Turne t- :'.
Tablet'.'. —A Nim-l►bi I(XI, 1. Jr,11,
sun 14. Tablet 11-It For_ytll1
We are still in theff
Ladder Trad-.
In (.n1, rllau•hinr dt•);n•till cnt We ,
all kinrl,i c,f 1vot,d turning and Kv„ 1
work. AVe rill your Itlnllxrr and shai +
everything made :,f•xV(Kx1. rl)t!bietI
rock at,itf el.c. Saw htilllnling ,t �
(fling It sper•i:tlty, Krotind.
}31ac;t=witllin� in all its br•a:ncl,,
Give us a cull. }lmi,e wid lot for �:•
cheap.
W. I3.'J_1CICSON, :Brock R•,.,
HiOpkins ARent for
, i1 nj kir,de of yr
ieles 1-neuu:t+ctured by the :IcLaugh t
Co'p, of OBLItiva.
S-°
'n r
The Empire Medicine Co, of Lon('
ont., has appointed the undit :Be
local agent for Pickering, for the most.
derfai dl+covery of the nineteenth ce ur
For tbb treatment of the Noce, hrcr
Bronebisl Tnl,os and Lungit. ItenresCo' ,
Catarrh, Asthma, Brouchitie, May fe•:
and all thrust and • Inng diseuses. W ri
for psrticulsre, a stock of treatments at
pspairs conetatiCy on hand at.
Careen River. ant.
- Fruit - Trees I
All kinds of Fruit Treen, Shrul)
Etc. foe stale.
Highest prices paid foil Fall and
:ViateeApple4.
�.w JOHN E. QEEe A."at.
.WESTERN BAKI OF, �"CUAOAI
Iaate'pest►esA 1rT sat K!a>19sIMMlat >f+t� '
it
Itot,estlbtltd atyltsl...............++11.••• t1u01,n
1tte.t .. .... iM (x•
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POWELL PIONEER CEMETERY
` DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE EARLY PIONEERS OF THE
POWELL FAMILY WHOSE REMAINS ARE HERE RE —INTERRED
FROM THEIR FORMER RESTING PLACE ATlOT 6, BROKEN _FRONT
! RANGE 111, PICKERING TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO COUNTY,
JAMES POWELL AND HIS WIFF,,:AND SEVERAL SONS LEFT
RICHIBUCTO, NEW BRUNSWICK, W5' SETTLED IN PICKERING
CIRCA 1810 AND ON THEIR FARM THE POWELL CEMETERY
WAS ESTABLISHED.
IN 1815 JAMES POWELL WAS APPOINTED AS AN OVERSEER
FOR PICKERING TOWNSHIP. SINCE THEN, MANY OF HIS
DESCENDANTS HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN
BUSINESS, POLITICS AND CHURCH AFFAIRS.
BELIEVED TO BE BURIED HERE ARE:
.TAMES POWELL AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH SMITH,
MARRIED MARCH 1771
AT LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK,
BOTH DIED BEFORE 1825.
CALEB POWELL, SON OF JAMES AND ELIZABETH, 1799-1862,
HIS FIRST WIFE, RUTH WOOD, 1802-1840,
HIS SECOND ,WIFE, MARGARET HIGHFIELD,
1816-1892.
PHOEBE POWELL, DAUGHTER OF JAMES AND ELIZABETH,
HER HUSBAND, NAME UNKNOWN
AND THREE CHILDREN,
ALL FAMILY,, DIED BEFORE 1825.
HENRY POWELL, SON OF JAMES AND ELIZABETH,
BORN JANUARY 25, 1786,
DIED SEPTEMBER 6, 1870,
HIS WIFE ABIGAIL, BORN JUNE 30, 1785,
DIED DECEMBER 13, 1869,
THEIR SONS:
JACOB POWELL, BORN JUNE 14, 1919,
DIED JUNE 9, 1827.
STEPHEN POWELL, BORN JANUARY 20, 1829
DIED DECEMBER 21, 1842,
AND OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE POWELL FAMILY, NAMES UNKNOWN.
"THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS
AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM."
me_morio_I 't
p i hz R i close- ee-e.f
Qnd;2.S re- i hlwre.
rV..mortod i ns%((e
c. (11 tl
N
•; 30l]°1. FILE NRME 861625 DISK 263 9121192 TYPESET BY: PRY CORR. BY: LB 9/22J92 REV. BY:
totting the pro-
1. DO�-le say going
rt r +a r,r „U . Sunday morning,
Trlrl,nner, tripped catis-
p. f-W ,l► wn a number of
frncnirwd two of her
t ...;�11 ling rather badly
71 " 1igy of Q(iinteConference
i' 4 annual Epwurth
"',;.►t1S. „nventinn thi-i w"k in
1' e. Rev. J. E. Moore
n,lrince and Mes.sn9. E. I..
�' ►� a n `rA Fmnk Harvey are
appointed by the
k.�r'nR LP^gue.
e Arthur Percy was en-
i akatinR on the rink at
~r v 7l rt ra d ti ri n g the carnival on
evening be fell upon the
. T�-rA Ding a large number
., t? e rink at the tune, a general
;T-tip wag the result. Someone
c. d -_r tal ly gkated over one of
hqdtz cutting it very bad -
the wound requiring five
—"We have just learned that
•er31 fancy articles were stolen
-otn x- otne of our merchants der-
9 th e Ch ristmas rush. One ar-
le taken f roza John Dickie & Co.
1F a f tin cy red leather scimors
q+,, w i t h th ree pairs of gilt -han-
d sc nor+;. A solid silver salt
r a n d spoon were taken from
S. Chapman's counter about
A =,m a time.
--Th- 9,u th Ontario Farmers'
tu'e -will hold weetings in the
wn hall, Picks ing, on Satnrday,
' n'.'A17 -2 th at Whitevale on
�dRy. Feb. Messrs. I.. S.
nn.i- and fir. Sbearer will attend
:�t e m r p t i n gs and deliver ad-
O.F,~°. M i qa Gray will be un-
to 1>e prvwent as previonel
^nnnce►ci. Farmers as well as
h+ r9 novld not fail to attend
"K a is A*t in gg as interesUng and
subjects will be dis-
-- A f Aw days ago as Jolla Ste.
F-,.1riving horse from
he met an automobile
warp him Winne excitement
As ♦the automu-
5111'h a winter i,;the it111 the
")nl bill, Imt in othor rv.l,,,,.ta 01,,
cold-Nshioned, %vinter i, moreJlO�il•-
able. �%a-z, 2- 6, /f6,
—One eft'" t of the mild werither
k to induce the piano n�,ent t,)
creep mit frmtu hia (101�y sinter
inrterR and seek whom }le niny
secure aR victims. For the past,
two weeks the wocxlq have been
thick with there, and it keep,+ one
bu•'y dodging them. With all
our watchfulne" and alertnewq a
few of no have fallen prey to
their persuasivenew. How long
the epidemic will continue we
cannot say, but we hope relief
may soon corn e.
—It is with deep regret that we
report the death on Monday, 1~t
Fairport, of Mrs. Wm. O'Brien at
the age of 33 years, 2 months and
22 dappse. The decea�•ed, who was
danghter of W. W. and Mr'a.
Sparks, has passed through a
lingering illneRs of Fixteen months
suffering from bronchial trouble
which gradually weakened her,
and also causing heart trouble.
She is survived by a eorrowing
husband and two young children.
The funeral took pl^m on Wed-
nesday afternoon when the re-
mains were interred in the Fri
ends burying grannd at Fairport.
—F. Coleman, of Cedardale, wa,a
in town.on Monday seeking infor-
mdt#mf regarding police villa, geo.
The eesidenta of Cedardale bave
got uO, a Large petition, which
they will present to the County
Council this week, o king that
body to live them the status of a
police village. At the time in
which Pickxn ins was made a police
village. it was optional with the
cooneil as to whether a petition
Iff Id be granted or not, but tsow
they cannot refuse a largely sign-
ed petition. We under mnd that
the petition from Cedar -dale has
the name of alnxwt every rate-
payer -
After a short ill new of two
dajta f r+vm pneumonia, Wm. G.
Peart died on Saturday at his
home in Chicago. He was the
ering mover '
WtIR gett1TW
pened N) l
•ec a l arg ,
and elder) N-
Rtngle, mar,
enquiring T•
wm inform,
on the wad
the day Rka-
hody'ro funr
with :tnFp;rr
W" once la
vet. Thy 1�'
trickle tbrn,
feeling wp1
mine. cl io Ro
few rnomer,
had !found
another rn,
down street
mT oeercon'
mt�d. myT.
Being in
perform s.,z
upon a ]on-'
cesRion. At
I was an ezT
posed for
tell. FaRtr�
f"..t, l ca,Ft T-
the ice. Fr)
lively am It cr
I would cr
bo,v amd mn,
only Pre me.
to ail thing -
a quirk turn
thing bappe*
lection of w i
but I was Rt,
forehead, t'
tion of my s,
on the ice in
in g to a farm
Sa MATi tA.n R ,
taken to my
man? with t h
ing one 9s Vo„
ed up to I P,
allow Fat.hvr
his owm chn,
,: aye swan er Monday
.moon last, when his only daugh-
Jessie, was united in marriage to
our Ellis, of Ashburn. The cere-
y was performed by the Rev. Jtid-
McIntosh, Pastor, of the Baptist
rch here. Mr. and Airs. Ellis left
he o---ing train for points west,
dst 1wers of rice and best wishes
host c)f friends. On their return
y „ill reside in Ashburn.
eport of standing of pupils of S. S.
11. Pickering, for month of 0 anu-
IW4 : Sr. It% class —:babel Hoov-
Pea.rl Doten, Grant Malcolm. Jr.
Gordon Booth, Walter Booth,
ward Malcolm. Sr. iII—`.'inlet
ter, Ada Sti11well. Jr. III —011ie
ler, Sara J. Hutclihigs, Maggie
tang. Sr. II —Harry dopkins..lr.
ivettie Postill� 'Annie Fuller, Her-
n R'iudsor Sr. I—Lvdia Fuller,
rge Hutchings. Jr. 1--Bessie Hut-
ngs, Pearl Taylor, Jeanie; Alalcohn.
Tablet —Nellie Michell, Edward
Lon, Lucy Bice. Present every
--Gordon -Bootle, 011ie Fuller, Sara
tchings, Olive 'Taylor, Annie Fe.l-
\ettle Postill, George Hutchings,
riia F-iiler, Ber,sio Hutchings, Pearl
•lor, Edward Wilson, Nellie Idfch-
A. E. I.ebtuann, Teacher.
ear Ruthve/l 1laedonald, Prof.
lln, and Hiss McKidd— Dunbar.
Yeb. 21st.
Wh;tevale•
as. :an spent a :•eel: a. ParkhM,
-n-. relative;.
Do. 'Tui-ner has Iieen laid up for the
_t two weeks with lumbago.
i<. a nd :tlrs. John Pouclier, of Tor-
i.n, spent the week iu the Vale.
Irs. Hamilton has keen visit.iuo her
ighter, :hirs. Cook, of Sa:idford.
iss Abbie Hilts. of Scarboro Jet.,
-isiting her brother, Wm. Hilts.
iss Sinclair, of Toronto Jet., is
iting her brother, «'illiam, here.
rs. %V. S. Nla jcr spent a few days
th her sister, Hers. Heron, of 'jeron-
Dickey, of Toronto, was snow -
here for. as couple of days this
v u. , -a. ., , ...-. .... n.--
he is progressiug favorably after hav-
ing undergone an operation of having
forty-four square inches of skin re-
moved to graft onto the back of a boy
who had been severely burned at
Christmas time. Mr. Godfrey is now
in Grace Hospital, -Toronto, where he
is having his wound attended to along
with a fellow-studeut (Norman Alliu,
of Bownlanville) who underr;ent a
similar operation for the same boy.
All concerned are progressing favor-
ably.
Dunbar on.
ek.
I. G. Boag, of Barrie, is around
is week looking for imported stal-
ns.
W in. hfeek's family are all sick with
rlet fewer, but are all reported do -
well.
udley Bros. are making a large
ipinent of Rpples from Locust H:.l
is week.
D. D. G. M., J. W. «'onch installed
e officers of Brougham lodge, I.O.O.
Here last Tliuri caazy evening.
e are glad to report that Airs.
'm. 'lister, who has been sick for
',e p si; months is able to be out.
Quite; a number attended the funer-
of the late Abram Boyer on Sunday
:ceased heing held in high esteem in
Iis neighborhood.
J. Av. Nt'onr-h, who inten�de�d,leaving
Tablet A'nlechin 100, L John-
son 14. Tablet 1—R Forsyth 14.
We are still in the
Ladder l r a,de.
In oup machine department we do
all kinds of wood turning and wood
work. We rip your lumber and shape
everything grade of wood, doubletrees
rock stuff etc. Saw gumming and
filing a specialty, -skates ground.
Blacksmrthin, in . all its branches.
_ Give us a call. House and lot for sale
The members of the Dunbarton chew p.
congregation purpose 'holding
R . H. 3ACI�SON, Brock Road.
their anuiversa.ry services on Sun-
day the 21st inst., and on Tues-
day evening following tea will be
served in the basement followed
by an ' excellent entertainment
given by first-class talent from
Toronto, and will be of a charac-
ter that will those; given in
liastiey 1,11111. r till p:articulars will
Ue given later.
Durlbartor, FOi21st.� —
Fairport.
Cnptain %.Iattliew O'Brien, one
jof );ir worthiest citizens passed
111Y,11 - oil :lo,,.dny evening after a
very short and painful illness.
He was in good health up to
Thursday evening last. -when lie
Was seized with the fatal disease.
Capt. O'Brien had followed the
vocation of niariner up to three
rears ago, wLFn he retired from
sailing; and had charge of the
light -House at this port. He was
a loving husband and father, of a
kindly and genial disposition
which made him -popular -with all
with whom he associated. He
.eaves a widow, two sons and a
drtughter. A sad part of this
affair is the serious illness of his
son, ZVilliain, `who is very low
with pneumonia,. at his own home
and was unable to see his father
after he was taken ill. His funen
al took place on Thursday to, the
R. C. cemetery, Pickering, and
was largely attended.
yp.
Brougham.
Mn. John Cowan is iudisposled
these days.
Owing to the severe snow -storm
business is at a stand -still.
T. C. Hubbard is having the in-
Verior of his Hotel re -papered and
painted.
,,Born —On Dlonday, Feb. 1st, the
wife of •Abijah 17-orsyth, of a
daughter.
Agent for all
ROP IIS) kinds of veh.
icles inarnulticiured by the SicLaughlw
Co'y, of Oshawa.
4 The Empire Medicine to, of London,
Oat„ has appointed the undersigned ao
local agent for Pickering, for the most son
derfui dneovery of the nineteenth century.
For the treatment of the` Nose, Throat,
Bronchial Tubes and Lunge. It cureaColda
Catarrh, Asthma, Brouchitie. Bay foyer
and cii tbruat and lung disea-zes. Write
for particulars, a stock of treatments and
repairs constantly bn hand at.
�rPess. River, Ont.
Fruit Trees
All kiutis of Fruit Trees, Shrubs
Etc. fos sale.
Highest prices paid for Fall and
vVintetAApples.
fONIN E' QEER Paceeyimg.
'rile
�,ZTEQCI dill. Q C D D t
Inamorated by net of Parllameut 074
rIcUerfna Artnnth.
Autbr,rizes Cad::a1.....................CIPM.M
Subscribed Cayi:el...................:• GhOJ"r9
neat....... .. .......... ...:......... ,5
Asae:e P.ca9i1' COUTertibl0............ i.G0J�sM
ro
Joax cvvkv. raq. ' T. H. MoILFLLA�` ehler
President
Bpectal attentlon given to Farmer's dale
Notes .Collections solicited and promptly mado
Farmer's Notes diecouuted Ameorrimn and
?ore!rn Sacbando bauaht and sold. Drsfta Is-
sued, aya?lablo on all parts of tbo Vorld
fsavfnes narks Dcpartment.
A�
/'o
zF
,a
_, �..,sr7 #{M,,.P ,r� .�+1 #►{1•`�'wr♦ w/ J L! �_ . R .I mast -oar 0%1
!'ira•.,.„� �,ra,.... at,)►+<l t31n f.�r;t1'
«�.�;,,,,.,.
)1N,i {'r., r, k 4 'f T`�+w t�lAir r1Mrv»wt� �41 tl1%t t1nA
very
�'rA „C"++r�,w►*r1 e..w., r• 'd.- .. tl,i R�.n t'An EM Qq*rn (� i thA fr�,
S t qt1 ri+... w / / S C V" Ngr1lrle af, irr)Q ,�t.,.s, 1 ...--?'l1w qrtp
resat �i,f t P 4 anion !
i+r r.� ., re -» �vrr-r� r-,�.�i o r Q A R Gi
� �'wiwi. t , ztnciry night. There y, raior
}, ^*►� 1I»itn a formation of ice on The lsror
r, n• an txnt in
aft»E� 3 �sw t, t•.. R wAtrr. and vegetable% Cv.F�.x'� �:
t tllrt/R)1c�ttt tl1* ttarrl�++ta vttRPrt�ri
�*t►r�iw c*��ntize,r►nt, 1•".r,�r.T .rr,�inc-.• twrticnlarly cncttcnt �n�,rid� .��1R:
t"1►['�'""! » hwrv♦ pir)r , i At hie pr
:.t+rev„a far. i. any in t..sli t+l+*o. Lot 13, Rear Ce
'not- sr" bring thArn to
rut_ ins thw tmuc��i, t,winR t<� thr doe ThP community, was CAPt into � On tha sift
t+r►wr j=rij-w, P Rioom on Monday, evenin�z � d �1ttlsRC�#
w. 1wrriw Tn C1.h+�w-a F,�1� �'l�rn the mad news was circitlatn�l p� Ser,
r+a a► "#in, is u Rrnim"tind that W. W. 8 rice folioesin,c
T. ''_* t. l�th a ��tr-aP p�+rlce met inmtant .
�4ioin� a rona�i�derablp snrtt of death at Pickering stRtion. Hr AoRF,
'�wT• A li1wra,l rwward will be bad obeen
f the t his
snc al sbeda ,sit Rrovrn mare, 5 ym o°
4"' to thr er 10 yrs old, h d; bre
sad i*#r+o finding mama tha loading of a Wsgonof coR old, mpair of f4trrell•`7, bland returning to �" 1', H' and when this was com let
p ed he mare, good work,
--Fn+d Rlrhar•d*on has pnrchas- orff for hie home a nto him anto F n Ata►rted •d: 8betland pony,
! a rtww farts tractor. 1!{, C Ray, Frenchman's
lta�swell. TrLR
of the ba" line, hall also cam intercepted Am the station s and several R-Potted rowerbred .'
k"sd • tractor in unit duringthe of the cow. bred June 22P
summer. t;n uses it in plovrinR, track to the ,west he did not Pee °ra Did; 2 heifers, 2 �-
bawling In grain and in fact for i theapproaching
at PhckecinR talocal
° 7 1 which steer' 2 heiferp, I gr
s*'y%, ng in which a team of which does stop here. Ev4debut montha old: roan br
b-04ri n ie Usually need. fly calf, 8 weeks old:
—Ur. Hicks was summoned to he had
hebeen in deep thought IMPLRMR'.;,
flue Grove on WMnesday. owin got into y10e, of the Todd Mower, nev And R I.,
B tracks, otherwise he would bRve t of air ��Q,4 Feect t
I the death of his brother-in-law
Horsley. Mr. Horde re- seen the approaching train. The 2 walking nlosi►Ft Fey
In Pickering a number front wheels of the auto had - us scut let•gravel
ago and was then ver °f cleared the track, when the im tired bu nealF ngr� .
I�and has never since then b� ti pact came. As the train was go- r: y, new. Mo.
tired bu
to regain his health. g nearly siztp miles an hoatr, open buggy. steel tir;
'�°^t'ived by his widow and aHeon fo ce,�as ito t was �� ek with terrific tire; �At of a!'Rea,
and daughter. feet thrown about fifty "Q �,of `),,,hit, P oyg haP
—Tbe ear , and Mr. Sparks' body wns of r�O le
services in 9t. Andrews found Rout one hundred feet dri ,
'Ohnreh on Sabbath, g pony harnew
Sept-p lath, from the crossing, and in a badly ring het
'+►ill be conducted by the pastor
fir. Dr. Marsh. the
for the his skull wnas t crn. The to y s;"vnR of ►� wr
Manias will be '• P of Atin��t 12 tons of mixes
The Blessed dislocated �• his neck of h^'rieY, &"Kl h,,,,,h. ,,,
mod." and in the evening • and his right leir wma of m4nRple rfo rod, 1,
great Blunders of Life." R Theme "The broken in two places and him body t "r"'t"' rna• lc,np.
i'erticee Will be interesting and DrMcG McGillivray bruised. rr►rla long. t;
Coroner q,1Rnt.itgof furnftlrrvs
`telpfol—the evening especially he ordered the remas ains rnotified and
IItable for youmR men and C. H. Buring's Uederte►kinoved to mhr,r"ls" grain bar*. h
R►omen. Good music at both tier. nth"r ,, r, ;
-ices. until an inquest could be heldr Camrnia.l� h„P .
—�[rs. R. G. Qal9ert has just re- ,On Tuesday a jury was em nnel P"'�rychtng rriit
pw vr- .
'aired the following from Major went to the #eons od. After ftt� �r they s�La' �T
. 'W f'• from France : where they found the ari a"nt.
Every rttearp
'Dd►r Madam : I had the Pleasure heap of ruins. II�r RraAn r
'sf being informed to in a *t)m* .r►f «ltt.,,,I
4evecal witnasq�p* amnunt R rn""f►e •..,,
by Col. Sam were examined, but as thn Grand cn l►arriw.
�aarpe thatyoarboy, RQgene, has Trunk RoLilwap wisrhwd t„
�.•een formally awarded the Mili- n nt..
preeen tad by rouse' % d i n ,,,. t tit• . f> r r ,.
f`�r7► Modal for Dons icnons brave- wel, �
rued jvnrnwl a n to 1 1. 9+ c►n
Under#Wkntrymost trying day next, in th" dftftth of !�€ r .. ,"
mstaneee. Please accept mTh f tolatione." p y Spark!+, i!nlr in anf !`"' ±?
His namerotar+ serronnriir „ [ �l th" '-
ends in Pickerin [ c . n t rr ,, �,,, ,. ,
�IrFAr,rlt.,n wt,..1.. R. 1114(1, nnib► w f►r,owf In.� � _ � f wi a .
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