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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword................................................................................... ..
A Way of Life............................................................................ ..
Pearceton................................................................................... .. 19
Stanbury.................................................................................... .. 165
Kennedy Genealogy................................................................... .. 172
Acknowledgements.................................................................... .. 224
FOREWORD
A foreword should tell the reader something about what to
expect in the book, and then decide if they wish to read it.
It seems easier for me to write in the first person, so perhaps
that is the way 1 shall continue as I attempt to put down on paper
the story of my family who have been connected with the life of
Missisquoi County since the late 1 700s, and up to 1975. For some
time I have had a great longing to tell what I havefound out about
my ancestors. Trying to trace all the twigs on my family tree has
given me many knots, some of which I have not been able to
untangle; but I have decided to put down what! do have before my
memory and my body get any weaker. There will be many
omissions, not intentional, just that I have not been able to find the
necessary information.
A WAY OF LIFE
Talking with the older people we nd that they speak of the
days of their youth and their grand-parents, with a touch of
nostalgia, mixed with their memories of how they worked and
played in the early days. Their grandfather told them of a quaint
custom when a house was being raised for a young married couple,
everybody came and helped, and when the last rafter was in place, a
green twig of evergreen was fastened to the top rafter, and then
everyone joined in a toast to the couple, drank in cider. Went
something like this, Heres to Johns industry and Marys delight,
raised on a Saturday, and nished before night. None seem to
remember what the green twig symbolized.
There was very little leisure time for boys or girls in those
days, many odd jobs, to do. When it became cold and frosty in
December the boys had to thresh out the beans for the winter use.
They were spread on the barn floor, and threshed out with a ail. It
was quite a trick to get used to using a ail without getting a bump
on the head from it. There were three pieces, the stail, the toggle and
the swingle. The beans were cleaned of dirt by pouring them from
one tub to another in a stiff breeze, then the dirt was blown away.
Men were experts with the scythe and the sickle. The housewives fed
great gangs of men in the haying and harvesting season. A keen
rivalry was shown among the men mowing hay and cutting corn and
grain. Each one wanted to excel the other, the secret of the trick in
being a good mower was the ability to sharpen or whet your
scythe to a sharp edge, many could never do this well.
PIONEER SETTLEMENTS
Home-making in the early days meant a great deal more than it
does today. It was not only cooking and cleaning, but weaving,
spinning and knitting. They raised their own wool, also flax to make
linen, long knitted hose for all the family meant many long hours
knitting. They wove their rag-rugs for the parlor oor, sheets for
their beds, spreads and coverlets, many of these are still kept as
heirlooms. They gathered roots and barks for their dyes. Many of
the women worked outside to assist their husbands with the chores
and field work. The father did not escape his extra tasks also. He had
to be a blacksmith, harness-maker, shoe-maker, barber, etc. Jack of
all Trades was certainly applicable to the early pioneers. The social
part of their lives naturally was very limited, but they succeeded in
having plenty of fun along with their work. Among the most popular
gatherings of those days were the bees, barn raisings, corn
huskings, and an evening of apple~paring. Com-huskings always
proved to be hilarious affairs, as it was the custom whenever a red
ear of corn was found among the yellow ones, that was the signal for
the boys to kiss the girls, we suspect the red ear was rediscovered
quite often. After the corn was all husked the crowd went to the
house for a real feed, consisting of baked beans, pies, cakes,
doughnuts, apple cider, etc. This made a tting climax to a
successful evenings work. At the barn raisings the timbers which
had all been placed in their proper positions by the carpenter, were
raised into place, and pegged securely. A dinner followed this.
The scythe and the sickle gave away to the mower and the
reaper and the ail to the threshing machine. The first powered
machines to thresh and cut wood with, were known as Horses
Powers, as they got their power from two horses which were
hitched side by side in an enclosed frame, and they walked on
wooden slats or lags, their heads were raised high, and as they
walked on these lags they turned all the time, something along the
principal of the escalators used to-day, and there was a large wheel
fastened on the side of the horse-power, and a belt run from this
pulley to the saw or threshing-machine. The higher the horses
elevated the more power they supplied. This was a tiring job for
horses, plodding all day long on those moving lags. Smaller ones
were invented to use dogs on, and they supplied power for churning
butter, and turning milk separators. When the gasoline engine and
the steam ones were invented, men felt that nothing more could be
done to make their work easier. These are a far cry from the huge
Combines that move through the grain fields today.
made into candles, every housewife had a candle mould, usually this
mould would make a dozen candles at a time. Tallow was also used
for greasing leather boots_to keep them soft. In the spring when the
fish were running in Lake Champlain and Pike River, many
farmers drove there, and could use seines in those days, and would
catch a wagon load of fish. Many people salted these in barrels, they
were very tasty, when freshened in milk overnight, and then stuffed
and baked. Meals that our grand-parents and their parents prepared
were very hearty and substantial. They had never heard of calories
and vitamins, many of them kept their own teeth until their death, a
very rare thing today. They had their own wheat for bread,
corn-meal for J ohnny-Cake and buckwheat flour for griddle cakes.
One old lady tells of when she was a child, and living with her
grand-parents that on a bitter cold, and stormy day in January, her
grandmother said to her, It is a terrible day out, not fit for a dog to
be out, no one will be coming in to-day I think we had better pick
over some of the dirty wool. This was a messy job, and just as they
got the oor covered with wool from the sheep, they heard the dog
bark, and looking out they discovered a large sled load of people
driving in. At the door they recognized their neighbor, who shouts
out, It was too cold to work outside to-day, so thought we would
come and see you.
or four petticoats on, they knit their own long woollen hose and
mitts. They wove cloth for skirts and dresses, their skirts were lined
if the material was thin, as were their waists. Nearly everyone had
fur muffs, caps, coats and short jackets to ride in sleighs in winter.
Heavy fur robes in the sleighs helped to keep them warm.
Apple-paring bees were held in the evening, the men would
visit, and the women pare and slice the apples very thin, these were
spread on slatted wooden racks suspended over the kitchen stove,
wire from each corner reaching to a hook in the ceiling to hold them
securely. After many years an apple-paring machine was invented,
the apple was fastened on a pronged fork, and turning the handle of
the machine, a knife pared off the skin, and then cored the apple, so
it only had to be sliced. Dryed apples used to provide a little source
of income for the house-wife, she only received about 5c per lb. for
them. The wood-cutting bees were very common, gave the neighbors
a chance to see each other and visit, and work at the same time.
Sometimes the fun reached a high pitch with the help of the old
brown cider jug. We heard of an amusing incident at one of these
bees. One of the men who was very small in stature, but he was
wearing a huge pair of pants made from horne-spun material, he sat
down on a stump to rest, there was a great deal of surplus trouser
seat hanging over the edge of the stump, and a man walked up
behind him, and grasping a handful of trouser-seat cut it off with a
blow from his axe. Needless to tell, he had to leave the bee in a
hurry. The men would go home and do their chores and return with
their wives and families, someone would play the fiddle and
mouth-organ, and a great time was had by all, with square-dancing
and singing old songs. Family gatherings were another pleasant
old-time custom which should be practised more today.
Nearly every farm has a large sugar-bush, and the farmers have
derived a great deal of extra money each spring from sugar-making.
The Indians were the rst to learn the art of sugar making from the
maples. The settlers had a very crude process of obtaining sugar, but
as time went on, this improved as other methods did. They at rst
made a slash in the tree, and had short logs dug out to form a cavity,
and these were set on the ground to catch the sap. It was boiled
down in large iron kettles hung over open fires. Later on, they
learned to whittle wooden spouts and drive them into the trees, into
holes which they had bored out. Then wooden buckets were made
to hang over these spouts, and these were used for many years
before tin buckets were invented, and tin pans known as evaporators
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were used to boil away the sap speedily. These could be bought in
various lengths, according to the size needed. To-day the modern
sugarcampis convenient and sanitary. Sap is speedily boiled down
to syrup, which must weight 13 lbs. 2 oz. to the gallon, to meet
standard requirements. In the early days, nearly all the syrup was
boiled down to hard sugar. This job usually fell to the housewife,
and she did this on her kitchen stove. A pan was made to fit the top
of the range, and the sugar was judged hard enough to remove from
the fire, when it was poured over a dish of packed snow, and when
you hit it with a fork it snapped in two. It was then stirred until
quite cool, and poured into moulds made of wood at first, later on,
of tin. These were of different sizes, some weighed 5 lbs., others
only 1 lb. This sugar was packed away in a dry, cool spot, and during
the year many a cake of sugar went to the local grocer in return for
other staples needed. In the early days there was no white sugar as
now, so the women made what was called stirred sugar. It was boiled
down very thick, and stirred constantly while it was cooling, it broke
up into fine grains when cold, and when rolled out, made a very
good light colored sugar, was stored in cotton bags in a dry place.
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This picture taken in 1974 just after fresh wood was put on the re
under the evaporator. Note all the black smoke from the stack. The
sugarhouseof the Boomhower Bros. near Beartown
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there is no other tree that can surpass the beauty and usefulness of
the maple, it should be preserved, not destroyed.
Making maple sugar in 1975 is far different from the iron
kettle and at-bottom evaporator of many years ago. Many farmers
who have a large number of trees, especially in the hilly areas of the
Province are now using the plastic tubing method. First, the holes
are bored in the trees and a pill is inserted in the hole before the
spout is driven in. The purpose of the pill is to keep the sap from
souring when the season gets well advanced. The tubing runs from
the trees to designated gathering tanks, and from there runs directly
to the sugar-house. The old method of boiling the sap was done with
wood, but now, some have gas burners placed under the evaporators,
this method insures an even heat at all times. Years ago when nearly
all farms had a great amount of wood and plenty of help to cut it, it
was more economical to use the wood; but with the price of labor
today it makes it increasingly difcult for the farmer if he does not
have his own labor force.
During the winter of 1975 in the Lake Megantic area of
Quebec, the farmers are being shown how this new system works,
and they are being urged to produce other products than just syrup,
as has been the case for the past twenty years. Some of the products
would include maple butter, soft and hard cake sugar and coarse
grain sugar to be used on cereals, muffins, etc. In the early l920s
there was very little syrup made. It was nearly all made into cake
sugar, mostly one pound cakes. The pint and quart syrup tins of the
past few years are very convenient. I well remember when one gallon
tins were all that was available.
POTASH
During the past year many young people have asked me how
the pioneers made potash, which was really their only cash crop. The
following description is taken from the HISTORY OF CHAZY,
N.Y., CLINTON COUNTY, N.Y. and was written by Mrs. Nell
Barnett Sullivan, published in 1970.
During the early period after the Revolution, there was a great
demand for potash in England, where it was used in the cloth
industry to clean wool and in the dyeing process. It was also used at
that time in the manufacture of glass, soap and explosives. As a
result, almost every early settler made black salts or crude potash,
which he sold to the asheries, where it was burned in brick kilns at a
high temperature to consume the carbon and produce an ash, of
much purer quality and lighter, bluish white color, known as pearl
ash.
The crude ash was made by felling trees, mostly elm and ash,
also maple, to form large heaps. The loggers would choose two of
the largest trees which inclined toward each other and whose tops
would probably touch each other when the trees were felled. If this
arrangement could not be found, the woodsmen forced the trees
together by putting long ash poles to the back of the trees and
springing them when the tree was about ready to fall. The settlers
then cleared the land around in a circle, rolling the trees towards the
original pair and jacking them into a heap. Often the trees were cut
into lengths convenient for moving. The mass, limbs and brush
included, was then fired and reduced to ashes, which were raked into
a pile and covered with elm bark to protect them from the rain. A
sudden heavy shower would leach the ashes before they could be
gathered and cause the total loss of a weeks work. These ashes
could be sold to a commercial ashery, but a farmer made more profit
if he first turned them into black salts.
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PIERCETON
Following is copied from County of Missisquoi Directory for 1879.
A small village in the Parish of St. Ignace, Township of
Stanbridge. Pike River, on the north branch of which it is situated,
affords good water power. Among the rst settlers in this vicinity
were members of the Pierce, Briggs and Gage families, the first
settlement being made about 1825. Distance from Stanbridge East
about ve miles north. Mails semi-weekly. Population of village and
immediate area about 200.
There were two saw-mills and a rake factory located here. The
picture shows the type of wooden hay rakes made at this factory.
The man at left is Forrest Laduke.
Robert Bumet and his wife Phebe made the bricks for their
house. It was located just south of our home at Pearceton, but was
built some distance from the road, on the east side. I remember it as
a lovely bright home when Espy Corey and his family lived there. It
was bought by someone in Bedford and the bricks used to build a
house.
MEMORIES OF PEARCETON
AS TOLD BY MYRTIE BURNET LADUKE
James Briggs was the Postmaster in 1879, he lived on the
west side of the road just before you crossed the bridge (the house
now owned by Mrs. Sheila Merner).
He had a small desk with pigeon-hole places for the mail, and
this sat in a corner of his large kitchen. At this time the mail came in
to Riceburg and Rob Bumet would go and collect it and bring it to
Pearceton. Corey neighborhood residents came there for their mail.
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Cyril Chandler who lived on the Gilmour farm owned the
saw-mill. Alva and Sylvester Corey were both sawyers, as was Mr.
Briggs. There was also a shingle-mill near the bridge, but I do not
The pack peddlers were a joy for the kiddies. I have fond
memories of a very tall, powerfully built man. They were always
Jews, and they had a great deal of patience. They would undo their
pack and spread it out on the oor so that we could always enjoy
everything he was carrying. Mother was not too popular with us at
these times as we could not see why she wanted to buy bits of cloth,
needles, pins, etc., when she could have had the choice of such
fabulous pieces of sparkling jewelry as he displayed. I can never
remember that we were ever able to buy any of these treasures, for
the simple reason that we had no money for such folderol, but the
peddler knew how we enjoyed looking at everything and he never
lost patience with us. We believe that many of these men became
quite wealthy in their later years, as they were able to buy stores and
go into business for themselves. Some of these men fell prey to
robbers, and history related that some were murdered and their
bodies never found.
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north side of the Pike River at Bedford in a large eld there at the
time of the Fair. Here they did a good business trading horses, selling
baskets, etc. Many of the farmers did not like to have them camping
too near their buildings, as they were known to help themselves to
whatever was available. They enjoyed the life of wandering through
the countryside; hard and steady work did not appeal to them. As I
think of it now, they were the hippies of that era. The women
were noted for their fortune-telling. Many a young girl visited these
ladies to see if they could learn something of what the future held in
store for them. I believe there are still certain areas in Europe where
the gypies travel about as they once did here.
When we lived at Hawkes Corner we did our trading at B. S.
Lavoies store at North Stanbridge. Today we say we go to do our
shopping, but then the expression was always do our trading.
There was a good reason for this. The housewife took her eggs,
maple sugar, beans, vinegar, etc., and traded them for supplies from
the store. I can remember my mother taking a thirty-dozen crate of
eggs to Mr. Lavoie, and he said, All I can give you today is 8c per
dozen. I have too many eggs.
This store held a great fascination for my brothers and me. Mr.
Lavoie always gave the boys plugs and little pipes oflic0rice;it was
very easy to trail them when there was snow on the ground, as they
left a black path. I was always given some candy. General stores at
that time were far removed from our supermarkets of today.
Farmers brought in calfskins which were apt to be lying in close
proximity to the cakes of maple sugar. The housewife would
hand-pick beans and as late as 1932 received only 1-1/2c per pound
for them in trade. These same varieties of beans are now 48c per
pound (1973).
The meat carts were regular weekly visitors. The meat was
hung on hooks around the sides of the covered wagon, and lying on
the bottom. The butcher always gave you a bit of liver never
charged for such items as kidneys. As late as 1930, the housewife
would buy three pounds of home-made pork sausage for 25c, and a
huge beef heart for the same price.
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My first
school-teacher at
Home of her father Charles Jones and his wife Ida Sargent at
Pearceton. X marks where Post-Ofce was located for many years. 0
marks Pearceton Cemetery. In its early days it was called Pierce
ville named after Mr. Pierce who operated a mill on the banks of
the North Branch of the Pike River. Note the bridge that spans the
river here.
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The large green ies that buzzed around the cart, both inside
and outside, rather dampened ones spirits, but after a long diet of
salt pork, ones palate was ready for a change, and we never heard of
anyone being sick after eating this meat. Balanced diets, vitamins
and calories had never been heard of.
While we are on the topic of food, I might mention the custom
among farm people of seeing how many eggs they could eat at
Easter. I remember one Easter Sunday when Harry Goyettes parents
had gone away for the weekendand Mother invited Harry to have
dinner with us. Dozens and dozens of eggs were eaten; she fried pans
of them. A large blue platter which I can still see in my mind was
piled high with them. A large white ironstone bowl held about three
dozen hardboiled ones. The boys had a real competition at times like
this to see who could eat the most. As I think of it now, I believe
Mother did not have to cook eggs in any form for a few days after
one of these gorging spells.
After we moved to Pearceton we had a sugar bush, and never a
meal without the syrup jug on the table. Our father would put syrup
on his custard pie! We ate grated maple sugar on our porridge and
hot cakes never heard of anyone in our family suffering from
sugar diabetes, either.
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and it proved to be a sunny one for us all. Mrs. Pharo played the
organ every morning, and we did enjoy our music.
one ever held in the old schoolhouse. The topic was Which is the
Greater Evil, Alcohol or War? Gerald Corey and Ruth Laduke
fought on the side of alcohol as being the greater evil, and Donald
Laduke and I told of the horrors of war. I do not imagine that our
performance would have given the members of the McGill Debating
Team any new insight into the method of debating, but we had fun
and it did give us practice in speaking before the public.
chill was hardly taken off the frigid interior. I always had a very
severe attack of chilblains in my leg which would last all winter, and
become a sore before spring, until my mother asked the teacher for
permission to let me use a padded stool for my foot. Permission was
granted, and I brought the stool to school and sat like Miss Muffet
the rest of the cold weather. You see, I did not have normal
circulation in my polio leg, but how I did hate having to be
different from the other kids.
Sometimes if our teacher boarded close by, while she was
home for lunch the games became so hilarious that the stovepipes
came down, and with the chimney at one end of the room and the
stove at the opposite end, it meant a long string of pipes. However,
everyone pitched in and helped, and they were soon back in place. I
can never remember that we were ever punished for this escapade, as
I think in her own mind the teacher realized we were only being so
rambunctious to keep our blood circulating.
Woe betide the pupil who forgot to empty the water pail
before going home it would be frozen like a rock in the morning,
and it would be noon before we could loosen the ice and go to the
house next door for a pail of fresh water. Everyone drank from a
common cup, and as there was no cover for the pail, the water was
usually by mid-aftemoon covered with a light film of chalk dust. We
sure thought we were highly modernized when we got a closed
galvanized water tank with a faucet on it.
The schoolhouse at Pearceton also served as a church for many
years, the minister coming from Frelighsburg or Stanbridge East. It
was under the Methodist Charge. Long before my time, so older
people told me, huge crowds would gather there for Salvation Army
meetings. They always liad a good band. In the summertime, Lawn
Socials were held there, and I remember a Sugar Social in the spring.
If a funeral was planned, we had a day off from school.
I remember one day we were taken unawares by Mr. Wescott,
our undertaker, driving into the schoolyard with the hearse. The
teacher had understood that there was to be just a burial service, but
the family wanted a funeral. What a mad scramble! I grabbed the
broom and swept up the ashes and wood dirt around the stove; the
boys tore to the organ cupboard and rolled out the organ; we got the
books off the teachers desk and covered it with a black broadcloth
cover which reached the oor on all sides; put the Bible in the center
and we were ready and open for business! The best part of all was
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that we were allowed to stay. The choir took its place, Dana and
Hattie Gardner, Mrs. Wescott and her son Ari (the undertaker), with
Mrs. Amos Laduke at the organ. The casket sat upon little wooden
trestles near the front of the room. Caskets were always black for
adults and white for children.
A moment of awe and dread came when Mr. Wescott asked if
any of the friends would like to look upon the beloved. We never
dared go, but many felt it their duty to take one last look at the
departed. It was not unusual for the minister to preach a funeral
service lasting one hour. Perhaps if the departed had been able to
hear all the praise heaped upon them, they would not have
recognized themselves. It was more than most of them had received
while living. But enough of these sad episodes in the schoolhouse,
and on to the happier moments.
As you can readily imagine, our social life was rather limited,
and small entertainments provided us with a lot of fun. The
Christmas Tree entertainments were a joy for old and young alike. I
remember one year when Alton was in charge of the programme.
What fun we had making large evergreen wreaths which were
fastened on barrel hoops to keep them round. We made articial
owers, berries, etc., to trim them. We strung popcorn and cran
berries for the tree, cut out silver stars from the lead which came
from the tea packages. Tea came loose then in one-half and
one-pound packages; no tea bags in those days. An orange was
always a treat for us to find on the tree. Each of us had small bags
made from white or green netting and these were filled with
popcorn, peanuts and hard candy; and oh, what a treat if we had a
few walnuts in the shell! We never realized that we would be
considered underprivilegedchildren by todays standards.
and even though they were covered with wool blankets and fur
robes, they must have been chilled and were only too willing to get
home to their warm barns as soon as possible.
At these revival meetings, we usually had speakers from a
distance, and to a man they were noted for their lengthy sermons.
Men had to keep getting up and refueling the old box stove, or
everyone would have been frozen. Gordon had a peculiar way of
cutting off some of these long-winded orators. He took his pea
shooter with him, and when he began to feel that everyone had
reached the limit of their endurance, he began to shoot peas into the
blackboard in back of the speaker. Usually after a short barrage of
this hard ammunition, he took the hint and brought the meeting to a
close. Of course our Mother knew that Gordon was the culprit, and
he usually received some pretty hard blows once she got him safely
home. They did not make too much of an impression on him, for
the next winter he would be at it again.
Magic Iantem Show! That was a great time for us. Mr.
William Shaw came each year, I think from Stanstead County, but
Im not sure. It might as well have been Timbuctoo as far as we were
concerned, for we knew nothing of the country beyond a fty-mile
radius. Gordon and I got free tickets to the show for pasting up the
notices, etc. We had never heard of Public Relations, but we sure
told everyone far and wide about the wonderful show coming to the
schoolhouse. I think Mr. Shaw used carbide in his lantern; the fumes
were really terric with all the windows closed. Our mother would
be deathly sick but would come right back the second night. Mr.
Shaw put the words of a song on the screen, but said he did not
know the air. Fred Veysey promptly told him if he would open a
window, the air could come in that way.
There never seemed to have been any money for toys from the
store, but we never missed them as we had home-made toys. Our
father made hockey sticks and sleds for the boys. One winter my
father spent many hours making a toboggan. This was quite a long
procedure as he had to soak the lumber in order to get it to bend for
the curve. It was then placed in a vise to hold it in the correct
position. Lloyd and I were quite thrilled the first night we took it
out. The moon was shining brightly, and we went sailing down the
hill at a great rate, but as you know, Pride goeth before a fall, and
we crashed into a tree that seemed to have jumped into our path. We
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broke the front of our toboggan but it was mended and we used it
for many years.
I never had a doll from the store. My mother saved the
wrappers from the bars of Comfort soap and sent away for dolls
that were printed on cotton. She lled them with dry bran or
sawdust and I loved to play with them as much as though they had
been beauties from Paris.
Of course we enjoyed the animals on the farm, and we always
had a dog and several cats. The latter had to live at the barn, as my
mother did not approve of cats in the house. I have already told you
about my Grandmother Kennedys parrot, Polly. One summer we
had a mud turtle. Father put a small hole in the edge of his shell and
we put a wire through that to hold him. We kept a large pan of water
nearby for him to play in, but one morning when we got up we
discovered the wire broken, and he had gone back to the river where
he belonged. In the early 1900s there were many very large mud
turtles in this area; heard my father tell of one he found while
hoeing corn that was strong enough to hold him standing on its
back.
All farm boys had to work very hard. My brothers, Alton and
Percy were out gathering cream for the factory when they were only
in their early teens. Alton drove a two horse wagon, and Percy a one
horse outt. I can remember riding with Alton down to the Gilmore
farm at Riceburg. Percy went as far east as the 10th Range of
Dunham road where Amos and Ethel lived.
The hard work continued after moving to the Allan Gage farm
in Pearceton. Hundreds of cords of wood were cut, the boys sawed
down the trees by hand with a cross-cut saw. I can remember the
huge maple trees in a small grove on the west side of our road near
the house, they were two and three feet on the stump, but had
become too old for sap. The best of the logs were drawn to the
saw-mill run by John Perry, near the farm now owned by George
Larocque, north of Stanbridge East and were cut into lumber. The
rest went for wood. My father had his own saw rigs, both circular
and drag-saw. The circular was used to cut up the limbs into stove
wood lengths, and the drag cut the large logs into whatever length
was wanted, usually about 16 inches. Perhaps I should explain that
these saws were run by gasoline engine power. The circular saw was
round as its name tells you, perhaps about thirty inches across; the
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Trapping was about the only means that farm boys had to get
a bit of spending money. Gordon and Alton chose one of the most
malodorous of all the small animals as the victim in their hunting
expeditions. If I remember correctly, they took a lantern with them,
as skunks would follow a light, and once they got them away from
their holes, they dispatched them quite readily by hitting them over
the head. Sometimes it meant many hours of hard labor if they had
to dig them out of their holes. I can see them coming down the road,
walking single file, carrying a long white birch pole with five or six
skunks hanging from it. Mother would groan when she smelled them
coming no need to look. The most money was made from
rendering the oil from the skunk, which was done out in the
woodshed. A large black iron kettle was put on the old Diamond
Rock stove, and when the fat was all clear, they put it into glass
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Main St., Stanbridge East. The building right front was the Ameri
can House Hotel, it burned. Last owner was Homer Yeats. The
large white building was the Bank (now Catholic Church} and the
house adjoining was Gilmour Home (now Presbytery ).
jars. I believe they received 25c a quart. Mr. Bloc bought the furs
and the oil. Once in a while they were fortunate enough to catch a
muskrat, and that would bring as much as $2.00.
The boys waited eagerly for the river to freeze over so they
could go skating. Sometimes they were able to skate nearly to
Stanbridge on the river. If the river overowed its banks or if we had
a lot of rain, low spots in the meadow would be covered with ice and
this made good skating. The grown-ups as well as the children would
gather at these spots on a moonlight night and enjoy the fun.
Bonres would be built so they could warm themselves, and to
prepare hot drinks. There were no planned sports in those days
everyone made their own fun and enjoyed doing it.
At Christmas and New Years we would all gather either at
Grandpa Ladukes or at some of our Uncle or Aunts homes, and we
had fun, then as we got older it was considered a rare treat to go at
night to the Christmas Tree at the Methodist Church in Stanbridge
East. Such a wonderful program, which included not only the
children but the grown-ups as well. Here is where Lloyd andl first
saw a ventriloquist at work. It was Jim Dike, and he had a doll on his
knee and he was trying to get the doll to pronounce Constanti
nople but it always seemed to come out Cant stand on a nickle.
We were completely mystied as to how he did it. You see we had
no Edgar Bergens with Charlie McCarthys in those days.
As we got older another treat was going for rides either on the
double-sleds or the traverse sleighs. We had a set with three seats
would put buffalo robes around us and away we would go to the
jingle of the bells on the horses harness. We used to go up to Amos
and Ethel Ladukes for a musical evening. Ethel played the piano
and Amos had a very nice tenor voice. I remember one night when
we were going, the regular road was blocked too high with snow to
travel on, so, we had to take to the eld near the Miles Hunt place,
Frank Clough was our chauffeur for the night, in some way the
horses stepped off the beaten path, and we tipped over, but no one
seemed to mind that very much. It would be hard for our younger
generation to realize what the roads were like in those days. The
farmers all took their turn in ploughing out the roads, and some
times they were rolled. Went up over the drifts, and this tended to
make cahots which became very deep in places before spring.
Snow fences had not been thought of then, and as there were so
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many rail fences alongside the roads these served to block the snow,
and to make tremendous drifts.
The rst of our family to leave the home farm was my brother
Percy. He went to Lowell, Mass. where he lived with our aunt and
uncle Pratt, and he learned the auto mechanic business, which he
worked at most of his life. Lived in Detroit, Mich. and there our
brother Gordon joined him, and they lived there many years
working in the automobile business. From there they went to
California and never moved from there. They became American
citizens. Percy joined the Navy in the last war, and served several
years overseas. After he retired he and his wife moved to Sebastopol,
Calif. where his wife died in 1963. He lived alone after that, andl
spent many happy months with him there. He died in 1973.
Gordon became a fruit farmer in the Napa Valley, and though
he is now retired they live in Calistoga, Calif. They have two sons
and two grandchildren. Have spent some time in Hawaii when their
son was living there. He and his family are now in Nevada, but their
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son Lloyd lives nearby, is married, and he and his wife Randy live in
Santa Rosa.
Alton was married in 1923 and he and his wife Melvina went
to Detroit, Mich. where my other brothers lived with them. Their
daughter Ilene was born in Detroit. Alton worked as a carpenter
while there. The beautiful Masonic Temple is one of the buildings he
worked on. They returned to Pearceton when Ilene was a baby, and
they took up farming. Their son Clifton was born in 1930. After a
few years they moved to Stanbridge East, and Alton again took up
carpenter work, and became a contractor with several employees.
Melvina went to work at Torrington Shops in Bedford, where she has
been retired from for some time. Alton also retired. They celebrated
their Golden Wedding in 1973. They live near their son and
grand-daughter J ohanne, whose two sons give their great-grand
parents lots of joy. Their daughter Ilene and granddaughter Janet
live in New Mexico.
Lloyd (the baby of our family) served in the Air Force, before
that he worked in Asbestos for the Johns-Manville Co. He went to
California and returned to marry a Stanbridge East girl, and they
have lived in California since. They have two sons and one daughter,
which you can learn all about in the Laduke Genealogy. In 1974
Lloyd and Frances retired from the restaurant business, and arrived
in Stanbridge East at end of May, and were able to stay until the end
of October when they moved south to Florida where they stayed
until the end of January when they started on their return trip to
California.
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died shortly before they were born. Their mother and sister
Kathleen brought them from their home in Cowansville to live with
her brother Michael who was a bachelor. I have such happy
memories of Mike as everyone called him. A gentle man, with a
sense of humor, who had accepted hard work very early in life as his
father had died when he was very young, and as he was the oldest
boy he became his mothers mainstay throughout her life. For a
bachelor he had a great gift with boys, he was very handy with tools.
He made them sleds, wagons, hockey sticks, etc. Taught them all the
chores that boys on a farm had to learn. Made small axe handles for
them so they could learn to chop. Made scythe snathes, and cut off
scythe blades short enough for them to use. There was lots of hand
mowing on his farm as it was rocky. All the comers of the elds had
to be mown out by hand. Did not leave weeds and brush to grow up.
He loved horses, it was said that at one time he had more
horses than cows. His kindness extended to his animals as well as to
boys.
He once told me that two boys was pretty good, but three
boys usually meant trouble, and four boys was just too much to
handle. We know he really did not mean this as all the boys at
Fordyce liked Mike, and always came to see him after they had been
away for many years. He never really had any pleasure in life, as we
think of pleasure today. Never owned an automobile, a radio or ever
travelled. He enjoyed his daily paper, and read it well, and knew
what was going on in the world. He died in the old stone house
where he was born, and which his father had built. He is buried in
the Chapel Comer Cemetery with his parents and brothers.
My husband and I bought a farm in Brome Centre and moved
there in November 1930, where we spent twelve happy but hard
working years on a farm that did not give us much in return for our
work. The l930s were tough years, but we were happy, made many
friends. I enjoyed our work in the little church at Brome Centre, and
our Red Cross work during the War years. It was here that I became
interested in Temperance Work with the Young People, and with the
W.C.T.U. later on. I became Provincial President and had the
privilege of visiting other Provinces at Dominion Conventions.
old house restored, and enjoyed our life there until 1962 when he
suddenly passed away on September 22nd. In 1951 we made a trip
by train to California and spent three wonderful months there, and
in Oregon, and returned home across Canada. This was the only real
holiday Jim had ever had, and he enjoyed it immensely.
I ew to California in December 1963, and stayed until April,
returned by plane to Vancouver, and then to Regina where I visited
Ruth Dryden Tabin and family, then on to Moose Jaw, where I had
a grand time with Alfred and Jean Sargent, and Roy Vaughan. He
drove me to Regina to visit the Museum there.
I also visited Oregon twice, was given a grand welcome at the
Sargent and Neville homes, and driven hundreds of miles to visit
lovely Oregon. I especially enjoyed the area around The Dalles, and
the John Day River, where the early fur traders under leadership of
Peter Ogden travelled through.
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bearing the La Duke name hue made to hlstory.
JOSEPH LEDUC
1802 1861
Searching for the ancestors of my great-grandfather, Joseph
Leduc, has proved interesting but has not brought a great many
results as yet. Family tradition has it that he came from Belgium,
and was a Roman Catholic. He was supposed to have had two
brothers and one sister. I have found a record of one brother,
Narcisse, who in 1852 was living in the Township of Stanbridge, and
was listed as a sawyer. His wife was Louise Charron. I found several
of his children listed in the St. Croix Records at Dunham.
When my husband and I were in California in 1951, my
brother Gordon told me of a Mr. Leduc in his village. We went to see
him, and I was simply amazed at the resemblance to our grandfather,
Francis Laduke. There could be no mistaking the fact that he was of
the same family. He said his grandfather had lived in Northern
Ontario at one time before going to Michigan.
Several years ago I contacted the Belgian Consul in Montreal
and asked his advice as to howl could find early records in Belgium.
He told me of a Pierre Leduc from Belgium who had at one time
been on his staff; he gave me the address as Wanne, Province of
Liege. I wrote and received a very courteous reply saying there had
been Leducs in that part of Belgium for many generations. He sent
the dates of several Josephs but none seemed to fit the dates we
have. He said there was a Roger Leduc in Wanne who told him that
some of his ancestors went to Canada, but that he knew nothing
about them.
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GERON G.
a Wanne et Stoumont
Par poste: Trois-Ponts
Province de Liege
Belgique
R.R. No. 1
CANADA
Dear Madam,
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I have heard that several men of our country settled for Canada in
the 19th. century: alas! the oldest of our inhabitants can not
remember their names or their ancestors.
Two men named LEDUC still dwell in our village: LEDUC Roger
and his father Julien LEDUC, Lavaux street 110 WANNE par
Trois-Ponts.
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4 Vendmiaire
19 Floral
: September 26 or 27
: May 9
Edward, the only child not to marry, died when only thirty
nine. Henry and Clarissa were the only ones who ever got very far
away from Quebec. Great-uncle Henry went to Saskatchewan with
his family in 1912 and died there.
How well I remember our Great-aunt Delia telling us about her
sister Clarissa who, 1-think, went to Kansas. She married a man by
the name of Tryon. Clarissa was a medium. We were rather vague
as to what a medium was, but thought it must be something rather
glamorous, as her pictures showed her as a very lovely lady with
most gorgeous clothes (or so we thought). She had beautiful large
dark eyes, which we like to think came from the Mandigo side of the
house. They were of Italian descent. Many of the laduke family had
these eyes, and many a very swarthy complexion especially our
father.
I have very fond memories of Aunt Delia. She lived near us at
Pearceton, and it was a second home for Lloyd and 1. Nearly every
evening after our lessons were nished, my brother and I went to
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Aunt Delias. She was very, very deaf and a great reader, and she
took snuff! I can hear her now, tapping that little black box and
sniffing. Our mailman, Charlie Hall from Stanbridge, used to bring
her snuff. I can see the little round box marked Copenhagen Snuff
now, and woe betide if he forgot it -4 she was like a drunk without
his bottle.
After he became too old and lame for active farm work, he
and Grandma went to live in another house he owned, called the
Pino place. He had bought this property in 1848 from the
DesRiviere brothers, who had owned 35,000 acres of land at one
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time. I remember this as a very pleasant sunny house with nice trees
around it. It was a log house, but had been covered with clapboards.
A few years ago, John Rhicard of Stanbridge East bought this house
and carefully took down the logs and removed the wide pine
ooring, and built an addition to the small log house which he had
owned for some time. He is a wonderful craftsman and mason. He
has a lovely stone fireplace, and the wide pine boards are put in
place with wooden pegs. It is indeed a lovely room, and it makes me
very happy to know that these old logs and boards are once again a
part of a happy home.
Grandma Kennedy came to live with us in 1915 after they had
to give up housekeeping. My memories of her, I am sorry to say,
were not happy ones. I can never seem to remember hearing her
laugh. She always seemed to be in her element when she was causing
strife in the household. Her pet parrot she really loved, as did my
brother Lloyd and I. Pollys funeral was a splendid affair. Mother
lined a shoe box with white cloth and we placed the box in our little
wagon, covered it over with owers and lined the little grave with
evergreens. Polly was buried under a large maple tree which is still
standing in our sugar woods. I could go to the place now.
many years. He had a nice brown horse and a top buggy that was
kept covered with a huge white sheet to keep the dust off. He lived
with my Uncle Henry Laduke and Aunt Ella for some time, and
when they went to Lowell to live, he came to live with us at
Pearceton.
He became quite childish in many ways. He took enough
patent medicine to oat a boat, and Epsom Salts by the tablespoon
ful. This latter dosage caused some quite hectic moments, since there
was no indoor toilet facilities, and there were some very rushed trips
to meet the deadline, some ending quite disastrously. I seemed to
have been the one always chosen to act on the clean-up squad.
tramp.
LADUKE
FIRST GENERATION
1.
JOSEPH LADUKE
Born: April 3, 1802. Died: April 16, 1861.
Married: Oct. 3, 1833 to
Clarissa Mandigo.
Born: May 19, 1812. Died: April 10, 1885.
WILLIAM:
CLARISSA:
EDWARD:
JOSEPH:
FRANCIS:
HENRY:
JAMES:
MARY E.:
ADELIA E.:
JONATHAN A.:
THEIR CHILDREN
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
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THEIR CHILDREN
STANTON WILLIAM:
Born: Aug. 5, 1864. Died: Sept. 2, I924.
FRANCES ALCESTA:
Born: Jan. 1, 1866. Died: July 9,1941.
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EDITH MEDORA:
Born: Nov. 15, 1867. Died: July, 1870.
CHARLES HENRY:
Born: May 1, 1870. Died: Sept. 2, 1965.
MAUD MARY:
Born: Feb. 21, 1872. Died: May 5, 1916.
PHILO LAFAYETTE:
Born: Sept. 4, 1874. Died: June 25, 1931.
SUSAN AUGUSTA:
Born: Aug. 20, 1876. Died: Jan. 3, 1953.
JESSIE MAY:
Born: April 20, 1887. Died: Dec. 26, 1932.
Starting with Stanton and his family I will list these brothers and
sisters and their families in chronological order.
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THIRD GENERATION
STANTON WILLIAM
Son of William and Mary Ellison Laduke.
Born: Aug. 5, 1864.
Died: Sept. 2, 1924.
Married: September to
Myrtie Burnet, daughter of
Robert and Phebe Casey Burnet.
Born: Aug. 21, 1872. Died: Nov., 1960.
Both buried in Pearceton Cemetery.
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THEIR CHILDREN
Son Died in infancy.
RUTH ALENE:
Born: Aug. 10, 1908.
Married: Aug., 1943 to
6.
DAVID CHARLES:
Their son.
Born: Oct. 18, 1971. Live in Montreal.
5.
LINDA
Born: Jan. 9, 1950.
Married: Aug. 4, 1973 to
Derek Robertson.
Born: May 11, 1952. Live in Montreal.
3
FRANCES ALCESTA:
Daughter of William and Mary Ellison Laduke.
Born: Jan. 1, 1866.
Died: July 9, 1941.
Married: Jan. 18, 1886 to
James W. Corey, son of
Wilbur Corey and Jane Saxe Corey.
Born: Aug. 4, 1848.
Died: July 18, 1926.
Buried in Pearceton Cemetery.
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THEIR CHILDREN
ETHEL MAY:
Born: May 1, 1889.
Married: Dec. 1, 1915 to
4.
ARTHUR STANTON:
Born: Dec. 25, 1891.
Died: Sept. 26, 1938. Never married.
Buried Pearceton.
3
EDITH MEDORA:
Daughter of William and Mary Laduke.
Born: Nov. 15, 1867.
Died: July, 1870.
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3.
CHARLES HENRY:
Son of William and Mary Laduke.
Born: May 1, 1870.
Died: Sept. 2, 1965.
Married: First to Florence Corey, Nov., 1929.
Born: June 6, 1874.
Died: Feb. 16, 1935. No children.
Both buried in Pearceton Cemetery.
Married: Second to Lizzie Cheney Currier.
Born: March 12, 1885.
3.
MAUD MARY:
Daughter of William and Mary Laduke.
Born: Feb. 21, 1872.
Died: May 5, 1916. Never married.
Buried at Pearceton.
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PHILO LAFAYETTE:
Son of William and Mary Laduke.
Born: Sept. 4, 1874.
Died: June 25, 1931. Never married.
Buried at Pearceton.
3.
SUSAN AUGUSTA:
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THEIR CHILDREN
IRENE MAUD:
Born: March 22, 1911.
Died: April 19, 1920.
4.
WILBUR ROYCE:
Born: Sept., 1920.
Married: Jan. 17, 1948 to
Elaine Laduke, daughter of
Aubrey Laduke and Frances Smith.
Born: Nov. 7, 1927.
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THEIR CHILDREN
RICHARD:
Son of Wilbur and Elaine Clough.
Born: June 18, 1949.
Married: March 25, 1972 to
Katherine Collins of Winooski, Vt.
6. Their daughter Nancy Ann
Born: April 29, 1973.
5.
ELEANOR:
Daughter of Wilbur and Elaine Clough.
Born: June 26, 1953.
4.
EUNICE:
KATHY ANN
Married: Dale Albers, July 18, 1970.
Their daughter, Doreen Marie.
They all live in Alberta.
Fred Clough married 2nd wife, Winnifred Orris, on March 18, 1933.
Born: June 20, 1905. She was the daughter of Arthur Orris and his
wife Myrtie Laduke.
SECOND GENERATION
2
CILARISSA:
JOSEPH:
Son of Joseph and Clarissa Laduke.
Born: March 7, 1841.
Died: Jan. 5, 1918.
Buried in Cowansville Union Cemetery.
Married: Nov. 12, 1866 to
Orillia Ellison, daughter of
Vincent Ellison and Nancy Griggs.
They always lived in the Cowansville area.
Eight children: Nancy, Edna, Elizabeth, William,
Frank, Gertrude, Reginald and Forrest.
THEIR CHILDREN THIRD GENERATION
NANCY:
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THEIR CHILDREN SIXTH GENERATION
MARILYN JOAN:
Born: April 25, 1938.
Died: Jan. 18, 1939.
6.
KENNETH WILLIAM:
Born: March 5, 1940.
Married: Aug. 17, 1963 to
Margaret Graham Patterson Brown.
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THEIR CHILDREN SEVENTH GENERATION
DONALD GRAHAM
Born: April 30, 1964.
DAVID WILLIAM:
Born: Oct. 2, 1966.
KELLY ELIZABETH:
Born: Feb. 4, 1969.
KEVIN ROBERT:
Born: Oct. 25, 1970.
Margaret and Donald lived next door to her parents, in Montreal,
and cared for her mother who suffered several strokes. She died Dec.
31, 1956. Mr. Hulse worked as a plumber until he was 82 years old.
In 1973, at the age of 85, he was operated on for hernia.
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VELMA IRENE:
Daughter of Lafayette and Edna Hulse.
HAZEL ROWENA:
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6.
WALTER CARLETON:
Born: Dec. 9, 1917.
Died: Sept. 24, 1920.
Mr. Johnson died.
Myrtle married a second time to Mr. Hay.
After Mr. Hays death she continued living
in Arlington, Va. with her step-son.
NOTE: The name Orilla I found came from the Ingalls family.
Vincent Elisons mother was Eunice Ingalls of N.H.
I visited an old cemetery near Canterbury, N.H. and found a
monument to Orilla Ingalls.
Orilla Ellison who married Joseph Laduke, Jr. named one of her sons
Forrest. I found a family of N.H. by the name of Forrest, they were
intermarried with the Ellisons. My cousin Donald and I visited the
JUNE ROWENA:
Daughter of Gordon and Edna Steele.
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THEIR CHILDREN SIXTH GENERATION
COLLEEN
DEBRA
KAREN
5.
MARJORIE JOY:
Daughter of Gordon and Edna Steele.
Born: July 29, 1936.
Married: Sept. 12, 1959 to
Warren D. Brown, son of
Gordon Brown and Ella Beach Brown.
Born: Oct. 15, 1934.
6.
THEIR CHILDREN
STEPHEN GORDON:
Born: Oct. 28, 1962.
Died: Nov. 27, 1962.
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HEATHER ANNE:
Born: Oct. 21, 1963.
ANDREA ELIZABETH:
Born: Aug. 21, 1966.
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THIRD GENERATION
EDNA CLARISSA:
Daughter of Joseph and Orilla Ellison Laduke.
Born: April 7, 1869.
Died: May 1, 1950.
Married: Oct. 12, 1891 to
Charles F. Whitney.
Born: Sept. 18, 1868.
Died: April 28, 1939.
Charles was the son of Phineas Whitney and
his wife Maria E. Westcott.
They lived in Somerville, Mass.
Married: Sept. 9, I867.
CHILDREN OF PI-IINEAS AND MARIA WHITNEY
CHARLES FRANKLIN:
Born: Sept. 18, 1868.
Died: April 28, 1939.
LILLIA M.:
Born: April 18, 1871.
Died: July 2, 1872.
EVA M.:
Born: April 18, 1871.
SARAH MARION:
Born: Dec. 20, 1873.
PHINEAS, JR.:
Born: May 11, 1877.
All of the above are now deceased, dates unknown.
Charles Franklin Whitney and Miss Edna Clarissa Laduke were
married at Cowansville, Province of Quebec, Canada on October 12,
1891.
CHILDREN OF CHARLES AND EDNA WHITNEY
ARTHUR FRANKLIN:
Born: July 9, 1892.
Died: Dec. 13, 1970.
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CHARLES LOWELL:
Born: June 29, 1895.
HOWARD ELLISON:
Born: April 18, 1899.
Died: Oct. 21, 1972.
RAYMOND EARLE:
Born: June 6, 1901.
Raymond Earle, son of Charles and Edna Whitney, married July 15,
1923 to Winifred Ann Henehan. Their child Jeanne Elizabeth
married Howard Murray Connelly, August 15, 1948.
THEIR CHILDREN
HOWARD WHITNEY:
Born: March 26, 1950.
JANICE IRENE:
Bom:May 11,1951.
BRIAN GIRARD:
Born: Jan. 28, I953.
MARYANNE:
Born: Dec. 14, 1957.
The following pages relate to the children of Arthur and Sarah Mae
Whitney:
Arthur Charles Whitney married Evelyn Boudreau, divorced. Had
one child Evelyn.
Arthur married again, but whereabouts unknown.
Edna Mae Whitney and William Thornton, married 1930. Three
children: Thelma, born April 19, 1931; William, born June 19, 1934;
Richard, born Jan. 10, 1936.
HENRY VINCENT:
Born: June 5, 1944.
ROBERT FRANCIS:
Born: Oct. 4, 1946.
ELIZABETH ANN:
Born: May 5, 1948.
RICHARD ARTHUR:
Born: June 27, 1953.
JAY JAMES:
Born: Oct. 6, 1956.
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ELIZABETH:
Daughter of Joseph and Orilla Ellison Laduke.
Born: April 18, 1872.
Died.
Married John F. J. Barette. A native of Belgium, son of Pierre
Ferdinand Barette, born June 1, 1835 and of Marie Francoise
Delmez his wife.
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EVERETT:
Born: Oct. 18, 1920.
Died: Oct. 19, 1920.
MYRTLE ELOISE:
Born: May 30, 1921.
JOHN PERCIVAL:
Born: July 28, 1922.
ELIZABETH:
Born: Sept. 10, 1926.
WILLARD:
Born: Jan. 28, 1928.
VERNON HAROLD:
Born: July 10, I930.
DARLENE VIOLA:
Born: Dec. 14, 1931.
5.
MYRTLE ELOISE:
Married Paul Mahannah.
Their children:
6.
FREDERICK
MARILYN
RODNEY
BRENDA
5.
JOHN:
Married. Two sons Lance and Robert.
5.
ELIZABETH:
Married to Peter Perrott.
6.
Four children, John, Jill, Philip, David.
5.
WILLARD:
Married. Six children.
6.
Sharron, Wayne, Delson, Ronald, Larry, Alvin.
5.
HAROLD:
Not married.
5.
DARLENE:
Married to Douglas Miltimore. Two children.
6.
Robert, Gail.
GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN OF
FERDINAND AND VIOLA
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GUILLAUME F.J.:
ARNOLD:
Born: July 20, 1920.
Married. One son.
5.
KATHLEEN:
Born: July, 1925. Married.
3.
FRANK:
Son of Joseph and Orilla Laduke.
Born: 1880.
Died: June 26, 1948.
Married: Helen Morgan.
Both Frank and his wife are buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in
Knowlton. They lived in Montreal until his retirement, then
they moved to Bondville. I stayed at their home in Verdun in
1930 when my husband was in the hospital. 1 have very fond
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This old picture shows the coon and muskrat skins trapped by Reg.
Laduke and his old hound.
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REGINALD:
Son of Joseph and Orilla Laduke.
Married: Mina Welch of Waterloo.
Reg as everyone always called him was a very ne person.
He had lived from the time he was a young boy with Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Ellison at Fordyce, and lived there until his
marriage. He had poor health for many years. His keenest
enjoyment was hunting, also interested in photography.
I have always kept a little memory comer in my heart for
Reg, as he introduced me to my husband. He rode a bicycle
for years, and every summer we looked forward to him coming
to our home in Pearceton for a visit.
3
FORREST:
Son of Joseph and Orilla Laduke.
Born: May 1, 1887, Cowansville, Que.
Died: 1972.
4
ISABELL LAURA:
Born: March 3, 1912.
Married: Oswald Martel.
Lives in Manchester, N.H. They have three children: Theresa
Moriarty, Francis and Oswald, Jr. All married.
4
WILFRED ERNEST:
Born: April 3, 1914.
Died: 1971.
Married and has two girls and
three boys.
4
ALICE ANGELUS:
Born: March 28, 1916.
Died: March 18, 1917.
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4.
HENRY EDWARD:
Born: Aug. 20, 1918.
Married and has two boys.
4.
MAURICE:
Born: Oct. 17, 1922.
Married and has two girls
and one boy.
4.
REGINALD:
Born: Dec. 1, 1924.
Married and has two boys and two girls. Lost three girls and
one boy in a tragic fire.
4.
FORREST LEON:
Born: Dec. 11, 1926.
Married and has two boys
and four girls.
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HISTORY OF CANTERBURY
X Marks the site of the first Forrest Home, not far from Northeld
and Canterbury, N.H.
NORTHFIELD
19.
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POND
FORREST
MORRILL
POND
HACKLEBOROUGH
SCHOOL HOUSE
CENTER
FORREST
(from History of Northfield and History of
Canterbury Borough Forrests, printed in Concord, 1897)
1. The Forrest ancestor, from whom several of the families of C.
(Canterbury) are descended, was Williaml, who with his wife
Dubia, and their sons, John2, Robert? and William? and their
daughters, Nancy? and Margaret 2, came to this country 1744. He
was b. in Ireland, 1726; his wife was of Scotch parentage; both (1.
in Boston, Mass. John and William and their sisters remained in
Boston for a time, then went to Londonderry, and later came to
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iv.
v.
d. 11Jan.,1819.
vi.
2.
FRANCIS:
Son of Joseph and Clarissa Laduke.
Born: March 26, 1845.
Died: May 23, 1924.
Married: July 4, 1868 to
Patience Alcesta Ellison, daughter of
Caleb Ellison and his wife Susannah Fordyce.
Born: Sept. 5, 1847.
Died: March 22, 1915.
Both buried in Pearceton Cemetery.
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3
THEIR CHILDREN THIRD GENERATION
MYRTIOUS EVA:
Born: March 30, 1871.
Died: Sept. 26, 1923.
Married: Oct. 11, 1899 to
Arthur J. Orris.
Born: Feb. 28, 1876.
Died: Jan. 1, 1935.
4
THEIR CHILDREN
LILIJAN MAUD:
Born: April 16,1901.
Died: June 20, 1953.
Married: September 17, 1919 to
Guillaume F. J. Barette.
Born: April 21, 1892.
Died: 1972.
Both buried in Detroit. Two children.
5.
ARNOLD:
Born: July 20, 1920.
Married and has one son.
Lives near Detroit, Mich.
5.
KATHLEEN:
Born: July, 1925.
Married.
4.
LENA E.:
Born: Jan. 30, 1903.
Married: April 12, 1922 to
Varian F. Casey, son of
Irving Casey and Theresa Corey.
Born: Nov. 21, 1898. They live in
Stanbridge East. Had one child.
5.
ERMA M.:
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BARBARA M.:
Born: May 25, 1943.
Married: March 21, 1961 to
George P. Trombly.
Born: June 4, 1944.
They have four children.
7.
TROY:
Born: Aug. 14, 1962.
7.
DOUGLAS M.:
Born: Jan. 20, 1964.
7.
ROXANNE M.:
Born: March 19, 1965.
7.
SCOTT M.:
Margaret R. Johnson
Born: Jan. 9, 1947.
Two children.
7.
ANDREW:
ROGER T.:
Born: July 1, 1946.
Married: May 6, 1970 to
Nancy Brown.
Born: March 24, 1950.
They have two children:
7.
SHERRI L.:
Born: June 26, 1972.
7.
KERRI LEE:
Born: Nov. 20, 1974.
6.
CHARLES:
Born: Sept. 19, 1950.
6.
JOANNE:
Born: Feb. 5, 1956.
4.
WINNIFRED E.:
Daughter of Arthur and Myrtie Orris.
Born: June 20, 1905.
Married: March 18, 1933 to
Fred W. Clough.
Born: May 31, 1888.
Died: May 23, 1971. Buried in Pearceton Cemetery.
In 1974 Winnie is living in her own home in Bedford and
driving her car.
4.
KENNETH L.:
Son of Arthur and Myrtie Orris.
Born: Sept. 27, 1907.
Died: 1974.
Married: Aug. 13, 1940 to
Barbara Groat.
Kennie had lived in Mass., Mich., Calif. and for many years
before his death in B.C. He and his wife drove from BC. a few
years ago to visit his relatives here. His widow still lives in B.C.
3.
HENRY CALEB:
thankful.
Uncle Henry and Aunt Ella had two sons, Aubrey and Dona.J,
4.
AUBREY:
Born: Nov. 23, 1902.
Married: Sept. 15, 1926 to
Frances M. Smith of Dracut, Mass.
Aubrey died of lukemia, Feb. 19, 1943, while they
were living at Tilton, N.H. Buried at Pearceton.
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5
THEIR CHILDREN
ELAINE ELLISON:
See Laduke Genealogy.
5.
ELEANOR E.:
Born: July 30, .1930.
Married Lawrence Lewis.
Two children: Joyce and Janice.
They live in Lowell, Mass.
3.
EVELYN:
DONALD:
Born: Jan. 28, 1936.
Married Aline Morrissette.
Five Children: Steven, Raymond,
Donald Jr., Suzanne and John.
They live in Lowell, Mass.
EUNICE:
Born: April 27, 1934.
Not married. Lives with her
Mother in Dracut, Mass.
4
DONALD:
Son of Henry and Luella Laduke.
Born: May 1, 1905.
Married: Feb. 22, 1930 to
Edna Wade of Boston, Mass.
They had one son.
5
HENRY W.:
ERANCIS:
Son of Joseph and Clarissa Laduke.
Bomz March 26, 1845.
Died: May 23, 1924.
Married: July 4, 1868 to
Patience Alcesta Ellison.
Born: Sept. 5, 1847.
Died: March 22, 1915.
Both buried in Pearceton, Que.
3
THEIR SON
HERBERT JOSEPH:
Born: Dec. 3, 1874.
Died: July 23, 1959.
Married: Oct. 8, 1896 to
Pruella Bertha Kennedy of Stanbury, Que.
Born: Feb. 15, 1874.
Died: March 13, 1949.
Both buried at Pearceton.
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4
THEIR CHILDREN
MARION BERTHA:
Born: May 31, 1897.
Died: May 11, 1907.
Buried in Stanbury Cemetery.
4.
ALTON LYMAN
Born: Sept. 2, 1898.
Married: June 28, 1923 to
Melvina L. Boomhower.
Born: Feb. 19, 1905.
Live in Stanbridge East, Que.
4.
PERCY LESLIE:
Born: Feb. 26, 1900.
Died: March 15, 1973.
Served in the Navy in last War.
Married: April 26, 1929 to
Irene Johnson.
Born: 1898.
Died: April 26, 1963.
Both buried in Naval Cemetery at
San Bruno, California.
4.
INFANT SON:
Born: July 1, 1902.
Died: Sept. 28, 1902.
Buried at Stanbury.
4.
GORDON FRANCIS:
Born: July 20, 1903.
Married: May 20, 1936 to
Rachel Evans.
Born: Sept. 15, 1901.
Live in Calistoga, Calif.
4.
CLIFTON LAWRENCE:
Born: Oct. 28, 1904.
Died: Oct. 30, 1912.
Buried at Stanbury.
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4.
RUBY GLENNIE:
Born: March 25, 1908.
Lives in Stanbridge East.
LLOYD HERBERT:
Born: Nov. 16,1911.
Married: April 12, 1947 to
Frances Brown.
Born: Feb. 11, 1923 at
Stanbridge East, Que.
Live in Santa Rosa, Calif.
5.
ILENE LOIS:
Daughter of Alton and Vina Laduke.
Born: March 6, 1925 in Detroit, Mich.
Married: March 16, 1946 to
Robert J . Brown.
Lives in Aztec, New Mexico.
6
THEIR CHILDREN
LILLIAN DALE:
Born: Feb. 26, 1948 at
Sweetsburg Hospital.
Accidentally killed in Arizona,
Nov. 26, 1969.
Buried in Aztec, New Mexico.
6.
JANET ILENE:
Born: Feb. 19, 1949 at
Sweetsburg Hospital.
Lives in Aztec, New Mexico.
5.
CLIFTON MELVIN:
Son of Alton and Vina Laduke.
Born: Jan. 25, 1930.
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6
THEIR CHILDREN
JOHANNE THELMA:
Born: Aug. 25, 1951, Sweetsburg Hospital.
Married: May 9, 1969 to Norman Grenia.
Lives in Stanbridge East.
7.
MATTHEW JAMES:
JASON MICHAEL:
Son of Norman and Johanne Grenia.
Born: July 22, 1971 at Sweetsburg Hospital.
6.
STEPHEN ALLAN:
Son of Clifton and Beverley Laduke.
Born: Sept. 12, 1952 at Sweetsburg Hospital.
6.
MICHAEL
Son of Clifton and Beverley Laduke.
Born: Dec. 27, 1953 at Sweetsburg Hospital.
Alton and Vina live in Stanbridge East, as does Clifton and his
family.
5.
GORDON EVAN:
Son of Gordon and Rachel Evans I.aduke.
Born: March 30, 1937 at St. Helena, Calif.
Married: Oct. 14, 1939 to Della Prince.
They have two children.
6.
MICHEL GORDON:
Born: Aug. 25, 1959 at St. Helena, Calif.
6.
JANET MARIE:
Born: Nov. 30, 1962 at St. Helena, Calif.
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LLOYD ALTON:
Son of Gordon and Rachel Laduke.
Born: Jan. 28, 1946 at St. Helena, California.
Married: 1974 to Randy Glave.
Born: Dec. 31, 1953 in San Francisco.
Lloyd was an Honor Student at High School. Graduated from
University, and joined the Navy for four years. He received a
citation from the Navy saying that he had made a computer
system that had never been good into a reliable working unit.
They live in Santa Rosa, Calif.
5
LINDEN ERNEST:
Son of Lloyd and Frances Laduke.
Born: Feb. 25, 1949 in Oakland, Calif.
Served four years in Navy.
Married: Aug. 4, 1973 to
Diana Lee Kozicki of East Hartford, Conn.
Born: Nov. 29, 1951.
They live in East Hartford, Conn.
5.
TERRY LLOYD:
Son of Lloyd and Frances Laduke.
Twin brother of: Linden.
Born: Feb. 25, 1949 in Oakland, Calif.
Served four years in Navy.
Married: March 22, 1975 to Judy Eckroat in
Boise, Idaho, an X-ray Technician.
They live in Santa Rosa where Terry is
studying at University there.
5.
LOUISE PRUELLA:
Daughter of Lloyd and Frances Laduke.
Born: Oct. 22, 1954 in Oakland, Calif.
Graduated in June, 1975 from
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in 1926 showing Herbert Laduke at the wheel.
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BERTHA A.:
Daughter of Francis and Patience Laduke.
Born: Dec. 22, 1878.
Died: Dec. 21, 1964.
Married: Nov. 23, 1895 to
Leslie H. Pratt.
Born: Feb. 14, 1875.
Both buried in Lowell, Mass.
4.
THEIR CHILDREN
HERBERT L.:
Born: July 20, 1896.
Married to Agnes MacClements
from Scotland.
Some years after Agness death Herbert married Mabel. They
live in Lowell, Mass.
5.
AUDLEY G.:
Son of Herbert and Agnes Laduke.
Born: Aug. 23, 1921.
Married and has three children.
Audley had a career in the Air Force.
Retired as Major. Lives in Florida.
4.
BEULAH 1.:
Daughter of Leslie and Bertha Pratt.
Born: Aug. 21, 1902.
In 1975 Beulah is still living in her parents
home in Lowell, Mass.
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3.
ARCHIBALD F.:
Son of Francis and Patience Laduke.
Born: Nov. 20, 1885.
Married: Oct. 6, 1909 to
Eva J. Jones of Stanbury, Que.
Born: Sept. 26, 1888, daughter of
Zeno Jones and his wife Nellie Salisbury.
Died: March 5, 1966.
Both buried at Massawippi, Que.
4
THEIR CHILDREN
GERALDINE:
Born: July 30, 1902.
Married Bernard Surveyer at Arvida, Que.
Buried in Montreal.
5
THEIR DAUGHTER
SUZANNE:
Lives in Montreal.
Geraldine married a second time to William McCrea of North
Hatley.
5
ONE DAUGHTER:
MARY:
Lives in Vancouver, B.C.
4.
EVELYNE PATIENCE:
Daughter of Archie and Eva Laduke.
Born: Feb. 26, 1905.
Married: William Cranston.
They have three children: Joyce, Tina and John. The girls are
both married. John is in University. Bill and Evelyn lived in
Montreal for several years, then his business rm sent him to
New York where they lived until his retirement, when they
went to Florida where they have a lovely home at Palm Bay.
Lloyd and Frances Laduke spent three months in Florida this
past winter, and had many lovely visits with them. This gave
Lloyd and Evelyn an opportunity to reminisce about their
youth, and the good times we all had together. Uncle Archie
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H-ENRY LADUKE:
CHILDREN
all born in County of Missisquoi
EMMA ADA:
Born: Feb. 17, 1884.
Died: Nov. 3, 1938.
Buried at Hearne, Sask.
Married: May 4, 1922 to
T. Mclnery.
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Born:Jan. 11,1901.
Died: Oct. 28, 1948.
Married: July 31, 1925 to
William Scott.
Two daughters, Helen and Rita.
One son, Rae.
* Served in First World War.
Lieut. Harold Edgar Laduke served in 1st World War. He was gassed
in France. Buried at Bramshott, England.
George Wilbur Laduke served in 1st World War. Lived to come to
Saskatoon at wars end. Later moved to California, married. Never
had good health after and not able to do much work.
Albert Edward Laduke served in 1st World War. He had inuenza in
trenches, in France. Lived to get to Saskatoon after wars end. Died
of T.B. Buried near his parents.
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JAMES:
ARTHUR:
Arthur went away from this vicinity when a young man, and
no one ever heard from him.
2.
MARY E.:
F'RED:
ADELIA E.:
Daughter of Joseph and Clarissa Laduke.
Born: Feb. 26, 1853.
Died: May, 1936. Buried at Pearceton.
Married: Aug. 25, 1875 to
Sylvester Corey.
Born: Jan. 26, 1846.
Died: July, 1911. Buried in Pearceton beside
their twin daughters who died as infants,
Ada and Ida.
Their son:
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V1./ILFRID S.:
JDNATHAN:
Son of Joseph and Clarissa Laduke.
Born: April 27, 1856.
Died: March 5, 1932.
Buried at Pearceton.
Married: Jan. 1, 1883 to
Louise Jane Mandigo. Divorced.
Born: Nov. 20, 1868.
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ARTHUR FRANCIS:
Son of John and Louise Laduke.
Born: Feb. 25, 1884.
Died: Jan. 23, 1928. Buried in Nashua, N.H.
Married to Etta K. Morse of Nashua, N.H.
No children. After his death Etta married Harry Shaw. They
lived in Nashua, after Harryfs death Etta moved to Manchester,
N.H.
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AMOS JOSEPH:
Born: Sept. 25, 1886.
Died: Dec. 12, 1969. Buried at Pearceton.
Married: Dec. 1, 1915 to
Ethel May Corey.
Born: May 1, 1889.
Daughter of James Corey and his wife Frances Laduke.
They lived in the 10th Range of Dunham, which was called
MAE LILLIAN:
Born: March 20, 1893.
Died: June 17, 1965 at Dover, N.H.
Married about 1910 to Alexander L. Jackson.
They had one daughter, Marjorie. Married to Gardner Kimball.
Mae divorced and remarriedto John F. Burke. They had five
children, two girls died in infancy.
4
CARL:
Carl is a Baptist Minister.
Born: Dec. 12, 1917.
Married to Marion Libby, they had three children: Joyce,
Kathy and David. Marion died of polio when Joyce was three.
Rev. Carl married Caroline Burns. Kathy died in 1973. Carl is
Chaplain to the Erie County Jail, New York, and has recently
returned to a Parish ministry at Evans, N.Y. about 18 miles
south west of Buffalo, on shore of Lake Erie, after serving on
the Council of Churches Staff for over eleven years. Joyce is
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4.
ARTHUR J .2
Married to Virginnia McKay,
One son, Arthur, Jr. and
two daughters, Audrey and Lillian.
5.
ARTHUR, J R.:
Married Jewel Vachon.
They had two children.
Arthur divorced and married again.
4.
JOHN F ., J R.:
(Mike) Married.
No information on him.
5.
AUDREY L.:
Married William Leahy, has one son Daryl.
Born, July 1965.
5.
LILLIAN M.
Married and has one daughter.
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MANDIGO
As my great-grandmother Laduke was a Mandigo I have
searched for sometime to learn more about them. Tradition has it
that they came to America from Italy. I rather like to think that this
is right, on account of the lovely dark eyes that so many of the
Laduke and Mandigo family have.
patent.
Tradition has it that the Mandigo men of New York State were
really outstanding men physically, well over six feet with broad
shoulders. I well remember Walter Mandigo from Venice, he used to
visit us in sugar-making time. He was a very large man with huge
hands. Jonathan, Stanton and Charles Laduke were all men well over
six feet. Walter Mandigo had a very good memory and he told Amos
and Ethel many things about the family, and we have Ethel to thank
for writing it down.
My greatgrandmother, Clarissa
Mandigo Ladu ke.
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1965
Left to right: Rev. M. Errey, Amos Laduke (grandson of Amos
Mandigo) and his wife Ethel M. Corey, and her cousin Ruth Laduke
Johnson. Amos and Ethel celebrating their Golden Wedding.Ruth
was ring-bearer at their wedding.
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Mandigo family.
From the Archives at Fonda, N.Y. the following was sent to
me. Marriage record of Jonathan Mandego and Polly Benson, August
7, 1797, in the Reformed Church of Kinderhook, Columbia County,
New York. I have no way of knowing if this could have been our
great-great grandfather or not, if so, he would have been married
twice, and Polly Benson was his first wife. As Clarissas mother is
listed as Sally Vincent.
MANDIGO GENEALOGY
JONATHAN MANDIGO:
of New York State.
Married: Sally Vincent.
THEIR CHILDREN
J ENNIE:
Married: Mr. Thompson.
Their children: Susie,
Sarah, Libby and Walter.
KATE:
Married: Levi Leslie.
Second Marriage: 0. Regan.
RUTH
SALLY
HIRAM
ZEBULON:
Married: Elizabeth Dodge.
Born: 1802 in New York State.
HORATIO
TUTTLE
CLARISSA:
Married: Joseph Laduke.
Born: 1812.
MICHAEL
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THEIR CHILDREN
AMOS:
Born: Dec. 21, 1839.
Died: March 21, 1882.
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ROYCE:
Born: Nov. 30, 1899 at Shrewsbury, Vermont.
Married: Alice Haight.
Second Marriage: Emma Vargo.
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ELLISON
From Public Archives, Ottawa:
under the Leader Hugh Finlay. One of the strings attached to this
agreement was that any mill sites on this 200 acres would belong to
Finlay. We do not know what happened as Joseph Ellisons name is
not found among the Associates of Stanbridge, and family tradition
has it that he had cleared thirty acres of land and then in some way
he could not get a clear title. He helped the Surveyors to survey the
Township of Dunham and was given 200 acres in the area of what is
now Fordyce. The first Lodge in the Eastern Townships was called
Select Surveyors Lodge and was held at Missisquoi Bay; that is
the rst Masonic Lodge. I received a letter from the Grand Lodge of
Quebec saying that my great-great grandfather, Joseph Ellison was
initiated in Prevost Lodge No. 7 in 1816, and he was listed as a
farmer.
I believe his interest in the Masonic Lodge was always retained
by him. His monument bears the Masonic emblem.
and where his grandson Arthur lived until his death, and Vincent and
Edmund and Joseph, Jr. They all lived within a short radius of
Fordyce. We know there were others but I do not have the proper
information on them. Edith was a daughter of Joseph and Eunice
and she married Andrew Truax and died quite young and is buried in
Brigham; and her niece, Calebs daughter Edith later married Andrew
Truax. Richard bought the first school-house built in Fordyce, and
remodelled it into a home with an addition on it at one end, and this
dear old place remained in the family until it burned down a few
years ago. The original school-house door was still on the kitchen
with its hand wrought iron work, and Murray Mason and] found it
in the basement after the fire and it is now in the museum at
Stanbridge East. Richard told his grandchildren he remembered
hearing the noise of the guns when the War between United States
and Canada opened. He married Maria Griggs when she was seven
teen, and when he was twenty-three years old he was the father of
three children. His granddaughter Ethel Ellison was a teacher, and
she is still living in 1975 at her home in Sweetsburg at the age of
ninety-three. Her sister Ada married William Howie of St. Sebastien
and they had six children, one of whom is Dr. Mabel Howie, now
retired and who lives part of her time with Miss Ellison.
1.
JOSEPH:
Married: June 17, 1801 at Franklin, Vermont to
Eunice Ingalls, daughter of
Caleb and Mary Chatsey Ingalls.
Buried: Union Cemetery, Cowansville.
2.
CALEB:
Born: May 22, 1807.
Died: Oct. 31, 1879. Buried at Famham Centre,
Married: March 9, 1832 to
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THEIR CHILDREN
CHARLOTTE M.:
Born: Dec. 18, 1832.
Died: Dec. 9, 1833.
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3.
EDITH REGINA:
Born: March 6, 1833.
Died: Nov. 8, 1869.
Buried in Brigham, Que.
JOHN:
Born: Aug. 7, 1834.
My father told me that Aunt Mim as they all called her used to
dry apples, and take them to Bedford and trade them for things
from the store. Got 5c per lb. for them. Made her own cheese, and
some to sell also. Kept it under bed to cure. Her brother John was
rather shiftless like his father before him, would not even cut any
wood to have it dry, would pull up a tree full length and cut it up as
needed. The first house Caleb built was just west of the present one.
John would walk sometimes down to visit his sister Patience, my
grandmother Laduke. He wore leather boots and Grandma told that
he would sleep with them on, and she would hear him get up in the
night sometimes or before daylight; his boots hit the oor with a
bang, and he would go home to milk the cows. Aunt Mim had a
generous and kind heart. Loved children, reared the grandchildren of
Edmund Ellison: Clara, Edward and Henry Snyder. I have a picture
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THEIR CHILDREN
EUNICE ELLA:
Born: Dec. 24, 1878.
Married: 1904 to Gilbert Fletche.
Lived in Bangor, Maine. No Children.
Eunice and her sister Ida visited us at Fordyce. A very clever
and vivacious person. I visited Bangor in September 1974, but
could find no trace of her. Once her eyesight failed we heard
no more from her.
4.
CHARLES WESLEY, JR.:
Born: June 30, 1880.
Never married.
Died in Boston.
4.
IDA MAY:
Born: Aug. 11, 1883.
Never married.
Died in Boston.
3.
PATIENCE ALCESTA:
Born: Sept. 5, 1847.
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JACOB:
Son of Joseph and Eunice Ellison.
Died: 1855.
Married: Catherine Lampman.
Died: 1887.
2
VINCENT:
Son of Joseph and Eunice Ellison.
Married: Nancy Griggs, daughter of
A. Griggs, and a sister of Mrs. Richard Ellison.
They had six children, one died aged three.
Orilla married Joseph Iaduke (see Laduke Genealogy).
Idella married Melvin Galer. No children. They lived on a farm
near Richford. Buried: Richford.
Adelaide married Clarence Atwood. Two children: Ivy and
Clarence.
Alzina married Loren Quebec. One son: Allen.
Sophronia married James Stewart. One son: Earl.
Candace, the youngest, never married. Lived alone for many
years in the old Home near Fordyce. Died at her sisters in
Richford. Buried in East Farmham Cemetery.
2
RICHARD:
Son of Joseph and Eunice Ellison.
Born: June 23, 1809.
Died: Jan. 23, 1901.
Married: Sally Maria Griggs.
Born: March 15, 1813.
Died: Jan. 15, 1880.
In a list of pupils from Fordyce School in 1829 sent from the
Archives the names of Sally Maria, Nancy, Henry and Abra
ham Griggs were listed.
3
THEIR CHILDREN
HENRY:
Born: 1847.
Married June 4, 1877 to
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THEIR CHILDREN
ADA:
4
ETHEL:
Ethel taught school many years.
She lives in Cowansville. Never married.
4
ARTHUR:
Arthur was a good farmer, and also had a very large apiary of
bees. Died on the farm where he was born. Never married.
3
ooNNA:
Born: 1852.
Married: 1873 to Hubert Knowles.
Born: 1849.
Three children: Jessie, born 1874: Hoyt, 1877;
Leroy, born 1880, died in infancy.
Jessie married Harry Glover, June 1, 1902. Lived in Manches
ter and are both buried there.
They had five children: Herbert, Marjorie, Edith. Franklin and
Wilma.
Ebwnr
Never married, no information.
3
' MARTIN:
3.
EMILY:
RICHARD EDSON:
Son of Richard and Sally Maria Ellison.
Born: 1843.
Died: 1921.
Mrs. Eckley has one daughter who is married and has eight
children.
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compiled by
Charles Burleigh, M.D.
Malden, Mass.
1903
Edmund
121
X
Ingalls
Mark
122
GENEALOGICAL HISTORY
of the
TOWN OF READING, MASS.
From 1639 to 1874
By Hon. Lilley Eaton
1874
GRIGGS
As both Mrs. Richard and Mrs. Vincent Ellison were from the
Griggs family I thought that I might mention that they lived nearer
Freeport than Fordyce, but attended school in Fordyce.
CALVIN:
Born: Dec. 5, 1852.
Died: May 17, 1935.
Married: Ida Persons.
Died: Sept. 4, 1932.
3_
THEIR DAUGHTER
RUBIE:
Married Thomas Riddick of Farnham, and they had one son
Robert. After Mr. Riddicks death they lived on in Farnham
until 1975 when failing health made it necessary for them to
move to Convalescent Homes in Cowansville area.
2.
ADELINE:
Daughter of Abraham Griggs. She married Mr. Stinehour and
lived at Glen Sutton. They had four daughters. One of these,
Jennie, married a Mr. Courser. No other information.
7
CILARISSA:
FORDYCE
by Reg Willis
Heraldic Artist
The shire of Banff in the north of Scotland was the early home
of this ancient family. The family name is said by some writers to
have been originally that of a place being derived from the Gaelic
words fure chess which means a cold place to the south, but most
authorities agree that it is a corruption of the Scottish Clan name of
Forbes; the similarity of the Coat-ofArmsfor both Forbes and
Fordyce family which was located in Banffshire early in the 15th
century. Authentic records of the family date from the 17th century
when it was located near Turriff in shire of Aberdeen by George
Fordyce.
From his eldest son, John, is descended the family of Ding
wall-Fordyce which originated in the marriage of Jane, heiress of her
brother William Fordyce of Culsh, with William Dingwall in 1744.
The Dingwall or Dingwell family was of Norse origin long
domiciled in the shire of Ross;leaving there during the 16th century
to escape the constant Clan feuds, the family settled in Aberdeen
shire. From this marriage was descended many soldiers who served
the British Crown with distinction, especially in India.
) Fordce Castle
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going into Scotland. and from there coming into the United States
but they have been very elusive to follow. We cannot seem to nd
any specic dates as to when they came. Tradition had it that they
came to Mass. but no trace of them has been found there. Thanks to
Mrs. Owen, a kind friend who did a lot of work in Boston one winter
on genealogy, found where they, our John and Elizabeth were
married in R.l.
With that clue to follow, Bob Butler, whose great-grandfather
Stanton Fordyce had been a brother of my great-grandmother,
Susannah went to Westerly, R.l. where he was able to nd the
marriage of Johns father and mother, so, we now know that they
were there very early. Westerly, R.l. Land Evidence, Book 2,
1707-1717, Page 121 conrms that James Fordice owned land in
Westerly and sold it to a Henry Williams on 13 of Aug. 1711, and it
showed that James at that time was a resident of Stonington, Conn.
Far down the north in a warm howe, Where eld are green
and burnies rowe-Stans auld Fordyce; I kenna how it rst was riggit,
But its a queer old town noo, As eer was biggit. . .
Before starting on the genealogy of the Fordyce Clan I
thought perhaps I might explain something of what I have learned
from different sources about our Canadian John and his parents
and grandparents.
Their son:
John: Born, 1775. Died July 17, 1862. Married: lst, Jemima Marsh;
2nd, Asenath Stone.
The John born in 1740 is the rst one to come to Canada, so,
perhaps I should tell this story about him before relating what his
father and grandfather did in Rhode Island.
He was a Tory and in fear of his life on that account. He went
out one night to get an armful of wood and hearing a noise in the
nearby woods he skulked away without telling his wife, as he
thought the house was being watched. If he went to Nova Scotia at
that time we are not certain, records show that he received a grant of
land there in 1784. After he had been gone for sometime his wife
Elizabeth married a Mr. Porter, and they had two children, a son
who died young and a daughter Anna who married Daniel Rust, who
was Lorenzo Dows uncle. Lorenzo Dow was one of the first
Methodist saddle-bag preachers to hold services in Missisquoi
County.
;/ rt
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LEWIS FAMILY
Genealogy and Historical Sketches
by Alfred A. Langworthy
Westerly Public Library (A book by Alfred Langworthy, descendant of Daniel
Lewis, son of John Lewis published Lewis FamiIy'and is catalogued 929-2L,
Gena. Room}.
LEWIS FAMILY:
JOHN:
Died: 1690.
Children:
Jonathan: died, 1710. Married, Jemima Whitehead.
(2) Deliverance.
John: died, 1735. Married, Ann.
Daniel: died, 1718. Married, Mary Maxson.
James: died, 1745. Married, Sarah Babcock.
David: died, 1718. Married, Elizabeth Babcock.
Israel: died, 1719. Married, Jane Babcock.
Samuel: died 1739. Married, Joanna. Died, 1734.
Dorcas: married, Robert Burdick.
Jonathan
Joanna, married Mr. Tanner
Sarah, married James Fordice.
The will of Samuel Lewis dated 5 Aug. 1734 and proved 1
Feb. 1739 . . . to daughter Sarahs son, John Fordice, 100 pounds,
to lay out in lands . . . (Recorded in Town Records, Westerly, R.I.)
-and write.
Sam
His
X
Mark
Lewis
***
Westerly Land Evidence, Book 2, 1707-1717, p. 121 conrms
that James Fordice owned land in Westerly and sold it to a Henry
Williams on 13 Aug. 1711 and shows James to be a resident of
Stonington, Conn.
* * *
miles from Westerly) where he and Mary Foredice have two children,
shortly thereafter.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS, South Kingstown, R.l.
JOHN FORDICE:
Born: Oct., 1711.
Died: 1745
Married: Lucianna Pettes on Dec. 27, 1733
by John Hoxie, J .P. recorded Westerly Courthouse.
PETTES FAMILY
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
17 May 1714
6 July 1716
4 June 1718
12 Dec. 1719
24 June 1722
27 Oct. 1724
10 Aug. 1727
23 Nov. 1729
3 Jan. 1732
29 March 1735
19 Nov. 1737
James
Sarah
John
Lucianna
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Clerk
/County
Descendants of ROBERT STANTON, Newport, Rhode Island
ROBERT STANTON:
Born: 1599.
Died: Aug. 29, 1672.
MarriedAvis
CHILDREN
SARAH:
Died l708(
).
CHILDREN
MARY:
Died: May 11, 1747.
Married: John Coggeshall, son of
Joshua and Joan Coggeshall.
Bom: Dec. 1659.
Died: May 1, 1727.
Children: 1. John, 2. Caleb, 3. Joshua, 4. Joseph, 5. Mary,
6. Hannah, 7. Mercy, 8. Daughter, 9. Avis, 10. Humility.
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HANNAH:
Died: 1752.
Married: Edward Carr, Oct. 6, 1686.
PATIENCE:
No information.
JOHN:
Born: April 22, 1674.
Married Elizabeth Clarke.
CONTENT:
No information.
ROBERT:
Married:Penelope
BENJAMIN:
Married: Martha Tibbits
Benjamin was a Physician.
JOHN STANTON:
Born: April 22, 1674.
Married: Feb. 9, 1698 to
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
4 Dec. 1698
21 Sept. 1700
27 Feb. 1702
12 Dec. 1703
12 Dec. 1705
25 March 1708
5 May 1710
18 Sept. 1714
6 June 1717
5 May 1719
22 Dec. 1721
DAVID STANTON:
Born: Dec. 22, 1721
Married:Martha
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Married: Martha
CHILDREN
John
Latham
Elizabeth
Catherine
Mary
Hannah
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Born:
Bom:
ELIZABETH STANTON:
Born: April 1, 1747
Died: Sept. 1816, So. Kingston, R.I.
Daughter of David and Martha Stanton.
Married: John Fordice on Dec. 6, 1764.
Born: May 24, 1740, Exeter, R.I.
HARRIETT:
Born: Aug. 31, 1803.
Died: Nov. 25, 1804.
STANTON:
Born: March 31, 1806.
DANIEL:
Born: Sept. 17, 1807.
Died: Oregon.
Married: (1) Elizabeth Kentston on March 5, 1829.
Born: March 7, 1810.
Died: Jan. 27,1833.
(2) Elizabeth Lucas on Jan. 16, 1834.
Born: Aug. 10, 1811.
Died: March 31, 1852.
(3) Margaret (Hunter) Coons on March 24, 1853.
Born: May 4,1818.
Children:
Zevia: born, Sept. 26, 1830; died, Nov. 17, 1842.
Catherine Olneyz born, July 12, 1835; married, James Good
heart.
Susannah: born, July 27, 1837; married, (1) Duncan E.
Cameron on March 15, 1854; (2) Eli Harris on Dec. 2, 1856.
Maria: born, Dec. 14, l840;married,Sa1matius Dearth.
Elizabeth: born, Aug. 3, 1841.
Lewisa: born, Sept. 29, 1842; died, Jan. 26, 1846.
William Stanton: born, Dec. 27, 1844; settled in Iowa.
Lewis: born, March 15, 1849 (Washington, Iowa).
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Lucy Jane: born, Jan. 21, 1854; died, Nov. 13, 1854.
John Hunter: born, Nov. 7, 1855; settled in Calif.
Virginia Ann: born, Feb. 18, 1860; died, Feb. 6, 1866.
LUCY:
Born: March 14, 1809.
Married: Dean.
JOHN:
Born: March 25, 1811.
Married: (1) Mary C. Dean on Nov. 17, 1836.
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Towns
Freemen
Newport
Providence
Portsmouth
Warwick
Westerly
New Shoreham
Kingtown
Jamestown
Greenwich
Total
Militia
190
241
98
80
95
38
200
33
40
358
283
104
95
100
47
282
28
65
20
6
8
4
5
*
9
3
220
7
40
10
20
6
85
32
6
2203
1446
628
480
570
208
1200
206
240
1015
1362
56
426
7181
Leona Brown (in nursing home in Illinois) and her mother Ola Moe
Frederick living in Marion, Iowa, aged 77 years.
mother.
Edey married Asa Olney in Nova Scotia. He was the son of Asa
Olney and Catherine Jenks. Asa Olney, Sr. was born in 1725. He was
the son of John, and grandson of William and Alice Olney. Asa had a
daughter, Catherine, who was born on board ship when they were
going to Nova Scotia and she grew up on her fathers farm in Nova
Scotia which was very close to that of Nathaniel and James Pettes
and she married James Pettes and came here to Quebec and settled
in the area near West Brome, where she and James are buried there
in the Pettes Cemetery. So,one can see that they were rather a close
knit family, Pettes, Fordyces and Lewis. In September while in
Parrsboro I talked with several members of the Pettes family. Was
interested to find in the Town Clerks Office an old book dating
from 1784 in which Asa and Edeys wedding was recorded on Oct.
8, 1787. The mark for James Pettes stock was also registered in this
book. Dated Aug. 14, 1786. A slit in the left ear and a halfpenny in
the underside of same. John Fordyces mark was dated July 13,
1786, and was two swallow forks in the right ear, and a slit in the
left ear. I expect this was two notched points like a swallows tail.
The only child I know of was Oman, born June 28, 1795. If
Edey and Asa had other children I do not know of them.
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THEIR CHILDREN
145
SARGENT
Hannah and Patience Sargent, daughters of Benjamin and
Elizabeth were both married to James Humphrey (at different
times).
One can see how closely intertwined all these families were, as
James mother was Anna Fordyce. They lived at Fordyce Corner,
Que. and have many, many descendants in the area, also in United
States.
JAMES:
Ohio;
Mrs.
William C
daughter of
Hon. Thomas Wood,
member of the Legislative
council, Que.
Born: 1811.
Died: 1864.
Both buried at Chapel
Comer, Dunham
Cemetery.
THEIR CHILDREN
THOMAS LOREN:
Born: 1838.
Married: Miss Carter of
Stanbridge.Movedto
Iowa. .
Orlando
MINNIE:
Daughter of Julia and Christian Sager.
Never married. Lived in Ottawa.
NELLIE:
Daughter of Julia and Christian Sager.
Married: Franklin J oyal of Brome, Que.
They lived in Manchester, N.H. Moved to Calif. in 1920. They
had three sons, Arnold, Meredyth and Eric. All were married
in Calif. Eric has passed away. I have had some memorable
visits with the Joyal family while in Calif. We enjoyed Franklin
and Nellie visiting us at Fordyce.
PATIENCE:
Born: March 16, 1789, Parrsboro, N.S.
Died: Dec. 13, 1823, Bainbridge, Chenango Co., N.Y.
Married: July 11, 1809 to Nathaniel Stone.
Born: July 11, 1788.
They were in Brandon Township, Vermont 1815.
Children:
Nathaniel (7), Elijah (6), Archibald (5), Isaac (4), John (3), Deason
John (2), Deacon Samuel (1).
Born: Hoosick, N.Y., July 11, 1788, went with parents in
1806 to Famham, Quebec, Canada. Thence he successively moved
from Famham to Dunham in 1812 and about 1816 to Bainbridge
(now Afton) near Binghampton, N.Y. and about 1838 to Menard
County, Ill. and nally to North English where he died.
He married rst in St. Armand, Que, Canada. July 11, 1809
Patience Fordice. Born in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, daughter of John
and Elizabeth (Stanton) Fordice.
1823.
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FORDYCE
These last few pages have been involved with the children of
John and Elizabeth Fordyce but I feel that I want to put down what
we learned while visiting Parrsboro, N.S. in Sept. 1974. Have
included the wording of the Land Grant which John and Caleb
Lewis received. We have found how the Lewis are connected with
the Fordyces. The Lewis family remained in Parrsboro, and are still
a prominent family there. In local histories there it says that Caleb
Lewis came in 1780, and that he was the rst man in that area to cut
down trees. Caleb Lewis had a son Jesse who came from the States
looking for his father, and he was directed to Calebs home, and
hired out to work for him, and after a few days he told his father
who he was. Jesse married Chloe Olney, who had come from Rhode
Island with her mother Patience Olney. There is a stump of a willow
tree 19 ft. in circumference on the Lewis farm which was started
from a willow cane which Jesse stuck into the bank of the brook the
day he arrived.
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JOHN FORDICE:
Born: 1775, Rhode Island.
Died: July 17, 1862, Shefford, Que., Canada.
Married: (1) Jemima Marsh at Parrsboro, N.S. on
July 24, 1797. Daughter of Henry Spear Marsh.
(2) Asenath Stone, daughter of
Elijah and Susanna Aylsworth Stone.
Born: Feb. 9, 1799.
MARSH FAMILY:
Alexander Marsh born in 1628 (Wales) came to America in
1654. He died March 7, 1698 at Braintree, Mass. (now
Quincy). Buried in Hancock Cemetery next to Quincy City
Hall. Married: (1) Mary Belcher on Oct. 19, 1655 at Braintree,
daughter of Gregory and Katherine Belcher. Mary was born
July 8, 1639. Died, Feb. 17, 1678. (2) Bathshua Lotrop Beal,
daughter of Rev. John Lothrop of Barnstable and widow of
Benjamin Beal. She was baptized Feb. 27, 1641. Died, Jan. 8,
1723.
Children: 9 one of whom was:
Children:
Samuel, baptized Oct. 17, 1742.
Joshua, born March 16, 1744.
Elijah, baptized Oct. 19, 1746.
Jemima, baptized June 5, 1748. Married, Miss Whitehead.
Nathaniel, baptized March 29, 1750.
Isobel, baptized Nov. 24, 1751. Died, 1771.
Henry Spear, baptized July 21, 1754.
Henrys children:
Susannah, born Oct. 9, 1783, Nova Scotia.
Married, Stanton Fordice.
Jemima, married July 24, 1797 to John Fordice.
ELIZABETH:
Daughter of John and Jemima Fordyce.
Born: 1798.
Married: John Bell, Shefford Co., Quebec.
1 have not been able to trace the Bell family. I feel that they
must have come in with the Fordyces or else became friends after
they arrived here.
Stantons wife was also a Bell, we do not know as yet if she
was a sister of Elizabeths husband John or not. I think she would
have been, as Sarahs father was named John also.
Also found an entry for George Bell, son of John and Sarah,
born April 12, 1776, and he married Lucy Fordyce, register states
she was born in 1780, daughter of James and Lydia Fordyce. So this
means that George was a brother of Mrs. Stanton Fordyce. Well, the
Bell rings on, and I must get back to Elizabeth and John.
John was born in 1794. Died, 1878. Elizabeth was born in
1798. Died, 1877. They are both buried in Farnham Centre
Cemetery.
They had a son John, born Feb. 13, 1831. Died, Nov. 27,
l909. His wife was Caroline J. Seale.
I have no record of when the Bells left Shefford Co. and came
to live at Farnham Centre. The farm is just a short distance across
the eld from the cemetery, and is located on Highway 40. We find
the names of John and Elizabeth Bell on the Methodist Chapel roll,
also Elizabeth Fordyce.
Arthur Bell and his wife had two sons: Grant and Lynn. Grant
married Ruth Stowe, and they live in Sask. Lynn married Velma
Smith of Dunkin, and they had one son Keith, who married Barbara
Goheen of Cowansville, and they had three sons.
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CANADA
upvrinr (llnurt
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC
DISTRICT OF BEDFORDJ
EXTRACT
from the Register of the Acts of Baptlsm, Marriage
and Burial of the
Angurnn Church, Pros: Village
the
year
one thousand
to wit:
July one thousand eight hundred and sixty two in the eighty seventh
your of his are and was buried the eighteenth
by me
(signed)
(signed)
"
David Lindsay
John S. Fordice
Emeline Fordieu
In our presence
(signed) Daniel Clark Jr.
(signed) George Stetton his (X) mark
(signed) Andrew Balfors, Minister
The above marriage was solemnized
(signed) John Fordice
(signed) Asenath Stone
I feel that perhaps Elijah and his parents settled first at Stone
Settlement no wSt. Ignace de Stanbridge, as their rst children
were born in that area, then the next two were born in Dunham
Township. Peter Stone of Stone Settlement had a daughter
Susanna, born 1819 who married Jacob Shufelt, who owned the
farm near Fordyce where Murray Mason now lives. Perhaps Peter
Stone was a brother of Nathaniel, and he named his daughter
Susanna after his mother.
STANTON FORDICE:
Son of John Fordyce Jr. and Jemima Marsh.
Born: Nov. 11, 1808 at Dunham, Que., Canada.
Died: Oct. 14, 1882.
Buried at Rosendale Cemetery, Wisc.
Married: Sarah Bell on March 19, 1828 at
Township of Shefford, Que., Canada.
Born: Farnham, Que., daughter of John and
Sarah (Johnston) Bell.
Died: July 2, 1874. Buried, Rosendale Cemetery, Wisc.
They lived in Malone, N.Y. and went to Wisc. in 1848.
John and Sarah Bell are buried at West Shefford, Que.
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John
Harriette
Sarah
Stanton Alonzo, born June 18, 1897.
Frank E., born 1895.
lra Dwight, born Jan. 29, 1893. Died, Aug. 25, 1897.
Sadie, married Mr. Rensch.
Samuel L., born July 25, 1895. Married, Elsie Schrankler.
Children:
Shirley Louise, born 1927. Married, Mr. Gelhaye.
ALONZO B.:
Born: 1831.
Married: Sarah...
Removed to Olmsted Co., Minn. before 1883.
SARAH ELIZABETH:
Born: March 16, 1831.
Died: Oct. 11, 19]].
Married: Oct. 3, 1854 to Samuel Rasey.
Died: July 18, 1914.
LEV] ALBERT:
Born: 1833.
CHARLES FRANKLIN:
Born: Oct. 31, 1842, New York.
Died: Dec. 14,1911.
Married: (1) Frances Elizabeth Eddy (l8491893).
There were two children: Ray, born Sept. 25, 1883;
Laura who married Allen Tracy of Wilmotte, 111.
(2) Georgia Swaney (Sweeney) on Sept. 16, 1903.
Died: June 3, 1948 at King, Wisc.
STANTON:
Born: Feb. 15, 1845, Malone, N.Y.
Died: May 20, 1928.
Married: Mary Elizabeth (Sheldon) Barnes on
April 15, 1868.
Children:
Starr, born June 20, 1881. Died, Feb. 25, 1946.
Frances, born Jan. 30, 1885. Died, July 13, 1937.
Married: Charles E. Fink.
MARY:
Born: 1847.
Married: Alvin Eddy.
Was in Centerville, So. Dak. in 191 1.
LOVISA:
Born: April 20, 1851, Rosendale, Wisc.
Died: March 13, 1924.
Married: William Kossuth Brown, Jan. 24, 1872.
ELLA ADELINE:
Born: March 29, 1854.
Died: June 28, 1899.
Married: Herman Ewald, Oct. 18, 1882.
Children: Harrison, Arthur.
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ward
\4'
159
Paul Kossuth, born Dec. 18, I887. Married, Gertrude May Stoll.
Ruth Mildred, born Oct. 22, I889. Married Henry John Butler.
RUTH MILDRED:
Born: Oct. I88), Cannvalley, So. Dakota.
Died: April 13, l960, buried at Manitowoc, Wisc.
Married: Henry John Butler.
Born: Sept. 8, 1879 at Nelson (Buffalo County) Wise,
son ofJohn Fiscus Butler, born March 2, 1842, Pa. and
Annie Catherine (Beck) Butler, born Dec. 22, 1844.
John F. and Catherine buried at Cornell, Wisc.
Henry Butler died on Dec. 15, 1950 and is
buried at Estella, Manitowoc.
CHILDREN
FRANCES ELOISE:
Born: July 3, 191 1, Estella, Wise.
Died: Aug. 5, 1952 and buried Manitowoc.
Married: llarold Herbst on Oct. 8, I932.
No children. llarold deceased.
ARTHUR DELBERT:
Born: Dec. 13, 1915, Westeld, Wise.
Married: July 6, 1940 to Jeanette Albrecht,
daughter of Herman and Ida Albrecht of
Shoto, Wisc. (Manitowoc County).
Children:
Pamela Janet, born May 8, I942, Manitowoc.
Married, Gerald Cooper son of Roger and Florence Cooper.
Penny Ardis, born Feb. 22, I944, Manitowoc.
Married, Lawrence Groniak son of Chester and
Sylvia Groniak.
Children: 1) Michael, 2) Matthew,
3) Elizabeth Sylvia.
LAURA EUNICE:
Born: Dec. 27, 1917, Cornell, Wise.
Married: Murray Sachse, June 22, 1946.
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(Thildren:
l6l
:1
. .
Merwin and June Waiteand Ruby Moore beside the plaque honoring
their ancestor, John Fordyce.
ROLLIE HOOK:
Son of William Brown and his wife Lovisa Fordyce.
Born: Aug. 28, 1876.
Married: Mary Fry.
Children:
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STANBURY
If you study the map enclosed with the History of Pearceton
you will see that Stanbury is at the north-end of the Township of
Stanbridge, about six miles from Stanbridge East and same distance
from Farnham. In the 1876 Directory the Postmaster was Porter
Beattie, by 1900 the Postmaster was Charles Short, and we think it
remained in their home until 1912 when Rural Delivery started.
There is no record to show when the first School was built but l find
in the Secretary-Treasurers book for 1883 where the Commissioners
paid the balance owed on the new school-house built in 1881. Miss
Agnes Truax was the teacher in I882 for the summer term, and she
taught four months at $8.00 per month. In winter months of 1884
the teacher was Minnie Dryden and she recd $15.00 per month.
Times were getting better. by 1901 Minnie Sager of Fordyce was
receiving $ 1100 per month. In Oct. 1901 my father, Herbert
Laduke repaired the No. 3 school at Stanbury, and received $7.50
for six days of carpenter work, and for ten cord of wood he was paid
$14.00. Note on same page that Dana Gardner supplied a broom and
water pail for No. 2, Pearceton School for .60c.
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d. in Stanbridge, Aug. 15, 1844; his widow died there Aug. 30,
1865; she was b. Feb. 7, 1769, Son of
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JABEZ STANTON: b. Dec. 19, 1718; m. Sept. 9, 1745, Sarah
Morse; lived in Preston, Conn. d. March 2, 1804. Son of
(pg. 137)
JOHN STANTON: b. May 22, 1665; lived in Preston on lands given
him by his father. His will, dated Feb. 13, 1747, was admitted to
probate in Norwich, Conn., July 8, 1755. His children were recorded
in Preston without the parents names.
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THOMAS STANTON embarked at London, England, Jan. 2, 1635,
in the merchantman Bonaventura. He went first to Virginia and
then to Boston. In 1637 he settled in Hartford, Conn. where he
married Ann Lord, daughter of Dr. Thomas and Dorothy Lord of
Hartford. In 1650 he established a trading house in Stonington,
Conn. on the Pawcatuck River. He died Dec. 2, 1676 and his wife
died in 1688.
DANIEL STANTON: (William, Jabez, John) b. Jan. 27, 1795, in
Preston, Conn.; m. Lydia Wheeler in 1817; d. Sept. 5, 1859.
Issue:
I Horatio, b. March 8, 1820; d. Nov. 25, 1850.
[I William, b. Jan. 19, 1822, lives in Stanbridge, P.Q.
III Daniel, Jr. b. Sept. 1826; dead.
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We have no record of when David Kennedy came into Quebec.
He married Sophia Stanton of Stanbridge in 1817 at Franklin, Vt.
Perhaps he was already settled in Stanbury, where he and my
grandfather Lester built the house which is still on the farm, next to
the last farm on the road, which leads from Stanbridge Ridge to the
north end of Stanbury. He did blacksmith work as well as operating
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years. Three children: Blanche, Harold and Gladys.
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Minnesota, I know nothing about. Never remember my mother
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STANTON
My great-grandmother, Sophia Stanton Kennedy came from
Preston, Conn. Her grandparents were Jabez and Sarah Morse
Stanton.
Miss Brenda Heney gave me two account books which had
belonged to my great-great grandfather William Stanton, and among
the store bills, and all the other memos I was delighted to nd one
page listing all of Jabez children and when they were born. Starting
with twins in 1746, they had eight more children up to 1762. Lydia,
born 1747; Abel, born 1748; Elizabeth, born 1751; Daniel, born
1753; Ann, born 1755; Hannah, born 1757; Mary, born 1759 and
William my great-great grandfather, born 1762. Up to and including
the year 1751 it was written as follows: Elizabeth, b. July 8, 1751,
Old Style. 2nd. day of the week; then the remainder were listed as
follows, New Style, Wm. 6th. day of week. Hope someone can
explain this. Among the family papers given me by Miss Heney is a
copy of Jabez Stantons Will made in 1798. This gives one an insight
into the type of will made in those early days. It was signed in a very
good hand by Jabes and red sealing wax beside the signature. His son
William was the Executor, he left him a gun worth $200, several of
his daughters only received $2.00 each, but his eldest daughter
received all his real estate, which was rather unusual for those days,
usually the eldest son inherited the farm. To his beloved wife a
comfortable support from her children and an honorable Christian
burial. After bearing him ten children I think he might have left her
a bit of cold cash. His eldest son he left $ 200 in cash and his
clothes. This will was made in Preston, County of New London,
Conn.
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ALLAN EDSON
I can well imagine that my great-grandmothers sister Elizabeth
little realized that she was the grandmother of a man who would
become eminent in his field of painting. He was one of the founders
of the Royal Canadian Academy. He was born at Stanbridge Ridge
on Dec. 18, 1846. He studied in Europe and was rated as one of the
best landscape painters in Canada. His pictures hang in Windsor
Castle, and in the National Art Gallery in Ottawa, and one in
Missisquoi Museum in Stanbridge East. Many are privately owned,
one of a local river scene owned by Mrs. George Tremblay. He died
in 1888 at Glen Sutton where he contracted pneumonia w 'le
painting local scenery. At his death the Gazette printed the f ow
ing: A true son of the Townships, who remained true to his
boyhood impressions of the Missisquoi woods, the Shefford hills and
the blue Magog waters. . .
Miss Heney tells me that it was always told in their family how
much he loved to come to visit his grandparents Stanton, (at the
home now known as the Orville Stanton farm). His grandmother
used to give him a lunch when he went sketching in the woods, as he
would forget to come home to eat. His son Norman was a famous
photographer and an artist in his later years. I corresponded with
him for several years. He sent me many of his photos, and among
them was this sketch done by his father and marked Elderberry,
June 1870. Leaf is four in. long, veins at back ofleafvery strong. . .
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Mary Ann, born May 27, 1833; Gardner Gates, born Nov. 24,
1836; Harriet Lovisa, born Nov. 27, 1840; Emily Jane, born
Sept. 30, 1843, died March 23, 1845; Helen Elvira, born
March 23, 1846; Samuel Orvil, born Dec. 28, 1848.
Samuel died July 19, 1876.
Jane Maria died Jan. 23, 1889.
I believe Lovisa Gates Stanton must have been a small lady as
on a scrap of paper I found the following: Little Grandma was but
16 when she was married, and her wedding dress was a pretty chintz
calico, plain ground with a little ower in it. It cost $1.00 a yard.
They travelled in a covered waggon from Preston, Conn. and little
Grandma sat in an old splint bottom chair holding the baby. When
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spring came they built a little log house just north of the present
house. Little Grandma also brought a small mirror with her which
had been a gift of her mothers. They also brought a bureau and the
old clock which is in the attic. end of quote. Miss Heney still has
the mirror. Rather than take up arms against his country William
Stanton and his son Merrill returned to Connecticut in 1812, and
stayed there until peace was restored with the United States. In the
first years of his stay here corn sold for $3.50 per bushel, times were
very hard. His diary states that on March 2, he lent 1/2 bu. of
potatoes to Robert Burley, and to Captain John Saxe 1-1/2 bushels.
On June 1, 1815 he was harvesting his wheat, reaped 298 sheaves,
and cradles 277 sheaves.
He often wrote of his horses in his diary. Had one called
Tallassar, which he refused an offer of $750.00 for. One time he
rode horseback to New York State to purchase an imported English
horse which he kept in his stables for many years. At one time there
were a great many people by the name of Stanton in the district,
now, there are none.
GENEALOGY OF
and
HIS DESCENDANTS
by
Helen G. Judson of Ann Arbor, Michigan
and
Elbert E. Orcutt of New London, Connecticut
The purpose of this Orcutt Genealogy of the Progenitor of all
Orcutt families in America is to preserve the records so labouriously
gathered by a number of his descendants of previous generations. It
is hoped that these records may be useful and of interest to those
who may wish to learn more about the joys and pleasures, the work
and play, the trials and tribulations, and the role their ancestors
played in the affairs of their time, which has made us what we are
today. An old Chinese philosopher once said, to know ones
ancestors is to know oneself, and, if one does not have respect for
his ancestors, he can expect no respect from his descendants.
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bapt. Aug. 16, 1646 (Ch. record Hingham, Mass.)
d. To date no record of the death or cemetery burial place has been
found for Mary (Lane) Orcutt or a Martha Orcutt, the wife of
William(1) (1965).
JOHN (2):
Born: 166 7
Died: 1753.
Buried: Hingham, Mass.
Married ve times. His second wife was Mary Beal.
Born: 1702.
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EBENEZER (3):
Their son Ebenezer born March 1, 1703 at
Hingham, Mass.
Married: Deliverance Kingman, 1725.
They had eleven children. Eldest son:
EBENEZER (4):
Born: Aug. 10, 1727.
He served in the Revolutionary War from the outbreak from
Cohasset, Mass. in 1775 and died 1779. It was during the war
that Ebenezer moved to Chesterfield Mass. from Hingham.
Married: Jane Pratt. 9 Dec /7 5 3
Born: Bee,-1-7-53.
They had twelve children. Their youngest son was:
MOSES (5):
Born: May 16, 1778.
PRUELLA (8):
Born: Feb. 15, 1874.
Died: March 13, 1949.
Married: Oct. 8, 1896 to Herbert laduke.
Their daughter:
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RUBY G. (9):
Born: March 25, 1908.
Married: June 15, 1930 to James Moore.
LYMAN:
Aug. 14, 1806.
Died: March 3, 1884.
My great-grandfather.
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BETSY:
Born:July 27,1808.
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THEIR CHILDREN:
SOLOMON:
Married: Julia Tenney.
WINFIELD:
Died in infancy.
MARION:
Married: (1) Emmaline Kent.
Not married.
LOVISA:
Married: (1) Gardner Hunt.
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THEIR CHILDREN
HOLLIS:
JESSIE:
Born: 1921.
Married: Alan Bullock.
Issue: James, Dale, Patricia, Katherine,
and Philip.
Malcolm and Ronald.
Philip born: 1952. Died: 1967.
Buried: Marlington Cemetery.
ROSE:
Born: 1924.
Married: (1) Ewam McGlashan.
Issue: Evelyn, Elizabeth, John and James.
Married: (2) Joseph Chartrand.
No children.
LUCY:
Born: 1926.
Married: Glyne Moore.
Issue: Reginald and Hugh.
ARTHUR:
Born: 1929.
Married: Thelma Ball.
Issue: Benjamin, Hollis, Lance, Joyce,
Rodney and Gail.
JOHN:
Born: 1931.
Married: Joan Roberts Tolliver.
Issue: Sharon, Scott, Susan, Sheila, Sylvia.
MURIEL:
Born 1934.
Married: Royce Martin.
Issue: Virginia.
MARY ORCUTT Daughter of Moses and Sally Keith Orcutt
MARY:
Born: Aug. 26, 1812.
Daughter of Moses and Sally, and a sister of my great
grandfather Lyman, who named his daughter Mary (my grand
mother). Mary married Joseph Hutchinson Russell, bom Dec.
22, 1812. Mary died Feb. 5, 1852 and Joseph on April 18,
1870. They are buried in Russell Cemetery onHancock Hill,
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If the reader will turn back to the story of Pearceton and
study the Topographical Map you will see where I have marked an
inverted
near Haseville to show where the Lyman Orcutt farm
was located, and also the Kennedy farm. In the 1879 Directory
Haseville is described as follows: A Post-Office in the Township of
Stanbridge, five miles from Famham, Que. Postmaster was Thomas
Hase, and James and John Hase were listed as farmers. The
blacksmith was Joseph Bissonnette. I believe at one time there was
also a Creamery located there.
When Lyman Orcutt came to this farm I have no record, I find
his name in some of the early books from the Cornell Grist Mill and
Stores at Stanbridge East, so, it seems likely that he might have lived
in this area before moving to Haseville. He must have been living
there as early as 1838, as his infant son Wolford Nelson was born
that year, and was buried in the little cemetery between Haseville
and North Stanbridge, as my uncle removed a little monument to
him from the cemetery before it was ploughed up and returned to
farmland. This is a great blot on our heritage that some people had
so little respect for the work of our ancestors, and were so greedy
for a little piece of land, that they would plough up the last resting
place of these pioneer people.
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small cemetery that his little grandson Wolford Nelson was buried in.
I found in the Baptist Church records of Rev. Jersey of Stanbridge
Ridge where he conducted Moses funeral service, and he listed his 3 Mm W
childrens names. I have never found Sallys death dat /50 perhaps
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Hannah Corey and their children:
LYMAN:
Born: Aug. 14, 1806.
Died: Feb. 7, 1888 at Kingscroft.
Married: (1) Feb. 3, 1831 to Hannah Corey.
(2) Lucy P. Chase.
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LUCY:
Daughter of William and Dorothy Chase.
Born: Jan. 23,1817.
Died: March 31, 1884.
SALLY:
Daughter of Lyman and Hannah.
Born: July 7, 1832.
Married: March 12, 1850
to Clark Boomhour by Rev. Jersey.
Sally died Oct. 16, 1871, and I found her gravestone a few
years ago in the Meller Cemetery, north of Meigs Corner, but it
has since been carried away by vandals. Sally died when her
youngest child was-three years old. Their children were:
Homer B., born near Famham, Jan. 11, 1851.
Lyman H., born near Farnham, Oct. 25, 1852.
Eddy C., born near Famham, Oct. 28, 1856.
Elgin C., born near Dunham, Jan. 28, 1859.
Hattie E., near Dunham, Nov. 28, 1865.
Herbert W., near Dunham, Oct. 4, 1871.
Died June 5, 1874.
I believe Clark married again and lived in St. Albans, Vt. A son
Hiram was married to a Miss Moyles and their son Miles lived in
Stanbridge and married Nellie Hodge, another son is Rev. Harold
Boomhour of Morrisburg, Ont. He is retired from the ministry, and
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Born: Oct. 9, 1918.
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Born: about 1692.
Died: Oct. 1766.
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Born: 1772.
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Marriage: 1806.
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In the United States, where the name ranked 31st in 1956, the
name Baker can be traced back at least as early as 1635 when
Thomas Baker settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Thomas Baker, son of Arnold, born in Stanbridge East, has
done a great amount of research on the Baker family. In his family
records he has a piece of paper headed Family Records in which it
states that Lillis Baker (my great-great grandmother) was one of
eleven children of Benajah Baker and Mary Manchester. Benajah was
born in 1747 and Mary in 1751. This paper lists all of the children
with their birth and death dates. The name Lillis has been carried on
in the Baker family until the present time.
COREY
I will not attempt to trace out all the Corey lines, that would
take hundreds of pages. Though I might do a few of them such as
Ishmael, Caleb and Henry, who were brothers of my great-great
grandfather Benjamin. Ishmael was born in 1781 and married
Elizabeth Somberger. They had Norman, Caleb, Mary, Hemen,
Wilber, Ishmael and Elizabeth. The Coreys came to Stanbridge
Ridge, south of Stanbridge East, in the early l800s. In 1849 Wilber,
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called Corey neighborhood. It was all forest then, but the three
brothers cut the trees and built log houses that year.
Once they had land enough cleared to raise some corn, they
carried a bag of corn on their back to get it ground at the local mill
(now museum at Stanbridge East). Wilber Corey who married Jane
Saxe had three children when they came there in 1849, John aged
seven, Charles four and James seventeen months, Emma was born
later. If the reader is interested in learning more of the early life of
the pioneer Coreys in that neighborhood buy the book Missisquoi,
A Store of Memories from the Museum. James married Frances
Laduke, and he built a home just north of where his father Wilber
had his house, and it is the only one of the Corey homes which
remained in the family until 1974 when James daughter, Ethel
Laduke, sold it when she was eighty-ve years old. Ethel in 1975 is
living in Bromont, Que. I was very fond of Jimmy as everyone
called Mr. Corey. He was a man of whom it was said his word is as
good as his bond. Having had very little formal education he was a
great reader and kept abreast of the times in all things. Ishmael
Corey, brother of Wilber married Sarah Saxe, daughter of John Saxe
of Famham, Que. and sister of Jane. Their son Herman married
Edith Casey.
COREY
Ishmael Adam, son of Herman, born Feb. 5, 1884; married
Minnie R. Casey, daughter of Benjamin Casey and his wife Phoebe
Yates. They had three children: Gerald, born Dec, 25, 1906; married
Beverley Edith lone, born Nov. 2, 1908; married Gerald Hawke.
They have two children, Lois and Lyndol and live in Famham.
Dolores M., born April 13, 1920; married Edwin Lampman. One
daughter, Cheryl. Dolores died some years ago.
Earl Saxe son of Herman, born 1885, married Nettie Gage,
daughter of John Gage. They had Marjorie, who married Homer
Somberger, one son Wayne. Marjorie died some years ago. Thelma
married C. Bergeron, one son Charles lives in Orleans, Vt. Raymond
died young.
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who was born in 1860 and died in 1921. They had a family of six
children. Willis died in infancy. Ethel married first Henry Buck of
Famham Centre, one daughter Arlene. Mr. Buck died from a fall
from his silo. Ethel married a second time to Henry Kemp of
Stanbridge East. Two daughters Doris and Brenda. Doris married
Lyall Rhicard, they have three sons, Earl, Terry and Danny. Brenda
married and lives in New Zealand. Her husband is Graham Appleby.
Lillian married John Cook, several children. Lived in Spring
eld, Mass.
STANBRIDGE RIDGE
A settlement in one of the best farming sections in the
Township of Stanbridge, 2 miles from Bedford, the chef-lieu of the
county, and the same distance from Stanbridge East. Mails semi
weekly. Population about 100.
Baker Herbert, farmer
Corey Lutl1er, J .P., farmer
Baker Mrs. Lydia, widow B.
COREY MERVIN D.,
Baxter George, agent Brome Organ Co.
schoolteacher
Calvey Daniel, farmer
Corey Miss Elizabeth,
Calvey Mrs., widow, farmer
tailoress
Corey Arthur, farmer
Corey Miss Julia A., Dis
Corey Benjamin L., farmer
trict school teacher
Corey Henry, farmer
Davis George, farmer
Corey Lafayette, farmer
Davis Mrs. Caroline,
COREY LINDOL, provincial
widow Nelson
land surveyor
Davis William, farmer
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We will tell something of Caleb, Jr. and his family. He, like
many of the Corey family was a talented musician, who not only
played the violin and piano, but composed as well. While living in
Montreal he composed several operas, and presented them in the
Victoria Hall in Westmount. Some of these are now in the possession
of his son Reg. Caleb, Jr. born May 18, 1868, son of Caleb and
Mariette Hogel. Married in 1909 to Amelia St. Denis, born 1881. His
first wife was a Miss Lawrence. They are buried in the Stanbridge
Ridge Cemetery.
Their son Caleb Hascal Reginald was born Dec. 2, 1909 in
Montreal. He is called Reg. He and his family live in Ottawa, Ont.
where he is retired from business. He was married on July 6, 1940 to
Coila May Smith, daughter of Henry and Pearl Schoolcraft Smith of
Mystic. They have their summer home in Mystic. They have two
children: Carol Ann, born June 18, 1942, married March 28, 1964
to Blair Phillips of Ottawa. They have three children: Allison
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and Robert Blair, born March 1, 1970.
Brian Wayne, son of Reg and Coila, born Sept. 13, 1946,
married Nov. 11, 1967 to Jill Anderson. They have one son Matthew
Spencer, born June 21, 1968. Earl Hector Edward, son of Caleb
and Amelia, was born Sept. 19,1921. (v3..4,,t;.g, of Caleb H.R.
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MOORE-HEARNE
I want to tell something of my husbands family before I write
30 to these happenings.
His mother was Annie Hearne, daughter of Michael Hearne,
and her mother was Bridget Folliard, daughter of Andrew Folliard.
Michael Hearne, Sr. was born 1808 in Galway, Ireland, his
mother, the former Dolly Horan, born 1789 came here as a widow,
with two other sons, John born 1819 and Thomas born 1820. They
are all buried in Chapel Corner Catholic Cemetery.
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died Jan. 20, 1909. Buried in Dunham. Michael, Jr., Andrew and
Patrick never married. All buried at Chapel Comer.
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FOLLIARD
Andrew Folliard, father of Bridget, was married to Honor
Scarry. They came from Co. Mayo, Ireland, and lived at St. Marys
(Marieville) before coming to Farnham. Their farm was at the lower
end of the Militar Camp ground. The map shows where they lived.
They had ve daughters.
Bridget, born 1837, married M. Hearne. Baptized at Marieville.
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My husbands great-grandfather was William Moore, and his
wife was Ann Cronan. They came to Canada in 1827, and settled at
Black Rapids, not far from Ottawa, Ont.
Their son John Charles bas born March, 1825 in Co. M_onahan,
Ireland. Died in Ottawa, Nov. 6, 1906. His wife Bridget McKem1a,
born in Co. Tyronne, Aug. 1835; died March 22, 1919. Both buried
in Gloucester Cemetery.
Mary, born Sept. 16, 1868, married James OBrien, born July
30, 1864, married Sept. 1913. Mary died Jan. 26, 1939. James died
Nov. 9, 1934.
Katie, born March 27, 1870, died Feb. 23, 1927. Married
Martin Powers, April, 1907. Martin died April 1925. No children.
Annie, born April 20, 1871, died July 1939 and was buried in
New York State. Not married.
Henry, born Aug. 23, 1872. Married Mary Murphy of East
Templeton, Que. in Aug. 1915. No children. Both buried Notre
Dame Cemetery, Ottawa. I have happy memories of visiting Aunt
Mary, she was a lovely person.
Elizabeth, born 1874. Died 1878.
Francis Bernard, born Jan. 24, 1877. Died June 21, 1933. Not
married. Buried South Gloucester.
Jane died as an infant in 1861.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I wish to thank the following persons for their help in sending
me infonnation on the families included in this little publication.
First of all, my appreciation must be expressed to C. Powell
Fordyce of St. Louis, Missouri, who really got me interested in
searching out the Fordyce families. To Bob Butler, who has visited
many areas in the United States and copied material for me; and
took Louise Fordyce Coulson and myself on a wonderful trip where
we enjoyed searching out Fordyce data. To Arthur Fordyce of
Holland Patent, N.Y. To Murray and Esther Mason who took me on
a trip to the Maritimes in 1974, where we visited the area where the
Fordyces settled.
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PAYETTE & SIMMS INC.
Saint-Lambert, P.Q.
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