Dunrobin WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 2, [1972], p. 16

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___ '7 l 132.? 213111.... U112. £50 4.1;:elUC-li; 10?s, Ferries Beskin died before the . . turn of) the century but his wife Alice _ - lived until 1907. By this time all iwfggf-;%é%§( -, - Er-rt- :‘:'-T::â€":::‘;‘,~'?~”" Ei-gr-Tr-tgr-es-r-rj-Ty a t. l f ho t :.:§5éiif,§f5:g§:{%;:£3: /"~ he Bani y were gone rem me excep ', sesrg'iig _fi'éiiiigfgfj:%j§ 1-", George who had married Carrie Major. "Wfi\r_:f______ 'i-if-ri/i, E 01/], f =5va I5lS%z2.a%a - ,, - , we- g _- . .. , . ;93:7 95 IWd FM EEatM IaEiiiha ii-tr8gitFi7iit - " , WI They had three children: CJlartir,-srtin, _ " t'r..1.Ts2 IiaiiiiilWiEaiiiii5atm5 I . "VAML; ' [3- - _ , . . j. . .c s,-,,--" ex,» 7 7 L." 7 " ta-a-i-q' - _ and Annie. Carrie died in l“... 3nd ,3. MeIlrFMllgMe!E T", - ‘r , , . V ggaNW'rr-W' {JCT-1 "" , all',". M=Fs' r, . i George in 194e, “nnie terried John , , is k‘ lli'lll Mi, m = e E ' ts o > - . r’H" . x I: "e _ . . l. g“ A IB, ti “by? V (i, EXik.), 'N", & Canobell and went to live in ditzroy q » ' ' . a - p. ,, . 1-917 . 'iiiiy, p. ., ___ a' , ' = "' My " f t?"E2Eh, , g; Fr-" BED, B, . , ___ , ' any.-- "'7' ,. . '-I ~ just across the Tc)rbolton Town-line; f g ee I " fwd.“ ._: arr .7- b W 1Waz-x-n vrrlmsrs-"" we . Clara harried imJ. Ceugnlen and moved - T _ - N T _ a. to Lot 18, Concession l, Torbolton; T T ' _ ', T l Tieck served in the Fir Force and late;- _ ' . he“ _ 73+th in” ”twig”. “W" M“)°“khlwx) Js-tsem-s/ol-nc-cs-cts. Went to Ottawa to vork. 5e r'ei‘rled Cloris Thompson .16. their Emily consists of four boys. In 1950 they sold the farm to Alan Lloogins. f.:een*.vhile on the lierretlgh farm I‘Jillie and letitis. and ti‘eir two children, _lex snd Ruby, were farming and caring: for the old people. The main crop was always hay but some mixed grains were grown as well as corn, sugar-bests and turnips :Lich more piped and boiled. .‘l‘here was a milL-h:ouse where the Lilln was set out in, pans the the erect; skimmed off it, The first cream separator was bought it lQlZ. The, cream. res undo into butter and sold at the local stores or on the ilerKet in Ottawa. uittle he thought of the three-hour trip though it meant getting up before four o'clock: and; arriving home after Shirk, at least in winter. Geese, ducks and turkeys were kept as well as fowl. There was a good orchard on the farm at this time cmd apples were sold. Bees were kept for e while as well. The River was the great highway for traffic in the winter and it , , B5igt"2U't, seems now as if they took horrifying chances with the Ice. On "e . FfirPrr,i Ue" TNs?--"" .. m . one Occasion Tillie was taking: a. load of wood to Emitter when the [ . V ' y, ice gave way under the horses' feet. The sleigh canted forward ' g. , - . «a _ - -r - g; ' ' 3%. so that he couldn't unfesten the traces and he didn't have u .7)" _ . ‘ _ - . . . . I" . _ : x}: it, ‘ knife with Vlthh to cut them. All he could do was hold the , __ Mgr ' "' if Fe ' _ . _ T . _ 35 _ iN _ ; c; horses! needs above water till help cane. Finally two sleighs A' , ‘ , , l tat-w- coming in opposite directions brought five men who vets sole to " '5? i I”? 'a: [g e , F%) [get the horses out out they were so stiff t cy could hardly be .. " , , (x ve , _7 t! kept on their feet till they got to nylmer und a stable. the, L) E-LiVer was also the scene of loamy happy occasions in the summer when the passenger boats brought {gone of the Ottawa. cousins for 1e',ie(tl)-euymrtmunaruses,) i'reekend visits . that?!" " 94:

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