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WEDNESDAYiJULY 3.0t1.1,. 1958
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ur -. and mILITIA HISTORY
"Big Joe" VVilliarnson OF BRUCE COUNTY
(Th Jessie .S.• Kilpatriek) •
From 1860 tO 1078 froM the
north 0 Ireland Came four Kil-
•patriek 17r0thers, t . osettle in
Huron OuritY• in the vicinity
of Dungannon, and...all became
• farmers. William came first' in
1860, marrid,e..MarY.SPrOUle, had
• eleven children, •many of Whose
desCenclants, are Still in Ontario.
Two daughters still stirvive;Mrs.
'John Petrie. ' of Gocierich andMrs. MrS. .Joseph Agar of Brantford,
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ak well as 'three. brothers.' One
'son :David went to ,Sail Francisco,
•CaTifOrnia; becarrie tii'e owner of
a -yery large bakery that 'had
over 100 delivery vans:-
• In -18q6.. came Josh and Sam -
James and two sisters...Joseph
Married Eliza Jane -TrcleaVeh
whom two were clergymen. One`
• grandson, :Richard, is still living.
on the •old homestead; another,
Palmer, principal of a - large
public •sclic!ol in, Toronto; . their
only Sister, 'Olive, now Mrs.' Cecil
Blake, lives in :Dungannon.
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. :Sauel James did not lOng:
.continne'sfaiming, • but became .a,
school teacher and married BMTh
Andrew and taught.::.'in. Sela1
„Huron. schools, Zion bbing'
.After, teaching 'r8 years he. be.-
• came district -manager for. 'the
Mutual Life Assurance -CoMpany
in • :Brockville; Ontario, and held
this important position for 29'
'years Until he retir,ed' in 1917 at
the age .of .family consist-
ed of five children—Dr. Herbert
pf 'Fort, William; 'Lieut.. °Mar,
wounded in World 'War I, later
•became 'Registrar of Deeds • fOr.
."..13rockVille; Roy, in .the Air Force
in World War. 1; two daughters,
bah School .teachers, Who attend.-
ed. Queen's University. Only'sur-
v•iVint.child :i$ Jessie, the eldest
of the family,: who lives in Brock-
ville. Several of.. his nephews and
nieces, and grand -nephews and
-.grand...nieces: followed Ms.., eX:,
ample and ,became school .tidath-
e:fOurth brother, John, Was
already- married to Fanny Albin
when he came' to Canada in .1878
•. •and hi S daughter Susie :had beeh
•.7 • born in Trel4nd. There were nine
. • this farnilY but Only
• three •survive, Milton of Goder
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The ne 1
w y organized 13ru•ce
and Margaret -of Calgary, • Tw
Sons of his daughter Nina wer
In World War II, and Ed'
son Bruce served in the naVy
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County Historical: •SOciety, at one
o of its meetings, h.earcl the fellow -
e ing paper onBruce rill/Italyhis- ive.of ,Kulloss Township, "will
s tory. . • 4 . . ' . . OISSerVci• his...88th birthday during
This county has had a militia: the ''Centennial, on SaturdaY,.
,• for a ce4tury:- In :1857857 the. first. August -2n; .
unit • was formed. •l' ":-. " • Mr. MacLeod °Who' resides, , at
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_. These early:, members ': -.did not dieElliott Carruthers home o
, have to ,train bpt. enrolmentof ,the 6,th. yon.cession, Is at•present
all males between, the • ages of visiting in Fort 'William, where
_ , . ere
18 and • 00 was compulsory and he resided for 59 "417'
' an annual :muster Parade Was thT,herlwrl
oprtii4rgill.isatriloryPariaebroutarlierd.
, held on the Queen's birthdaY: : fo
In Bruce there Were :six*llat- Ma9LePd) whichich we reproduce iP
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• the ssame • time. Ed• 's daughter,
• Joyce, is. n9w -a nil'ASionarY in
Central India, TWo, Other grand_
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(BIRTHDAY, :DURING
CENTENNIAL '•
Aniea• 040 MacLeod,. a nat,
-idaUghters, Violet and Ruby, be
• came, school teacher.s., and Violet
after gradna Qn
versity, marndd Herman Voaclen
a prom,inent :Toronto education-:
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"Big Joe" Williamson•
Quite a colorftil character. in
•the •vicinitf et Dungannon was
"Big .Joe" Willta'msop, the' bach-
elor uncle of the four Kilpatrick
brothers. He with his :brother
Matthew came to Canada, quite
a• fe* years before, thei .ne
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Brampton. "Big Joe" was •aMan
of unusual size and strength, was
renowned for his feats' of phys-
• ical prowess, and •weighed • 250.
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lbs. He was also quite a poet,
and one of his" poems entitled
:`40tingannor-fs Lovely Girls" was
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respectfully , inscribed, to. Mrs:
John 117:releaven, the mother of 'a
first Oats musicarfamily". It ap-
pears in full length, in: Gavin
Hamilton Green's bOok,.."The Old -
•Log. School-44uron •OId Boys in.
Pioneer Days" -published in 1939'
when the author was in his 82nd
One grand -nephew of "Big Joe"
Was Curtis WilIiarnion • A.R.C.A.,
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who, after studying in France
and it011a9d for several'
years,.
became 'a noted portrait painter
of,Prominent • Canadians. His
paintings •are to be seen in the
•National :Gallery, Ottawa;: Hart
House,' of Toronto,' and .in the
Ranting Institute, Where hangs
his' life-size painting of Sir, Fred-
erick Ranting.: • . ••
Another •grang-nepheW, Ted;
brother • ot Curtis, became the
president -•'&fv. the DickenSiania
Society in. Toronto, had a worid-.:
:erful library of • mny-: editions
of •Dickens, and was the ,Proud.
posseSsor of the gold .watbh �f•
Charles Dickens which - he had.
obtained- from his son in Winni
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Sinc its f rrnatib ° Members James (Jim) McLeod, a resi-
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f B t dent of Fort William for the half-
- o • ru.cehare . units aresponded
o Century between 1896 and 1946
the call Of: ev.,erY war in, which
Ca . ,is. back for 'a two-week visit
- • - - . . among old friends - and 'familiar
alarm arid , it was •e r
nachans were engaged:
In 1866 the Fenian raids caused places. • •
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• Saving money. ,is still a pretty
good..idea—it may be valuable
•• lab, Edmund .of • Ogerna, Sask- again 'somEday..
ITMPtitcr drazzaTM7
Companies from Southampton
Paisley,, Kincardine and Tiverton
.lett by boat,from Kincardine
and from, Southampton forl the.
Huron County town„of ,Goder- 1870 --the year Louis Riei fled
ichto ' the United States following
They stayed for four' weeks but the .Red River uprising -- ,the
the attack did not inaterialize. old Pioneer will celebrate birth -
Pay of 50. cents for married men day No 88 August 2
and 25 cents for single Aras paid. Following his arrival at Fort
• As a result of the Fenian raids, w—
Parliament saw the need for itharn in -1.896 Mr McLeod was
employed for a time with the
organizing .and • trainin.g the
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man, there's -there's been a lot a chang-
es! mind when- the siclewa&s
on §impson: Street Were a couple'
of planks .placed side by side”.
• Born at Lucknow,‘ Ontario, in
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'CENTENNIAL sn,PIATK. •
as' an alderman.
• 50 Years in /[00F • .
• This year at Lucknow 41e was
presented with a 50 -year jewel,
by tht In4pendent Order o -•
Ocldfellows: He joined at Fort
Williath in '1907 and is a past
grand, _and past district .deputy
grand master 'of the order. 'Fora,
number •of 'Years he served as r
chairman of the board of man-
agers and trustees. •
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He is a -50-year member of. the
Rebekahs and was also honored ,
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for that distinction this year. At . 1,
the time of heiLdeathi
died here in 1937; had Teen
apPOinted chaplain Pr the Re-, •
bekah Assembly of •Ontario The
couPle were 'married 'March 14- •
1908, at LucknoW. They last
sided. here at 436: North Brodie
Street. • • •
While 'in•
the city Mr. McLeod
is a guest of Mr.and Mrs, 110Y"
Er -en&
and .Mr, and; .Mrs, Guy W. Beals,
of 273 East Amelia street. Mrs.
French arid Mrs. Beals are grand-
nieces. *r • • . : ' .
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He arrived in the city via th•
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Keewatin, accompanied•by his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Alec' McLeod:-
They will return to Western .
ario tirnefor the Lucknow and •
district centennial . celebrations,
August 1, 2, 4, 4; / diiring which.
lie will observe his , 88th ',birth-
day. • . • •
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Militia and as a O' Se -bridge and • building department • • . •
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n quence the ti CP4/
32nd Bruce Battalion of Iinfantry Shortly 'thereafter be entered
was formed,•The Colors present-
ed to the regiment in '1872 are
displayed in the county council
building. •
When the Red River Rebellion
icIrolce' out, a .COmpany :of the 32nd
formed at t.aisley. to '-.'leaV'e for
London; but the need' passed' and
.the: men were. dispersed to their
• , The Riel Rebellion', of 1880 was
a:call. to arms for several from
this county and the 130er, war
saw 20•.•then: of the unit .serve in.
,SOuth:. Africa. • • •
•• The 32nd 'Continueduritikke
end's 'of. the First 'World War In
December. 1915, the -• 160th 'Bat-
talion .litT4's.7fOrktiecY'for active seiL
Vice. This, Unit supphed reinforce.,
Ments for • More other units than
• any other regiment. Seventy-twoline '
units were reinforced- by the, of the '19th. regithent, ... •
160th. • • • •-• • After the .war only the 98th
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retathed.. urnt .status' in 'the' re-
serve. Members of it volunteered
for the Xorean ,War and:•29'sen.:
the house.moying and repair bus-
iness: He recalled ,today some
of,the major tasks: eaeCOmplish..-
'ed in,that role.•, • '
He'way:also active .1 the Fort
William'civic • field of,s2the past;
In the years' 1925-26--27 he served_
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field artille,ry.. ••
• cOnipanies. in. Wiarton• and
Port Elgin. were disbanded. and
:the 'Walkerton • CoMpanY. bec:arne.
the 97th. batteryandthe 'Kiricar-.
dine company the 98.th: :battery.'
The Kincardine battery. nioyed a
year later:to:Port ZIgin.
• Both 'Brilbe...liatterieS saw act-
ive SerVice in the ::Seedrid. World
War. The: 97th wasmobilized :at
the outbreak as a. battery of the
Fifth Field *Regiment , a
year later the 98,th :became a part
• In. 1920 •the • Bruce' Reginient
was' orgatilied.: continued
un-
til 1936: That year the Canadian
06.1 -natter how. poor a ;man
at rnathematics, he knows that '
360 . 25 and 36 add Up to a nicfigure
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'LETTER TO.THE ' iime•JR: , •
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The 'Editor,:Lucknow, .Sentirie4
Dear Sir: •• • .• • •
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• Once • again The •Salvation
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Ariny .NatiOnai .• Red. Shield
peal can record victorY,aS "re. •
• portS reaching this headquarters'
indicate the objective will be. ex-.
Ceedec1 Whetiall returns arein.- ..- •
•• We 'are indebted ," tc Your •
nelV0PaPer: for the generous SuP- •
•pOrt • accorded the' local. appeal, f
for the encoUragerrient 'given the:::
committee and. CariVassers,- and
orl
4\: -the: practical interest 'in ..our ,
work • ,which'. is-:„-conStantly dis•••.;
played: ‘
On behalf. of The . SalvatiOn. • • '
Army' May I extend Our grateful • • • .
Yours sincerely,I, ,"••
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• L.. Bussey (Brigadier). :
Bruce unit was - converted into. listed for, active ,service. -- National Campaign Director' •
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