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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1974-11-06, Page 17ROY, NOVEMBER 6, 1974 $R TO THE EDITOR is Information FumilYHistory tow Sentinel, plc. Ontario. fir 1s been my pleasure to jolly read the Lucknow id, compliments of my cousin. Miss Elaine Beaton. ginitg the reasons for this kation may 1 first of all tWe people. of Lucknow that iince of their reunion year is success and hope that all held to 'date have been eientful.. Secondly. I hope Reunion of all my cousins Mother's side, i.e. "Clan r also had a successful ;c(Mc) Phees' in Western h ate most fortunate: in agenlieman by the name of (ill Douglas . McPhee, the Emeritus of the University of vosiheading a drive to unite, fee's, MacPhee's, McDuf- THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW. ONTARIO fie's, Mac4fee's, and many other versions and spelling . of our clan name. Dr. MacPhee haswritten and published five volumes of clan history and has spent many years of his life in the research of the clan. We now have two highly successful registered clan societies in British Columbia and Alberta and soon we expect Saskatchewan and other provinces to follow suit. Dr. MacPhee's vigor and fantast- ic ability in many fields has fanned an interest in me which i humbly state should have been there many years ago. I therefore am appealing to the historians and old timers of Bruce County for information on two different subjects which may or may not be related. (1) In October, 1882 there was a great fire in the Michigan forests and these fires were fanned by strong winds the velocity of which all people living in the vicinity of the Great Lakes know only too well. These fires were reported to have sent burning ash and dense smoke over the Lucknow region at about noon of an October day. The skies darkened to such an extent and with the falling embers many of the. residents of that area figured the world may have come to an end. 1 would like to know if this story was myth or factual. • PAGE SEVENTEEN My second question deals with the death of my grandfather, Peter MacPhee. Peter MacPhee settled in Lucknow in 1867 with his wife Sarah (nee MacDonald).. They had six sons and one daughter, John b. 1868, Alexander b. 1870, Willliam b. 1872, Angus b. 1874, Peter b.,?. Duncan b.?, Mary b. 1881 (Mrs. Mary Beaton- now living in Calgary Alberta) and the only living mem- ber of that generation. Grandfath- er Peter has been reported to be a master mariner who went back to sea after settling in Lucknow only this time instead of plieing the Atlantic he became active. in Great Lakes Shipping. We knooti he left home in,. Lucknow in 'Septeriiber 1882 to pick up his ship in Superior Wisconsin. His ship was reported lost with all hands drownedbut the .name of the ship is not known. One report we have is that the ship had unloaded a cargo of steel rails for the C.P.R. and was returning to port when the violent storm created this . disaster. Another . report we have is that Grandfather Peter •was the captain of the ship and co-ownerwith a Wm. McLean. However this is not known definitely or it known that. the ship was a barge. or a larger freighter. It is believed that the ship went down in Lake Superior t. f1.00 OFF MEN'S OR BIG BOYS' RUBBER BOOTS WHEN YOU PRESENT THIS COUPON AT LES ' PETTER S:HOES Lucknow THURS., FRI., SAT., NOV.. 7, 8, 9 astir CLIP. THIS COUPON ut the disastercould have TheVictor-Mini. IVs different lust waityou get Your hand on it. The New Victor -Mini is quite a handful. Not in size. (It's more compact than 80% of the other hand-held calcula- tors on the market.) Thissuperbly designed Electronic Calculator_ comes roto its own where it counts. The Victor-Miniis big on reliability. ifs made with care by men who know their business. 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Ceamat point key. !fie* indicator. lltiyesign indicator. pora' rugged gged case. -' Power. Operates from self-contained rechargabte nickel cadmium batteries or with A/C adapter adapter included. • Vinyl, zippered carrying -case included $99.50 - now off o�srurnr LUCKNOW SENTINEL Phone 528-2822 Recharger/ take n place in Lake Huron. Grandfather Mac (Mc) Phec was: • one Of four sons and a • daughter.' All of.his brothers were men of the sea. His • brother Frank was reported •to have. sailed a ship to Australia as the. Captain and: liked the country so. well that he stayed there: • Wm. the •older brother settled in Prince Edward Island. Alexander 1 • believe was the • crewman •on board the 'ill-fated • "Asia" from Owen Sound. • Grandfather Peter was apparent- ly a man of valour and was awarded - a gold watch for heroism on the co- ast of Newfoundland in -his earlier days. The inscribed watch was in the possession of my. Uncle Peter for many years until it was stolen from Uncle Peter's hotel room in Chicago. This record 'unfortunately is also gone but 1 intend to pursue my search for that' record too.• Any historian or old-timer who may • supply me with , research information will receive my sincere • gratitude.. 1 should like to concludc,with the information that the spelling of our nantc in variations is well explained in Dr. MacPhee's volume on the clan. ',should also like to add that this quest of mine has caused nie to read every book 1 could obtain on "Disasters. of the Great Lakes". the atlas's of Bruce and Huron • Counties and Robertsons Book on Bruce County Pioneers. Yours very sincerely. F. Angus MacPhee. 12410 .75th St.. Edmonton. Alberta. 1 SOLD IT THROUGH THE WANT ADS _MtZ2ZAR BLACK AND WHITE SHOW CONTINUED FROM PAGE 20 Who -tock. of Doral Farms. Tees - water had the first senior yearling; Mandeen •Farms. Ripley. the first prize four-year-old cow; and L. Weber & Sons. Mildmay, first two-year-old heifer. The show was held in cool. rainy weather before a good sized crowd.