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Archibald., who was a. so u. of
Alton
'flirts' :10111-1 of Allots Lamont,
formed on the 7th and Sib. Con,
Hugh atal his wife on [In' honte7
stead of his father, Archibald
luta his wife on Lot If, Con. 7 and
,Mulcoltn rind his wile oh Lot 15i
Con. S. There is very little his
tory Of the remaining con. Allan.
Stories suggest that he was.
More or, less a drifter. Tito three
dello-liters all married. Euptie1010,
married Simon 'Chant, Mary, hoe'
Cousin, tabu Lamont. and the
third daughter, whose name I
Can't, recall. became Mrs. John
McDougall.
The third gelieration of
Monts in Grey, were all 'bo'rn 12e,
fore the TWeatieth- -Century,
being the grandchildren of John
or Allan.
•• As r mentioned before, ,John
hod four sons, Aligns, Donald,
Joists, Malcolm. Angus raised a.
family of namely, John, who
When a' yoting man, Was killed
in a bush accident, David who
established an autom,obile . sales
and service business •in melita,
1)3 0111u:ha. . Alex, who also went.
west. William, ..Who farmed on
Lots 11, Con,• 8, before owning -
• feed miii in •Molesworth, later
farming in . Manitoba. Jennie •
(Mrs,. William Cook) and Eliza-'
both (Mrs, William IJOIlinger).
Donald never married, and
formed With his brother AnguS.
-•,Tohn had a family of six.
Their names were :Sohn, Who
fanned on Lot 16, Con. 6, until
his death. Norman Who took
oVer his- father's farm. Tian,
intha rine .(11irs, John IVIenary),
isobeI, (Mrs: Carter) and Mabel
- (Mrs, Thomas Turnbull),
Malcolm, T ,belieVe, had . a
romiy of four, Lucy (Mrs, Andrew
MoCorinick),.William, "Tarry and
John,
• We now turn to the. deSeett•.
dents of Allan. As you kayo
lincly read, there. were rout
bays in his family. 11•Ialoottn,
Hugh, Archibald. and Allan.
',Ma lean 's family consisted of
hair sons and seven daughters.
• They were Pater, Who farmed on
l»ol, 19. Con. S Allan who was a
carpenter, .Toltn, who for sortie
time conducted a livery stable in
Igthel, later moving to Pro nt ford.
whore he was employed by the
fire don't. Mnlcolni. who was
Maude. (Mrs.
Wm Stephenson). Station (Mrs
Jr' "<"rautorl. :fossils (Mrs. Oak-
ley). 'fsoliel (Mrs. A.ToIcelvet,').
\ (-Mrs. Dnekerl, Ella (Mrs
••1-1 -1ev), -wary tATrs., -firnkor),
"Tugh took over the homestead
too R. Con, 7, and raised a family
of nine. 'rimy were Andrew trod
Minh. who farmed on the 1 ntli
Con. near Prussels, Sam tenet
'ilie wt)', beennie• lawyers, Alex
••,1,1‘,., 'a d f enrolling Iwo-
!•'essfrin, .1•ttlry ;171d Alla n. who.
ofter (;re's-. lived in Ilrhs-
,zotc,, Cat florin r , Mrs. To,roos(-
c
onolt-1),
atiin,1:ellit.ioniuf Sadie (.Mrs n. . no
'en
Al.ohtbalel IrjeaFeCt. (n 4 I- of
of four sons and two daughters,.
Their names Were John, who
farmed on the 15th Con., then on.
the 4th, Con, before going to
Clinton, Where be lived until his
death. Allan lyrics lived on Lot
9, Con, 7, all his life, Charles.
who was say father, resided on;
Lot 10, Con. 7. Mary and Cath .
ovine., who were unmarried, and
,%rchibald, who spent several
years in the west', railroading and
farming, later residing in the
vicinity of Seafortb.
As I have already mentioned,
the, e were around fifty Lamon.ts
on the. 7th and 8th, at the tarn of
the conturY» l Might add that
this would be from Lot 8 to Lot
distance of nbont one nod,
a. half miloS, only three survive,
being Maude Lamont (Mrs. WM,
Stephenson), and Mabel. Lamont
(Mrs, Thomas Turnhall), both
of 13russels:
and Leslie Lamont, now retired
from practicing law in Kincar-
dine, At the present time, Only
four Lamont% are left in Gee;,'.
They are Miss ('race Lament,
Miss Mary Lam out, ,Yalta C.
Lamont rind myself, Mrs. Edythe
Cardiff and 'toss Stephenson, both
living in Grey, are daughter and
son of :\lorion Lemont (Mrs.
John Krauter) and Maude stet
moot (Mrs, Wm. Stephenson!
r 0 s pecti`e ly.
I 'hove obtained this infor-
mation for this narrative from
real-411May elinbla sources but
it is difficult to troee family hist-
wy• bock one hundred and fifteen
years, therfore t cannot vouch for
a1)5olui0 occuracy.
Accounts Of happenings that
have h (mrit from past generations
suggest that. the La Monts, whet
helped to pioneor this township.
were thin in their convictions,
Proud of their Scottish blood and
staunch 'Presbyterians. Tn
ii,.,.`, mere omen' Liberal,.
then known as Whigs or Grits.
They could See no evil In. Sir
-Wilfred T•anrior. and no good in
Sir John A, McDonald. They wrier'
loyal to their friends, but serlorn
forgn Ye anyone wilc, a nE.,.,.,rod-
them, Many of them had n fond-
nes,s. for "the wee drapoo" and
no sortie oconsions partook not
Imi too Well.
Two monuments, only is. few
mark the graves or two of the
brothers and their wives, men-
tioned in. the first, paragraph of
this history. Allan died on Jan.
22, 1$s35 the oge of 72, no; wife
:lint's', on Sept, 9. 1869. at, the age
of 73, John's death occurred on
Dec. 5, 1870, at the age of 74, his
wife Catherine having predeceas-
ed him on July 0th of the same
year, Most of their sons and
daughters, and many of their
grandchildren are buried in the
same cemetery..
I feel that in this centennial year
it is fitting to make mention of
not only the Laments, but of all
the pioneers who came to thiS
part of the country and hewed
and chopped homes and farms
oat of the forest with tools that
were primitive, eomPared with
what we have today, They had
no chain saws or bulldozers to
clear the, land for tillage purposes.
harvesting was done with sickle
and cradle, The reaper, which I.
believe had not been invented un-
til about 1867, would not have
been of any DSO among the strimPS
that dotted the cultivated land.
Threshing machines Nso?re in the
the elementary stog,e. Oxen and
horses pulled the- tillage equip-
ment that was used, "Alter, power
was provided for threshing
through the use of the tread Mill
and horse power.
Most of the pioneers bad little
money and little debt. They
worked bard In (door and improve
their farm and to build comfor-
table houses some of which ore
in Ilse today. They built schools,
total~ and churches. They asked..
far very little from the Govern»,
mont, they did not =roll On the
Parliament. Buildingin neither
did they ask fir or expect sob
sidies. They wanted only the
privilege to 'n-ork for them-
solyes and call what they earned
their own. T doubt they -would
have accepted the buroancratie
powers and controls that we have
o•,I 9 o, Theo worked hard, enjoy
their hours (If loii;ure iindl
tIqbally found SI Zirl 01' boy 01!
Omit' theive within the note-h-
hourhood. They paid vary little
tro:os, didn't werr,y about the it-
tornational situation and left
the stIcevoding geilera Hon at
heritop. of opporiunitY,
fl y tA/ g "t i'f.3lmi; !!... t!, ,.1t) t),rert.. 01,01R 40101
A HISTORY OF
THE LAMONTS IN
IN GREY TOWNSHIP
By Melville L. Lamont
10,4 1'0104 todshl;itid
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