The Wingham Advance-Times, 1957-06-12, Page 3STOKES FAMILY PICTURED
Above are the members of the Stokes, family. Back row, from left, Mrs. William (Margaret) Ballagh,
Oliver Stokes, Miss Mary Stokes, James Stokes, Isaac Stokes, Mrs. James (Ruth) Austin, Reuben, Stokes.,
Seated, Mrs. Thomas (Fannie) Appleby, Mr. and Mrs, Thomas. Stokes, Miss Hannah Stokes, Front,
Omar, 'Stokes,
To se of those who
assisted Ole in my
campaign andsup-
ported• re' at thC
Polls I Convey "my
sincere aPPreci,
ation. I will 'cOn-
tinue to reinteseni
everyone in, enrol
constituency constituency ,!be
future the mime 'as
I have in the pait.
14400 -'hy ,,Christopkeir"-StOkes Vrged,
to ,E4nigrate„ ,Arneria..
back and give it a bad, WOO, TWO:. %Owl**
are just horneSIck. We h11/1
great inlay young men earning and.
staying VI or 18 days
returning to liingiand,'TheY de not
like the looks: of the country nor.
the habits of the farmers and they.
think so Mali Wood call never he.
taken down, so they :begging 4114,
satisfied and leave for home Ina,.
mediately,
If you ,decide 'to frn oe out.
William and George to. each .give
Yon 'five pounds for ten pound
(400.90) will get you. hero comfort,:
ably and I will see that YoU'Went
.for nothing, If my brother William..
cothe I have no ohjec4ons to,
joining him in building a grist mill
on my Property We could.• start
.a store as every 1140 'who brings
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SM D., Appleby
Aeilberi Stokes and his wife
Mary Weed, parents of to late
TilOntas Stokes of Turnberry, lived
.NOttinghairishire
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gnglanfl. They
had a family of 'three sons, Isaac,
;Andrew .and Phoinas, lifra:Steltea
died in 1845, Andrew died instantly
threugh -an ullortiniatp- ficoloent;
*hew NO, gun .010PhnrOd while he
W11 e'rbeeinip a 'stile.
'1P -the' xr4r:ypo nolbn him
t% oe isoiis. het Sall fear!). blVerlaPPI
]/.11 .14:49i YOrk after' 21
'Eater they game to,
Rochester and crossed Lake On-
tario to. Toronto' rto visit 4Mr,
Stoket' 1#0!.h'er, .Christopher, He
had, 4oine‘ tp :Canada' in 1880• and
4,041 I il:316 Pg north of
Tar640, ' •
'',ThOncias Went to school• there, but
tt'Rnhe gre* Older he wanted a
f.1* of lila 'own,, so in 1857
can*, to TurzAierry Township and
took tip z..ot 3, Con, 11, which was
ali`,•„Usii at that time, He boarded
With Francis Irwin in Behribre and
took his lunch to the farm, till he
had cleared enough land to' build a
shanty for himself,' , •
Ip , a letter to his father he,
cleaeribes his cabin:
`!It is about 13 ft. by 15 feet ,in sid'e, with a' mud fireplace in one
corner with .1 a wooden crane to
hang the pot On; and ,in the
opposite cross. corner is my bed
stead,' a wooden o,ne .with a good
linen tick, filled with beaver mea.-
dovv graga.,' ,A cotton 'sheet, a,
blanket' and' two quilts are my bed
clothes; :I have.' three cups and
sanders, :•three plates, three knives
and "barks, two bowls, a little tin,
Pail,- and a 'dipper, a coffee tin, a
tea' kettle, a dinner pot, a wooden
spoon and a salt holder, A ,deuple
of; stools_ are my only other furni-
ture." ,
"In '1863 ,Thomas , Stokes. and
Kargaret Query, daughter of Jas.
and Jane Query were married by
Reverend Currie, a neighbour, and
afterWards 'built a comfortable
home of hewed logs. A school was
built on a corner of this farm and
in,later years, 'when a larger school
was , at Glenannan, ehureli
services were held in this building.
and, Mrs, Thomag Stokes
raised a fandly of five sons and
-five 'daughters, Hannah; Reuben,
James; • Mary, Margaret, Fanny,
Rith, Isaac, Oliver, and Omar. The
`oldest, daughter Hannah, celebrat-
ed her, ninetieth birthday on April
'22,.1954; • •
Mr: iStokes spent his whole life
on Ow -fttrM which he cleared' out
ortlic .virgin forest.... He passed
away„ 1904' and' Wits r-,
led: ie VVingliam• • Cemetery. His
wife Margaret passed away May
14;,; 1966 , and was also bUried •in
Wingharn, Cemetery.
'Isaac. Stokes and, his wife Maisie
1:arie and lived on the old
homestead taken up by his pioneer)
father 1.00 yeap,, ago, ,until• his
death in 1956. '
s. :The following' letter was written'
'by, Christopher. Stokes in Canada
to,,hia',brother Reuben in England:
• Thorn Hill Mills
• Yonge St.
” June 20th 1831
Dear' BrOther ,
We •received your letter dated „ Dec 25 arid Jiine 8th. It had been • lest the qiiited States and we
'were :Atari get' it„ We are in
OM health: and apirits. My wife
had a "gretit deal. of sickness at
Ii*hes`ter, not she' has been getting
better' :ever 'since she came to
Canada': We feel fortunate that
cante to Artieriett- I find-Amer-
lea "quite as good as I expected,
but I find the people, of United
States a 'proud, haughty, selfish
sort. of people, but not so wise as.
IllatiVe heard them represented. I
could liV`aniOng them very well,
brit I like' Canada much better. In
the 'ithte 'of New York, the sum-
tilers are ',rather Warmer than in
Canada. Last winter in Canada, I
found' It twice as cold as in Eng-
land, ,•titit the summers are very
little ivirariner.
The land is better than any I
haVe seen in the States and the
people..more sociable. The taxes
are' only one-fifth of that of U,S.
Turnberry Pioneers
•
qtr, James Weir, pioneers 'of 'Tutribetry Township, They
eleated",thelt, faiM: from virgin forest, and through their labor were
Oecupanti Of one of the fineSt faring in the district,
n.;
two feet in diameter -and „a man
earl out one down in. about twenty
Minutes, They are • a thin' four•
feet from the ,ground as. at forty
feet high.
As respects trade Bricklaying Is
a good trade. In York, a journey
man bricklayer can get 8 shillings
.($1,00) per day, There are a great
many frame houses in York and as
they decay brick ones will be put
up, As for tailors, I think they'
have as good a trade as ' any In
America, Some tailors ,go out to' a grist to the mill, wishes also, to.
mw:rhltin he
g a
atcoaret, 3 shillings and 0 tr
,
moneyade. 'Be careful of your money pence a day (.70e); Your dollars for
4n4 $1 and .0.1/2 for'
trousers, They have a society in
York for supporting those 'who
work, 'but they ar,e allowed to
work on their own account 'if' they
choose,
The People in England Will tell
you there is no money in Ameriea
but I find some. You 'must not
take notice of those who come
All Night Induction Fraa
When Snow Delayed Train
(From the London Free Press,
April 13, 1940)
duction atcBtuevale, of a minister,
A recent postponement of an in-
on account of an unusual Easter•
storm, when it was impossible for
the *minister to reach the church
recalls to Mrs, Arthur Shaw of
that village, recollections of an
induction 61 years ago, which came
'very nearly being postponed.
On the evehing of January 7,
1879, Rev. Donald McKay,. one of
the numerous ministerial McKays
of Zorra township, Oxford, was to
be, inducted into the charges of
Bluevale and, Eadies Presbyterian
churches. A. storm had bloWn up,
but this time the railway was
worse blocked than the roads.
Horses brought sleighs through
from Ladies alright.
The women were' going to serve
a foWl supper. In the old frame
church, removed in 1907, 'to giVe
place to the present United Chutch,
there was no school room, base-
ment or'hall from which to serve
supper.
The Forester's' Hall, used hun-
dreds of tintes by the churches
was not yet built. BUt the' people
in those days !Were brave. They
did the best they could with what
they, had, -and , no doubt it was Letter to
good: Around the two box stoves
was an open square, where the
food was cut up and passed on Committee
platters to the congregation who
kept their seats in the straight
backed pews.
Telephones were not in use here
then but there was the telegraph,
Mr. McKay had started from
Woodstock and telegraphed en
route that his train was delaYed
by the snow and that .he couldn't
reach l3lunvale until after mid-
night.
tlie
,
session and managers con-
sulted each other and decided to
gO on with the induction, if it took
night,all They reasoned that the
Eddie people would not return to
a postponed meeting, We dare to
say they thought the fowl would-
nit return either.
The men took turns making
speeches to fill In the time, and
then amity went to the station in
sleighs to escort their new minister
LO the church, The long sermons
and eeremonies spread over into
the wee sma' hours.
Rev. 1", D. McCrea, Cranbrotilt;
And .s6 again I thank you and Rev. John Reiss truSsels ROV•
wish you every success' arid 'God Hector Me•Outtrrie, i Whigham and
Willing I will be there. Rev, George Brown, Wroxetet,
were among those taking mt`rt hi Y8urs sincerely, ' the services and all haVe passed
Dorothy M, Smith away these many years. •
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cheaper land lies far from market
and the $20 laud near the market
and % of it cleared and cultivated.
Clearing land is not half so Misr,
cauraging as you may have heard
it,represented 'by some who have
been here, I ant about to buy 200
,acres on Who Hinriber River about
20 ,oillea frbro York, Ire any part
of Arne/lea that I have been
could hire land chopped, logged
and burnt and 'fenced for 12 dollars
an acre, It is ready to drag for A
crop of , wheat or: other grain or
potatoes, Now that my family ha?
good health I think I can spare as
Much in one month as Clear
two acres: .
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state is covered all over with
wQ90p, without exeeption, On an
average the trees stand about forty
and the land much' cheaper, Land
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feet. apart and every tree Is about:
J. WEIR MINOR
OF STOKES FAMILY
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James , Weir came to Turitberry
at• the same time as Mr, 'Stokes.
Their farmsi were side by side and
the two neighbors were great
friends. The following obituary,
Written at! the time of his death
in 1913. gives his family history
and deseribes his .character, ,
Mr. James Weir whose serious
illness was recorded in these col-
umns passed away on Wednesday
evening:of last week. Mr. Weir had
been in his usual health on the
preVious Monday and was around
,the town and got his mail at the
post office M I the afternbon. On
Monday ,eveiiingi he was stricken
with paralysis ,and passed away
twd days following the stroke.
Mr. Weir was truly one of Wing-
ham's grand old men. He was in
87th year 'and was born at
Galston,' Scotland, , When twenty-
six,years of age he came to Cana-
da and 'settled at Oobourg for a
short time. 'He worked at his trade
as a mill'wright then came to
Turnberry Township and took up
a farm on the 10th concession,
' Shortly after coining to Turn-
berry he married Miss Mary Man-
son of Howlek Township, who was
indeed a true helpmate. Mr, and
Mrs. Weir oleared their farm from
the forbst and it is now one of the
best 'farms in the township. Ten
years ago ,Mr, Weir gave up farm-
ing and Moved to Whighani where
13 Merchison Ave.,
Hamilton, June 7,/57
Dear Committee:
It is with the greatest of •pleas-
ure that I accept yotir kind hivi-
tation to your Turnberry Centeu-;
.and do hope it will be a tee-
, mendous success.
I am sure I will enjoy every
minute spent there, especially at
the 13eIrriore and Glenatinan
schools, It will 'bring back many
preidous memories of yester-year,
I am locking forward to meeting
my Classmates, as well as our tea-
chers. Miss Mary Gibson, Miss C.
Collins anct Miss Ada McGill were
'three of my teachers that, I shall
never forget. loorgive me for the
Miss' but I do not remember their
married names, and somehow
these teachers remain as heroines
in my' heart, They were so very
kind to Me, in so many ways,
he has lived retired after many
years of active life. Re was a man
Who, had very little sickness dur-
ing his long life.
Mr. Weir was known everywhere
as an upright, honorable man,
whose' whole desire seemed to be
to ,follow out the tenents of his
religion and live at peace with all
men: He was a great lover of his
native, land and had visited Scot-
land several trines and had' a fund
of Scotch humor. In religion Mr.
Weir was a Presbyterian, a mem-
ber'' of St, Andrew's Church and
was always, faithful in his attend-
h
nce at public worship. In politics'
e Was 'a Liberal. It can, be -trulY
said that Mr. Weir died as he lived,
loved and mourned the most by
those who knew him best.
Besides his widow Mr. Weir is
survived by five sons , and one,
daughter, William 'of Howick,
Thomas and James of Turnberry,
John and Miss Maly at home. The
funeral on Friday afternoon to
'the Wingham cemetery was largely
attended, the services at the home
and grave were conducted by the
deceased's pastor, Rev. D. Ferric.
'In every 440- you ..take. 'Write to
'me immediately to inform us
whether to expect any of you .or
not, We join in our lOY0 to you ail,
Dirnct your letter' to -
Mr, Christopher -Stokes
Thorn Hill
Yengc. St.
District of York
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