HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-05-08, Page 5wole down iliPillOr lane,
The Ritchi:
by Lane Gardnerfame returning home
one evening in the recent
past, I was surprised to
sure otic of tho Zion c ra-
unity landmarks
engulfed lfed ui Haws;
Looking down from
homeon the hilltop the
neat morning, only a fo
smoldering embers
remained Qf theneigh-
boring ho'se. `ears ago
it was the h*Me of James
and Lottie Ritchie. and
their family of seven
daughters, and five sus;
Margaret (Gant) Myrtle:
(R.9 Helm) Mama (E,
Oardner)A.'Ruby (G
Saunders), Edna (WW..
Ross),: Esther : (S0
ibsan), Jane (C0
Eastman), Edgar (L
Helm),, Alfred (3D
Berns), Frank (S.
McCauley) 'ed (A.
Smith), iti» and 'adeno Many
descendants van to trace
their grassroots back to
tho Ritchie homestead.
James ,nteiib was the
community ti resher an.
and enjoyed a long route
cif work in the fall when
the source of power was
the. stearn engine. while I
remember all time fa,milly
embers, itseem Bodega:
was the steam engine
engineer; that would lift
me up-: t®" blow :the whis-
tle. Edimwas y first
Sunday Seh r;01 teacher
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Everyones I oking for Ue
and ill k and Sarum
and c aug. ter Aline were
the last Ritchie faM ly to
occupy the Ritchie
house.
As we pay tribute to
the Ritchie family, the
community landmark and
neighboring ho ^ se, I sin-
cerely hope the e many
descendants will have
mry bpleas t memories
o 'hear oivn.
To me .the sconein the
valley has , changed, but
changes co e to the peo-
ple of all is mankind. They
are in fact God"s
Diseiplt� •e so with the
we e ib ied t ' abid
they: Burr ';uad and care
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.. • erine.
Dear editor:
Perhaps one of your
readers could help with
an enquiry from Di.
Harry Allard, of Oaxaca,
Mexico, who has written
the Huron County
Historical Society seek-
ing information about his
maternal grandmother.
She was Mrs. John F.
Bedford, born as
d.
Catherin McIntosh, tos$ , Ilvi
8, 1875 in !nckr ow9, and
probably . died before
1930.
• 1 would be pleased ; to,
forward any information
provided. I can be
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phone :519-527-1860, or,
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