Clinton News-Record, 1987-02-25, Page 5The. who's who of Goderich Township
By Shelley McPhee Hoist
It reads like a who's who of ..Goderich
Township, it's the long awaited Goderich
Township Families 1985.
Published in conjunction with Goderi!h
'T'ownship's 150th sesquicentennial celebra-
tions, this 380 page book provides a detailed
account of 270 families who have made the
municipality their home over the past cen-
tury and a half.
Goderich Township Families 1985 was the
brainchild of local history committee co-
chaired by Alison Lobb and Doug Yeo. An
avid follower of family history, Mrs. Lobb
has spent more than two years gathering
and collating the information <in this im-
pressive book. The result of the effort is a
comprehensive directory of names, dates,
photos, stories and lifestyles in Goderichi
Township. Mrs. Lobb in her meticulous
fashion has devised a system of defining and
separating individual families and genera-
tions within those families in an early
readable fashion.
This attractive book holds a wealth of in-
formation about the men, women and
children who have lived with the boundaries
of Goderich Township over the past 150
years.
It tells of John Hillock, who in 1832 came
to Lot 19 Concession 5 in Goderich
Township. It is said by his descendants,
"..when he arrived at this farm he heard so-
meone chopping wood. He walked through
the bush toward the sound, found an Indian
couple, and they helped him build his first
cabin."
William Jervis, born in 1818 came to
Goderich Township in 1843 and lived there
until his death in 1904. It is remembered of
him, "William, a well known figure around
the Holmesville area, made his rounds in a
little rig drawn by a white pony. He had a lit-
tle brown jug tucked under the seat to
quench his thirst and to make his convera-
tion a bit more jovial. A story is told that he
went into Courtice's store for a loaf of bread
'and Courtice was heard to say, 'Bread is the
staff of life.' To this William replied, 'Yes,
but whiskey is life itself.' "
The book tells of the longstanding families
that have made their names well known for
decades in Goderich Township - Lobbs,
Lavis, Ginn, Sturdy, Middleton, Tebbutt,
Stirling. .
It also tells of the "new" settlers to the
municipality, Dutch families like the
Dykstras, Haaks, DeJongs who came to his
area in the 1950s. It tells of more recent
families who have made their home in
Goderich Township including Pat and Con-
nie Osborne in 1976; Michael and Kate
Moriarty in 1980; Tom and Nancy Flynn in
1978, for example.
It tells of great grandparents and
children, uncles, aunts and cousins,
brothers and sisters, in-laws and neighbours
who together make the complex social
structure of Goderich Township. Their rela-
tionships and connections are woven
together to create a special order of family
sturcture.
There's the Yuill-Ginn-Whitely-Fisher
family ties, the Cole-Schilbe-Reder-Stirling
connections, the Feagan-Church-Middleton-
'1'yndall-Oke-Harris-McAllister-Easom
linkages.
Goderich Township Families reads like an
intricate jigsaw puzzle. Family histories
can be explored, compared and cross
referenced to uncover a complex intertwin-
irwt' of family trees.
1'hotogi aphs of 1800s families can be com-
pared to 1980s photos and facial
resemblances can be distinguished. Tradi-
tional names can be traced back through the
genealogical framework of a family.
The Whitley family tree reveals the tradi-
tion of the name "Benson" dating back to
the 1800s. It began with Andrew Whitely,
who had a son Joseph, who had a son Dr.
James Esten Whitely, more commonly
known as "Benson." Born in 1856 he practis-
ed medicine in Goderich until his death in
1937. Dr. Whitely had eight children, among
them a son named Benson.
Dr. Whitely also had a brother Charles
who married Alberta Durnin. They in turn
gave birth to a son Benson in 1919. Ben
Whitely is well known to Goderich Township
people as the municipal treasurer.
Ben and his wife Dorothy (Ginn)
Whitely's youngest child born in 1956 is
William Benson Whitely. Bill Whitely,
farms with his father in Goderich Township
and is married to the former Michelle
Smith, also. of the township.
Their son Andrew Benson was born in
1984. This young boy carries with his a
strong sense of heritage in the Christian
names he bears. He is the first of the sixth
generation of Whitelys to live on the same
lot in Goderich Township since Andrew
Whitely arrived in 1832. Lot 14, Concession 7
is an Ontario Centennial farm and also one
of the nine Goderich Township Ses-
quicentennial Farms.
Young Andrew Benson Whitely represents
a blending of the rich past of Goderich
-Township and the hopeful future that
generations to come will bring this
municipality.
In Goderich Township Families, Esther
(MacMath) Ross is qqoted, "For our
pioneer forebearers of 150 years ago, life
must have been full of ha: dship and sorrow.
Then by generation after generation, the
land was tamed. Those of us in the newer
generations have been privileged to enjoy
advantages of which our forebearers could
only dream. What we and our descendants
now have was built upon those foundations
so courageously wrought. I like to think that
those ancestors, if they were to walk again
upon this earth, would not be disappointed."
Goderich Township Families was.compil-
ed by Alison Lobb and proofread by Doug
Yeo, with assistance by Phyllis Cox, Diane
Lobb, Margaret Powell, Bessie Townshend,
Elaine Townshend and Gayle Wilson.
This impressive book is dedicated to the
-memory of the late Gerry Gin; "whose en-
couragement and answering enthusiasm did
much to ensure the success of our Goderich
Township 1-5-0, and, to make this book a
possibility."
Gerry would be proud of this publication,
as would the countless other men and
women who over the past' 150 years have
worked to make Goderich Township the pro-
sperous municipality it is known as today.
Huron Liberals set nomination date
CLINTON - The Huron Provincial Liberal
Riding Association has set March 5 as the
date for their nomination meeting at the
Clinton Legion at 8 p.m.
The riding is a new electoral district
created when redistribution was approved
last July.• It will see the Ontario Legislature
expand from 125 to 130 seats.
Currently, Huron County is split into two
seats, Huron -Bruce in the north, which is
represented by Health Minister Murray
Elston, and Huron -Middlesex in the south,
which is now represented by Agriculture
and Food Minister Jack Riddell.
Both old seats will disappear if and when a
provincial election is called. At this time,
the Liberals rule Ontario with a minority
government, with the 125 seat Legislature
made up of 51 Liberals, 51 Progressive Con-
servatives and 23 New Democratic Party
MPPs.
So far, only Jack Riddell has said he will
seek the Huron nomination, with Murray
Elston set to run for the Liberal nomination
in Bruce, and Liberal incumbent Doug
Reycraft indicating he will seek the Mid-
dlesex nomination.
Guest speaker at the nomination will be
the Honorable Ed Fulton, Minister of
Transportation and Communications of
Ontario.
No election has been called, but because
of the minority government situation, the
Association wanted to be ready.
Delegates for the Party's Annual Meeting
in Toronto in April will also be chosen.
when I grow up looks at roles...
• from page 4
one per cent chose traditionally feminine
careers.
Girls generally viewed their adulthood
roles as mothers with small children. The
girls, almost without exception, expected to
marry and have children, They seemed to
assume that there would be a husband and
father to provide for the fancily. Even the
older girls did not consider the possibility
that they would have to work outside the
n sic U. ,,uppnrt themselves or their
children 'They did not reflect on the
possibility of remaining single, being in -
married mothers. deserted wives. widows of
divorcees
In conclusion to When I Grow Up . the
study emphasizes, "Educational programs
are needed to ensure that Canadian girls
have a realistic picture of their future lives.
They need to know the average number of
years women spend in remunerative
employment and the proportion of mothers
of small children who are in the labor force.
They also need to recognize the advantages
of worsen of being qualified to earn their
own living in a well paid field even if that
field is not traditional for women."
The study further stressed the need to
parents and other adult acquaintances to
provide realistic role models for children,
and the need for adults to encourage
children to explore and widen their career
options. The study also encourages the
education system to play a greater role in
helping young people determine their future
goals.
The study concludes, "Although adults
commonly ask children, "What do you want
to be when you grow up?" there is still much
to be learned about the reasons behind
children's answers. Girls in particular need
to be made aware of the realitites of life for
adult women so they can plan for maximum
benefits to themselves, their families and
society as a whole."
Additional copies of When I Grow Up ...
are available free from: Publications
Distribution centre, Labor Canada, Ottawa.
K 1 A 0J 2 ( 819) 994-0543.
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