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Garrows 1.
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who was a resident of Goderich nearl
all hits life, and became one of the bes
known captains on the Great Lakes. H
retired from sailing in 1913. •
bathe preceding year the lots on North
and St. Vincent Streets were subdivide
in the Shephard Survey, and Cherie
Darrow: bought the• house on Wort
Street. It has been in possession of th
Garrow family ever since. In 1959 it wa
remodelled into a duplex, and is o
copied now by Mr. and :Mrs. Austi
Young, (Mrs. Young is the former Hele
Garrow,), and by Miss Esther Garrow:
Charles Garrow had practised law in
Goderich for '23 years when; in 1923, h
was made Master of the Supreme Cour
of Ontario, necessitating; removal to
Toronto. Six years ' later he was a
pointed a Judge' of the Ontario High
, Court.
SIX GARROW LAWYERS.
Thus James, of the _first Canadian
•
generation; and Charles, -of the- next,
ascended the Bench 'at Osgoode 'gall.
James Thompson . Garrow, • son of.
Charles, -is partner ina Toronto firm,
Harris, Keachie; Garrow, Davies
Hunter, and his son,, Charles,Alexander
,practises - law in his 'father's Ji,rrn. He
was called to the Bar in 1973. -
James Garrow, fifth child of Hon. J. T.
and the last child to survive, died in 1970.
, Fiis son, James:- Walcott Garrow; was
called to the Bar in 1961 and is practising
law in Toronto with Blake, Cassels,
Graydona The youngest son of Hod J. T.;
John Ure Garrow, : was called to the
Ontario Bar in.1915; he at once joined the
Canadian army,. was com>issidned:
'lieutenant and was 'killed on the Somme
in 1916.
On Charles Garrow's ,departure from
Goderich, the Huron Bar'Association
presented -an -address` and -`gift, the for-
mer in terms of praise for Mr: Garrow's
professional ability, . arid ..personal
qualities..It was signed4a'b-y Lewis H..
Dickson, senior .Judge of Huron,
president, and J. L. Killoran,. secretary:
• --`.`By your. urbanity' of marinermarinerand
unimpeachable integrity, you ` have
made for yourself a place, in the' af-
fectionate..regard. of.all with whom you
' have associated, and•of which .you may
well•be proud. , I
"In your '^choseti professio
.holding tenaciously=the•view that your
client was generally on theright side and •
espousing his• 'cause-'With.wisdom and
intrepid seal; you Have been fair and
courteous to your. opponent; and`we are
able to.saywith absolute truth that.,yeu.
have in the. profession no. one who is not
M your personal. friend• and .sincere well-
wisher. ' ' •
v "The possessor- of undoubted • legal
•ability and of a capacity -for assiduous
toil, you' reached at, a. comparatively
early age a commanc ng position at -the
Bar of .this County; and also.ttiroughout
;the . Pro'v'ince, and wherever you' have
• had- thew.,opportunity of displaying your
talents, you have; brought high credit to
;;rte Bar'. Huron. We are all proud; of
your success; and hope that even higher
• honors maybe�conferred upon you.'''
Mr Justice' Charles Garrow died May
25, 19a4,:in the Private Patients Pavilion
• of ',Toronto General Hospital, after an
illness of some months. A private ser= -
vice was held at the Toronto residence,
and "at-rroon on Monday,"' the Signal
recorded, "hundf'eds of boyhbodiriends
gathered at the'C.N. station to;receive in
.sorrow the remains of one beloved by: all.
who knew him."
AT STATION 4� '
Members of Maitland Lodge, A.F. •&
A.M., Were at the station, headed by the
master., R..G. Sanderson.Bearers were
George Williams, Dr. Harold Taylor, R.
C. Hays Jr.', R. G. Reynolds, John' Galt
and C. C. Lee, "all old friends" of Judge.
u
harrow, the. Goderich Star noted. The
y service was conducted by Rev. J, N. H.
t Mills and. Archdeacon Jones -Bateman.
e C, Dunlop, a past .master, was in
chargeof the Masonic service.
Mr. Justice Darrow was survived by
d one son and three daughters: James
s Thompson, Mrs. Peter _Campbell .and
h Mrs. 4ustin ` Young and Miss Esther
e Garrow, all of Toronto at that time. His
s wife died in Toronto in `1957.
ts- ' The Goderich Star on its editorial
n page, May 31, 1934, published this note:
n "The finest tribute whlgh we,have heard
of, to. Mr. Justice Garrow, is the
: following: 'He w.as just the same to me
e after his appointment to the Supreme.
t Bench as. before. That is why 1 thinkrhe'
was a MAN' "'•
R0,The "Bar of the Huron Law
Association" met under chairmanship of
• M. G. Cameronandpassed the following...
resolution: "The high place lIlr„ Justice
Garrow occupied in;Tti's profession is' well
known,not only in _the. County of Huron,
• but throughout the entire province. His
devotion, to . his . clients. -interests was.
undoubted, and with his brethren of the
Bar 'his word was as good as- his bond.
His character. may be 'summed up' in
o •• these words: 'He was a • Hju°st :and
honorable man.'
omparatively early age h.e
attained a leading position at the Bar,
far beyond the limits of his:.own (County
as well as within it; and later on, •after
many years of assiduous and successful
toil, he reached what was perhaps the
summit of his ambition, a seat in the
highest tribunal of the Province the
Court of Appeal.
"His logical and analytical mind, his
clear grasp of the most intricate details,
his capacity for prolonged:labor and his-
restless energy, amply qualified him to
fill the •high and honorable position to
which he had been surramoned, and we,
his associates, feel a natural pride ,4
,,realizing that during his long tenure of
office he -.was regarded as one of the best
of our judges ,and his :decisions were.` :.
universally received with the utmost'
respect, and confidence ... We feel that
his memory will be cherished by all who
came within the circle of his influence,
experienced the value of his advice or
profited. by the example of his long and
successful • career, with . affectionate
regard."
YOUNGEST SON
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When Robert Garrow, youngest sorra
the original settler, died in £932, he was
only in his 75th year but had outlived his
brothers and sister, as. well as two
nephews and a niece, children of his
•brother •James. On the homestead,
where he spent .the greater part of his
life, he was a successful farmer and
stock feeder. In 1919 he disposed of this
farm to •Malcolm. Seaton, and purchased.
37 acres adjoining :on the west. He
rerriodelled the house on that property,
erected a barn and continued farming:
Mr. Garrow's death occurred on :.
September 9th. Service was conducted
at the residence by Rev. W. P. Lane of
Northside United Church.' Bearers were
A. :Wankel, Adam Dodds, James R.
Scott; Joseph Scott, James Aitchison, M.
McKellar.Judge and Mrs, Charles
Garrow, Miss Margaret Garrow and
Mrs: R:.. D. Devlin came from Toronto
and Mrs. J. H. Garrow from London.
James T. Garrow, Q:C;, son of Mr.
Justice Charles Garrow, administered .;.1
Robert's estate and held an auction on
the premises, disposing• of farm
equipment and household effects.
Various items of thefarm furniture are
now held by meinlfets of the family. t
Miss .Esther Garrow, Goderich,
possesses a sideboard and also cherishes °
« bonnets worn by Robert's sister Janet,
who was a nurse, •
The Websters were married, in Sep-
tember, 1932, three years after Mr.
Webster had purchased 100 acres of the
Garrow farm from Mr. Beaton. --
By the mid -1850s, Huron settlers'were
replacing log houses with brick or frame
buildings, and the cottage standing
today, in McKillop may well have been
Edward Garrow's fiirrst house. It'has 10-
footceilings, plaster on brick walls, and
originally had two fireplaces. It -.has
thrrooms.ee bedrooms, parrot', kitchen
summer kitchen and various' smaller
DEPRESSiON
"I remember the sale in the spring of,
1933," Mrs. Keith Webster writes.
"Everything in the house and barn -(no
livestock) was offered for. $700. There
were many things we - as "a newly
married couple could have used, but in
1932 we, like many others, had very little
money, so •there._weret no bidders. I did
purchase a Wilton rug, a.large painting,
done by H. J. Dar=ius in 1880, which we
hung-over ourfireplace, and which J still
have, also a couple ofchairs and a few
dishes. I don't remember who obtained
other furniture, as it was beyond our
ability to buy.
"It wasan excellent farm. It had
always been kept in a good state of
cultivation and always usedas a `mixed'
farm. We maintained that policy, raising
dairy and beef cattle, pigs•ancl chickens
and evenireeding horses' and raising at
least one colt every year. At that time,
horses were still . used on the farm,
although we did have a Ford tractor: We
couldn't afford to buy much machinery,
but rented'what was needed for•the first
few years from Gordon McGavin at
Walton.
SOLD TO BUTCHER
"The, first few years of the 1930s we
had purebred Jersey cows; and crossed
them with Poll Angus and sold the cattle
as beef to Bey. Christie, the Seaforth
butcher'when they were about a year
andea half old. Later we had all purebred
Ayrshire cattle.
"We were able to put . new cement
stabling in the large barn by doing all the
work ourselves.. Hydro had• been tin -
stalled before we purchased it, which
was a great help, as we often worked late
at night at this, after our Small children
were in bed. There were two large silos,
20 feet in diameter. We used only one, as
the corn at that time was cut by hand
with hoes and hauled .on wagons to the
silo, where it was cut and blown into the
silo. This sometimes would take a.c.ouple..
of days; andfeeding the. 20' or more
young men' (the work was too -strenuous
for older men) was always a reaL
challenge to the housewife.
Sometime in the 40s we purchased a
corn binder, which was pulled by a John
Deere tractor. This was'a;real time and'
man saver: About this time we were able,
to ' purchase a Universal milking
machine. This also saved a lot 15f time
and effort, and meant we could milk
about 20 cows instead'of 16. The milk was
separated. in. an ; electrically -run
separator, and the skim- milk fed to
caves and pigs and the cream delivered
every day to Charles Barber's
creamery.
"During the 30s many. farmers who
had large mortgages, as we had .(my
husband had" only, been able 'to make a
down•payment,of $2,000' for. the' farm in
929) lost their•farins because they could
not keep up their' interest p:.ymen.ts. All
ur money from pigs and cattle was
anked -to 'be used to pay interest and
axes. Cream moneyand a g: rioney was
or necessary living.'
. etcpes�se's and farm
peration.
a milking -stool, Mrs.,Keith Webster,. of . . ' DID'WITHOUT,+
Blyth, has a couple of old-fashioned We didni have a car .during the 30s,"..:
Get your rear in gear.
Take a walk.
PdNnbPWl�,-
W,Ik a hl,«•kai«Iny,�
Charles Garrow; future barrister and Hlgit Court Judge, here centres a group of Goderich
High School chums of whom only Charles V Lee•(left) has been identified at this time, .-
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This Montreal Street house,built for J,B: Gordon, a Go
,Genres T.'"°Garrow from 1$0 until .his Goderich lawyer; was the residence of
appointment to the Appeal Court in 1902, and was
- then purchased by Robert Cutt. It has been remodelled into apartments by the present
owner, J.S, Macfarlane.
and did without many things young
people today would consider necessities.
There was no electric washing machine,
stove or fridge. We did haven hot plate,
toaster and electric. iron, all of which
were wedding presents. We hadalmost
no new furniture, and always purchased
things needed for the farm ahead of
anything' needed for the house, because
those things helped increase the farm
operation. There were three acres of
bush lot on the farm, and from this we
obtained firewood'.
"During the:.30s there were many men
unemployed, so during that time we
always hada hired man. Some of those.
young men came from Western Canada,
where times were even worse. One was a
school teacher;*viho said his salary was
supposed to be $700.a year, but they did
not pay him anything, so he left. I.
remember we gave him $25 a month and
his board. During the winter, months we
sometimes. , provided, them only with
clothing, tobacco money and board.
After the war' started in 1939, most of
these young men enlisted, and we had to
pay more for help.Two summers we had
girls; they were allowed out of school
without" writing their Grade 13
examinations if their term marks were
good. These carne from May through
August. •
• "We tried to maintain the fertility of
the land by rotating crops and keeping
the land well fertilized and worked
".`Those were good years. We had a
good farm in a.good community. With all
of- our neighbors :we attended church
every Sunday, enjoyed Farin Forum
meetings, changed work with neighbors,
and did much. more simple entertaining
than is done today.,I think we all enjoyed
our 'life 'on -the farm, and learned that
money does not always mean happiness.
During the. war.we were hosts to young
airmen from Port Albert ' every
weekend. We still correspond with one of"
these."
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