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WE.DNEB,DA,,Y, ;MY ;8Oth:, 1958; • '
Family Of Is
Settled Jn Kinloss 10
' ;Jam .e 's• • Alexander MacLe
who will be 88 years of age du
r iv
the Lueknow' C n t
. � e. t'ennial,
the author' of this "family tre
The MacLeod' 'family came
Kinloss;: -four 'years,, before Lu.
now was founded.
THE' MACLEOD ,QF RASSAX
Norman MacLeod was •born
the Island ,of Rassay, 1_,Sxna�ii
land°.off the We's„t coat of Sc
land, between the Isle. of Sk
• and. the mainland.
His son 'John. was born the
•
THE , LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW ,
ye
go
od, W. Whitfield; who. is at. present
:. r- living in Chicago,' he. married
•is m red
e".
to
c
Erva Gassell of K
• incardne, Ont.
They have a: family of four' boys
and one girl'. (Mary) ' Mrs ' . l%
White' c>'f Chicago. A daughter
'Mary . died in Toronto when she
wasabou ten years old and is
buried •there.
on ,Jame . Alexander a
is 'MacLeod
bin Augusts 2 , 1870; married Eu-
ye phemia Mary MacDonald; daugh-
•
pcompetition-against • .
shot •„ ut
all comers:..
n• Mr.; Stewart doesn't ., recall
the exact distance on that oc-
•casion, . btit in.' his heydey • he
.• 'could' put the :15 -pound shot
• from 42. to 45 • feet.'
• He lias a Pro ram, C w
-.-,,.-'lie •va ues, • of he Cal ,donian
Games of 1827•:. The a Mission
SHOT-PUT CHAMP OF 1910,
14
TAR1O
Charles Stewart of Regina
is visiting, at the old,:home at
St. Helens, The Centennial
revives memories. of the 1910.
reunion at which he won the
in the year of 17.85, . he emigrat
to Canada with his family in the
year 1839 and 'settled in Prince
Edward Island, where he died in
1849,, at ,White 'Sands or ,Murray
Harbour. and was buried 'in
•
dd
ter of Alexander MacDonald, arid.., 25c for adutts, bir4S .under.
re Mary Stuart -of Kinloss; Ontario. ten, ,l:Oc, grandstand lOc extra.
Phemie died in 'Fort William on and Highlanders ' in costume
ed. March 6, 1939 and: is buried in free.
ire or:
bridges
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number
)Jy those
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s dquble. •
Dynt had
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and ,Mr.
improve
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oted`; _the `•
MLA' for
and'.ou-r
aroused
let6r.thine
to .James
itinel for
reply;
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to ' hear
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y grand
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till. bears
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emb'er •of:
brat after
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the',paper
s }evie
wa.s, also:
egislature,'..,
years:
ri 'father
by .:my:
ter in 'On=
father's
ourse
be,pt. The:,
-esent my'::
me• busy,
'lay .r.�ay , '•
ping field.
r --letter
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i(e the 'oP-
ou and all
1a :'and
pia•
Bryan., .-
(ItTTI1)•
rt i•ved•
a
'Mrs; ;lint,
are Ni
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1�
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former :
he f ,,
cr of Jim s. '
them sev=
With '' 'gag d
they. are
. w'ith. the
opened uP,
nth
�etrci. w
Cul •
A5 Hors,
•
South/ Kinloss Cemetery. They
spent all their married life in Ft.
William;. She' was, very 'interested
in the welfare�'of St'; Andrews
Presbyterian :Church, Fort. . Wil-
His wife, • 'Margaret MacLean
(daughter. of Malcolm) was. born
in Rassay in the year 1787, and
was killed by a train near Luck -
now, Ontario, -iri October 1876 and'
is buried' in South Kinloss Cem-
etery. •The . family .consisted •of
• four boys and' ,four .girls, Cather-.
ine, , Alexander, Donald;'.. Jessie,'
,Sarah, Malcolm, 'lames, Annie.
James • MacLeod .emigrated from
the . Island Of Rassay, Scotland, to
Prince ;Edward ,; Island;: Canada
with 'his parents, . brothers _and
•. sisters in the year'1839:; 'He. left'
Prince, Edward Island . .in July
• 1853, : and after spending 'a few
'Months' in Oxford• County came
. up to .the Queens Bush�and took
.up 700 acres .of land . in the. Twp.
of Kinloss, county. . of, Bruce, •' fo'r.
himself :and other• members of ,his
family: "He moved ',up there .the
,following. spring :'and located- on,
Ldt 7, Con, ;,5; ;Kinloss; where he..
died in April 1.918 and Is. buried
fn''.South Kinloss Cemetery. Jas:'
MacLeod was ' one, --.'a the irst
councillors in Kinloss Townhip,.
was•also collector for the:'Twp..
and assessor for texi years, `•he
was also ' one': of the License
Co
mmission r • •
e s for' •3oti h Bruce
..for eight. years He'" w a 'very.
°:.activ
.e member of the .West. Bruce
Liberal. 'Association .:being` vice
• residen .
president for '�a' number; of 'years
He was' a • Pres .terian -
: by in relig�'
.; .
On, November 6, ,;1`861- he mar-
ried lVI'ary MacLennan of Cape.
Breton,,: Nova Scotia, daughter., of
Malcolm'McLennan. of the ::Island_
of . • .Lewis, Scotland: She died
•March .28th, .1874, and'•:was. bu:r.
led .in South Kinloss Cemetery;
leaving, 'a family. of • four, i'r1s
.and'.
_ two''�a o' '
b s� Sarah . J ' �'e g
y an Dol=,
ina, 'Mar are and '
g t,,Mary, •,Jarries
Alexander and" Malcolm, .Orf Fel
ruary' 18; .1&79' he married•:Chris=
tina MacI
iris, -daughter of Mar=
tin: Maelnnes. and . Isabell ` Camp-
bell of the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
She; died ;in the year,. 1923' and.
is buried. in South..Kinloss: Cern='.
etery leavin . a • family'of . three
,..g re
boys and t•
wo girls -'John ,Donald;
Alexander _:Martin Isabell,Chris-,
tie` `Ann',.
Alexander„..
•
�Sarah;Jane MacLeod' born July
Y.
2; 1863, ;married' Richard S. Has-
• lam of Toronto and had a faun-
ilY `•'of five-, bo Vis, three ':. died at
boy
S,
early age. - Edward was :killed
'in the first world war' • and.' 'is
buried' in Prance. William'is.,mar-
ried' •:a '
d • is at present:living 'irr.
arid,
Sarah, Jane and Dick Haslarn;
both- • died : iri T 'r.
. •. • o onto.. and. are
boned • there.
Dolina .MacLeod born April 2,
.1865 married • Sohn '. Beaton of
M:ooserrgss, ' Man:. ` )36th.' died in
fort' .W.Miam and are buried • n
-Port. Arthur de etery, ' .
,'Mar
ga e
t
Mao born. April
22nd,
1867,' marr%,ed Win; J. Steen
of ,flat Portage` (now'' Kenora),
both arc :, . i...
dead sand are • buried m
Ca•1.gal{Y, Alberta. `They 'left ••
famio1y 'o
f negirlLaura andtWo
boys, William and Thomas..'
Mary MacLeod; born August 8;
• 1872, married Frederick. W. Whit-
field in, Fort William: in'1897; he'
died there in' the fall of 1900 and
is buried `n p
t. ,. ort Arthur Cem-
etery, She Minnie Whitfield died
in Chicago ,in 4920 and is buried'
there,leaving one on Frederick;
School . 'and `missionary • society:
She ;also --took •a great .interest ,in
the work of the; Rebecca degree
of :' Oddfello'wship of which she
was a ,P.D.D.p. arid seer-etary of
Greenstorie' Rebecca Lodge, Fort
William; for a 'number ,of years;
She was appointed ;Grand Chap
lain 'of .the, Jurisdiction of Orit-
ario in the ,year.. 1937 •'but' 'died
before being installed. James A
MacLeod is at".present living in
•Kiniess:,Township' near' :Lucknow
after ,spending •over, fifty years in
Fort Williaip; where. he was city
alderman for . three, years, : and
president df.' the Fort William
Liberal Association for four con-.
secutive years: He ,was first pre-.
sidei t• of • the' Twin . Cities .Bruee
•
•
,STREET A
• CENTNNIAL' SPECIAL
Nears-
a -
Toronto Police
• NI'embersof th'e Toronto • Police
, Force;:. some nine strong; 'yvih Per -
forth .feats of strength and skill
in the .Caledonian Park on Sat-
rk; Organized.
Force Pipe Band.
urday, which will, be •r• eniiniscent
of The Gane for which Lucknow '
was at one :time internationally -
famous.
•Store windows ' along Main
Street • are being` used to convert
"the drag" into 'a ,picture gallery
of. old-time photos' Only the
stores:on the south side of: the
street are being used because it
is ' feared that. the: '?sunny side"
windows might fade: some of the
pictures; • which in - many cases
are valued :"heirlooms".
Miss •.Ada 'Webster assisted 'by
her sister,..Hazel Webster, • and'
Mrs:. Russell Robertson, have
'done a . tremendous amount of .
work' in. compiling,; mounting , and
documentin"g the pictures which
will be, we are sure; most,inter='
esting and nostalgic to Centen-
nial visitors and local residenuts
alike',
Old Boys Reunion and prominent • With 'merchants ' requested 'to
in Oddfellowsh;p . for • about fifty: keep on. ;their window lights; ;we
years can well,- imagine .there, - Will.. be.
a pretty steady. lineup ,of •plc
ture viewers, 'day and night. ,For.
their preservation ' the ' .pictures'
are' "behind; glass" : in • the.' wind-
ows. •
`Malcolm •MacLeod; born March
12;' 1874, went west to Manitoba
in'. lies early .`manhood. ' He • hoine
steaded and. • farmed • near Glad-
stone; Manitoba and carie back
to the old home in: -.Kinloss. in
1937 ••and , died in Wingham Hos-
pital He .was-' unmarried,, and - is
buried in 'South Kinloss Cemet-'
er '
Y •
John .Donald, MacLeod, born
'December 10,' .1879, died'. on: the
old homestead; Lot •.7,. Con.•,5
,Kinloss, on' April•••9 .1954 ;and is
buried in South 'Kinloss; Cenet-,
ery; He was ,unmarried"
• '' • of• remembrance,
• Alexander MacLeod, born June •
30," 1884,: is at present living 'in
London*, Ontario, ' ,I e : Married "L
"Helen Stephenson of Ferra. Haute,
Ind., :U.S.A. •They have ',one' son.
James Alexander. MacLeod: living
in Detroit;. Michigan.
PH E -NUPTIAL • : HONORS :
Prior taller* marriage, R Mrs: ;J•'
g�
C:. Drennan was the., recipient of • •THOMAS::ROSS •
,a ;n "
umkier Their . of nascehan heir � ' resence`.•`he •
Miscellaneous show-, p re will hav�
ers, and. thes :e '
principal :.'and' p cial, sa nifa¢ance• and:a
lz , p 1 . d staff ! g ,p : rt;lcu-
of Wol�lcroft ub'lic s�h larl so for Thomas: .
p c o01, Branti y f Ross;:of Par -
ford, of which" she was a• -' onto,;and : a "native of •'Lan si
. mem . ..Langside;
ber, presented':' hef ,kith :''a ..:gift who: was 98. years ';'.of age ' last
•
Christmas Day: Wordi'from Tor-
onto in June was that, althou h
g
Ire :was: not keeping too well, "he
• .ho d a .
peo be with us
all";
THE PIONEER 'FATHERS
Mr Ross, a tall powerful man,
and every : inch •a :�S
Down t Y cot, was ' a
he last of they t ail
r. s they camp etitor at• The
; • � p Ganies'a aanst
are bearing b
InDonald Danne.
a' solemn .and''"lessenin ''
line ,
Martin ,Macleod born : Noverri-'
-._ e- . g .e' Tom ,_left• the'farm-`a.
- -- - : • � Thr-ough� the uailey. of death, they - t-.Langsde-
bet '15,•1886' :is ,'at present living , . to where he: ill returns)
are' fareing i . t ,_ ) In
in C k ica o:.' • Mart "
is. unmarried. .,•:. .:.. •. ;
h, g 1.
890 : and - pine ne the ..'.Tor.
W
i
th
f"d
�,onto
nd
divine
e Police:,F'orce, with which 'he was
associated until his retirement in
192.4, ' He organized' the : •Police'
Force Pipe Band in 4912. He 'attended' school at Lang;
side, first in 'a log .scho'ol- built,. •
in 1865 A • frame ;school was built
in 1874 at a cost of $56b, and this
'wasrepIaced . by the • brick School.
Isabelle •-MacLeod.• born • Nov- a co•n i' ence• firm a
ember • .10,•` '1881, married Bert
Ba'in., son; of •`Roderick Bain and
Isabelle liessi.ck".of Kinloss .Twp:;
IWith. every 'white head .
that•
These pioneer fathers are:passing I
O•FFER '
The• last of• MAJQR
a glorious Zine::.
MEDICAL,
: PLAN
Brue bunt ..T r o
C Their mei'
Y
h was n
Bruce County • then they 'moved
•to London} where, 'they are .:at
.present: They have: a' farnily of:
.three daughters: arid. one son. •One'
boy '(James MacLeoct Bain) died
in 'his• infancy" and. is buried
Greenhill; Cemetery: '
'Catheiine Bain.. married d -
E .
ward Brock: They live'on'.a farm
west. of'Londen and have•a fam-'
.ily of Sour girls ,:.and one boy
Christirn4''',Bain )(Mts. Robert
•Shillington • has on'e; dati'ghter,
Diane; They live, in.Lonclon, Ont.
- Janet -Bain. ---(•Mi .-.-eruy-ii--Col:
1e ')' has ,'tw'o,'s ris,'Douglas and
Richard: They 'live,.
'in London,
Ontario. :. ' '•'•
N'ei1.,Bai.n married and at:pres
. i 1 ; h 's.'three.
cit' living. in �1ltrm:iltoi , a.
Soil:;; •
Christine: Ain 'Muer-cad', born
�� 6;8Ga' ( ..r`(';;('lti
`112ar•• h 2 : 1 4a 1 ,g
in Lu know. She, .a :ui'r i1di ied,
.. ;; . yy; V l�S';J A,i1:E ti PASSES,:
•JAMt.� � I�
FINDLATB1, Ja:1irs, at"•the
North-wesi:c..rn 1H16spital, `I'or'oiito,•
on F rid, `v. July .25, 1958, 4arnes
Findlater', 2005 Eglinton
beloved ° husband' of Josephine
Van Norrnart, ,brother of William,
of Detroit, and' f sigh : of London
Oris, Service' Was opt ' Monday - at
10 arm- Tnterri'ient. Bnandon Cem=
eteryr. Belgrawr•'e,.Oritr '
•
•
•
• F'
sinking ,
'Where the
wo'
•
rk
a lifetime' is
don •_ : ..
e
We ' are losin old::. threads
ds
the•,linking• •
Of traditional days •that • ar.
Y e gone,.
Those days when the . l"
Y Y the
.aid t
'foundations'
Fore the airs . wliiich'
t� g their child
ren have won
Ther
e is never 'a ze her Soft :
sighing
Where the" ' rimeval
IS forest' held
swaY>
There is .never: a
. patriarch dying,
But: a story is passing away
Of the'pioneers who built for
, the future
In 'the' labour
r� and stress of their:
•ciS
• cl. f
'Fliottah'.'i}r cabin *
they built in
the .cic.*aririg
1s x�(' ;ghost fi •m :the,years'. that
are.Past, ;•
And the. last pioneer 'fathers are
nearing r
.That valley_ we 'come c me .to at, last;:
o an,•hea ,•,
W ca r their soft Voice in.
.the gloaming*:
'We. left this for YOU, Down the
,
' years •
Each one :ofrt'a. •
Wen it owith h*aid.
Yes, even With .sorrow arid
tears"
Author Unkno'uitn,
ship '
The Huron Ca-operative/Medi-
cal, Services announces they have
been• •designated': as the : official
collector; , for the :Government
Hospital ..Plan on '.behalf ` of the
rural • people in Huron `.County
Members: and our •mem .•wh' .
b o. are ,self•
-
employed or otherwise not sub=
jest to the•mandatory regulation's
of the .Ontarie. I-1ospital Services
Com nissio:n
Commen `i 's"
c ng January uary' 'lst;1909,.:
your present • hospital plan ex-
p
pireS but: '�_a
ou_,e ,bein:�'
register-'
ed and; if .you- so desire by payi
ing your pr em.iun-is you Tray con•
tinue in the ,goverhinent's .new
Ontario Hospital Insurance Plan,
If you pay Your premiums, Mr,
Reit°Irwin, secretary -treasurer of
the Go -op,' Can supply you` with
the official certificate' from• the:
;governti
ent entitling 'ou to thei:i
benefits iii the standard Wards.
of •O tarie.S. approved hosp'ital's.'
A'•.ewimproved Sur
ica
l'
Plan;.paying Surgeon's
claims ac -
.‘Cording to,•the general
Scale' .re-
commended by the Ontario Ved=:
real Association "is now available.,
ui° .. .. o -o...
The dal°ectoirs ,of H on C p
eratve Medical Services, are of `
ferirt _ ' a niaj or medical plan,
g
ef-
fective., January 1,1959, to pro-
tect.
ro-tect•you a ain'catastro: h'ie'
g P.,
medical e�tpenses; not. related ,to
standard ward hos' ital care.
. p
•
•in ' 1900.
Thomas
Bess was bo'r"n at
Langsi'de, on Christmas ;bay 1860'::
His.:".father .'died when he'was
•only an . infant. After' his,: Moth-
er's :re-Marriage'.to Thos. ;' Mac -
,Iver of :Lucknbw,•Torii lived' with ..
his aunt and .uncle; Mr, arid Mrs.
Sandy Ross of Lan side where ,
g..,
he grew. to Manhood. He, was a
stalwart' young lad 'a
'and in •his
early: teens went, to work
ed lumberStrong camps where. he ,farthe"
r'
develo 'his •
A s. • ng phys%�ue: • .
He'.competed
`'iri. the Caledonian
, ,
Games,, :tossing' the 'caber. and,. "•
putting the shot ,and' for two:
years in. succession,;'1889 and 1899:::
:was • Huron -Bruce ch'arnpion.
In 1.883 he was Married
to Jean
'Mary.. Davidson who had •
Davidson, come.
to :the: • .Langside district froth
Scotland :with her. parents- when
11 . years 'Of age. They had t•wo
daughters, .Elizabeth (Mrs, Alex
J: Murray) and :Mary -T.. Ross. •
`'.7rn'''1890 Thos. -toss"eine' the •'
J d ,
Toronto .;Police Force . on `which.''
• he, served., until his retirenient at
the ;age. of 63. While `on the force-,
oRss drove one of the old;'..,
house:. drawn : ainbUlances 'and:
aater•operated the first 'Motorized'
police ambulance: ' • .• •
While on the. iorce he coini..
et-.
ed .10,# tial, :Scottish Gaines an
c,
thc`:l'oliec Gaines . each year: '..' •
Mr,,'Ross'o.rga1iized the Toronto,::
Poi'
ice Pipe Band . by. tea'clYtn•g , . •
evetyr:n'iember how' to lay. the.
institiiient" He• still, enjoys plays
ilii; his little set of Parlour Pipes',
A long-time.'member•' of Park= •
dale: Presbyterian Church, :Mr:,
.Rot, has been'an elder for many
years, ,He' also, is a life member
Of' o.' : Toronto Gaelic Society and'• '
attends all their meetin;s..•'. • •
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