Clinton News-Record, 1985-07-10, Page 79Ginn farm
1-5-0 Family Farrns
• from page 17
received their deed from the Canada Com-
pany in 1837, having taken possession of the
land four years earlier. They had six
children and the land passed to their third
son.
1879 -William Proctor married Esther.
Donogh and they are shown on the property'
in Belden's 1879 Atlas. Williarri had three
children, but both his sons (William and
Albert) died young and the farm passed to
the daughter, Eleanor.
1910 -Eleanor Proctor married Joseph
Palmer and their second son, Proctor,
itheceived this heritage.
1946 -Proctor Palmer married his first
cousin, Sybil Proctor, and their children
ultimately divided the 91 acnes.
1971 -Donald and Patricia (Dinnwell )
Palmer purchased 71 acres of the land,
while his sister, Gloria Gerig, bought the re-
maining 20 acres, including the house, in
1974.
• STURDY/SADDLER FARM:
(Concession Maitland, Lot 30,31)
Hugh Sturdy emigrated from Ireland and
settled on this 160 acres in 1832, receiving his
deed from the Canada Company. It is likely
that he was either a cousin or brother to the
Sturdy brothers (John and Christopher)
who, settled on Concessions 7 and 8 and
whose farms are among our 1-50 family
farms. .
The present owners of the property, Lance
and Pamela Saddler, have preserved the
original house although they now live in a
-newer home further back from the road.
The stone house, seen from. Highway 8, was Turn to page 20 •
• 9 •
constructed by Hugh Sturdy in the 1840s us-
ing field stones. Followed the Irish design of
clearing fields, utilizing the stones, and then
plastering over the rough exterior, it was
plastered over, possibly shortly after it was
constructed.
A 28 foot by 20 foot structure, it originally
consisted of 4 rooms on the main floor and
three bedrooms upstairs, but the main floor
was made into one large room many years
ago.
1832 -Hugh Sturdy brought his wife
(Elizabeth Shaw), and two children with
him when he emigrated: They had a family'
of nine.
1880s -Samuel Sturdy, the fifth son, in-
herited the farm. He married Janet Ferris
and had seven children.
1920s -The property passed to their second
son, Arthur Sturdy, who remained a:
bachelor.
1961 -Arthur's nephew, Lance, and his wife
Pamela Saddler have lived on, this farm
since 1961 and their daughter, Karen was
raised on the land which her great -great-
grandparents had pioneered 41'1832.
GINN FARM:
Concession Maitland, Lots 11 and 12
The present 1.5 storey house on Pat Ginn's
farm was the third known home. The first
log structure was NW of the present`1louse
and the second, a red brick building (three
bricks thick), was E of the present barn.
The third home (brick veneer) was con-
structed in 1936 using brick from the
previous dwelling. However there must
Second history book ...
• from page 16 book will be available for viewing and proof
reading at the Sesquicentennial celebrations
people who fought, who died, who were born
and who fell in love. and purchase orders may be made at that
Hind Cooper was the first war bride to ar- time.
rive in Huron County when she came in 1946. Editor Alison Lobb hopes that the book
She met and married. Goderich Township will be, ready for delivery before Christmas,
resident• Maurice Frame in Manchester, 1985, but this will depend entirely on how
England. They were married in 1943, but many, changes or additions people request.
Mauricewas only allowed a week's leave. when the draft copy is available for proof
This was just before the invasion, so he was reading. . . . •
immediately shipped to Europe and it was A 9x11" book, hard cover, 300 pages has
more than two years before he and Niria met «been proposed and the advance sale price
again. • for a' book this size will be $30.
Nina travelled to Canada on the ship "Let- . The book wig be offered at this price if at
tica." She made the two week journey with least 1,000 copies are printed. The number
other war brides. They travelled with a con- printed will depend upon the number of
voy° of war ships and had to zigzag across copies that are presold, so people are asked
the ocean because of the. mine fields still to take an opportunity during the July
present Arriving in Halifax, the women celebrations to get their name on the
trale-lled by :train, a War Bride special, to patron's list.
Toronto. The train was decorated with red, The patrbn's list will not be limited to
white and blue and was greeted by cheering' township residents. Anyone who buys their
ipcrowds on the way. book by September 1 will have their name
Maurice and Nina anally met in London, included and an address. If they were born
and as was the custom, they had to meet in Goderich Township, this will be noted.
with the. Red Cross case worker assigned to The Goderich Township Family Histories
Nina and §ign papers verifying that he had' promises to be an exceptional account of the
come for her. • settlement of the, community and a book
' Each. story in the Goderich Township that will be treasured for years to come.
families book is unique. A draft cropy of the
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