The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-09-28, Page 58When an Ontario Heritage`Foundation plaque was unveiled
outside the Van Egmond House in 1973, those present
included, from left, R. Alan Douglas (rep. of Historic Sites
Board of Ontario), John Flannery (Seaforth reeve), James
Doig (Master of Ceremonies), Susan Van Egmond (age 5,
descendant of the Colonel), Dr. Rodger Whitman
Storyteller
(vice-chairman, Van Egmond Foundation), Elgin Thomp-
son, (reeve of Tuckersmithship), Jack
k Riddell (M. P. P. Huron -Middlesex), Harold Frank Sills,
President of Huroo County Historical Society),
(Seaforth Mayor), Reverend Clifford Britton (a descendant
of Col. Van Egmond).
Continued from page 15
personality and prosperity of the area".
Col. Van Egmond's stand for justice during the Rebellion
of 1837 has made him a personal hero of Mr. Doig.
"It's always been a bitter pill for me to swallow that the
leader of the rebellion, Mackenzie escaped to the United
States, got his printing press thrown in the lake, got his land
back when he returned and was elected to parliament. Van
Egmond was arrested, died of pneumonia he caught in jail
and his family had the major part of his land taken away
from them," he says.
As a child, Mr. Doig remembers running through the
house as his grandmother visited with the bedridden Mrs.
Constant Van Egmond. And he remembers playing his
violin next to Earl Van Egmond's piano while Earl played.
OAK WINDOW SILLS
And, as he worked towards preserving the house, Mr.
Doig continued to hear good things about the Van
Egmonds. When refurbishing the house, he hunted all over
south-western Ontario for oak window sills and finally
discovered a man from Hensall who had what he was
looking for.
When he wanted to pay for the window sills, the man told
him his ancestors had come to the area in 1832 and were
poor. 'That first winter, Col. Van Egmond gave them enough
food to get through the winter and seed grain for their first
crop.
Mr. Doig got the wood at cost.
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