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rectiVed their _ked from Canada
Com-
panyin 10 having taken.POS8essionot the
land. four years earlier. They had six
children and the land passed to their lhird
son.
1879-Witharn Proctor . marriedEsther
Donogh and they are shown on the property
in Belden's 1879 Atlas. William 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,
received this heritage.
1946 -Proctor Palmer married 'his first
cousin, Sybil Procter, and the children
ultimately divided the 91 acres.
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1971-Donald44,
and Patricia o • well)
Palmer purchased 71 acres of the land,
while his sist r4
., -8,„boughtvte, •„
mainingzVPthe 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 1-5-0 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
constrictedby400 ei.1140s,us-
ingfield cleUtingfle
'4 'staltife467; flariesidgntheoflf. - •
:01aSterIngoier.•r, erirforitt was.
altewas
to up° erre
constructed. z •
A 28 foot by 20 footstructUre, a originally
consisted Of 4 rooms an the Main floor and
three bedrooms upstairs, but thejual0 floor
was made intn*e 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
o
1880s-Satnuel Sturdy,' the fifth son, in-
-limited the farm. He Married -Janet Ferris •
and had seven children.
1920s-Theproperty passed to their second
t who remained a
1
. 11011,440.imsik.4;
ur'S nepbeW, Lance, ih his wife ,p
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 in 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 house
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
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Second history book
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book will be available for viewing and proof
reading at the sesquicentennial celebrations
and purchase orders may be made at that
time.
Editor Alison Lobb hopes that the book
will be ready for delivery before Christmas,
1985, but this will depend entirely on how
many changes or additions people request
when the draft copy is available for proof
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people who fought, who died, who were born
and who fell in love.
Nina Cooper was the first war bride to ar-
rive in Huron County when she came in 1946.
She met and married Goderich Township
resident Maurice Frame in Manchester,
England. They were married in 1943, but
Maurice was only allowed a week's leave.
This was just before the invasion, so he was
immediately shipped to Europe and it was
more than two years before he and Nina met
again.
Nina travelled to Canada on the ship "Let-
tica." She made the two week journey with
other war brides. They travelled with a con-
voy of war ships and had to zigzag across
the ocean because of the mine fields still
present. Arriving in Halifax, the women
travelled by train, a War Bride special, to
Toronto. The train was decorated with red,
white and blue and was greeted by cheering
crowds on the way.
Maurice and Nina tmally met in London,
and as was the custom, they had to meet
with the Red Cross case worker assigned to
Nina and sign papers verifying that he had
come for her.
Each story in the Goderich Township
fainilies book is unique. A draft cropy of the
reading.
A 9x11" lc; hard cover, 300 pages has
been proposed and the advance sale price
for a book this size will be $30.
The book will be offered at this price if at
least 1,000 copies are printed. The number
printed will depend upon the number of
copies that are presold, so people are asked
to take an opportunity during the July
celebrations to get their name on the
patron's list.
The patron's list will not be limited to
township residents. Anyone who buys their
book by September 1 will have their name
included and an address. 11 they were born
in Goderich Township, this will be noted.
The Goderich Township Family Histories
promises to be an exceptional account of the
settlement of the community and a book
that will be treasured for years to come.
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