The Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-07-10, Page 87ij
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Che' cuff L o the. l u ' e ,alai for the e0 metal service.. to r o ;14e -family filled,
in the grave, ` e , e 'the mystery of
the rubber:boots.
The old tombstones at the abbey on the
Ponsonby' Estate Were worthwhile- seeing.
The stones were mostly of the Butlers and
the Cantwells, lords in the area before the
British took over. These stones were in the
floor, but now have been lifted and are being
placed in the wall.
The name Kilcooley has an interestng
origin. The wall that separates the mansion
from the Parish Church is on the`far side of
the driveway to the abbey. It takes a right-
angle turn, separating the mansion from the
old church and the churchyard. It was a
very small church. "Kil" in Gaelic means
small church or chapel, while "cooley"
means around the corner. Kilcooley was the
little church around the corner.
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nd D t4s,e s me to :;sear,:. SirWm:'Barker realized• �P eh . ne tu' a 70ear
chd 1�a.... . Fe anagh o tiers f t these le 'Three Cactie
t :G fe• eagli receids ,oho were good farmers and bran somatathe' In fact one of the oln% s tads_ from
abed tDerekSwitzer showed-
:name su• Ac r s' n, Fagan, `aborti ibo were tug a Slieveradaghoriginal
estate. eati�nstown.Fat courted olio of heir iris.
names:. eheson; eilasou, Ginn, me the original document made between Sir here I wale: at t>lo cert farirn where iris.
Crooks, . ah, Aitken, Hackett, Palmer, Barker aid a group of five families. in 17 2. So here bas at th ver feral
rn wh grew
Potter,, fticherson, Sturdy, Thorrmp• The heads of the households were ` Paul Lizzie' also Lobb ori to theold wu.
son, Torrens and Whitely. In a nearby Smeltzer, Adam Baker, Daniel Ruckle, home: also dace ' o ld peeves ens
parish, Gilbert and Elliotts were mentioned. John Switzer and Sebastian Lawrence. Mrs. Deeves enjoyed together. I was glad to
John Ovens Elliott, 'who married my great- Descendents of the Smeltzer, , Baker and
grandmother's sister Rachel Cooke came Switzer families, came to Goderich visit while the old house that had served somany generations was still standing. The
from Derrygonnelly Parish, not far from Township. The Lawrences went to McKillop new Deeves home was also taking shape.
Enniskillen. Township.
In Rev. W.G.Nelly's book, "Kilcooley;
I visited in north Ireland, then travelled Later more Germar.s from Co. Limerick Land and People in perary" states, "The
moved to Tipperary. As John Wesley had
back to the southern part. Qn the waywe Wilhamite settlement brought a few new
stepped at. Don and Geraldine Cantwell's for preached to them in Limerick, a Wesleyian families to the area. As a reward for his
Methodist Church was built as Bawnlea on Peter de and foon, a
supper. Here I found the missing link in the Palatine Street. This is the church the Tip- military service,
family. Huguenot . refugee was given land at
Grandfather's sister Catherine Webster perary folk in Goderich Township referred Kilcooley. Perhaps the Deeves, another
had married John Ruckle Jr. Their to when wanting a preacher like they had at Huguenot family came at the same time."
daughter Elizabeth married Thos. Cantwell, home. Turn to page 5
their son John married Ruth Switzer and I was told that my Webster ancestry was
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