1861 census of Elma, Perth, Ontario
Hatherly William L 9 C 11 Farmer England Ang 22 Single MaleC11L9S was bought by William Hatherley in 1865 and sold in 1880 - Elmanac p.530
Concession 12 Lot 11
John Hatherley, a native of England emigrated from Wales with his family, purchasing C12L11 in 1864. He married Marion Balsdon when she was fifteen. They had eleven children, six of whom reached maturity. Their son, John Jr took over responsibility of the farm when he was fourteen, and purchased in 1898.
A daughter of John and Marion, Annie, married Michael Martin. Since Annie died at age twenty-five, their infant daughter was raised by her Martin grandparents. She later married Ben Sauder and their daughter Miriam and her husband Alvin Wagler resided at C121_35 for twenty-six years.
C12L11 was bought by John Hatherley in 1864, then passed in 1893 to Marion Hatherley and in 1898 to John Hatherley Jr then Willam J Beirnes 1929. [Elmanac p.552]
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1881 census
Hetherly John Male 38 England Anglican English Farmer Married
Hetherly Marion Female 30 Ontario " " Married
Hetherly John M 7 " " " S
Hetherly Annie F 5 " " " S
Hetherly Mary E. F 1 " " " S1871 census of Elma, Perth, Ontario
Hatherly William L 9 C11 Farmer Eng Eng Ang 43 Married Male
Hatherly Sarah E. Ont " " 29 Married Female
Hatherly Charlotte " " " 4 S F
Hatherly Elizabeth J. " " " 3 mo. S F
Pindar Ann Eng " " 35 S F Deaf & DumbAlso in 1871 census
Hatherly John Farmer Eng Eng Ang 26 Single MaleFull record for Hetherly, W.
Last Name Hetherly First Name W. Post Office Newry Township Elma County Perth Atlas Date 1879
Concession and Lot Lot size XI, 9 50Connection?
Full record for Hetherly, J.
Last Name Hetherly First Name J. Post Office Newry Township Elma County Perth Atlas Date 1879
Concession and Lot Lot size XII, 11 1001881 census of Elma
Hetherly Wm. Male 53 England Anglican English Farmer
Hetherly Sarah E. Female 39 Ontario " "
Hetherly Charlotte A. F 14 " " "
Hetherly Elizabeth J. F 10 " " "
Hetherly George W. M 8 " " "
Hetherly Mary F 4 " " "
Hetherly Fred'k Wm. M 3 mos " " "1881
Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
Wm HETHERLY M Male English 53 England Farmer Church of England
Sarah E HETHERLY M Female English 39 O <Ontario> Church of England
Charlotte A HETHERLY Female English 14 O <Ontario> Church of England
Elisabeth J HETHERLY Female English 10 O <Ontario> Church of England
George W HETHERLY Male English 8 O <Ontario> Church of England
Mary HETHERLY Female English 4 O <Ontario> Church of England
Fredk Wm HETHERLY Male English <1 Born: Jan; 3/12 O <Ontario> Church of England
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Source Information:
Census Place Elma, Perth North, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375907 NA Film Number C-13271 District 172 Sub-district E
Division 3 Page Number 38 Household Number 1611891 census of Elma - Any relation?
Hatherley John Male 50 Married Head Eng Eng Eng Ang Farmer
Hatherley Miriam Female 34 Married Wife Ont " Ont "
Hatherley John M 18 S Son " Eng " "
Hatherley Annie F 15 S Daughter " " " "
Hatherley Mary F 13 S Daughter " " " "
Hatherley Miriam F 10 S Daughter " " " "
Hatherley Rose F 7 S Daughter " " " "
Hatherley Emma F 4 S Daughter " " " "
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1901 census
3 12 Hatherley Miriam F Head W Apr 28 1856 44
4 12 Hatherley John M Son S Aug 1 1873 28
5 12 Hatherley A Rose F Daughter S Dec 1 1884 16
6 12 Hatherley J Emma F Daughter S Dec 12 1887 13Burials in Elma Township
9 matches, page: 1
Surname Given Name Cemetery County Township Reference
HATHERLEY Annie (Martin) Elma Centre, Atwood Perth Elma PH-178-2
HATHERLEY Charles R. Elma Centre, Atwood Perth Elma PH-178-2
HATHERLEY Dasey Olive Elma Centre, Atwood Perth Elma PH-178-2
HATHERLEY John Elma Centre, Atwood Perth Elma PH-178-2
HATHERLEY Miriam (Balsoon) Elma Centre, Atwood Perth Elma PH-178-2
HATHERLEY Rosie Elma Centre, Atwood Perth Elma PH-178-2
HATHERLEY Susan Elma Centre, Atwood Perth Elma PH-178-2
HATHERLEY Violet M. Elma Centre, Atwood Perth Elma PH-178-2
HATHERLEY William M. Elma Centre, Atwood Perth Elma PH-178-2Any connection? 1891 census of Elma, Perth, Ontario
Hatherley John Male 50 Married Head Eng Eng Eng AngFarmer
Hatherley Miriam Female 34 Married Wife Ont " Ont "
Hatherley John M 18 S Son " Eng " "
Hatherley Annie F 15 S Daughter " " " "
Hatherley Mary F 13 S Daughter " " " "
Hatherley Miriam F 10 S Daughter " " " "
Hatherley Rose F 7 S Daughter " " " "
Hatherley Emma F 4 S Daughter " " " "
James died in infancy
Another note says; "James Walter Hatherley died Jan 21 (1870)" Is this the same person?;
He came from England to Canada in 1835. His wife and children came in 1841. Three more children were born in Canada.
Is he the same one ? Father: William George Pinder Mother: Antillaise
Is this her?
Ann Clark
Birth: About 1808 Of, Southwell, Nottingham, England
Spouse: William Pinder
Marriage: 29 OCT 1829 Southwell, Nottingham, England
BES SLAKE
In the 1881 census of Canada, the Hatherleys have disappeared, and Ann is now staying with this family - presumably her brother.
Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
John PINDER M Male English 50 England Farmer Weslyan Methodist
Elisabeth Jane PINDER M Female English 37 O <Ontario> Weslyan Methodist
Lauretta E. PINDER Female English 15 O <Ontario> Weslyan Methodist
Ann PINDER Female English 47 England C. Presbyterian
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Source Information:
Census Place Easthope South, Perth South, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375907 NA Film Number C-13271
District 171 Sub-district E Division 2 Page Number 34 Household Number 147
He had a sister: Mrs. J. Shelburn of L.A., California. He also had two brothers, Calvin of L.A. California, and Archie of Big Beaver, Saskatchewan.
The Ladder of Time, a History of Breton and District, 1980, pages 362-363
TED AND HETTY CHAPIN
My father, Mr. James Ing, arrived at Norbuck in 1931. He got a job at Nelson's mill and worked all summer. In the fall he came back to the prairie and told us what a nice country it was here, so we decided to come up to Norbuck, too. You could get homesteads here at that time and my dad had applied for his before he came back.
My husband, Ted Chapin Sr., and my dad brought all the stock and the household things by train and landed at Norbuck. There was an old log house on one side of the canyon about three miles east of Norbuck and a barn where we could put our stock on the other side of the canyon. He inquired about the farm with the log house and found he could get it, but a cancellation had to go against it and it would be ninety days before we could legally locate on it. We had planned to move into the house as the man who owned it lived in the States and didn't want it anyway. In the meantime, another family, (Lawrence Prentice's) moved in. We had no place to go except to a little shack, about ten by twelve, on Mr. Duncan's farm. So that winter my dad and mother, Ted, our two little girls and myself, all lived in that little shack. We had a bed on each side of the table and some shelves above the beds for the children and our suitcases etc. Our little girl, Pearl, called it our suitcase house. We had a cook stove, an air-tight heater and a barrel of water at the other end of the shack. I can remember I had four feet of space to work in. My mother had to sit on the bed most of the time and play with the children.
It was about one mile from the shack up to the barn where we had the stock, so we often said we had to kiss the men good-bye when they went to the barn.
The next April, the cancellation came through and Ted filed on the homestead with the log house We moved into that house and Prentices moved into the shack we had moved out of. Ted took a load of furniture both ways.
The big deep canyon was just down back of the house. I have often heard it referred to as the 'Chapin Canyon'. I'm sure many of the old timers will remember it as many were stuck in the mud going up the hill. Sometimes after a rain, we kept a team harnessed just in case -someone needed a pull.
In the late fall of 1932, Ted went back to the prairie and brought his dad, George Chapin, to Norbuck. They drove all the way with two wagons and hayracks. They brought some horses and cattle and camped out on the way. It took them over a week to get home from Altario, our town near the Saskatchewan border. We sure were glad to see them.
We had one very bad time when the fires were too near. One Sunday the fire came just across the road. Then on Tuesday, it swept down the canyon and our whole yard was on fire. We kept one man hauling water from a spring and pumped water on the old log house trying to save it. Fraser's and Burrows' mills sent cars up to get anyone who would go where it had burned over before as it was safe here. We stayed as long as we could but finally had to leave. We went over to O'Brian's across the road and later were surprised to see the house still standing. When it became dark, it looked like a town; every stump in the yard was on fire. We went lack to the house but didn't sleep very much; we were afraid the fire might start up again.
Our two girls, Pearl and Joyce, were quite small when we first came to Norbuck. The school was built soon after and Pearl's first teacher was Mr. Stewart. Norbuck was our closest post office and store and it was three miles away. I often carried groceries and Joyce, when she was a baby, all that way home.
We had many good times with concerts and dances in the Norbuck School. We also went to Knob Hill and Wenham Valley. We drove with horses and sleigh or wagon if there was no snow.
Mr. Duncan and Alex Hays, both bachelors, were close neighbors. Mr. Duncan later had a store where we could get a few groceries. This is the farm Walter Ing bought and lived on unti1just recently; they built a new house in Breton and live there now.
Roads began to get better and farming got easier as time went on. But hauling logs, sawdust, and lumber were the main jobs men could get wages for. Our son, Ted Jr., was born while we were still on the farm. He was born in the Rimbey Hospital and was one and half years old when his dad joined the Army and was sent overseas. George Chapin died
just before Ted left. I was left to look after the family and do the farming so had to hire some help.
Later the Norbuck School was closed down as there weren't enough children to keep it open. I had to move to Breton to get the children to school. First we lived over the drugstore which was in Breton at that time. Then I bought a house from Frasers and had it hauled into town on the lot I bought just across the street from Scott's blacksmith shop. We lived there for several years till after the War ended and Ted came back. Then we moved to Edmonton and later to Calgary where we lived for four years in the soldiers’ P.M.Q.s. We returned to Edmonton where I have lived ever since. Ted Sr. passed away in January, 1960.
Ted Jr. bought the old Loomis farm one half mile north of Breton where he and Doreen and their children Cheryl, Debbie, and Dwayne now live; so I often go out there. I still feel Breton is my old hometown. Our daughter, Pearl, married Floyd Stenseth and they live near me in Edmonton. They have two children, both married. Linda married Peter Hartum and they have three boys. Larry and his wife, Lynn, have a girl. Joyce married Bill Anthony and they live at Valemount, B.C. Their family includes David, Edward, Douglas, Mitchell, Donna and Ross.
I am a grandmother and great grandmother. I own my own home here in Edmonton and have a lady companion who rooms here while she teaches music in a music school. I have been a widow for nineteen years.TED CHAPIN
Life Around NorbuckMy father, Mr. James Ing, arrived first at Norbuck in 1931. He got a job at Nelson's mill and worked all summer. In the fall he came back and told us what a nice country it was so we decided to come up to Norbuck too. You could get homesteads here at that time and my Dad had applied for his before he came back.
My husband, Ted Chapin, and my Dad brought all the stock and house-hold things by train and landed at Norbuck, then had to find some place to put them. Ted looked around and found a big empty barn across a canyon about three miles east of Norbuck. There was an old log house on one side of the canyon and the barn on the other. He enquired about the farm with the log house on and found he could get it, but a cancellation had to go against it and it would take ninety days before he could legally locate on it. We had planned to move into the house as the man who owned it was in the states and didn't want it anyway. In ihe mean time another family (Lawrence Prentice's) moved in. We had no place to go except a little shack about ten by twelve on Mr. Duncan's farm. That winter my Dad, my Mother, Ted, our two little girls, and myself all lived in that little shack. We had a bed each side of the table, and shelves above the beds for the children, our suitcases etc. Our little girl Pearl called it our suitcase house. We had a cook stove and an air-tight heater and a barrel of water in the other end of the shack. I can remember I had four feet of space to work, and my Mother had to sit on the bed most of the time. [Trail Blazers, page 87]
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment - WW2 Nominal Roll
Reg No. Rank Name Enitials N.O.K. Relationship
M107352 Pte Carson C.E. Mrs. Myrtle Irene Carson (Wife) Antress Alberta Canada [Antross]
M15914 Pte Chapin T.R. Mrs. Hettie Annie Louise Chaplin (Wife) [Chapin] Breton Alberta Canada
http://www.rootsweb.com/~abwcobit/LER/Lists/NominalRoll/NominalRollPage8.htmlSouth Dakota Births, 1856-1903 Record
Name: THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAPIN
State File Number: 524008
Gender: M
County: MARSHALL
Mother's Name: MARTHA JANE MORSE
Father's Name: GEORGE WM CHAPIN
Birth Date: 1902-10-24
File Date: 1940-09-19
Hetty loved music and poetry.
Grave 24 Block 610 Beechmont Cemetery
They had no children.
1901 Census of England Sarah Aik* By this time she was probably married to James Moore.
Name Age WhereBorn AdministrativeCounty Civil Parish Occupation
Sarah Aiken 19 Ireland Leicestershire Woodhouse Schoolroom Maid Domestic
Sarah Aiken 33 Cheshire Ardwick Warwick Newbold Pacey Cook Domestic
Sarah Aiken 61 Suffolk London Bermondsey
Sarah Aikens 16 Leicester Leicester Leicester Leicester Formerly Saint Margarets Shoe Machinist
Sarah Aikin 20 Lancashire Burnley Burnley Cotton Weaver
Sarah Aikin 43 Kent Hayne Ramsgate Essex East Ham
Sarah Aikin 48 Poplar Ln Lancaster Salford
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In July 2007, remember Pearl's death in July 2006FUNERAL PROGRAM
In Loving Memory of
Pearl Angeline Stenseth
November 2 7, 1926 to July 13, 2006
Funeral Service
July 19, 2006
11am
Seba Beach Christian Fellowship
Seba Beach, Alberta
Officiatting Pastor Roc Weigl [sic]
Interment
Honorary Pall Bearers Pall Bearers
Will Hattherly Ted Chapin Wayne Hartum Mark Hartum
Mel Weigl Ken White Shawn Hartum Ryan Scheideman
Brent Hartum Mark Ottenbreit
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On July 13, 2006 this remarkable lady with true pioneer spirit lovingly surrounded by her family passed away peacefully into the arms of her saviour
Pearl was predeceased by an infant daughter Verna Christine and Floyd her husband of 44 years.
She is survived and lovingly remembered by sister Joyce Anthony, brother Ted Chapin (Doreen), daughter Linda Hartum (Peter), son Larry Stenseth, grandchildren Wayne (Lynn), Mark (Brooke), Shawn (Tamara), Brent, Lindsay (Ryan) and great grandchildren Brittany, Dayne, Joshua, Ian, Jakob, Mya, Kelbie, Elle and Noah.
Pearl left a lasting impression on each life she touched and will be clearly missed.
Hi Everyone,
Here is a copy of the funeral program for Pearl's funeral. Pearl was my second cousin; the daughter of Hetty Ing Chapin. A lot of relatives were there, and many of Pearl's friends, including a few bikers. She was buried in Fallis Cemetery overlooking Wabamun Lake. The funeral was nice and Wayne Hartum's reminiscences kept everyone in stitches.
_______________________________________________________________________________On July 13, 2006 this remarkable lady with true pioneer spirit lovingly surrounded by her
family passed away peacefully into the arms of her saviour.
Pearl was predeceased by an infant daughter Verna Christine and Floyd her husband
of 44 years.
She is survived and lovingly remembered by sister Joyce Anthony, brother Ted Chapin (Doreen), daughter Linda Hartum (Peter), son Larry Stenseth, grandchildren Wayne (Lynn), Mark (Brooke), Shawn (Tamara),
Brent, Lindsay (Ryan) and great grandchildren Brittany, Dayne, Joshua, Ian, Jakob, Mya,
Kelbie, Elle and Noah.
Pearl left a lasting impression on each life she touched and will be clearly missed.
_______________________________________________________________________________Here are my notes from the funeral:
_______________________________________________________________________________Funeral of Pearl Angeline Chapin Stenseth
Seba Beach, Alberta - 19 July 2006Pearl was a member of the Stony Plain Baptist Church for 11 years. Roc Weigl was her pastor.
Text Proverbs 31
We will hear from Mark, Shaun, and Wayne Hartum, then Tamara will sing "Homesick".
Shaun
I have many memories of Granny. She didn’t like being called "Granny" at first but she grew to like it. When she came to the farm, she was there when I needed her most. I would walk down to see her every day after Granny and Grandpa came to live with us. She took time to be with us individually. He taught us 14 and 15 year-old boys to drive the Maverick and the Fargo van.
Wayne
Granny was a friend. I remember when Granny and Grandpa would come and visit us when we had the butcher shop. It was really special. Then they moved out the farm. They went camping with us, and fishing, berry picking and driving lesson with the old Maverick with its terrible steering. She deserves a medal for bravery for that! She helped us with butchering rabbits and chickens, making popcorn balls and gingerbread men, and crocheting! I remember us often drinking tea and eating berries and crocheting. Years later Mark made a doily that graced our table. Grandpa passed away, and was sadly missed. Later Granny moved into Stony Plain to be closer to the church and the stores. Granny and Grandpa made extreme changes to come live with us. I was adopted when I was too little to remember. When Granny and Grandpa came to live with us, it was like we had adopted them. If we love God and others, the rest follows naturally. Granny is now in heaven with our Lord Jesus Christ and Grandpa. We're not afraid of dying. With God in all makes sense. I will miss her, but it won’t be for long and I will see her again.
Mark
If the truth be known … I prefer knitting to crochet!
Dad cleared a racetrack on the farm for us boys to race our cars. On one occasion we got her into one of the cars on the pretext of going berry picking, then took her on several wild laps of the race track. And then we did the same thing to her two more times that day. I don't think she was fooled by our reasons for getting into the cars, but she was a good sport. Mom wasn't fussy about us getting motorbikes because Larry was kind of wild, so she got us a moped with a 15 m.p.h. top speed. And later on, a motorized trike – sort of like a quad but with three wheels instead of four. And later on, a Boogie van with a manual transmission with "three-on-the-tree".
We would wake Granny up to borrow the car. One time I borrowed the car and it was low on gas so I filled it up from Dad’s bulk tank and got a mile down the road when the engine quit because I had filled the tank with diesel fuel. I got Granny to help me get the tractor to tow the car back to the farm. But it had snowed while the car was stopped and there was a bare patch on the road where the car had been sitting and Mom figured out what had happened.
Granny wasn’t a great cook but made wonderful fresh bread and fried bread dough and popcorn balls – and the best gingerbread men – until she turned 75. Maybe her eyesight failed her at that point and she put in salt instead of sugar.
She really liked it when we had sled dogs. By wife and I now have 64 sled dogs. She also enjoyed horseback riding, as do I. She loved to go fishing. On one occasion I told her we were close enough to shore that she should get out and pull the boat to shore. She jumped off the boat and the water went over her head! She accepted it with good humor and she changed clothes, and I hung her underclothes out to dry. But hanging up an elderly lady's underwear in public – was apparently the wrong thing to do!
She was always thinking of ways to make money. She talked us into raising rabbits. We sold the meat in Edmonton and made rabbits foot keychains, and tanned the hides. My wife and I didn't allow dogs in our car but made an exception for Granny and her dog to come with us for a 6 hour ride.
On one visit to her, I thought she was being held up by Hells Angels, but it was only Granny and a few of her biker friends enjoying tea and cookies. When Granny and Grandpa retired they were still struggling with a drinking problem. The made the decision to give up alcohol and come live with us grandchildren. Shortly afterward they came to accept the Lord. It was a blessing to have them love us and pray for us. They accepted people where they were at – loving them and caring for them.
One day at the hospital shortly before her death, she sat up and had a beautifully lucid time when my wife and I were visiting her. She put on her glasses to see us better and expressed her love for us. She asked for each of her grandchildren, and when we were all there she then seemed feel at peace. She asked for Lindsay and said that she was proud of her and said the same to each of us boys who have children. She said she had led a full life and felt satisfied and said she was ready to go ahead and be with God and with Grandpa Floyd. She said she had lived a life of adventure and was satisfied.
Tamara
Her devotion to her grandchildren was extended to her great-grandchildren, and she always answered letters she received. At this point Tamara sang "Homesick".
Audrey Weigl
Pearl has been a friend of mine for the past 11 years. I remember the first time I saw Pearl, as she came into our church pushing her walker and wearing a perky black hat. She quickly became a friend. Every month we have a "50s+" meal. She took home 100 potatoes to bake them in her own oven because the kitchen in the church was too small. She allowed us to fill her house with stuff for a project that we were doing. She helped support three children in Mexico and one in Brazil. She wrote part of a book "Words of Wisdom and Wonder", so she is a published author. She was a worker and worked so hard. She had several favorite men in our church, including my son, her Pastor. I was spouting off one day and she said "Don't you dare say a word about my pastor". She was loyal. A bunch of us ladies went to the Muttart Conservatory with the big glass pyramids and to a fancy restaurant afterwards. Pearl said "Next year let's have a picnic!" and so we did. One Christmas concert we had her as the "granny" in the play and we talked her into putting a price tag on her hat.
A song was sung by two of Audrey’s granddaughters.
Roc Weigl
That poem from Proverbs Chapter 31 is an alphabetical acrostic. Each letter of the Hebrew alphabet begins a new line of a poem about an amazing lady called Wisdom. They also talk of Lady Folly. Both Wisdom and Folly call out to you. Which one will you follow? These stories of Pearl tell a woman who was wise. She learned that the beginning of wisdom is fear of God. The second thing we learn from Proverbs is to heed the wisdom of older people. Pearl learned this. You young people can learn from her. Thirdly we learn that you will only become wise if you obey. Pearl would say you need to be a wise person and commit your life to Christ through faith. At the hospital she said to me "Roc, you have been such a good friend." She would want you to be a friend of the Father by turning from your sins and following Christ.
We have here gingerbread cookies and flowers for the family members; the flowers will be placed on her grave.
_______________________________________________________________________________Dear Bill,
How nice of you to make notes and help us to remember the service of the "Celebration of Her Life". Prehaps the boys were not announced in proper order...I can't remember...Just to make a little correction - it was Shawn who spoke first...later it was his wife, Tamara, who sang. Next was Wayne, he told the Maverick story. Mark spoke last, he is the dog musher...he and his wife Brooke took turns sitting at Mom's bedside with me.
I sat down one evening and just started putting some thoughts down....I didn't get too far but I'll forward them to you anyways...maybe I'll work on it some more later...after silage.
Linda
From: Linda Hartum
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 8:57 AM
Subject: ObituaryThe first-born daughter of Ted and Hetty Chapin, Pearl Angeline was born on the cold, blustery day of November 27th, 1926. Weighing just three pounds, this tiny bundle of joy had to be placed on the open oven door of the wood cook stove just to keep warm enough to survive.
A small beginning never kept her down, though, having true pioneer spirit she endured many hardships and often told stories of life on the prairie. Her family lived in a "Soddy", a house made of chucks of root bound dirt stacked in brick-like fashion. One time a rapidly spreading prairie grass wildfire threatened their lives and her father had to bury the children in the garden soil to keep them from catching on fire.
Pearl was kind of a skinny, tomboy type; sometimes a little on the pale side and susceptible to sickness so her father, Ted, who thought that cod liver oil was the cure all for all ailments tried to make sure that Pearl got a nice big spoonful everyday....Pearl couldn't stand the stuff and would go to great lengths to avoid her daily dosage. Well...., Ted came up with a sure fire plan to make sure she didn't miss a day. He would put a big tablespoon of cod liver oil between the bread of her sandwiches for school lunch! Little sis would always gladly share her lunch with Pearl and the super fortified sandwiches were happily wolfed down by their big black sled dog. Pearl stayed pale but the sled dog sported a beautiful, thick, shiny coat of hair. I don't think her father ever did figure out why the cod liver oil wasn't working.... and Joyce never told their secret.
Pearl loved animals - especially dogs and horses. They were not only her pets but companions and fellow labourers. She much preferred working outside with the men to being cooped up in the house. Even after she was married she worked alongside the men: helping on threshing crews, melting snow to water the cattle, milking cows and hunting partridge to provide for the dinner table. Floyd often worked away from home at lumber camps and Pearl met the challenge of farming and homemaking without any of the modern conveniences we take for granted today.
She planted and harvested a garden, picked berries and canned preserves to carry the family through the long winter months. She washed with a scrub-board, hauled the water by hand and heated it the stove for bathing and washing clothes. She sewed, knitted, crocheted and darned. Freshly baked bread, pies, melt-in-your-mouth gingerbread and even her "tough old cakes" were enjoyed by her family and many a guest.
Perhaps one of her greatest challenges came when she developed cataracts and nearly lost her sight. Linda, who was only three, was taught to do all kinds of things that she was no longer able to do herself like sew on buttons and clip little brother's fingernails.
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Remember Verna Christine Stenseth.Alberta Genealogical Society Master Surname Index
Stenseth, Verna Christine int 06 Jan 1947 Beechmont, Edmonton
Lives at Valemont, BC
Bill Anthony had a stroke in 2002 - paralyzed on one side of his body.Canadian Daughters League cookbook offers penny-stretching tips
This column is one in a series taking a look at vintage cookbooks owned by High Desert residents.
By VERONICA HILL
Staff Writer
Today’s vintage cookbook, “Recipes and Penny Stretchers from the Canadian Daughters League” comes from Meg Holmberg of Apple Valley.
“I would guess this book was printed in 1941 or 1942,” said Holmberg. “My grandmother, Margaret Anthony, was Canadian. They came to Alberta from Nova Scotia where my grandfather was in the lumber business and had a huge sailing ship, the Emily Anderson, which sailed around the world with cargoes of lumber.
“He later started a lumber mill in Antross, where I grew up, a few miles from Edmonton, where the cookbook was published. When I became of school age, I was sent to live with my grandmother so I could attend school.ber of the Canadian Daughters League. She came to live with my mother in Santa Ana a few years before her death and I found the cookbook among my mother’s things when she passed away about 20 years ago.”
http://www.vvdailypress.com/food/vintage/canadian/In 1926, William Anthony sr. bought logging rights south of Breton. His family included Mark, Les, and Jennie (married Eli Wild). He was born in Lower Selma County, Nova Scotia and married Maggie Hamilton. He died about 1940. Their children were Elsie Clare b. 8 May 1897 d., Georgia Merle b. 3 Sept 1899, Mark b. 22 Apr 1902, Leslie Ashley b. 16 Feb 1907, Margaret Louise b. 29 Aug 1912, Jennie Merritt b. 6 May 1914, Dorothy b. 18 Jan 1916, William Edson b. 28 May 1921 d. 9 Feb 1922. from The Ladder of Time, a History of Breton and District pp. 79-83