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:11: BREAR'S FARM HISTORY Lots 44 & 45. Con. 3 /i(r-F>1‘r‘f With the help of his father Johannes, Andrew Sr.4conâ€" structed a long house and barn on lots an and #5, con. 3, Which was directly south of his brother Sebastian Sr. This was built around 1855. Andrew Sr. (1832â€"1917) married Susan Hoar in 1963, a sister of his brother Sebastian's wife. Andrew Br. and his wife Susan had ten children, but four of them died at an early age including their only daughter. Andrew Jr. (1878-1951) was the ninth child borr to Andrew Sr. and Susan Hoar (lflhbâ€"lQZS). He took over his father's farm, lots bk and #5, con. 3, South Durham Road. usually called the South Line, Brant. His other brothers that lived left the area. so he was able to have the home farm..In 1906 he married Mary Hunter (1886â€"1973)., This farm remained in the Kirstine name until 197h so was a century farm. The deeds were obtained by his father from the Crown. the same as the Sebastian Kirstine farm. Andrew Jr. and Mary had four children, Grace. Hugh, Ross and Ruth. Grace married the late Fletcher Fell and had five children. The oldesttson Jack Fell still farms on Lots 43.43 and Ml, con. 3 on the South Line. Grace remarried L. Wilkinson (Deceased) and lives in MiSSiSSqUFB. Hugh married the former Verna McDougal and is a retired pharmacist living in Walkerton. Ross took Over the Family farm and Ruth married Bill Chadwick of Hanover. Ross Kirstine(l9l2) bought his father‘s farm in 103% and married Lila Taylor from Garrick. They had two children Donna and Wayne. Ross engaged in mixed farming like his ancestors} but with more modern methods, such as a tractor and tractor machinery. His father tore down the old frame summer kichen and installed indoor plumbing about 1070. They remodelled the stabling in the barn in 192R. Hydro was installed in 1937/ The Farm was sold to Earl Brear in 19?”, and Ross retired and is now liviing in Walkerton.