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became aquainted and were married in 1856. Later they up to Garrick Township as many other German families 6 Garrick was then all bush (or the greater part of i n was good farm land â€" this accounts for so many of th of Garrick being of German descent. Valentine and Gertrude settled on the thh ConceSS' T Carrick and worked for the Larks who lived 2 Z 3 ‘ straight north of Deemerton on the south west corn U >< .V.‘ D. m l r. the 12th Concession. Here they worked sile (D s x. I FD I1 m D. :13: ID) by day, felling and burning the trees. Gertrude had the misfortune of having a burni.g J K m .j‘ (u from But this did not keep he: ll back on her leg. ID I I as she placed her leg across the seat of a chair Later they bought 50 acres of land on the Southli“ “I u I I. 1 :1 Township â€" 2 1/2 miles north of the Lark farm. « n ,1) BY ‘ a. .1 4h by Bill Siegner, their great grandson. L L I cleared probably about a quarter of their land. .n \i‘ themselves a house and harm and in 1871 they bull: 2 : house which is still in use. They now had a famllg :5 boys â€" George, Frederick, Conrad and Henry. Henrv my grandfather bought the farm in 1896 from his who sold it to Eill hi In Gertrude died April 4. 1896. grandson in 1943. The house has been sold to Willi Ernewein but Bill owns and works the land. .r, 1.. n