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The Family and The Home Nestled BlllOllg tlle state] "125 0 R tl) l) a ll Ul \Nlllte y n Rld e d P 9 0a 15 e e u f llallle house WlllCll was the home Of the I ee fallllly for SIX generations Ja - - . . hernfist'jiefé o§_l:ii'1itisl;I soldier lineage, built a log cabin on this site when Loyalis's froym Mnal , and his family arrived with the United Empire flowering plants WEIR: ind in 1792. He brought some furnishings and premises. He cm i . Im'and several of these can still be found on the mum one specifiv'fit'" Pfr'e 0" the Pr0perty and built some of the fur- Cupbo'ard made "fugue "1 the Pioneer kitchen being a seven-foot china ddenfly killed b wooden pegs instead of nails. James Lee was ac- y an axe flymg from its handle at the raising of the first frame house b 'It ' - daughters. w m salmth Townsmp- They had five sons and three nucleus of in the same year. Th' the apartment at the back of the present l'iousles Stiffnffirerg:etrff ed with the Fifth Lincol n R ' ' had eleven children. He dizgllriliegégbme war Of 1812. JOhn and Mary Abram: youngest son of J of the . " ohn Lee, planned the built torrlhzrlfglg Egg-Brno" Farm" in issopgfiielfiffrrgfiratgf house is of Gothic USE- m 1873' The Present white board an]: batten and hand carved miclltedure' n has glee" Shutters two bay windows y a founge verge boards running along) the gables These His orginial Pattern en-year'OId Carpenter's apprentice named HM resembles a Paper Chain of maple leaves and thzzloeb took him a whole su . mmer to com | t . . m 1855- Erland was one of warm; IlelelZSad married Jemlma Pew Erland was a prominent, public-spirited, broadminded farmer and follow- ed his ancestors in mixed farming with purebred Jersey cattle, fancy dairy butter, maple syrup and fruit. Mrs. Janet Lee was a teacher also. She was chosen by the city of Hamilton to take a special course in Toronto, to return to Hamilton to helpgsseé up a kindergarten system for the city. She retired to marry Erland In t In the. autumn of 1896, Erland Lee attended a meeting of the Farmers' Experimental Union, held at the Ontario Agricultural College Guelph where he heard a stirring address given by Mrs. Adelaide Hdodless of Hamilton. Inspired by her enthusiasm and impressed by her ideas Erland felt there was a need for a women's organization. I On his invitation Mrs. Hoodless was the s eaker - I . Saltfleet Farmers' institute. The following wZek the :ulbfitcil-e:pilrllggtchl;:§ Lee and his wife, Janet, travelled the roads of Saltfleet Townshi en- couraging all the women to attend a meeting in Squire's Hall Slime Creek, on February 19, 1897. At that meeting the first Women's lnsfitut: in the world was organized, Assisted by Senator ED. Smith and Major F M Car . . penter, Erland Le helped the women draft the original by-laws and constitution. These wer: hand penned by Janet Lee sitting at the walnut dining~room table which remains in the Lee Home and is a focal point for all visitors Mrs. Lee became one of the first directors of the Stoney Creek Women's Institute, and it was she who suggested that the annual fee be 25 cents Per member in order that all women could join. Mrs. E.D. Smith was the first President. Frank (fifth generation) was the younger son of Erland and Suffered from a bad heart, the aftermath of polio. However he was accepted and served overseas in the Army Service Corps, as a Red Cross Driver in England and later in France. When he returned from the war, Frank remained on the farm. In 1932 he married Katharine Isobel Matheson. They had four daughters. Frank died in 1966 and Katie in 1971, Home of the co-founder of the first Women's Institute in the world. Mr. Erland Lee. it is owned and maintained by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. Hours: 10:00 a.m. - $00 p.m. Monday through Friday Closed month of February Buses book in advance grime: 3132 (dammit) 330W R.R. #1, Ridge Road, Stoney Creek, Ontario Canada. L86 3X4 Telephone: [416] 662-2691