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62%? The Family and The Home Nestled among the stately pines on Ridge frame house which was the home of the Lee family for six generations. James Lee, of British soldier lineage, built a log cabin on th.‘5 She when he, his wife, Hannah, and his family arrived W‘th the Unit“! Emplfe Loyalists from Maryland in 1792. He brought 5°"? fUh'USthS and flowering plants with him and several of these can still be found on the premises. He cut virgin pine on the property and'bwlt some 0f the h"- niture, one specific piece in the pioneer kitchen being a seven-foot china cupboard made with wooden pegs instead Of “3115- James Lee W35 hc‘ cidently killed by an axe flying from its handle at the raismg of the first frame house built in Saltfieet Township. They had hVe 50115 and three daughters. John, eldest son of James lee, and Mary Lee W€f€ presented With the Crown Deed on their wedding day in 1801- It was John who butlt the back part of the frame house in the same year. This part forms the nucleus of the apartment at the back of the present house. JOhn Lee serv~ ed with the Fifth Lincoln Regiment in the War Of 1812- JOhh and Mary had eleven children. He died in 1875. Abram, youngest son of John Lee, planned the present home at the top of the mountain on "Edgemont Farm” in 1860 and the front part was built to the “old house” in 1873. The present white board and batten house is of Gothic architecture. It has green shutters, two bay windows and hand carved maple verge boards running along the gables. These were made by a fourteenâ€"yearâ€"old carpenter’s apprentice, named Moore. His orginial pattern resembles a paper chain of maple leaves, and the job took him a whole summer to complete. Abram had married Jemima Pew in 1855. Erland was one of their three children. Erland (now fourth generation) inherited the family farm. He was born May 3, 1864 and died June 29, 1926. Erland married Janet Robertson Chisholm (born Jan. 4, 1862, died 1940). They had five children - Mar~ iorie, Hilda, Gordon, Frank and Alice. Erland became a school teacher. in 1885 he received a Certificate in Agriculture given by the Agriculture and Arts Association of Ontario. He was a charter member of the Farmers’ Institute and secretary for nineteen years, Saltfleet Agricultural Society secretary-treasurer for a number of years, and Saltfleet Township clerk for nearly twenty years. 6 sassâ€"â€" Road is the beautiful white . ’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 Le: was a .teacher also. She was chosen by the city of Hamilton to ta e a specia| course in Toronto, to return to Hamilton to helpssge; up a kindergarten System for the city. She retired to marry Erland in . I“ the. autumn of 1896: Erland Lee attended a meeting of the Farmers’ Experimental (Simon;- held at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, where he hear a 5 “mg address given by Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless of Hamilton. lnSpiTEd by her enthusiasm and impressed by her ideas, Erland felt there was a need for a Women’s organization. On his invitation, Mrs: Hoodless was the speaker at Ladies’ Night of the Saltfleet FarmEtS IhShthte- The following week the public - spirited Erland Lee and his Wife, Janet, travelled the roads of Saltfleet Township en- couraging all the women to attend a meeting in Squire’s Hall, Stoney Creek, on February 19,1897, At that meeting the first Women’s Institute in the world was organized_ Assisted by Senator E-D~ Smith and Major F.M. Carpenter, Erland Lee helped the women draft the original bylaws and constitution. These were hand penned by Janet Lee sitting at the walnut dining-room table which mains 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.