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18â€" THE COLBORNE CHRONICLEâ€" Thursday, September 3, 1998 j € : C 1. § ' . \“’»-&4' e ou emetery ; amderect‘t * ces Gerald 1 h wolkh erald Tuck, 99, returned to the land he loqoved _ .s, : .$#&Â¥ t y : e iy, Criness. ibe '?' ts‘ s3 ff Br Ma orppiexs m is hste=" s hscr c en en y k C Nz}’MARTIN S msmag w_.,:‘ :: L E&‘ :fl‘ But Gerald waqued his 'g _ ;;,fl ~t§’gf».€?;§?§" _,,_,_%%"?f';!i;:-e..;“mt’ rare Wanee h spe o e s » [ remains to temain in «7/ sGit (afesttlerse t t osromes g d oo It was a homecoming of â€" [ ho tal _ J â€" Cramahe Township. The famâ€" | «w sitew ;fi;’g#:?u;}"{t ;k";w#‘?‘%\\‘?r ~a sorts for Gerald Delbert * ol * ily made enquiries and L,_f{g;g;?~g¢..-;;i* K# f“‘ff'f y‘ ‘ggg‘qlg.;“ n en s Tuck, 99, former resident of / 76 f_f. 4 d #{} fi learned the scattering of ;7’:\'-*";’; Hige a ,‘:S.".é,«&*,.,';‘,‘; ‘“Ttb‘ Rat ts is the small hamlet of Red ie e ds P "<] _ ashes would be permissible. ~‘f‘3§?‘ifi‘§ ied A~" y “ d Cloud. Now a "ghost town" _ | Rrrergegâ€" ~e=__â€" n i2 â€" P H : "So that is what hapâ€" :A\“.éé‘ M‘ ,}fi!"@.‘f ;2{ h sar Ne g Aeaki _\}‘%; in the northwest corner of [ =__"_sx~â€"=" )fi © e y pened," Barry King: of Byy‘CHh ~dfteorl ~~ N t es 4 18 Cramahe Township, the onceâ€" [T<â€" _ (â€" _( _ W# @ age| | Coboure, greaiâ€"nephew of hsny TsP osga ul e U bustling community is w / esd W | Gerald, explains. "Over a LW | . \"~ ~f}zv;£?,;f‘ P {,;f.\ un recalled by the Red Cloud € «a fOWEE E.( year after Gerald‘s death, [ ./ _ y T in ilanign ( +. _ Tssy/> township road and the Red f ~~ s ;zg everyone got together and | ;/ * .: \(» it ure § e Cloud Cemetery, a prairie { ~\ Ne §X V [ held a ceremony at Red |//%y‘ ie t -i{..)sf? * {3'\?}1( ; Gerald Tuck‘s ashes were Pm ie ; â€" o. Cerald‘s roots were deep |; ; M‘f‘*g:“{: t iAE aj“ scattered at Red Cloud Cemeâ€" l : “?‘, Wws _ in Cramahe Township. 3 § Tis*" / 1{:2«?“ t â€"32, > 5‘.;0"_ tery August 21 with family T C\ & Born at Oak Heights, just [ ‘"1" / *RBugeo ~ O 5lC W‘i’?â€"â€"â€"â€"' ,g}{‘fl*c from throughout North t3 "\ across the Cramahe Townâ€" |[%4 *®mimsâ€"<7" y 0G2 0 qan n 2l ) ) o ‘tg‘-“; e e o T iB 4 d z W 4\ ship boundary in Haldimand |,8=, ENN x s35ul | x6 BEX the last wishes of the former ';?.“.,'_. é ic Bit Township, Gerald was one of |/~ _g% Wls € f’ <':Ԥ":.e; is /. C * u;:’ Cramahe Township resident. ABtHRIRTS .. hb 13 children born to John and | elZame 2 ai l ~3’3{"’“’2’?’L*}% ~ es ol Although he had been away Gerald Delbert Tuck, August 1960 Mary Howard Tuck, the ’\;i,ma’é%}‘i}%fiq\ fiijti,, “3 8 Nes for over 40 years making his â€" attended. father, John Frederick Tuek _ fourth generation of Tuck‘s to |. :1,1 :V‘”g‘i%‘?;“ WX 3;‘3&‘: ie ':*,""" - Â¥ SL \ife elsewhere, he yearned to But the cemetery is no may well have been the last . live in the area. Chey ;.â€"'.“l'g‘ in 4P ;‘\X:‘,gi' 1+ s \g+ t lbe near Russ Creek and the longet petmitted to accept . burial held in the quiet spot in The Tuck family began its t"»g@;.fi, c Sn t\ :"é;é" e i. “d{’i\ Red Clougd School he burials. In fact, Gerald‘s 1942. history in Canada with arrival. o > "aV> }‘ 4“(:-%3{*%‘1'{« .’~‘%¢ Ailtk s 0nc WlX en t ons n M’\"‘"’"’ ~â€" oo apaaanivescrameyâ€"eyrmogims â€"rmprrcnny . of James and Martha from F9 3§?§§ $ x "“ ky %,; ol cA Ee iA #f + P k / ~ ,{l;’i"' oo y goa revomn 2 oL §”§; Norfolk, England. With their [ (\ @Z=@ ".{*?M‘.v ?\°= MAE We tss /:" ;‘.a/g a2FI4 ¢ C 6 8 S «> &...::Q_z\g:{wfi@‘? PWR ”:5}: children, they settled on a }”%&!%i »:~‘_ ApSh # ol -g, T:fr Eit Poa e &5’,’; U B d in mepes s .. 2 . dP 5s _ wl inemvaaigy., mw“f&'fi"“ farm at the corner of what is §‘§r‘:%§‘”;fi:“ on % ’;:;'?x “éé"'f’-' PM i w iA s 1 ic B ?;L‘:' h. * > ies e f BWA T/ Durham Street and County [Â¥e Â¥a@y4 y..ég’»;» WBb y es 6 ; Ee ts 0 d ooR .5 P nE lacie Sm ;{?‘ ie . n p ks ies ’.?’1"9”_’,4"; vigy P Comitont pa ied in fiay e > t Py t 9 “‘..&&; l rrormatee * Cl inmmpemaacast. Bd( ] 040 2 10027 es 4/ en t r. $s ra ns igh mt e 9 m ts# "f N4 o > e o x y Oy aomvemigzest 4 lA ) , f j o ae uhy o S oo oo uesc m Mra fim & m Ame BM WWe . l 3 [ C001\ E $ moblespmmnts~~ â€" ';’" â€" oR One of the children who iÂ¥ &we/ % MB Lt . .:a .’;"4";‘-% .F&‘,â€";&f.l’@f“" m é yed ,*73 * ” M fiz.r ;fi § ‘“\‘ ‘.‘f*m* *‘ ks P0 0| emigrated with parents from MEA it ies it (a ied e rriet . o P\ ty 1 i . L t o P o F 5 t romp Bacti / B ap OW unncene: ;b Bd i i i m 2 ol e oS â€" â€" â€" Agpess [( 24 ’? / _ England was Thomas, who Greatâ€"nephew of Gerald Tuck, Barry F. King, right, it K..‘ 1| s i #: â€" @ie? altla 5 ,‘:§“ married Drucilla. Their son at the Red Cloud Cemetery with his father Frank B eit on o e o t# D ~*~~ C¢.a4> 4.( _ __â€" ie 3| John, who married Mary King of Cobourg. An August 21 ceremony scatâ€" ’4”v‘-§§ ‘\*;‘gg ) %fij:, Aees vea., §{' goward, was the father of gered the ashes of Gerald Delbert Tuck near the * O measfikyy" â€" _ in sn t 1 pee Bd Gerald Tuck. Mary‘s father, gravestone (above) of his father John Tuck. y / :. A0ee .. @G>G~** is m Thomqs William Howard was Photo by Mandy Martin is «2 [â€"â€" 1e 3 fi"f"fia s a mariner at Lakeport: He j;iyeq on a farm at Oak helped build the Bigwin Inn k .. i .: § t P c & %'12; . served in the Confederate felematinst aft Ban k d Boyal Muskoka Hetel $ yak" o uâ€"s} { 1e OR *ts Army in the American Civil â€" q ClB" tS 18St 0 edonl absmona mrnoits C y $ wA eropop) B tfi‘i’ f * e ca Road and County Road 29. _ those years. wÂ¥e _ o ue tont L o0 hn is tm War, suffering a gunshot 4 ie : en é,- MA is . 0n se Abalilel Xhibes. . . crttt : rant He played and roamed on the There was quite a diviâ€" d ..".\. t z. en * ~ad wound for his patriotism. ; es ; Sn 0 :. fg c Nes â€"one e en C 4 fi g ; Russ Creek River banks sion in the ages of the chilâ€" Thi L0d â€" 00 ...( i mithh . wnnel" We es © > t» _ Mariner Howard‘s father, 3 f & idaat ie l o }=f ho " «‘51 * is Thomis § when he wasn‘t helping with dren _ who lives," Barry & 5 u: * .Bb ce wgg‘g‘ . 3 emolrg ;:’d\tss\\? skonen:;- chores and helping the family _ explains. "There were five 2 i 0 e t o . . h s 9 9" 5C _ find ways and means to supâ€" _ older children. Then, five of C Toal. is o ts o ts first mill constructed in the : ~ | ~as n eR %%i ~ . BePr s Mage of Eolbome, 1 was" PS themselves. When Gerâ€"_ the then younger children * \uke : atio Ni mfi‘ * $ P i%all fro Hm‘:é de h_as ald‘s grandmother died, his _ died in a diphtheria epidemic. ) Ceâ€", Englandy rom AeTHOICSAC _ father, John Tuck, moved toâ€" They are all buried at Red s BPR ° %ohn.and MaX Tuck and the family to what is now â€" Cloud Cemetery. After them, (heg &Tr mw%’fl fami Algonquin Park where he there were three younger Living in Algonquin Park: Gerald‘s parents John and Mary Ann Howard & £ Y worked as a logger. He also â€"children, and Gerald was one Tuck, left, in front of their log cabin with four of eight surviving children. | . . f Te o_ wxd â€" of the'rln. He was born May 8, Gerald is seated in the middle on the bench. Photo courtesy Barry F. King | _ *%gf Te t 6. . 5 0 i 1898 4 s e i o y t § o a o : t %’ w it gf":~ ul fis:' fi’? 4 2 Following the Algonquin