' F "s7, _ r ' . \ ' THE HIFEQRLQJLEIIEOBILLARQ flla'rpL-riii:'arrdi.ry-ij' THE FAPJB ELIE 501109;;"151 _ - By Dave Attwater ., It is my intention to give the names of all the people who‘have lived on the various lots from 1912, and in a few cases before, until the present l9’74. There are some lots in the extreme south and west parts of the township that I‘know little , about. If there isosemething that I do not know about a lot I will eat so. Any in- formation that I give I will believe to be correct. But, on the other hand I cannot ‘: vouch for the correctness of all information, nor will I be, sure 01" my spelling oi‘ JV _ names. If someone sees some information that is not correct, or a name spelled wrong, I Can assure them that it is not done intentionally. _ It is my intention to start at the shore of the Blanche River at the bouLo. ee - â€I, any between Deck and Robillarc‘x and work down the lots 1. Then I will come back to the river again and work down the lots 2, and so on across the township. 30in; it I this way, if' any reader wishes to draw up airs-9 of the township, with the owner's _ names marked on the map, they can easily do so. i 7 Then we look through a list of the lots and their owners, we will notice that many of' the names that appear on the roll in 1fl12 disappear after a few years. we will notice that some of! the lots have never been farmed; and that some have stood more or less vacant over the years. Perhaps I should. explain something or the pro- _ Cass of homesteading, and its abuses, so that the reader may understand the reason le, for this, and may get a better understanding of the situation. In the early 1900‘s practically all of South Robillard was made onen for homesteading. I do not know the exact rules as they apply to homesteading. However when a man homesteaded land he was required to build a house oi" a certain size, and T _ clear a certain amount of land, in a certain length of.' time. While doing this he h, l I A