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( (-- H CONT'D HISTORY OF LOT 10, GONG. 1, ARRAN TOWNSHIP Mary Jane, Oliver, James, William Hay, _ In the early days an overflow spring on the Robert, also Jesse and George who were evan- farm of Mr. William Palmer supplied water gelistS, one daughter died In early Child- to a trough at the line fence for cattle in hood. Mr. and Mrs. Monkman took a niece, the summer also a windmill pumped water to Keziah Monkman, to raise. She married Mr. the house and barn; now a couple of ponds William Temple and to them were born two supply water for the cattle in the summer. children, Thomas and May. Mrs. Temple died . . . when May was three years old and Mr. and Wllllam: Kingston sold the house to Bev Mrs. Monkman raised May who later married kingston. tr; , Mr. Joseph Palmer. i On July 6, 190lr, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Monk- man celebrated their Golden Wedding when about eighty relatives and friends gathered to help celebrate the event. Four years. later they sold their farm and went to live In Southampton with their son, Mr. William H. Monkman. Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Monkman were buried In Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Robert Monkman sold this farm of 130 acres to Mr. Fred George who _"__ All _-ie, --_------ __ A - ---e------_--, he took possession on _ . _ . - " - l ttit,',"?:.,"; 7, 1900, {emf f J, '. 'A,' I Blrlit' " .. , .. " MI "a :f is wi e and fami y o . "I; " .4. Matrl5 '7" E, lice ' " " = " 1 three sons and two " I t 'dl ilel 'lltifab " "%l' . f daughters, Jennie . ' ' 7' e _lill, hi. B. - " t ' u " (Mrs. Leslie Wagner) e c, . , 3 . P, , W ., - V Arran Township; James, ' ' Iii' , - ' _, ' who served in World lil ' i, - il " ) War 1, now of Port 1 IUP, k" , " T 3 Elgin; Roper and Alex- l iNi " 3 "_. it 1 - t r a, ) ander, both deceased; i - ' - 7 . 3 "', » 1; Evelyn (Mrs. William ' . p" t, T" f '9), MAE ; J. Martin) of Elder- '. . rr 1tt . _, ik, Ah" ', slie and Nellie born ' 3 V M t 1.; l f 1 ' _ in 1911 now Mrs. !lir'Calil 'f . _ I G A William Kingston of I g _ _ _ , Elderslie Township. 3 " ' LTU"" Ill' _ '1 E , h" - I8t c. "cc, i?" , t In 1912 the telephone , _ ' Ici lit i', l ,I was installed. In ""r , -f, - (t 1918 the barn was en- ---t------------- tT-_ --e---------w-------- 1| larged and in 1920 a Mr. and Mrs. Fred George and family silo was built. Front row, left to right: Evelyn, Mixed farming was carried Mr. George, Nellie and Mrs. George. on at all times on this farm. Back row, left to right: Roper, Mrs. John George, James and Jennie. In 1922 Mr. Fred George sold . the farm to his son, James, who was married {A to Miss Gladys Adela Poole and settled here'. ,eo,_'r To this union were born four daughters and I two sons, Loreen (Mrs. Lionel Foster) and Hilda (Mrs. Kenneth Whalen) both of Owen Sound; Basil of Elderslie Township; Bernice (Mrs. John Real) of Waterloo; Murray of Palmerston and Isabel (Mrs. John Rice) of Kitchener. In 1955 Murray George bought the farm from his father and carried on mixed farming un- til 1956 when a fire caused by sparks from a chopper h1intf, the ttlatin/apic,',?,'."""' _ W l b ear he so t e arm to . am . - r tten - rdf'Gt'lil' who is owner at the present time. Li. Leslie Wagner, 1966. --J