535-03 Page 5the home: (Margaret (later; Mrs.
Joseph Maycock of Woodstock)
David, ,who fought in :he Northwest
etelion; Ienule, {Rfrs. }17m., Wri
kinson, In ersoll); 'Thomas and
.� Mary who remained on the home
stead; Annie, (Mrs, Will. Pratt
Petrolia); Martha; Kate, (Mrs. W.
C. Wilson, Toronto); and James„
I Woodstock.
Never an idle moment on that
farm! Eachone had his or her'nionr-
ing tasks, then :back to the Walker
+'. school -house, and hone again to
=-� more work.
On Sunday -the necessary chores
finished —the Hislop family went in
the "democrat" to the Kirk in inger-
soli. Elder Elliott conducted the
service while Thomas was Precentor,
using his tuning fork to "give the
Pitch" for the Psalms and Hymns.
Later, the young folk were in the
choir.
THE HISLOP FAMILY—STAN[
LSEATED, (left to right) —Marge
watched tl it pol.te, lzisurely pre,
gees_ that they wouldn't eat uli
everything oefore our turn c.me?°�
The ercwuim day- for M ^.'d',.
Mrs. Hislop was l 'Golden WeG-i
ding, July 19, 1900. From all
directions the families car Niter'
dinner oil the lawn, and .1 eebes,
they were presented with a gold
clock and a,beautiful phaeton,the
gift of the children and grandchil-
dren.. The bride and groom, of 5o
years were given a triumphal ride
in the carriage drawn by the child -
Sixty -five year- ago tomorrow
(Friday), David Hulop, an of
(street that. Thomas met the one who• 'p -- _ � a-3 C"vrvwW-
was to become his life partne ksr�✓„^�"„�`�./'
dents, as also the beloved figure otlof this painful aft lie,( he tr •vs de -I
Thomas, Jr. v of dh cared for by his -
Mr. and Mrs. Thorn a= Hialop of
Sarah Paine was borne Bradste
= / f'"
vste
(For ratan} Y ears, Thomas Junior l �1ai v and Martha. ) '
Ingersoll, was tk>'+or'+ hY w d°"' ,ls
a4 his
KenE,- rinlainc, my 31. 183 d1 late'
her
G9y6.-
hid as assistant on the farm, Charles
As of June, 1951, the list of10
4 rev and preserta,ian s
:coming to Ingersoll with par4
"wee
,�Oldiidg�e,
who with ,;. his wife andldescendants
includes 9 children, li
father's residence, West Qxford,
arts Though a body' and re-1
I
/ - r
�nuly, lived in a cottage on thelgrandehildren,
38 great-g*andchild-�
a farm now occupied by M�r.
He heir,,
tiring, she possessed the qualities of+
;� Cl�a •°
A4C, /�_-�
premises. "Char he" continued to rem, and 33 •�r•eatI great -gran dchild_l
George Powell. was
honored for his services as a pre-
determination, self sacrifice, gentle-.
mess and understanding', which made•
L,
(yedn:A�a.P '`"'4'I' �� ,
stork the farm until it passed into i ien,. a total ,' 9- Among them xe: -
other hands, v ministers,
tllio
.� vale in the Northwest Rebellion.
j J
n
_ pi-
�
1 missionar}, 1 supe it
Excerpts from a g
p gr anddau liters tee dent of a large hospital in a'
On the anniversary of the o cas
ion, a history of the well-known
JJ',AVi
�j, tv'µ6"'"f
letter written to her cousin ear'oy city, nurses, teachers, (bank -I,.
"Oh the of those New Fears era,
Y
,joys accountants, 1 director of Re-.
Hisploy family seemed in order,
,
ieunions at the farm! Do you ever, search in. Chemistry, 1 actuary, 1
and Mrs. S. Roy Weaver kindly
�ronserted to wrase the Following:
y
r
away
G { -
olive the thrill of ariiving at .Inn
-
'frsoll racing to the rear of the'
electrical en ineer, r
g' I architect ex- "
ecutlycs
-
to see Uncle Torn
and two successful farm-�
Mrny
By Mrs. S. Roy Weaver
��nD
'�O� K"'a*
�»sP,
(station s smile and
be
er from these families were
little over one hundred years
{
fF�t
dn�("'"I � kdo
u ate etched arms as packedlin
e ch little poppit' into the love
Army and An Force. Not oncIE
descendant
�•rn Scotchman b the
fi�
�eax'
Sa s 4-t"'e
h, bedded
of thi
s us worthy eoupje 'r
our name
�',11 y.
fQ
-Jy.O'
,lei with straw-, and war•nr
has been mentally deficient or de- t
'omasgHislop, with his brother,
down-payntent
•F
U .w" He
wirapped bricks? Can }'ou feel the
(buffalo
formed of �bodY, nor has there been)
"one 'black
under, made a
;n a farm in West Oxford, one mile ll
a-:
I of !-
- �i[ -'1(f vl
smother of the robes and the'
frosty air? Then, with the
sheep.^ .9ll have been,
or are, God-fearing,
O -�(- /rt �dtingling
intelligent eiti-
citi-
i youth of Ingersoll, at the end of
^`• �'�-,
t �
! _
p
older ones safely seated in front, off,
tens of which our country- may
what is now known as Wellington
c 'il<:x i �yrY YI,
h p�, ^-b ��� aA
(di PJ
live went. ,jingling, crunching over
be proud.
_
Stieet. One saw the farm nestled in
b � ,. � �r n1
14-�9s7
`the snow ¢p Thames treet, swing-
II''
Now, the homestead has
-he valley, stretching east to the
(r
mtlp•
pn� around the Baptist Church
�sed�
info ot'hei' hands. (Miss Marx,
I
tall elms, and west over the creek
�eorner (right across from Uncle Mc
wh
s had remained at home, an�o
which runs cool and clear through i
6ne- earl smrcmer da )Pew.!pond,
Dowell's old house), out past the)
iClis
Martha, a teacher in (both
densely wooded swamp of cedar.
y y a
years later, Thomas saw the first
finally, swept up the curved
public)
school, and Collegiate Ins.itnte,'
..
Later, two other fields were c
quired, one to the west beyond the
apples on his young orchard, and ate
driveway to the stoop at the (back
door. Oh the fragrance of plum
were the last survivors of the'im-
mediate family.
-
railway and the other across the II
the tempting seen fruit. So Seri-
P g g"
ously ill did he become in the night
pudding and roasting fowl that
Y• For T. sero. of
health, they were obliged T. sell the
road to the north east.
born May 9
young
that his our wife realized he must
rmshed for meet us as we pushed open
the door. The embraces from little)
farm two years ago. September,
1950,
Thomas was II
youngest
in Greenock, Scotland, the youngest
;'•"
have medical attention. Tuned and
Grandma, and Amity spotless in
Miss Martha
l passed away and
only one
,
quite a large family. At 12 with �r;
.,
clone, she trudged througY, the dark,
(past
gleamrpo• white aprons!
month later, MISS (Nary
died• thus completing
(of
the family he emigrated too Canada,
MR. THOMAS HISLOP
the swamp, up the steep hill,
)and
Oh n.ildred, do you remember the
I
one full con -
fury of history
and settled near 'Chateauguay, Que- 1 ,
in
dominant1b50 itande
in to town find a doetor
suspense as we waited i'or "the first
of this -�
family pioneer
bee. In 15�6, twoyboat brotheis Ham- came lhomi
to
111
r the
e. r
�t aaghtway
a,,,.- `cam 4 1
-.cat°-a-o
gthe
ilto hol
oa
ed Jul
p,v.,w.GC ,xA`-d p r
abrinang aaltteam
I wooden
and, •,l
d ve totheir(armtooaltake uppinthe
�2u-d. r.,.Ln-.,,, a..m sal
•aaz-<s�--
-)plough wha,b, until recently,_-pilldl_
I
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still"be seen one fire damn. :»-+
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