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Plattsville Jan. 16/ ‘53
To Clara and Jack,
I am providing you something I think will come in handy while
you live and very handy for the family to know how they come into
the world and by whome.
1st Mary Jury was the only one left in the family of William Jury
and wife in 1832. They came on a sailing vessel from Devonshire
England bought a 200 acre bush farm in Wilmot 3 miles N.E. of Plattsville
some time after the Lake families came from Devonshire England.
Mary was 6 months old when her Dad Wm. Jury came here so when the
Lakes came John was the first to come he worked for Wm. Jury some
years and in the year 1849 he married Mary Jury. 2 children was
born on my Grand Fathers farm. Nancy and Bill so he thought he would
get a farm of his own. So he bought 110 acres of Bush land on the
14th line of Blandford in the county of Ozford. At the time of their
marriage she was 17 he was 28 that was in 1849 so in 1853 the moved
into Oxford after they got there.
[leading names added by another person]
Mary Mary Lake was born 21st of June 1853
Tammy The next born was Tammy Nov 15 1855
Elizabeth The next born was Elizabeth Feb 4 1857
Agnes The next born was Agness Apl 26 1859
John The next born was John Lake Feby 1 1861
Anne The next born was Ann Dec 17 1862
Thomas The next born was Thomas Dec 20 1864
Henry The next born was Henry Jan 27 1867
Henry was born 5 months after father Died. Father Died Aug 31
1866. father got hit with a Ram in the back it broke his spine he
crawled on his hands & knees home for 2 miles lived 2 weeks.
When my mother and her parents came over from England they came
on a sailing Vessel. Was 16 weeks on the ocean being tossed by the
winds back and forward.
Mother passed away May 30, 1913 age 80 years never married again
Stayed by her family
2 living of the family Harry 86 Tom 88
Written by Tom Lake Jan 16/ 53
The address of the McKie family
William, Aggnes and Lizzie and May are in the Canadian Soo 441
Sherbourne St. Soo, will get any of the above.
Mr. Alex Mckie 516 Groscap Ave. Seu. St. Marie - Michigan
Mrs. Elizabeth Durnion 630 St. Charles St. Royal Oak Michigan
The McDermott family
Norman – Tavistock
Mrs. Mamie McDermott, Stanley’s wife Tavistock
Mrs. E. J. Glenfield 75 Stanley St. London Banker
Mr. Frank McDermott 132 Albert St. Stratford, Ont.
Mrs. Nellie Wanzel 149 Front St. Stratford, Ont.
Mrs. Mary Fraser “ “ “ “ “
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Butler “ “ “ “ “
William Lake family
Janet Lake 138 East Ave. Brantford, Ont.
Mrs. Beatrice Walley 57 Church St. E. Welland Ont.
Mr & Mrs John Lake 158 Cumberland St. Hamilton, Ont.
Wm Lake dead his son William Preston, Ont
Wilbert Lake, John Lake’s family, you know these.
The Stewart Family:
Wellinton Stewart - Lloydminister, Sask.
Mrs. Mabel Gemmell – Mervin, Sask.
Mr. & Mrs. Glen Stewart – Mervin, Sask.
Mr. & Mrs. Cor Wouters – Edam, Sask.
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Stewart now at 602 King St. Battleford
I will be sending a list of the families to one of each family
it would take 60 sheets to send each one. They will be going to
Saskatoon. You will get them at the above address.
I don’t know Mary’s family address.
Uncle Harry & Minnie Lake 164 Albert St. Sault Ste. Marie,
Ont.
To Mr. & Mrs. J.G. McDairmid & girls. This information is
for the John Lake family you will have all John’s family addresses
so I don’t need to tell you.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunion is very interesting I like to get her letters.
She has one of the best American Televisions she lives with her
daughter one of 12 children in the summer. She travels a lot her
family is all over the world?
Alex McKie lost a boy and can’t find him in Korean war?
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