tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286625402897573722.post6104419458589944242..comments2024-02-22T03:31:07.545-08:00Comments on <strong>UK to Canada Genealogy</strong>: Diaries of Canadian colonial womenPennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791195653984326258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286625402897573722.post-61292389490382290132020-11-26T08:56:51.644-08:002020-11-26T08:56:51.644-08:00THE TRAGIC STORY OF ROBERT HUNT AND MARY GILLAN
...THE TRAGIC STORY OF ROBERT HUNT AND MARY GILLAN<br /><br /><br />The Hunts lived on a seven acre farm in the Parish of Mohill, County Leitrim, Northern Ireland. Robert was a linen weaver and Mary a flax spinner.<br /><br />Robert was attacked one day by a mob and would have been killed if a tenant had not intervened. The tenant told the mob that they had the wrong man. This incident caused Robert to move his family to Canada to join the other friends and family that had emigrated to Fitzroy Twp., Carleton County in Ontario, Canada.<br /><br />Robert and Mary sailed with their seven children to Canada. This was in 1840. Robert was 54 and Mary was 45 years old. They were seven weeks and three days at sea. When they reached Quebec City, cholera was raging there. Robert and his family proceeded to Montreal, but were placed in quarantine until December.<br /><br />In December, Robert's brother John sent his son Francis to Montreal to collect Robert and his family. Robert and his family traveled to John's place in Fitzroy Twp. by covered sleigh.<br /><br />Mary was active and happy to see her sister Latetia again; however, the next day she did not speak and died six days later. Robert attended Mary's burial, but caught cold and died a week later. Both Mary and Robert are said to buried in the Hunt Cemetery, Lot 16, Conc. 5 in Fitzroy Twp. No stone marks their grave.<br /><br />The boys Francis, William, John, Thomas and Robert were given homes with their relatives. The girls Mary Ann and Frances stayed with their Uncle John and Aunt Latetia (Gillan) Hunt.<br /><br />Circa 1845-1848, Mary Ann wed William Latimer and Frances married James Ferguson. A friend of widow James Ferguson, Mrs. McClusky, demanded to know "Why don't you marry again"? "You're too young a man to be living alone." "There are some nice girls coming to visit me, come down and meet them." James did and became acquainted with Frances Hunt; he liked her 'a lot'. Exact date of marriage is unknown - circa 1847. They had five sons and three daughters.<br /><br />James and Frances eventually left Pakenham Twp. and settled in Bervie, Kincardine Twp., Bruce County, Ontario. Their second child was apparently born in Kinloss, Bruce County in 1850. Frances died in 1872 age 50.<br /><br />~From the memo of Ethel L. M. Ferguson - Circa 1975.Jean Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03132573271007672489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286625402897573722.post-24388162621113711772017-06-20T12:30:48.945-07:002017-06-20T12:30:48.945-07:00Hi Shirley - thank you so much for your thoughts! ...Hi Shirley - thank you so much for your thoughts! However instead of sharing in the comment box, if you email me I would be happy to put a few excerpts from your memoirs online. A little icing on the cake as it were. My dad has memories of helping his mom make 10 loaves of bread every day during threshing. What a big job! Take care. pallenresearch@gmail.com Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791195653984326258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286625402897573722.post-64708852664807609662017-06-19T17:23:43.788-07:002017-06-19T17:23:43.788-07:00I can relate to the posts about feeding the thresh...I can relate to the posts about feeding the threshing crew. In Middlesex County, Ontario the threshing crews did not have cooks so the wife of the farmer cooked the meals. I will attach a section from my memoir about my memories of threshing.<br />The women from the farm that they were working on supplied the meals for all the workers. Sometimes the neighboring women helped with the meals. They cooked meat, potatoes, vegetables, cabbage salad, two or three kinds of pies, cookies, bread and buns. I know from personal experience that they usually served dinner and supper and that both were big meals like this.<br />Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09734532899088538807noreply@blogger.com