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- NOTE 1./ Cyrus Henry married Beatrice Scott Thomson in 1880. She was born in Scotland and came with her parents as an infant. The Thomson family lived on the south-east corner of Egerton Street and Commissioners Road, but when their daughter married, the parents moved to Sarnia, and Cyrus and Beatrice moved into the house built by Cyrus' father where their daughter and son were born. Transfers of parcels of land on both sides of Commissioners Road were implemented between Cyrus and his father, Ralph, who in 1895 moved to Egerton Street where he lived until his death in 1920. More land were change hands now when in 1902, Cyrus bought the east half of Lot 19 from Letitia Curtis for $2,295.00 the same lot that had been sold to Silas Curtis in 1835 for $1,100.00. A red brick house was built in 1914 on the homestead lot. The Delco system used at first was replaced when Hydro was installed in 1920 and a telephone service was also installed. The householder was required to purchase three shares of telephone company stock and not only supply the poles but haul them to the installation site before the service could be hooked up. For a number of years, into the 1920's four or five families of gypsies with their children and dogs would camp on the Sumner property. Following the Fall Fairs circuit, they would arrive in the late summer and their stay at Pleasant Hill Farm coincided with London's Western Fair where they told fortunes and predicted the life-expectancy of the person who paid to see them. From the time Cyrus's son Ralph Alexander was old enough to work on the farm, Cyrus or "Cicey" as he was known took to the road. With his steam engine he was up and down the Con. Roads threshing, silo-filling, grinding grain, woodcutting, and at times grading the roads. In 1922 the steam engine was exchanged for a Rumley oil-pull tractor and Cyrus continued doing the work he loved. The day finally came when Cyrus decided to retire. He sold his engine and the custom work to Joe Wilkins who was eager to carry on the business. Joe had barely begun his custom work when one day a belt slipped from the machine, and without turning off the engine, Joe attempted to replace the belt. The powerful maching wrenched Joe's arm from his body and he died as a result of the accident. Cyrus took back the machine, finished the waiting jobs and sold the machine to Joe's brother, Earl.
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NOTE 2./ 1911 Westminster, Middlesex East, Ontario census,
Sumner Cyrus H M Head M Dec 1862 48
Sumner Beatrice S F Wife M May 1866 45
Sumner Hellen T F Daughter S Oct 1891 19
Sumner Ralph A M Son S Oct 1894 16
Thompson Andrew M Father-in-law M Jul 1833 78
Thompson Hellen F Mother-in-law M Apr 1836 75
Walters Alexander M Servant S Aug 1897 13.
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1862 - 1941 (78 years)
