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- John is the son of David Black & Margaret Spiers.
On a sunny day in March when the family arrived on 10th line, Amaranth, adults were setting up stoves & having in furniture, so William curled up under a blanket & went to sleep, but for some reasons the teamed across the small clearing around the house & William was rudely awakened by the bumps as the slight hit the stumps. Nothing disastrous, but he always remembered the rough ride. so the farm was cleared, not leaving a standing tree. The only protection was a large orchard, surrounded by hard maples & spruce trees.
William married Kate McFadzean of Waldemar, a graduate of the first Class of nurses from Dr. Abraham Groves' Hospital in Fergus, in 1905. They were married Feb 23, 1909
There were 3 children: Jena, Bessie & Jean , a public school teach, married Wilbert Ferried in 1933 & lived on E Half Lot 26, Con 4, W. Gara, where he died in 1905.
In Oct 29, 1955 she married Tom Hutchinson & they lived on his farm in the Simpson's Corners area, W Half Lot 4, Con 8, 7th line, now owned by Brian & Donna Bessey. They retired to Fergus in 1974. J B. Oct 1, 1910.
Bessie Black born July 28, 1912, married Charles Buckingham, of Toronto where they lived. Charlie died July 1976 & Bessie lived in an apartment in Willowdale [North Toronto]. She died Mar 19, 1980. Buried Mt. Pleasant, Toronto.
Lloyd Black, born Mar. 25, 1917, married Kay Teeter, June 9, 1945. He words at Malton [Mississauga], but lived in Orangeville at 99 Townline, west of Orangeville station, at south corner of town. Lloyd died March 13, 1985, Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Ref: Wellington Co. Museum & Archives. - - - [1]
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1879 - 1964 (85 years)