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Metadata
Accession # |
A2019.34 |
Title |
Leslie's School / Greenock School, S.S. No.8, Erin Township, group portrait of teacher and students, 1889. |
Date |
1889 |
Description |
Leslie's School / Greenock School, S.S. No.8, Erin Township, group portrait of teacher and students, 1889. Photo by John W. Green, Parkhill, Ont. - ph 53764: Teacher and pupils of Greenock School, 1889: - Back Row (L-r): Mary Taylor; Aggie (likely Gertrude) Taylor; Maud Thompson; Julia Johnston; Tena Currie; Maggie Currie; Phemie Currie; Bertha Leslie; Tena Currie ( perhaps Annie?); Minnie Lambert; Mary Crewson. Second Row, from back (L-r): Lily McMurchy; Malissa Prout; Agnes Kingsbury; Maggie Dron; Mary Dron; Violetta Kirkwood; Tena Moore; Ida Murray; Janet Kingsbury; Clara Lambert; Lois Crewson; Gertrude Thompson; Maggie Wilson. Third Row, from back (L-r): Maggie Kirkwood; Ida Johnston; Annie Duff; Harvey Leslie; Albert McKeown; Robert Wilson; Fred Maud; Charlie McKeown; Charlie Currie; Joe Crewson; Fred Johnston; Alice Leslie. The following additional information has been provided by the donor [filed with photo]: This picture was included in our family information, so that is why it was not with Greenock School information [donated earlier]. Wayne Aitken's maternal grandmother is in the picture. Alice Leslie - at end of row in the row marked as 'third' row, from the back - far right. Alice was the only living child of Joel Williams and Mary Leslie - (Willie and Emma died as infants). Maplewood Farm - Lot 5, Cone 1E Erin James and Lydia Leslie - settled in 1832. Joel and Mary Leslie - married in 1877 Alice Elizabeth Leslie - born Dec 18, 1878 In 1889 in this picture - Alice was 11 years old, but still very tiny for her age. "Little Princess" Alice went on to marry Edward Pearen on Dec 29, 1899, with a honeymoon to Niagara Falls at the turn of the century. Their children : Elva M J Pearen Beatrice (Ross) Allan Evelyn (Calvin) Aitken - Nancy ( Bill Leithead); James (Lynn); Janet (Bruce Huff); Calvin Wayne ( Margaret); Keith ( Margaret), who still operates Maplewood Farm. So many names in this class photo are families mentioned in the Greenock history, Literary Society and Crewson's Corners history. - Taylor - Negro family lived at Lot 1, Con.1 in 1868 - Moore - Lot 4, Con.7 (from Ireland in 1837) - Cripps - Lot 3, Con.7 1861 - Crewson's - 1825, owned Lot 1 E, Con.1 - 200 acres - Duff - Lot 8, Con.1, 1880 - McKeown - Lot 6, Con.3 - Currie - Lot 5, Con.3 W 1856 There were very many Currie children - and one name in the class list is mentioned twice. Tena Currie - the second one could be Annie Currie. There are many Leslie's mentioned - James and Lydia (above) owned Lot 5 and 6 Con.1 E, and about 850 acres . They had nine children. Their one son, Joel Williams Leslie as above was the father of Miss Alice Leslie, living on Lot 5, Maplewood Farm. Another son, George Leslie married Amanda Stafford and they lived on the farm on Lot 6. Their children shown in this class picture were Bertha; Henry; Harvey and Joel B. Joel B. Leslie married Ina Seymour and the family of their son Gordon still live on the property of Lot 6, Con.1 E. The class listing should really say Joel B Leslie, so as to not confuse it with Joel W. Leslie - Alice's father!! (When I sent a jpg. of this picture around to our family - it did confuse some at the time... wondering how Joel could be younger in the picture than his daughter Alice - until we figured out that it was Joel B. !) Gordon (Annie) Leslie's family still living on Lot 6, Con.1 E are: Robert (Margeurite) Leslie Leah (Paul) Youngblut Sharon (Craig) Porterfield Calvin Wayne (Margaret) Aitken, also living at Lot 6, Con.1 E now as well. Added 30 May 2019: - file 1: "Greenock School and Bell Cairn. " 3-page history by Margaret Aitken, tells the story of Greenock School, S.S. No.8, Erin Township. The school, originally a log structure called Leslie School, was financed in 1851. In 1875 land was purchased on the Joel Leslie farm, and a new structure erected, with a bell. Following a fire in 1966, a cairn was built as a memorial to the school. [MU 1474] - ph 54189: Digital colour image. Neighbours clearing the site for the memorial cairn, many of them still living a stone's throw from the property, 1966. [Stored STACKS and Archives EBook] |
Creator \ Maker |
Green, John W. |
Item Name |
Print Portrait |
Person \ Organization |
Aitken, Calvin Wayne Aitken, Calvin Wayne (Mrs.) Aitken, Evelyn Aitken, Margaret Aitken, Wayne Allan, Beatrice Allan, Ross Crewson, Joe Crewson, Lois Crewson, Mary Cripps Currie, Annie Currie, Charles Currie, Charlie Currie, Christina "Tina" Currie, Maggie Currie, Margaret Currie, Phemie Currie, Tena Dron, Maggie Dron, Mary Duff, Annie Greenock School Huff, Bruce Huff, Janet Johnston, Fred Johnston, Ida Johnston, Julia Kingsbury, Agnes Kingsbury, Janet Kirkwood, Maggie Kirkwood, Violetta Lambert, Clara Lambert, Minnie Leithead, Bill Leithead, Nancy Leslie's School Leslie, Alice Leslie, Alice Leslie, Alice (Miss) Leslie, Alice Elizabeth Leslie, Annie Leslie, Bertha Leslie, Elizabeth Leslie, George Leslie, Gordon Leslie, Harvey Leslie, James Leslie, Joel B. Leslie, Joel W. Leslie, Joel Williams Leslie, Lydia Leslie, Marguerite Leslie, Mary Leslie, Robert Maplewood Farm Maud, Fred McKeown, Albert McKeown, Charlie McMurchy, Lily Moore, Tena Murray, Ida Pearen, Edward Pearen, Elva M. J. Porterfield, Craig Porterfield, Sharon Proton Separate School Prout, Malissa S. S. #8 Erin Township Seymour, Ina Stafford, Amanda Taylor, Aggie Taylor, Gertrude Taylor, Mary Thompson, Gertrude Thompson, Maud Williams, Emma Williams, Joel Williams, William Williams, Willie Wilson, Maggie Wilson, Margaret Wilson, Robert Youngblut, Leah Youngblut, Paul |
Place |
Erin Twp. Greenock Parkhill |
Subject |
Black History Education Portrait |
Photo, Map # |
ph 53764 ph 54189 |
Year Range from |
1889 |
Year Range to |
1889 |
Accession # |
A2019.34 |
Containers |
STACKS MU 1474 |