"\1'\ e--f::(e.-..~""- --r:JV\.es ;Z 5k (3/3- DKATH OF MRs. JOHNs.-'-On '1'hU,t'S- ;()&4g!f.. J 7th lOCH Eliza

JO,hns:In Usborne on Saturday Dec 20, 1913, g ~Vbitl~~e:,n~~t)Vcdu'wife 'of lticultrdRichard Johns Sr. aged 89 years 9 months & :E ~ Johns, Sr., departed thi'l life at ~1er

28 days. q- ..c: ro home neilI' here, the funeral ta.klOg

o S ~ plRce to the! ElimviIle cemetery on... ~ ro 0 Sa.turday. IWv. W. H. Oooper con-He earned flour from Essery's mill - ,~ co ducted the"service and gave l\ very np-

One of the last of U8borne' •• plcm- ete etc. He trad('~ ~ pair ?f bo~ts ~ W.16 ropriate 'fln'd hea.utiful talk beforeeel'S passed a"~ay. on Satuhlay Dee, for a. (80 pound ox hde <>nd' -:arned ~ .q 0> . fca.vinp; the house. I?ccclls('d, who~c20th 1913 in the person of Richard the !tude from the Soutb of Ebmvitle C 0 ro · ma.iden name wa.s Whitlock, W1t8 .bot nJohns·Sr .. to ~CR.rlin.gs.trrn~l(>ry in Ex"tcr, .'~~' ~ ~ ~ . in the Parish!Of Lnngt.ree, County of

DeceasE:'d ·W68 born in the &rlsh J.fc 3~d IllS WIfe: WHC on their. ,!.at: q- r--:15 Devon. En~ljlnd, ~n N.ov. l(3t~,' 18Z3,of Langtree., County Devon, England f~om ~xeter on~ summer evenlIlg "'1""_ c '"") und in 1&14 Wi\.S umted 111 U}lIlTlHf{etoin February tm4, end ~t an early ~~ \,h('n It became so dark they· could CI.) ro '0 Richa.rd Johns •. TheycontlOncd to re-was a'pprenticed for seven y~ars to ~ n~t !'·~e their way and were forced .to' '5 '"") ro . aide theft' until .1S.iO when they ern 1-shoemaker. his father paying ,seven ?hmb over the wall ~f a log ,~ou8e 0 § -5 ~ rated to Oarj!\da,nnd Bpent one ,y~'arsovereigns or a f:ov~reigri every year 10 th~~ co~:r:S(~.of e.reehon ~nd ,:,~~nd > Q) 0:: ~ fn tUe towngqip of Pickering, cotUlOJ:(

for ·thc privilege of. leaI1Jing, ..that the nth.ht I'lttmt5.SIde by SIde on·.,t:he ~ E '+- N >in the spring of 18.50 to Usborne Hndtrade ' : n~~.dn.~lll~ h.e wlthol]~ co~t or veSt,' '- ..2 ON eftt1ingonL?t12.Con~7, w~ere tbey:When tewnty-one years of age .•.•he: "bit .th .. ,,(>lvp$ hnwl~d In the 'lJnI:.~. ~ C/) ~ "0 'continued forsorne thu·ty-nllle years,

married Eliza Whitlock and .se1;:tfp. rou~dmg f.orest., 1...• q.~' ~ CI.) ::::> ~ ffi transforming it from virginJ?rcst to!\.1 !;ihopof his oWn where 'be oontinued i dH.lS.c~aracter. may be best descrltr. ~ .E -0 ..c: splendid farm. After retlT'mg fr'?m

3.t 'his t~ade \li1til. the spring .of '184:9 \ h b) 1~lustratlOns" For .may ye·~.rs. (1) en ~ C active la.hor they co~)tinlled to bve\vlhen '\nthhis Wife .a.nd thre.e 8Ul8.Jl e supplIed a .n~mb.,r ~f vIIl?~('s with. J:: .§ 0 0 De~r th~ old home whIch had 1.H:en.80

~hiIdren and a.few sb.iHings~'he. 8a.I1~4: f:our and. cblc1::c·n fr.·d. ~nd be .~l- i to: 0 ~ E lon~the scene of their labor, totI, trials[or C!lnada on'.-the old ship ~eli~~ \ \ays gav". 10.1 Ibs fo~. '~O for fear' . J ..- }md tbelr triumphs. M~'8.Johns WIlS!lJaptRlll U'ozcr in comma.nd. " ... ·~r~;':n:1 t e ste:lyards should no~ \:ay· cor~ect fait fl11 wife; (\.goo<'trH~lghhor H,nd en-

The 'yoyage la~.ted. m'~ny .w~ek8.;Jbit.' ly _T~ls w~s c~a:actf>Tl"'tl~ of· the joyed tbe respect of u1! who knc-:: ,her.Lhey tmally ~rn~f"q:at . Ptick~i~,' maD: as ~'a.nY.~II1 fitte&fo-whG·h8.u She was the motber of eleven chIldrenw.-here ':he set up a shQp and .ma.~ dealmgswlth .hIm or who ~. I\nd oy precept nod eXl\lnl?le t:\ught.

md . mended shoes torhisJWigh~ I monE.Y from h1IIl. ' ! .~.':.:~: them to be Lt'utbful and nprlgbt. In a.ll,~nd Navvies w.ho w~r~. 'buildi~·~: ~ man of Q.uiet a~d reti~ing disp.os1· th.l'ir de~dinlls .. "She 1J(,lng d~;ld y:tJrand -rr'runk from Km,&'ston ,to:"~~1 tion but. 8tron~ Wln .. d:111yJc~p1Dg speaketh." . FoI' 80me months sh c W,\SJnto. ' ....•.•..• ·>'~~I Golden Rule-he pursued the eve.

a'he;y ha4 only been m ~ckenD~:::'j tenor of his way for more than .~very short time W\hentheir 'J;Je'~ years: and passed ove,. the .£toed:laughter wthen pla:v.ing in t1Je,l.oPAj. divide honored and r~pected ~_Ufire 'place got her· clothes. on .;.",'fite' who knew him.l~d. ~as terrib!y burned l.eavl~ ..~~~rHis family consisted of seven '80~

1lshgured for life ..... ~..;;:'>'1-~•. and-lour daughters, five ofw-hom!'In the sulmm~r of 1849 'he, wlQi~ ..L:\ h,vr nre('.?('(1;'~ h'", .. c;. "80ns I

~rs ·made theIr way to .theJln~': ,. - _.: ~.:'tr~ct. of w.bi~h they "had h~a:rd~~ I srJ Itnd cbildren and gre'at grand child:­::rll,ch and took up lot t2. con 7::IJs~.: ren liVe to 'mourn bis loss and eherish'!1C Returning; ~o 'Pickering he::~J~;*-:; hi!:! memory •. Owing to the stormJ~d $300 to hIm 'll Iargec ..,,~~tP.~;WI Cithel' no rruesday tlhe numbp.r ofmd in 11850 with hiafamiIy he'~~~ pcor.le ·who paid their last triba.te 'or

to l.h)~chosen lot in the virgin fo.~1:1T\'Spe-ct to the, departed by following)f 'Cshornc. and proceeded t()heWlit~t] hiE IPortal remajns to their h.st rut.•.1 Lome .and many J8. tale of hardshIp'" .... - .' .- .' .. ":T-·-.!-;--:­md plivation .be could tell but hCsUcl i loge:?~ace 1D EhmvIJ~e C~Lmett;ry ~ber&~~l'd<:d&plendid)Y .. ' ~<K':!: ! to\\alt the resure~tIon ihor~lInl!:" was.. not as large ns It othenlt1se. would

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Canada Company

We, Frederick Widder, and William Benjamin Robinson, of the City of Torontcin the County of York, and Province of Canada, Esquires, the Attorneys of tCanada Company, Incorporated under and by virtue of an Act made and passedin the Sixth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth,entitled "An Act to enable His Majesty to grant to a Company, to beIncorporated by Charter, to be called "The Canada Company," certain Lands jthe Province of Upper Canada, and to invest the said Company with certainpowers and privileges, and for other purposes relating thereto, "beingconstituted and appointed such Attorneys, by virtue and in pursuance of anAct passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George theFourth, entitled "An Act to alter and amend an Act for enabling His Majest3to grant to a Company, to be Incorporated by Charter, to be called ITThe CarCompany," certain Lands in the Province of Upper Can~a," do hereby, inconsideration of the Sum of- Seventy Eight Pounds-~o3hillings and Sixperlawful Money of the Province of Canada, to us, as such Attorneys, asaforesaid, paid ,

GRANT and RELEASE to,Richard Johns of the Township of Usborne in theCounty of Huron and Province aforesaid, Yeoman ALL that certainParcel or Tract of Land, situate as follows: composing Lot Twelve inthe Seventh Concession of the said Township of Usborne containing, byadmeasurement One Hundred Acres of Land, be the same more or less, ANDALL the right, title, and interest of the said Canada Company to and inthe same, and every part thereof. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD unto the saidRichard Johns his Heirs and Assigns, Forever

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we the said Frederick Widder and William BenjaminRobinson, have hereunto subscribed our hands, as Attorneys of the Company,and affixed our Seal of Office, at the City of Toronto, in the Province of

--Ganada, th-is~Eleve nth~day-of -Jariuary--in~the-year-of-our~LordOne--Th ousartd----~ Eight Hundred and Sixty

SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED, in the presence of

Thos. Collier

Alfred W. Otter

F VIidder

'ItJ-MB Robinson

N157 DeedCanada Company to Richard Johns

I certify that a memorial of the was recorded Jany 24 in 1860 at the hour c10 OClock in Vol 2 Usborne folio 163.

Inv. GattRay Hunn

D FraserDrp. Rgy.