There were also 500 sheep and hundreds of head of cattle on the top deck as well as those on a lower floor. The wheat kept the boat from righting itself. The boat went on its side as the wheat shifted. The livestock boat was half-full of wheat. To break his contract for the remaining month, Charles hired a "Williams", giving him $16 for the month, while Charles had been earning only $15 per month. They had arranged to work their way back on a livestock boat. One month before his time was up, Tom, Bill, and Jim came to see if he wanted to go back to England. Charles signed up to work on a farm for three years. He smoked a pipe until he was 75.Ĭharles, Tom, Bill, and Jim came to Canada to work. Eventually, Charles decided to get a pipe of his own (he was then about 12 years old). His father would tell him to take a puff of his pipe. He would cough from the dust of the mill and go to the door for fresh air. Charles helped his father run the mills, staying home from school. Their father operated a stone mill, grinding flour. Tom Hare), whose son, Cyril Hare, still lives in Sault Ste. She later married Louis Pinto and has a stepdaughter, Lisa, and a son, John.Ĭharles, Tom, Bill, Jim, and John Pennington were brothers born in Devonshire, England to Ann and John Pennington. anĮmily Jo married Randy Mundt (deceased) and had two children, Gary and Sherri. Steven Ernest, in college, Marcia Kay, Neil William and Joel Clayton.įloyd Earl married Jerry Esson and now lives in the Soo, and their children are Rodney and Randy (twins) and Kelly. Their children are Jane (she and her husband, Richard Chadineau, have three children), Frances (she and her husband, James McCall have two children), Gene, and Penny (she and her husband, Richard Payment, have one child).Įrnest, William married June Morrison and lives in Pickford. Opal Mae married Francis Gagnon and now lives in the Soo. Their children are Richard (he and his wife, Jill have two children), Sandra (she and her husband, Butch, have one child), Jeffery, Dana, and Barbara They have two daughters, Diane and Gail.įreda Laverne married David Richard and now lives in Ft. Their children are Oscar, Terry, Doyle, Merry Sue, Nancy, and Linda.Īlbert Roy married Marjorie McCullam and lives in Costa Mesa, California. Harvey James married Marion Reiss and now resides in Leslie, Michigan. Henry Emerson is unmarried and lives in Boca Baton, Florida. Ervadene remarried to George Iwanski and now lives in Belen, New Mexico and has one son, Thomas, from this marriage. Frederick and his wife, Vivian, are the parents of Wanda, Mike, Penny, and Tina*. Ladell married William Frazer and their children are Claudia (married with one child), Robert, James, Richard and Timothy*. They had two children, Ladell and Frederick. Janette married James Hamel and their children are Rhonda, Brent (deceased), Raya, Robin, and James Robert*.Įrvadene Pearl married Leonard Jenks (deceased). His second marriage to Arlene Black resulted in four children: Laurie Kay, Perry Everett, Josephy Melvin, and Judy Elizabeth* Francis married Sandra Riley and their children are David Francis, Daniel Willard, Doreen Elizabeth (deceased), and Christopher Michael*. Everett Henry married Jacklyn Izzard and they had one daughter, Debra*. Her children were as follows: Arla Mae married Russell McDowell and their children Larry (deceased 1968) Betty, Alan, and Evan* Betty Lou (deceased 1954) Evelyn married Peter Bush and their children are, Terri Lynn, Pamela Jo, Susan Kay, Peter William, and Diana Marie*. Jennie married Everett McConkey (deceased 1963) and now risides in Sault Ste. She and William had 10 children: Jennie Elizabeth, Ervadene Pearl, Henry Emerson, Harvey James, Albert Roy, Freda Laverne, Opal Mae, Ernest William, Floyd Earl, and Emily Joy.
Peffers now resides in Baca Baton, Florida. 5, 1913, to Pearl Jennett Ferrish, daughter of Jennett Smith Ferrish and Henry Ferrish (born June 8, 1895, in Pickford). WILLIAM HENRY PEFFERS was born in Ontario Sept. He spent the remainder of his life there as a farmer. In 1907, he bought 80 acres, W 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Town 44 North, Range 1 West, of Section 26, from Hugh Carr. About 1899 they returned to Pickford and settled on the SW quarter of SW quarter of Town 44 Notrh, Range 1 West of Section 1 West of Section 13, which we refer to as the Otto Graham 40, now owned by Frank Rike. They went back to Canada where William, Gordon, Fred, and Maude were born.
Around 1882 James and his wife, Armina Honsinger Peffers, came to Pickford and settled on the huckleberry plains four miles north and three miles west of Pickford, bordering on the south side of the school forest. As a boy, he came from Scotland with his family and settled in Ontario, Canada. James Peffers was born in Scotland on April 9, 1859.
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