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. WMH*"~WTâ€";:~râ€"eâ€"â€"--â€"â€"â€"~___m ___r.._- I L. . J7: C «fewer» Ar =" m“d#._s.._s__ _ A. \I 2 I, C l I 7 1/: l _.------), .4me I a - 'sifij“_,v,7ya.zvâ€"f:f"wm~iai;”‘7::: ',' 1 ------------------"""r-"'"-" is. M._,_._.__.__ 1 l 4: SITE TO BE A MUSEUM " l I l _ , 1 l l gh' * ' . '1lFN' " lit' " 1. -. 'N8 mlRtig “A? ', l s _ ' ' b l , By BRENDA IEE-WIU'ING birth and census records show Saw Mill, there being no mill acres in 1882 (Rel ': , _ ', that no-one by the name of at that time ithi V . 1 l [ , The news that the old wooden John S. J. Watson was born it. any 'itret1,f12i,ng0eemi1gr'a'nnt st:e,rt'ltri,r,1d1svoa, _ : church at Rockingham is to be Rockingham, nor raised there, Roads were then receiving their feature of agriculii . _ l preserved and 'maintained tis a during the relevant years. The first settlers. Rockingham is on that time). l, i ‘, , "living history" museum is sure present owner of Rockingham the Peterson Road. or more Political i V t g to revive tales of John S. J. Sasha“ Sir Michael Culme- [commonly called the Branch De it hi I l, t Watson, the. founder ot this eyi-nour, has obligingly produc- Road, as it runs at right angles . sl" e IS nun l, I 1 _ i V church and its surrounding at: 5?:in records; xhich tjhow 't the Free Grant Roads from PHSES. Watson 1 ' , 1 I ' community. _ . _ ' ma . e owner D e has tet e Front and connects them engaged in the Pi i I " A flourishing centre, a hun- we time alghnllvatson; :1”: all With the Opeongo Road at the Region, being i 1 [ , dred years ago, .with hotels ' as a r Wis IC ar hrudenell. At such a strategic of the Township. ; E F r . . Sondes, who was unmarried and Junction, Watson did not lack holding this ositi ‘i i ' stores, mills, and schools, Rock- died in 1836 leavin bi ' . . p ) l . _ , g " estate customers, and until. his grist 20 years. I ‘ i [ Ingham, about 20 miles ivest tat to his youngest brother mill w ' ti th . l , l ' t Eganville is now virtually a . i . th as opera mg e farmers He was a prom i . l I ghost town, a hamlet in the The Facts _ I'd :13: d823,] JT', {had E at Itentrew Co r F l . bush inhabited by only 15 When John Watson died his mile gr D en rew, ' meetings. In W i “ people. . . . r s away: praised the volun l l obituary published by his fam- The tale IS told of Alfred lled h F ' . g . Its church Was deconsecreated ily in The Eganville Leader, Pell,. an earl) Buckingham set- ixpe t l he: [ [ f in 1967 and has not been used March 14 1913, stated that he tier, who trudged home on tout L: expresse it C,' [ l since 1941. The Madawaska Asa was born'in India, a tact which with a sack of grain on his Qee::iritd o fl' _ ' I' sociation for Developmental E- is confirmed by the Common- back all the way from Rentrew. It' i an “was it _ , I, . 10100. whict} has successfully wealth Office in London. The Arriving home exhausted he “:35 :3 , I? 1 negotiated with the Anglican baptism ot John Samuel James left the sack inside the door and dianktzllowc 85:51); I ', diocese of Ottawa tor the lease Watson on December 18, 1824, went to bed. His children, wah.. not univ ll _ _ of this building, is planning to was recorded in' Bangalore in the ing early, thought that the sack conga 1:338 'd', , ' I record oldtimers' memories and, Archdeaconry of Madras. Born contained whitewash for the his 'lil, ' pa: ar, I 1 . present a. study of the history October 30 of that year, he was exterior of, their house, and and ','vll,neenr $93,222] i . of this. environment by means the son of Captain Thomas helpfully proceeded to mix the Warden of Rent: l 1 of artifacts, photographs and Samuel Watson, an artillery white powder into a paste and 1833 five ballots _ I . , tapes. They have begun their officer in the East India Com- apply it to the outside timbers, before he was n I _ ‘1 _ task by clearing up the church- pany, who died when the son Legend has it that John Wat- He wa re-electet "t yard where long - neglected was six years old. So much for son arrived at his new home in 1884 u, 3 l ' tombstones a.re submerged by. the legend. the bush accompanied by a A Il “fut 1"I' . _ _ tT l weed: _ The father had spent all his number of able tradesmen whom lime 'le,t,'i"el', t _ ' gia/wwme‘egjw .?2t<'t'p%t7 _ T adult life serving in the Madras he had brought from Rocking- . V i r,Ҥgt‘;§§$§fir{1§w§y§;Ӥ Artillery in India. Presumably ham. There is little support it, mangemdbearmg» l rear John spent some ot h. adult this story sinee the W. ot 1r,r,1eer,Tr',d1,vw)) '; t iazflfi‘i‘g‘vixggrghlsg‘gidéz’; 'iiti14 years in that country since the earliest settlers, Harriett, ' th R . y h " _ a 7‘35" whginfiskégcfifizfif‘ds skillful landscape watercolors Koriger Thackery Pelt Wood- P. Se. oe? inghig l . 52““ avg?!i‘m¢:§r~g“:iga§$m3§~3 that he painted in India are ' house, McDonald Li Fitur, are ',i2,1'lf1)i,'a'itti,5,,1,r,er,a' l l I ,yria'W, atts C ',rit's3%s', 'gMgtl y, cherished b n t hi not echoed from th t ot mm W b a.“ l , l td; RIN? g MRI _ new; "rd'95f)qt'i y o e o is grand- a part J tl _ , KAN 3,155,512 igsfi children, Mrs. Wheeler Sterling England. In taut, Canadian cen- is: gigfryzird: Ciii ( 1 i,jfrW,,s:fi,'ji7,:1)i, FY, "s;",f,'fiis"i,'i'i:'ai% RR. 1, Eganville. However , sus records reveal that P the e ui ed h l V . {139;‘zrg’r 15,Q " there is evidence that J hI blacksmith Charles tor Carl) F. ipp orse 'l ( I ', {at , fr ,2 " ‘5 y, Cs5gr. (“it KN _ . . o n P ' . . _ , His aristocratic de i t T? MiitlMB . ? 'r(?%5i.f,5,.Ttr'iea it; Watson received his higher otter and his wife emigrated have contrasted c l _ t fti), {Witt jii,?,ai,FJ'iil)iif,'B8, , education in England and it was from Russia, and the tanner, appearance of l i, . , _ 'sji'ivi,ii,?,t,?ft'st!v,'i' ir in“??? from that country that he ac.. Frederick Koriger, was td Ger- farmers of may; i i l VET yt-C:", yfe rr"i"rF?it7/ w?" " LA' if, . . ' _ l 3 _ _ 1i;ii,iil"/i'i'iiji-. T (,r/rLkiiis'J,?yv'i4 grist; John Watson was 34 years old l Prosperity origin in the End, _ I , (i'rtif t J, $1,232.): _z'i'ifc'is,?i' LRa when he emigrated to Canada t , "H“? 1‘ l [ i 'ii)itj'ir's/i'i' "/i'(rrii"i"fiAht' , at: in 1858, together with his 27- In the 1861 fsnafla? c.ensus. ~r _"' I ", I l I ftl, 'fi) F ia,i;v1-1',s',ir,'ri' has? ' . "9t year-old bride, Mary, Undoubt- John Watson described his trc- wi"”~.£’z‘u l 1 l t ai' s%Rl 'AY - 3?], . - " - -edly he came with ample funds cupation as farmer and miller, gll%vlEgRW, . E _ . ItiiitttittNt " ', ‘ , if" ' I ', for he was able to buy land and _ but in the census taken 10 years lligil'g:8itiilse ' l i. _ illllillBllMllllllllt-illit construct businesses immediate- later Feces, “we.” list him- EiiBi5"t8rl" " ( _atimi8ilMlgNili8llgMl ly on .his arrival in eastern self as gentleman - and also gig/L“? ' I ' . MiitMili!iBtrlimmSdliil+ ,K Ontario. , . '. . father of eight children. By now task} ' . n; g JOHN S J WATSON ph C U T he had acquired 550 acres or ti8ig2't'SQ , vs'i' _ ' . . oto- nllke most immigrants trom . , . MW ' a, (s . i, I graphed in 1883, when’ he was Europe who travelled along the land, le, 5:2: his titles at that ilgliIiilitt 5 i _ _ ! Warden of Renfrew County. Opeongo Line in the mid-nine- £312, Trl,', 2J,',' - keeper, Miillili3,igl l Th _ _ teenth century, John Watson irat' me? :05 an aster, ma- rieiiWiiali i l ere tIre tew persons alive did not settle on a free grant of g1 e, agen or e Montreal MiilEim, _ I [ l today who have personal mem- land on this colonizat‘ d Telegraph Company and Reeve . WRitlSiiiKiNi _ f 1 1 -'. cries of John Watson, who died l Instead he purchased 1:33 we . ot Brudeneli Township, there is igiiiiNSBgjl l l _ l, in 1913 at ttus-age-oc" years 1 .from the sgovernment in" “(hes no doubt that John s. J. Watsop iiNiMgilNiif ( j 2 but the stories about his back-' Township of Brudenell"a e had .. prospered: so. had the ileliiaMlG' _ 5 ground and colorful career con- X . community . _ M,gtgitaWlt : 1 I ( Urine, handed down trom' par- F A New Lite . By 1871, Buckingham could iBlN!Nl2tiiti I , C . ents to children. He later described 'his ioca has: rd ”Ema an inn, stores, 1iaitEglt ‘ , ' - one er mi , at east one school Hi3" [ lion in a e I " D“? - _ l 3 f The Legend tr , a: some 5(1) it; a: "13:1“ Jie and mail delivery three times a M8glirilt"liii l i t The. principal legend, which rocky hills South :East and, week. In the years preceding 'gli-ii-iii?":"', ' I i Is, current among residents of the West, the feet in he“ ranges 1:211:13: wooden _church of St. BEE he. 1 3 l 1ri'"i1Ahfs1i"t,/i,ets,dtn, print- running the. boundary. or the teer 15,sor1tbu1t,htectl',p, ELLIS KXNDERI‘ V . ' appears willie: proper on three sides A . resid t t R . ' _in the lattei'as follows: "John . instigation. and he is said to en o ockit, i . . . . creek fed by lakes on the South hers J hn S J 1 l i l .. S. J. Watson was born and rims , have acted as preacher on Occa- 0 . . . ‘. . along the East side t th _ -.Ph P _ l, f sreared - at Rocklnghtmt.Castle, North outlet, where by I 1:11 a: dons when an ortlained MEI“ _oto by r, , ' . Rockingham Village, tlor-tr- .25 feet througtra rock 1 can minister was unable to . l S _ _ ton. England. He married a with sides so cleanly ping: ma::hthe Journey .to the rugged l Became: Ellis I i C , i 1 scullery maid at the Castle _ - p“ . ' _ mg resi ent of ', l 3 against the wishes of his rim- 1el'lrt,y'hu,hi7pc1",'eg, as it t Assessment rotismund in ah pyro wtbs 15 yeil l _ I t't l [ M. His father, however, grant- to I lake ilii P": a; onlthrough old house in Brudcnell Town- k John Watson' d. I Rigor.-. .2, .rti ed John and his young bride an Maawaska.'" e p es Mo the ship show clearly that John bossy because bs I rv we .. i inheritance at some $10,000 on The 315nm an t t Watson w" the most prosper- bred'." Nr, Kinda I I ', condition that the young Couple power WM I'd 1 °: Q h we er, our landowner in the area. with ot the legendary l a I , emigrated to Canada." I _ settler t h “wig. t": MW a_ property valued at more than trt the Rockinghar c.,c4 - A. -. J Ws a romantic t b or e reco . l com-_ three times that of anyone else. always Jumped tu _ I cry. ut un. menced at once to clear the land H . substantiated by facts. English and er t th e pastured.918 cattle, 1,149 tarm gates mm , ec men a Grist and sheep and MIT pigs on his use them, and who,! V -- ._._4 T . ._.. , ”NWâ€"WW