Tag Archives: farming

A Walk on the Dark Side

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Christine Goodnough

When Hugh McKervill was in training to become a minister in the United Church of Canada, he was sent in the summer of 1955 as a student minister to the people of the Smoky Burn-Battle Heights-Papikwan area (at the edge … Continue reading →

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Clearing the Land

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Christine Goodnough

My Uncle Fred (Dad F) sold his farm back about 1958. This was the original home place, the farm he’d inherited from his father, Thomas Forsyth. The impression I gleaned over the years was that Dad’s health was bad after … Continue reading →

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Women and Work on a Prairie Homestead

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Christine Goodnough

In the mid 1800s in the large Eastern American cities, some young women were pushing for the right to higher education – and meeting stiff opposition.  Some educators claimed that a basic Grade 8 education was all girls could handle. … Continue reading →

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Hoppers in the Millions!

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Christine Goodnough

GRASSHOPPER CRUNCH We have a lot of grasshoppers on our present property, though the overall numbers have been down in the past six years, with our Junes being on the cool and wet side. We’re finding in our yard that … Continue reading →

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The Horses that Never Stopped Running

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Linda C Butler

The Horses that Never Stopped Running By Linda C Butler told by Charlie Vance (1909-1989) My father, Allen Vance, received a letter from his brother Will, asking if we would visit as there were wild horses on open rangeland and … Continue reading →

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David and Robert Vance

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Christine Goodnough

David Vance, son of Joseph and Sarah Vance and brother of our great grandfather, married Margaret Bullard on March 31, 1873. She was the daughter of John and Delia Bullard. According to the marriage registration she was about 23 and … Continue reading →

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Joseph and Margaret Vance

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Christine Goodnough

On thing about the duplication of names in our family tree, they sometimes tell you a lot. For example, there was a John Vance and his wife listed in the 1861 Oxford County, ON, census and their oldest two children … Continue reading →

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Grandpa Forsyth’s farm

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

If I recall the facts correctly, I was just a toddler when Grandpa Forsyth died. I have no memories of him at all. Neither do I have many memories of Grandpa Forsyth’s farm from this stage of my life; my … Continue reading →

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Bits and Pieces of Childhood

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

DIM FIRST MEMORIES My first memories stem when I was about three. I vaguely remember a tiny trailer or building on the farm yard where Allen and Louise lived with Jim; likely Donna was a baby at that time, too. … Continue reading →

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Building a Home

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

HOMESTEADING IN THE CANADIAN WEST: ‘Hit or Miss’ Choosing Like our great-grandpa and grandpa Vance, a number of Easterners came to friends or family out West and from there they looked around and chose the quarter section (160 acres) they wanted … Continue reading →

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