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1911 Courtship: May 21 Dear Noah

3/3/2013

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In this Courtship letter, Ethel mentions that her Pa will buy whatever he needs from Eatons. That's the T. Eaton Co. Ltd - a giant retail and mail order family- owned business. Eaton's had everything a person and their house and barn needed - including the house itself. Eaton's houses bought by mail order and shipped in kit form are still standing strong across the prairies 100 years after assembly. 

Like this one to the right:
Henry Rockel ordered this house from the T. Eaton Co. Ltd. It was shipped on the train from Winnipeg to Lanigan. The package, including the house and building materials, was $1,509.10. A return of 20 cents a sack for unused cement was allowed. 

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T. Eaton Co. Ltd. House, ca. 1927, Location: R.M. of Usborne, Saskatchewan, Credits: Ruth Wildeman, Lanigan and District Heritage Assoc.
Author of Letter: Ethel Isabell Nelson, age 21
Dated:  May 21, 1911
Addressed to: Mr. N. C. Draper... My Dear Noah, Grand Coulee, Sask.
Mailed  from:  Belhaven, P.O.  
Relationship:  Courting
Profession:  Farmer's Daughter  
Writing  instrument: Fine point  pen, black ink
Written on: Light bluey/gray, slightly thick, textured, linen-like paper, 9 inches x 6 inches, folded in half. The paper is folded in half with the first page on the front and last on the back, but inside, she's written on the right side first, and then the left. 

People/places mentioned in this letter:

- Pa -  *James Henry Nelson
- Ma - *Ida Amelia Glover
- Noah's mother - *Sarah Sophia Deverell
- Herb Nelson's - Ethel's cousin Herb and his wife, Francis Jane Smith & 2 kids
- *Veda - 16 yr old daughter of  Noah's sister, Eva & Joseph Perrault who live nearby
- *Sadie Nelson - Ethel's 16 yr old sister (see photos last post)
- *Christie Nelson - Ethel's 11 yr old sister (see photos last post)
- Uncle John Rogers married *Victoria Maud Nelson, Ida Amelia's sister
- R Glover's - possibly Ida Amelia's family although Family Tree not advanced there yet
- *Elva - Ethel's cousin, Elva Jane and husband, Wm Mitchell 
- *Crowder's 
- Sam Cuthbertson's mother
- Jack Hopkins 
- Mary Smith - school friend
- Martin Rose's 
- Blanche Morton 
- Mr. Davidson - Mr. Robert Davidson and his family have been mentioned in other posts (click on the search box to find them). At first, however, I thought he was talking about his daughter being like no other on the fifth, but upon reflection, I believe he's talking about his barn. Haha. By the Fifth, he means the Fifth Concession which was one of the major thoroughfares through North Gwillimbury. 

** John Prossers - farmer and Fox Island Lighthouse Keeper (see lighthouse photo below). I'm using John Prosser as the subject of a mini-research genealogy lesson under this week's Genealogy notes.

Legend: 
* Look under the Categories/Labels in the right side column for more posts on this 
  person/place/thing.
** see Genealogy Notes below

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Belhaven, P.O.
May 21. 1911.
Mr. N. C. Draper,
             Grand Coulee,
                            Sask.

My Dear Noah, -
                                Well I was rather
disapointed last night. I did'nt get
a letter from you. I will be looking for
one to-morrow night.
                                  We are having very
 hot weather the last week or so.
The heat Friday & to-day is some
thing fierce. We had a very heavy
thunder storm last night about
Eleven o'clock. It struck R. Glover's
barn & burnt it. Also struck a tree in
Crowder's lane and burnt it.

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     I guess I would like to be the 
first one to have a ride in that
newly painted buggy. We have'nt got
us one yet. Except one Mr Kings
let us have until we could get another.
Pa thinks he shall go to Eatons 
to get what things he really has
to have now.
    Mr. Sam Cuthbertson's mother is
buried to-day.
  We hav'nt got our barn started
yet, but Pa has had extra men
on trying to get ready to start as
as soon as possible. He is going
to build a longer barn & not quite
so wide as the old one.
I am not sure but I think Jack
Hopkins will be puting it up.
Mr Davidson has his barn nearly
completed. He says there isnt a girl

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on the fifth like his. Suppose Mrs
Davidson will have lots of help now.
There little boy is better now of the
pneumonia.
     When does your Mother expect to
come East. Will it make any difference
in the time if you come, or not?
Oh Noah! I wish you could come, but I'll
wait and hear what you have to say.
in your next letter. for I ask your
opinion.
       Herb Nelson's are just driving in
and as it is nearly dinner time I guess
I will have to say good Bye for just the
present.
Monday. Well as you say, I am back.
again. I was up to S.S. and home with
Mary Smith for tea yesterday.
Herb was telling us there were
three different barns struck by
lightning and burnt, and Martin
Rose's was struck but they got the fire out.

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     I think I am keeping you well posted
on the engagements. Blanche Morton 
and Milton Hamilton are to be married 
in June.
      Hope you are not manless yet as
you say. especially if you are as busy
as pa seems to be. Uncle John Rogers
was here all last week helping him.
      I think I shall go up to night and
post this. and call to see Mr John
 Prossers they both are very low.
      Hope Veda is successful in
having her hands doctored. and
will be able to go to college. I
suppose she is quite anxious to go.
Sadie is feeling a little discouraged
there school has'nt been graded &
now they have to take up some more
subjects. and she is afraid she wont
pass. I close now with love and
lots of xxx from, Ethel. P.S. I hope I get your letter to-night. Ethel Nelson,  Christie has just brought your
letter, also one from Elva.


Genealogy Notes

Ethel mentions that she is going to visit the John Prosser's because they are low. That means they aren't in the best of health. The Prossers are neighbours, and although Ethel isn't related to any of the Prossers in 1911, she will be before the decade is out. (Hint, hint.) 

I have to admit, when I first found the census record showing a John Prosser with the occupation of a Lighthouse Keeper, I sat up and took notice. After all the yeoman/farmers and labourers, it was refreshing to see something different. 

John Prosser: born 14 Jul 1825 in North Gwillimbury Twp, York Co, Ontario, Canada
Father: Eld. John Prosser born 8  May 1796 in Florida, Montgomery, NY, USA
Mother:  Sarah Willoughby born 9 Aug 1803 in Midland, Ontario, Canada

The first record I've found of John Prosser is in this 1851 Canada West census:
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1851 Canada West census Image 35 for John Prosser, North Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada.
Genealogy Tip #1: To find out where your ancestor is located on the image when it first opens, look at the bottom right where I have the red arrow. That is the indication where the name you've searched will be on the page. Then, move the image up or down until you see it. Usually, the transcript (the typed lines at the bottom) will show the line numbers of the image, so #1 on the bottom - Sarah Prosser - will match #1 on the image, which it does. 

Genealogy Tip #2: On the 1851 Canada West census, the transcript lines match the image HOWEVER they don't start at #1. That is why in this case, Line #1 - Sarah Prosser, is beneath Line #50 Margaret Keef in the transcript only. (Yes, I took a learning curve figuring that one out.)

Line #1 (blue) is Sarah Prosser, John's mother. She's followed by John's brother, George, and the rest of John's siblings. John is recorded on line #9 (red) - out of order if you look at their ages. Why is he down there? 

Genealogy Tip #3: Subsequent censuses will have a column for 'Head of the Family'. Wherever you see the word, HEAD, that means everyone listed next will belong to that family until you see the next word, HEAD. Generally, the Head is the Father, followed by the mother, eldest child, and so on until the youngest child. Then, a new Head of a family will start. 

Other choices for Head could be a Widow, Eldest Adult Child if orphans, Grandparent if custodian of grandchildren, etc. In a multi-generational family, the Head is the person who is the Head of that household, so it could be a matriarchal or patriarchal family. If the son takes over the family farm but the parents are still there, the son will be listed as the Head, and his parents listed beneath the children. 

The 1851 Canada West Census is different than other years because it contains more information on the next page (Image 36), and this is where we go to find out if John lives with the rest of his family:
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1851 Canada West census Image 36 for John Prosser, North Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada.
This image doesn't have the typed transcript at the bottom of the page, but we know that Sarah Prosser was on Line 1, and John was on Line 9:

Line 1 - Sarah Prosser and her family lived in a Frame house, 1 storey, 1 family dwelling. 
Lines 2-8 are people who live with Sarah. 
Line 9 - John Prosser lived in a Frame house, 2 storey, 1 family dwelling.

This 2nd page/image of the 1851 census shows Marital Status:
      Line 1: Sarah Prosser was a widow  (W)
      Lines 2-8: John's siblings were all single (S)
      Line 9: John was single (S)

Genealogy Tip #4: The letter following the line number is the Marital Status of the individual. 

What we've learned from the 1851 census is that John Prosser was an enterprising young man. Although he lived next door to his family, he lived in his own house, which would have been a fine one at that time. We know this because you could generally tell the monetary worth of a man and his family by the type and size of his dwelling, and by the amount of people/families who reside in it.  Census records usually indicated the type of dwelling by its construction starting with the most expensive to the least: Brick, Stone, Frame/Wood Boards, Log, or Shanty. Also, the bigger the home, the more expensive to build.

In the 1851 census, John lived alone in a 2 storey frame home. 

In 1853, John married Lucretia Emes, also from North Gwillimbury, as shown on their marriage record:
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1853 marriage record of John Prosser and Lucretia Emes
In the above record of John and Lucretia's marriage (1st red box) we see that they married on 25 Nov 1853, by licence, and the names of their 2 witnesses. The bottom red box shows the transcript. If you notice in the transcript, Lucretia's name is in italics. That's because it originally read 'Lucritia Ennes' and I put in an update to read 'Lucretia Emes'. Anyone looking at the record will now see both names and either confirm or dispel my update. The bottom right of the image shows the location where the marriage took place, which in this case, is North Gwillimbury. 

Genealogy Tip #5: The final column, Marriage County or District, shows HOME DISTRICT. Back when Ontario (Canada West) was first settled, York (now Toronto) and York County, was considered the Home District. Ontario records which simply state Home District will mean York County. 

The next time we see John and Lucretia is on the 1861 Canada West census which shows everything on a single page:
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1861 Canada West census for John Prosser
This image shows  John married to Lucretia with 4 children, although only 2 children show up on the official typed transcript at the bottom because it is limited to viewing 4 people at a time. Scrolling with show the rest.

The 1861 census shows marital status and dwelling along with ages and religous denominations, etc. However, we now find John and his family living in a 1 storey frame house which means it's smaller than the previous census. Is it an error? Although census records can be wrong, in this case, John has moved away from the family farm as evidenced by the other people on the lines above and below him. He may have sold his farm to a sibling, or someone else, or even is renting it out. All I know is that after marrying, John moved to a farm in the Belhaven area of North Gwillimbury where his land bordered the family farm of Noah Draper (before David Draper moved Noah's family to the North West). 

Genealogy Tip #6: The 1861 and subsequent censuses recorded the age of the person. The estimated birth year (red arrow) was then filled in during the transcription process. 

For the record, don't assume it's right because it's in the transcript. The 1891 Canada census is notorious for age and date errors, but they can happen anywhere. Census takers didn't always have the best handwriting and transcribers took their best guesses.
 
Between 1861 and 1881, John and Lucretia raised over a dozen kids on their farm, with nothing much changing except for kids leaving home and others being born. The census records continually show John's occupation as Farmer. 

But things change in the 1901 census because at the age of 76 (his age, not the census estimate), John's occupation is now listed as Lighthouse Keeper - shown beside the little hand in the centre of this image:
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1901 Canada census for John Prosser, wife Lucretia (Emes) and youngest child, Ida.
Since when did he become a Lighthouse Keeper? Or perhaps a better question was, is this the John Prosser I've been researching? But yes, same man, same wife, same youngest child. Birth dates as close as you can get on a census. Religion the same, location the same. 

Still skeptical, I searched out the 1911 Canada census and found this:
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1911 Canada census for John and Lucretia (Emes) Prosser, James Nelson's, Crowder's, and King's.
The 1911 census shows John Prosser as a Retired Farmer (red arrow). Well, at 86 yrs of age, he deserved to be retired. But look at who his neighbours are:
- James Nelson and family - that's Ethel!
- Crowder's and King's - both families regularly mentioned in Ethel's letters

This confirms that we have the right John Prosser, but where does the lighthouse keeper come in? For that, I turned to the wonderful Our Ontario website with its online newspaper collection. Being the largest town between Belhaven and Toronto, The Newmarket Era printed tidbits of information from the surrounding area.  Here's what I found in my search about John Prosser and the Fox Island Lighthouse:

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The Newmarket Era. February 19, 1897 - Page: 3
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Fox Island Lighthouse, courtesy of www.lighthousedigest.com
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The Newmarket Era. April 23, 1897 - Page: 6
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The Newmarket Era. April 30, 1897 - Page: 6
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The Newmarket Era. October 22, 1897 - Page: 6
On the left below is an article about an excursion on Lake Simcoe including a stop-over at Fox Island Lighthouse for Tea. It doesn't give credit to the author, but I can only imagine that the person who was so cordially received by the Lighthouse Keeper was a member of the wide-spread Prosser family, since Queensville is only a stone's throw from Belhaven. Not only that, but I'd assume it would be lonely for a father of over a dozen children to suddenly be alone.
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The Newmarket Era. August 27, 1897 - Page: 7
The following news items show us John Prosser working the Fox Island Lighthouse from 1902 - 1910, except for 1909 when his son, Leslie takes over.

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The Newmarket Era. April 4, 1902 - pg. 2
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The Newmarket Era - Mar 7, 1902 - Pg. 7
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The Newmarket Era. April 3, 1903 - Pg: 7
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The Newmarket Era. March 28, 1957 - Page: 2. Under the heading, 50 YEARS AGO. (1907)
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The Newmarket Era. Oct 29, 1909 - Pg: 6 (Leslie is recorded as a Blacksmith on the census records.)
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The Newmarket Era. Mar 4, 1910 - Pg: 6
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The Newmarket Era. May 12, 1911, p. 6 (Should be Leslie vice Lester)
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The Newmarket Era. May 31, 1912 - Pg: 8
I couldn't find any further news items in The Newmarket Era mentioning the 
Fox Island Lighthouse.
One further note to the story of John Prosser and Lucretia Emes... in Ethel's 1911 letter above, she's going to visit John and Lucretia because they've been 'down'. 

They will recover.  I know, because of this:

John Prosser died in his Belhaven home on April 30th, 1916 at the age of 91 yrs.  The immediate cause of death is listed as Sclerosis of Arteries, in part due to 8 months of Senile Decay/Old Age. 

Lucretia Emes died on May 9th, 1916, just 9 days later. Her death record is listed next to John's and states that she died, at 81 yrs of age, in Belhaven, after 9 days of Pneumonia. 

Both John and Lucretia are buried in Queensville Cemetery, Queensville, Ontario.

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1911 Courtship: Mar 12, Dear Noah

9/25/2012

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Unknown occupants riding in a cutter sleigh, Regina, Saskatchewan, c1907. Courtesy of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
In this week's letter, Ethel says, "There are about as many buggies on the road as cutters".  Above is a photo of the fast sleigh called a cutter.

Our last 1911 Courtship letter was Mar 6, Dear Ethel.  If you've missed some of the courtship letters, use the drop-down menu under Blogs and then slide to the right of Author Memories, or click here.

Author of Letter: Ethel Isabell Nelson, age 21
Dated:  March 12th, 1911
Addressed to: Mr. N. C Draper, Grand Coulee, Sask.
Mailed from:  Belhaven, Ontario
Relationship: Courting
Profession:  Farmer's Daughter
Writing  instrument: Fine point pen, Black ink,
Written on: Slightly thick, textured linen-like paper, 9 inches x 6.5 inches. Ethel has written page 1 and 4 as covers, but inside, pages 2 and 3 are written together as one long page.

People mentioned in this letter:
- *Manuel - Ethel's 5 yr old brother, Emanuel Henry Nelson
- *Cecil Prosser - see Mar 6: Dear Ethel
- *Pa - James Henry Nelson
- *Noah's mother - Sarah Sophia Deverell
- Mr. *Mahoney
- Mr. Sheppard - from a previous letter

The following people are mysteries at this time:
- Mary Smith
- Mr. Woodword
- Hattie
- Stella
- Mr McCarthy, Evangelist 


Places/Things/Cliches etc:

- **Keswick Christian Church - see Genealogy Notes below



- last week Noah ended his letter with, "Your little Boy Brown", and this time, Ethel ends hers with, "Your blue bird". Anyone have an idea what these names mean?



Legend: 
* Look under the Categories/Labels in the right side column for more posts on this 
  person/place/thing. If you don't see a label, use the search box at the top of page.
** see Genealogy Notes below


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Belhaven, Mar. 12th, 1911.
Mr N.C. Draper,
     Grand Coulee,
                      Sask.
Dear Noah, --
                      Well here I am all alone
by myself. Just nine o'clock and
everyone is in bed but me. I was
up to Sunday School and home
with Mary Smith for tea. Who
do you think spent the evening
there? You remember Mr Woodword
the man that put the phones in
he's the one. They came down
home with me.
            We had quite a heavy
thunder storm last night about
ten o'clock, & just poured down rain       

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Our sleighing is not very good. There are
about as many buggies on the road
as cutters. Mr Mahoney's had buggy to
S. School. Hattie is down visiting with
Stella.
   There are special meetings being held
in the Christian Church, Keswick by an
Evangelist, Mr McCarthy. I have been up
three times and say he is a fine speaker.
Friday night his topic was Impure
Amusements. He spoke of Theatre, Dances
and card tables. His topic to-night was
"He blamed his wife for it". Wish you were
here to hear him.
    I asked Manuel who that was on the
post card. He said Noah, so I guess
he has'nt forgotten you I am glad you sent
it. 
    Cecil Prosser I think has gone back
to the States again.
    Well we hav'nt got to move after
all. (thank goodness) Pa backed out and
so Mr Sheppard did not get the place after
all.
      I have heard in the last few weeks
about a dozen times that I was
going West, I don't know what puts
such Ideas in there heads. (Time isnt
passing one bit too fast for me, seems long)
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Why it seems a long time
since you went away. Has your
Mother decided yet when she is
coming down?
   My it is so nice to be home
again, after being down to Aunt
Maud's, I tell you there is no
place like home. Matters not how
humble it may be. I guess you
know how it is, dont you?
 Well Noah I guess it is time I
was closing my letter, for tis
my bed time. You know how
early I went to bed when you
were here, I try to be a good
little girl. Hope you are
writing a big letter to come
this way. anxiously waiting
for it. Bye-bye from, Your blue bird Ethel
   Ethel Nelson                 
     xxxx xxxx     X




Genealogy Notes

Genealogy Note 1 - Mary Smith and Mr. Wodward

I searched for the Mary Smith and Mr. Woodword Ethel mentions in this letter. I tried the names alone, but Mary Smith is very common and I didn't have any years to help in the search. Likewise, I don't know Mr. Woodword's first name or any relevant dates so nothing pertinent showed up for him either. My final guess was to search for Mary Smith and a spouse with the surname of Woodward. Because Ethel seems to imply the two were courting, I added 1911 as a marriage date for the two. But still nothing.
 

Genealogy Note 2 - Christian Church in Keswick

In 1821, a 43 member congregation formed the the first “Christian” church in Ontario on the shore of Lake Simcoe.  They called themselves Christian because Christ is their head and they reject all other form of identification. Keswick Christian Church is still going strong today.

The Draper Family Tree shows a Wealthy Huntley around the same time Brother Allen Huntley was ordained, became the first pastor and baptized 10 people at the Christian Church in Keswick.  However, I can't find a record that Allen is part of Wealthy Huntley's family. 

I'll keep searching for answers to these questions as well as ones mentioned above as well as an early photo of the Keswick Christian Church.

UPDATE! - Thanks going out to Melissa from the Georgina Pioneer Village and Archives who left a comment on this post on Jan 3, 2014 with a link to information on the Keswick Christian Church as follows:

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Doors Open Georgina Sites 2013


Allegro Dance Academy (formerly Christian Church) - 180 Church Street

This brick church, constructed in 1879, replaced an 1856 wooden church on the site. The congregation worshiped here until its new church was built elsewhere, in 1989.

The building retains many original features, such as the stained-glass windows and the nave, and is now the home of Allegro Dance Academy. 






PictureKeswick Christian Church c1980's

This 1980's photo of the Keswick Christian Church is from the Norma Draper Family Photo Collection which I had the opportunity to digitize during August and September 2013. 

More info about the Norma Draper Family Photo Collection can be found in the post 1911 Courtship: July 30 Dear Ethel. 


Google Earth provides a view of the Keswick Christian Church  in its natural setting taken only a few months ago. You can see both sides of the church and nave and surrounding area. Just type the address, "180 Church St, Keswick, Ontario, Canada" into the search box and you'll see something like this next map but without my yellow and blue text and drawings. You may have to zoom in on the red balloon bring it to this level. 

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Google Earth view of area around 180 Church St, Keswick, Ontario, Canada.
The next step is to drag the little yellow 'man' or figure  in the top right corner and circled in yellow in the above view, to the street in front of the church and you'll be shown the street view. Here's what you'll see...

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Google Earth Street View of 180 Church St, Keswick, Ontario, Canada.
Once again, thanks for the updated information, Melissa.




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1911 Courtship: Mar 5, Dear Noah

9/10/2012

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This week we're starting the 2nd month of Noah and Ethel's courtship, as the last letter posted was Feb 27 Dear Ethel.  The letters are mentioning more names, some of whom I recognize, and others that send me into research mode. I'm beginning to think I should start posting a genealogy chart to keep the names straight.

Author of Letter: Ethel Isabell Nelson b1890
Dated:  March 5, 1911
Addressed to: Mr. N. C Draper, Grand Coulee, Sask.
Mailed from:  Bellhaven, Ontario
Relationship: Courting
Profession:  Farmer's Daughter 
Writing  instrument: Fine point pen, Black ink,
Written on: slightly thick, textured linen-like paper, 9 inches x 6.5 inches,  folded, written as pages 1 to 4

Mentioned in the letter:  
- Aunt Maud (Ethel's mother, Ida Amelia Glover, had a sister Victoria Maud who had a child Ethel Marie) 
- Pa (James H. Nelson, wife of Ida Amelia Glover)
- Sadie (Noah's 16 yr old sister)
- Christie (Ethel's 11 yr old sister)
- Veda Perrault (the 16 yr old in Noah's last letter)
- Edyth Draper* (Edith's father, Stephen, is brother to Noah’s father, David)
- Cecil Prosser* (20 yr old Cecil has eyes for Sadie and Sadie's looking right back)
- Fern Morton*
- Mr. Wm Sheppard of Michigan 
*see Genealogy Notes below
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Belhaven, Mar. 5, 1911
Mr. N. C. Draper.
      Grand Coulee.
                      Sask.

Dear Noah, - 
                I came home this morning
from Aunt Maud's. And the first
thing I received from Sadie were
your letters. I was very glad indeed
to hear from you. and to know
you got home safe.
               Did you look for a letter
last week? I didn't write because
I could not get to the Post Office
to post it.  Don't you neglect writing
because you do not get a letter,
for I will always have a reason.

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Never the less I will try to be
true to my promise, "eh"
               Pa is talking of selling our
place. Mr Wm Sheppard of Michigan
was here on Saturday looking
over the place. He seems to think
it is what he wanted. Pa told
him what he would take, So
Mr Sheppard is coming Tuesday
evening to let us know if he
takes it. If he does we are going
to make a sale, and rent a house
and lot, in Queensville or Newmarket
until Pa can get another Farm.
We will have to be moved by the
First of April. What do you think
about it "eh"?

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          Does Fern Morton work in
Regina! and what does she do!
          Cecil Prosser came home
from the States last week. I
hav'nt saw him yet, But Sadie
say's she thinks he is going to
Stay all summer, I guess he is
beginning to think, "There is no
place like home".
               Aunt Maud calls her
baby Ethel Marie. And the baby
is just as pretty as her name is. haha
               I think you had better
send Veda down here, with her
Grandmaw this summer.

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                                   4
         I hear that your cousin Edyth
Draper is to be married in May
to a man in the West, Suppose
you know all about it.
               I am in the front room
writing this, Christie was just here
and she saw who I was writing to
and she run and told ma. She
say's Ethel is writing to Noah. Ma
said, "I suppose, Guess you hav'nt
forgotten Christie? Have you.
               Well this is all for this
time, as I can't think of any more
news to write. Will be looking for your
letter every day. Bye Bye from
                               Your Lonesome Ethel,
                                                x x x x x x x x
              

Genealogy Notes

*Fern Morton - In the 1st post of Noah and Ethel, Noah & Ethel 1887-1911, Fern Morton is the
little girl sitting beside Ethel in the school photograph. From the census records, we also know that a Morton Family farmed next door to Ethel's family.

*Edyth Draper - According Edith's birth record, her name is spelled, Edith as follows...
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Schedule of Births 1885, pg 293, North Gwillimbury Township, York County, Ontario, Canada
However, we've found many names are either misspelled throughout the person's
life. Usually, this comes about when the parents tell the registrar the name of
their new baby but don't know how to actually spell the word. Sometimes they
guess and it's written down as so, while at other times, the registrar seems to
write it one way, but it appears another on all the census records.
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1911 Census of Canada: North Gwillimbury, York County, Ontario, Canada, showing the partial record of the Stephen Draper Family
As you can see in the partial census record above, Edith is spelled with an 'i' versus a 'y'. I checked back on the 1891 and 1901 cenus of Canada records and her name has always been recorded as Edith. (I would have liked to show you the complete line with all the information, but it's so long, the words would be too tiny to read.)

However, the letter is written by Ethel and I've noticed in some of the letters written by the Nelson family, they sometimes even spell Sadie as Sadye - as you'll see when I post a July 1911 letter written by Ethel's paternal grandmother who lives in Iowa.

*Cecil Prosser - I'm tempted to tell you what happens between Cecil and Sadie, but I equate that to someone telling me how a book ends. I don't like others doing it, so I won't do it. Well, not until the time comes anyway. :)

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