Mom’s first cousin was the first man to enlist in McGillivray Township and he was killed in battle. Indigenous families would come to help harvest flax and Mom would play with the children, in the fields near their encampments.
Mom told stories of her youth, playing baseball, taking the buggy or sleigh to church every Sunday, walking to a one-room school until 8th grade, playing with Indigenous children. Lessons that would be needed because upon Emma’s death, Mom would be running the household and helping to raise her 6 year old sister Myrtle. Knowing that she would not live long, Grandma Charlton had taught her many household tasks, baking, cooking, canning, medicinal remedies, sewing. Ironically, Mom was allergic to bee stings and had to have a shot of whiskey if stung. They grew up in rural East Williams Township (now North Middlesex) in Middlesex County, just down the country road from each other.
and Esther Thomson) was born in 1900 and our Mom, Annie Charlton (daughter of Edward and Emma Charlton) was born in 1910.
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