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covered Union Rd. and Norwood Rd.; Marshfield district roads: Mill Rd. and Jenkins Rd. (unnamed at that time); Dunstaffnage and Frenchfort. [The Settlement Road was served by the Little York P.0.] Lea and Reta, being of a caring and hospitable nature, kept “underprivileged” children from the Red Cross with a nurse to assist in their care. This was during the summer months for two summers or so.

J oost and Ruth Roggeveen purchased a portion of Lea and Rita Mill’s property in 1973 from Dunnings, where they built a new home. Joost’s parents, Kees and Heintje, resided there until their deaths. Since then, it has been the home of Joost and Ruth.

What became of the Haythome house? is a question that is frequently asked. This was a house, built in the 1800’s, with an elegant staircase and sixteen rooms, six on the main floor, five bedrooms on the second floor and five rooms on the third. Most of the rooms were large with high ceilings and several rooms had fireplaces. Many a community gathering took place here, as mentioned in Section IX, article Hockey Night in Marshfield.

By 1973, when the Roggeveens bought the property, the house was in a state of disrepair with the bricks from the fireplace and flues having fallen into the cellar. Kees Roggeveen retrieved and cleaned these bricks. They were then used to build a handsome fireplace in their new home on the same property. These bricks are of a different measurement than was commonly made here. It is thought that they may have come from Europe. In

Courtesy of Marjorie Boswell North side of the house of Franklin Mill and his son Lea, ca. 1945. Built by Robert Poore Haythome in the mid 1800s.

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those years, ships carried bricks back from Europe as ballast after having taken lumber there.

Prior to this, in about 1970, a descendant of Senator Haythome from New Zealand visited the abandoned house and took staircase balusters home with her as a keepsake. Likewise Faye Ferguson (nee Mill) used balusters from the old house in her home in Stoney Creek. Thus, the memories live on.

In 1973, Athol MacBeath purchased 40 acres with Hillsborough River frontage from the Dunnings, this being the remainder of Harry Dunnings’ 56V2 acres.

Refer to the next article MacDonald t0 Jenkins (S11 ) for information about Hector Jenkins, who bought 43.5 acres, and his family.

Leigh Frizzell obtained the farm previously owned by Claude Mill and moved from Belfast to Marshfield in 1936 with his wife Lettie and their son Charles. Later their daughter Iris was born. Both Leigh and Lettie were active in the community. As a member of Central United Church, Leigh served on the Session and was a member of the Pastoral Charge Men’s Club; Lettie was a member of the Choir and of the Women’s Missionary Society which became the United Church Women. She was also a loyal member of the local Women’s Institute. Both were regular supporters of the Saturday evening card parties in Marshfield Hall. They moved from Marshfield in 1965 when they sold their farm.

Leigh died in 1996 and is buried in Central United Church Cemetery.

In 1965, upon retiring from the Royal Canadian Air Force, Earl (Bud) and Velma Carrnody purchased the farm of Leigh Frizzell where they lived with their six children: David, Debra, Jim, Lloyd, Brian and Andy. Presently residing on this property in their own homes are: Debra and her husband Glen Kelly with their children Laura, Timothy, Monica and Marilyn; Brian and his wife Heather with their children Tyler and Serena; Andrea, divorced from Andy, with their children Robyn and Thomas; Lloyd and his wife Gail with their children Jillian, April and Ashley. (See chapter Dr. Alexander Henry Boswall and Family.)

Bud died in 1987 and is buried in Central United Church Cemetery. Velma is now married to Eric MacDonald and remains on the farm property.