Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Herron,
two well-known and highly respected residents of Bayham, near Port
Burwell, celebrated their sixty-first wedding anniversary on Friday, July
23rd, when a large family reunion and picnic was held in their honor.
The weather was ideal for
picnicking, and at about ten o'clock about one hundred friends and
relatives began to arrive from far and near at Mr. Herron's beautiful
residence, "Otter Glen," where they have resided for the past
twenty-four years.
In spite of their ages, Mr. and
Mrs. Herron are hale and hearty. They were overjoyed to see so many of
their friends whom they had not seen for years.
At noon the tables were spread
under the maples on the lawn. They were havily laden with the best of the
land, to which all did ample justice.
The afternoon was spent by the
elders in talking of old times, while the younger people enjoyed an
exciting game of basket ball.
Those
present from a distance were:
Mrs. E. McCrimmon of St. Thomas; Mrs. Steel and son, of Buffalo;
Miss M. Stinson of Glencoe; Miss C. Colter of Amherstburg,
Mrs. E. B. Herron, Mrs. and Mrs. J. Ferris, Mr. and Mrs. A. Twiss, Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Simmons and son, and Mr. and Mrs. R. Herron of Courtland;
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Berry, Mrs. Charles Ronson and family, Mrs. W.
Moffet, Mrs. J. G. Jackson and daughter Miss Ethel Jackson, of
Tillsonburg;
Mr. and Mrs. S. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. G. Herron, Mr. G. Oatman, Mrs.
and Mrs. J. V. Jackson of East Goshen;
Mr. and Mrs. R. Pick, Mr. and Mrs. T. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. S. Marland,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Flood, Mr. C. Kinsley of Lynedoch;
Mrs. C. Campbell and son, South Middleton.
Mr.
Herron
Mr. Edward T.
Herron was born on May 15th, 1830, near Portadown County, Armagh,
Ireland. After getting a good education he learned the trade of
shoemaking.
In 1850 he
crosed [sic] to Canada, and worked for a year at Tillsonburg as a
shoemaker. At that time there were two hotels, one general store and a
hardware store [in Tillsonburg].
Then
he moved to Courtland and started a shoe shop of his own. Courtland was
then called Middleton Centre. Here he was appointed Township Clerk.
Here, too, he met Mary Ann Ferris, to who he was married on July 23rd,
1854, by the Rev. Mr. Salmon of Simcoe.
From
Courtland they moved to a farm on the Bostwick road, near Lynedoch, and
here Mr. Heron became one of the pioneer farmers.
Thirty-four
years ago he moved to a farm one and one-half miles east of Port
Burwell, where his still resides.
He
is the last of a family of eight, two of whom, Mr. J. C. H. Herron, and
Mrs. Robert Morrow, died at Courtland.
Mrs.
Herron
Mrs. Edward T.
Herron was born on February 2nd, 1834, at Blaney, near Fneiskillen [sic],
Ireland. The Ferris family came to Canada in 1850, and settled at
Binbrook, near Hamilton. A few day after their arrival the father died.
The family then moved to Courtland, where the daughter met Mr. Herron
and became his bride.
Her
brothers and sisters living are: Mrs. Thomas Brierly of Walsingham
Centre; Mrs. D. Ecker of Courtland and Mrs. Chas Campbell of South
Middleton; John of Vienna and James of Courtland. The brothers and
sisters who have died are Mrs. J. F. Cohoe, Mrs. James Ronson, Mrs. J.
Downe and Edward Mc[Cr]immon.
Mr.
and Mrs. Herron have a family of five children: James, who resides on a
farm near his parents; Albert, who has taught school in Saskatchewan,
and who is home on a visit; Mrs. George Hayes, of Port Burwell, and
William and Sarah J. at home.
-- Tillsonburg Observer.
