Seventy
Years On One Farm
Mrs. James May died in her
87th year on the old homestead in Middleton, on 20 Nov 1918.
Deceased was a native of
Cornwall England, and came to Canada with her parents at the age
of 12 years.
They settled first in
Toronto, but afterwards moved to a farm near Atherton.
After living at Atherton
for a short time, her father, Leonard Collings, purchased the farm
at May's Corners, and was made a township tollgate keeper on the
Talbot road, running west of May's Corners, and continued at this
job until his demise.
The late Mrs. May was one
of the oldest residents of Middleton, and had witnessed the change
in the section of the township from the crude pioneer conditions
to its present state of agricultural development.
Her husband predeceased
her by 13 years, but she remained on the old homestead, which was
her place of residence for 70 years.
She was the mother of 11
children, and is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Noah Hall of
Windham, Mrs. Frank Barham and Mrs. George Barham, both of Delhi,
and two sons, Frank at home and Robert of Leamington.
She leaves one brother,
Mr. Josephy Collings of Tillsonburg, together with 22
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. -- Delhi Reporter.
