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r Between You and Me By RUJTH CHAMBERS About the famlytree Genealogy, an account of human family pedigrees of an- cestors or-relatives. This popular study was especially brouglit to mind lately as we'hada gathering, a cocktail party for many rnembers of my maternai family. Cousins, first, second and third, many of them from near and far; some thougli were absent due to -distance but the majority were there. Scenes of the past!1 Flashes of my mother's wtt; my duagliter saw her dearly loved gran- dmother's facial features ini my cousin's profile. Some members of our family long gone were almost in our midst, reflected in, facial expressions, mannherismns and tone of voice. A startling experience, one which many people no doubt have felt toom. When we care for and love family members, their deaths leave an emptiiess which is flot easy to fi. So when sîud- denly we glimpse part of our past through younger memn- bers of our family we refresh and renew our mernories. There is a sfrength in, gentleness and gentleness in strength. We walk only a short way to-gether and beauty like love is another namne for immortality. Yesterdays are neyer quite forgotten; we are always on the very edge of remembering. As noted, in the, following genealogical record that alienation and frustration are becoming increasing problems so- one solution is to return to the "extended family" which provides the care and companionship of whic h the "nuclear family" finds more difficuit to sustain. This past week I met Kathleen Hepburn, a caring, gentie person, a long time resident of Whitby. We talked of many things, our much 1l'oved parents and of times long gone. This brouglit us to our.topic, genealogy. Kathleen comes from a long line of the Leeder Family of North America. The family has been carefully researched w '.. VVIIBY Fi FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1979': PAGE 5 This tliey say taken away from thepure strain. What is a pure strain? If these blood limes, say pure blood could be put into a test tube and kept over the years maybe this blood line idea milit be important. It could be held Up and looked at. To my mimd it is unimportant, just words and empty words at that. So we have a choice. If we take a child to be our ow; tliis chitld should be part of the line without a notation; adopted. So of course the blood line will be diluted.. But what real difference does this make? Are many familles blood Unes so fine and pure ail along the lime frorn one generation to another that they have to set a child apart on paper which will bo handied down throught the ages and worse still left out as many people are prone to do? I arn sure i some cases. a dilution would be an advantage CONT'D'ON PG. 12 WHITBY1 back to Robert Leeder born in .1695 and bis son Robert bon in 1721 ini Thransesden, Suffolk, England. From there the records go on until the present Urne. I walked back in history with Leeders and here are a few observations.- William Leeder was born i the above place in 1763. He married three times and the only child boni to lits tliird wife was Jonathon i 1810. He married Martha Ann Woolsey, daugliter of Lord and Lady Woolsey, directly connected with the Cardinal 0f the same naine and friend 0f HIenry VIII. There is a story of a gold comb given to the Woolsey family by a Queen of England which is stiil in the possession of some unknown member of the family who lives in Canada. Jonathon and his wife came to Canda about 1835 and their seven children and their descendents comprise the seven divisions of the records. They settled in York Mils, Toronto on Yonge St. i I think a log cabin. They were buried i the cemetary of St. John's Anglican Churcli which is on dhe hill overlooking Hog's Hollow. MMaryMn Leeder Squires was boni in 1845, the only daugliter of Jonathon and Martha Ann Woolsey. She raised lier family of six sons and one daughter alone after her husband was killed felling a tree shortly after their last son was born. They lived i the log house built with the help of neigli- bours. They led a good lite. The mother had a firm han d with the boys but was very wise so the story goes. She, taught them that they must stand on their own two feet -and must neyer take charity or help from anyone without paying them back with labor. In'St'. Johins the Squires pew was the first pew on the left side of the church and there at the'end of the pew was a stained glass window in memnory- of Martha Min Woosley Leeder put in by money sent to Canada by the Crown Government of England from the Woosley estate which was kept in trust for lier by the CanadianGornet When Martha Ann left England lier sisters saw lier off and gave lier a box of keepsakes which included the gold comb. It was left to Robert who in turn gave it to his-son, Ernest who had it in his possession in 1920. In 1966, a member of the family noticed the stained glass lad been broken and bricked in about one third of the wyay up. The sexton told them there had been some vandalism and the lovely win dow had been broken and would have been costly to replace. Descendents of the Robert Leeder family feel this window was in memory of Emma Jane Tracey, 1847 to 1902, Robert's wife. So there is some con- fusion about whom the window is in memory of. Does anyone.have the answer I wonder? So that is just a glimpse into the past of Kathleen Hepburns's family. These thouglits have, nothing to do with the Leeder family but interest me and trouble me when I hear controversy about adopted chfidren and genealogical records. A great number 0f people do not want their adopted children recor- ded in this way or if it is done the word-adopted must follow the name. Why? 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