The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

A Page 14 -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1971 Same Family For 125 Years "Hard Work, Great Sacrifice Erected Farm In 1848 Wm These pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Raines are cut out from a family picture taken in 1922. Joseph Raines was 76 years oid af®the time and his wife, Sarah was 74. Perhaps there are a number of farms in this area over 100 years old, but when a farm ss still in the same family's possession after 125 years it does become a rare inadent. Mrs. Fred Raines still lives on the same fem her late husband's grandfather Francis Raines carved out of the wilder- mess on concession 6, lot 16 in Reach Township in 1846. She rents out the farm, but lives in a cosy, small brick home her husband built some time before he passed away a couple of years ago. It was in 1846, Francis and Elizabeth Raines, parents of Joseph landed in Whit- by Harbour after a six week long and strenuous crossing of the Atlantic. They hailed from Yorkshire, England. While still living in Whitby, Francis Raines set out to look for a homestead for himself and his family, and eventually came upon the site mentioned above. In the meantime Joseph was born and except for a period of 12 years during his life he lived on the farm until his retirement im 1912. He married Sarah Jane Lund in 1868, Geughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lund, another English pioneer family also from Yorkshire. The family resided in a little white frame house located off John and Queen Street on the corner where to-day Simpson-Sears store is standing, The house was moved to John Street North, in 1952, and is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McMillan. Sarah Jane Lund, (Mrs. Joseph Raines) youngest daughter of the family was born in the house in 1848, could be the oldest in the village. Joseph Raines was a veteran of the Fenian Raid, He volunteered and joined the infantry, "Prince Albert, Ontario, No. 1 Company" at the time of the Fenian Raid in 1866, at the age of 20. In June, 1866, an army of about 1,000 Irish Americans (Fenians) crossed the Niagara River in rented tugs and canal boats at Fort Erie and Ridgeway. They were driven back by the Canadian militia and retreated with considerable lose in killed and wounded. Well over 100 were taken prisoners and some of the many Canadian soldiers put on guard du- ty. He was awarded a silver medal of honour from Queen Victoria for his service in the Fenian Raid. The family of Mrs. Joseph Raines, the Lunds arrived in Canada in the early 1800's. Maraduke Lund came from York- shire and first settled in the Richmond Hill area. He married a Miss Marsh in 1808, from a family residing in the Marsh Hill district and presumably her family gave the name to the area. His son Richard Lund was born in 1819 and married Sarah Lund of Dundalk, Ontario, parents of Sarah Jane Lund who Richard was appointed chief magis- trate and used a room in his home for an office to hold court cases. He also ran a general store from 1847 located across the street from his house on the same corner Beare Motors Limited is doing business to-day. The land behind the SUSLS LSS LOSS SSFP SS SSS SSS Silos oles LOOOOVOO > O OOOOOOCOOOOCOOOOOOOOOoOoOoOooooood ' et LATER JOINED IN 1948 BY SON GORDON GOODE Sypyiiilili PORT PERRY CENTENNIAL 1871 -- 1971 BEST WISHES FOR 'CONTINUED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY Compliments Port Perry Beverages Ltd. ESTABLISHED Mm. F. IN 1927 BY GOODE DOOOVOSO OOOOCOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOCOOOOOOOOOoOooood \e\e\2\3 PORT PERRY STAR ye CENTENNIAL EDITION store at that Gme was all bush and cattle pasture. He was a grammar school trustee for many years, a staunch Methodist and helped to build the first Methodist Church in 185}, later to become the old Catholic Church on John Street. His wife died in 1853 and one of the first to be buried in Pine Grove Ceme- tery, Prince Albert. He later married again but died suddenly in 1883 at the age of 64, BORBLIA | Continued from page 5 surveyed, what constitutes the southern portion of Lake Scugog was dry land. The back country being but thinly settled, it was sometime before the mischief was discovered, when legal proceedings were instituted by the owners of the property, and the dam was ordered to be lowered by two feet. This checked the rise of water to some extent, but the mill was required to supply the necessities of the country, and without the dam the mill would have been useless, The proprietors therefore of two evils, chose the less, and put.up with the loss. "The island of Scugog is, strange to say, not mentioned by Smith, in his Canada, although it is a prominent feature in the scenery around Port Perry. It is about one hundred feet above the level of the lake; on it there are some well-cleared farms, and it is well covered by hardwood mixed with some pine. The little steamer Woodman, plies between Port Perry and Lindsay, so that the tourist may visit both places, and if time permits, he should also visit the thriving little village of Prince Albert. The Indian name Scugog, or as the Indians pronounce it Scu-a-gog, implies submerged or flooded land." Joseph Raines at the age of 20, a volunteer fighting against Irish-Americans attempting to cross the border in 1866, known as the Finian Raid. TLLSSLALSLSSSESSSESESSESESESESESESESESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsSssdd'd SSS SSSSSSESS SS SSS SSS SSESSEEES ESS LS SSSESSESSEESSEESSESESESSESESSESSESSEESSS* We Don't Guarantee We Can 3 If You 'You Should Ever Need Automotive Solve Your Problems But . SS SSsssssss&ss>> Parts . SVS SSS ESSE SS