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THE SCOTT FAMILY Our Grandfather Scott came from Scotland. He was a member of a famous Scott family of which Sir Walter Scott was a member. He came as a newly married man and they were so delayed by storm and shipwreck that their first child was born at sea named Agnes. They settled in Halton county and built several mills before settling at Tanslep [Tansley], then known as St. Anns [Anne's]. Their second child was Nathaniel who was born in 1854 or 1855 and who in 1888 married Lily Scott, a niece of Mrs. T. B. Townsend, Sr. They lived for a year at "Oaklands" then moved to the Sand Road to Mr. David Filman's farm. He died in 1904 of a long standing heart condition. He left two children Annie Theodera [Theodora?] and Robert Linneus. The following year the family moved to the Old Applegarth house, part of the Oaklands estate. Mrs. Lily Acott [Alcott?] will be remembered for her outstanding devotion to St. Mathew's [Matthew's?] Church. She was a very active member from the time she was married. Her husband and she scarcely missed a service at the church although it meant driving a horse everytime. She used to make up designs to decorate the church for Harvest Home services and collect a democrat full of produce to take, then drive to the church, although she was always very frightened to touch a horse. Her daughter, who loved horses, drove her everywhere from the time she was ten years old. Mrs. Scott was one of the first members of the W. A. [Women's Auxiliary] when it was founded. She was President, then Secretary for several years. She spent many weeks doing research work to enable her to write authentic papers about the many countries where Canadians supported missions. She was also quite an elocutionist reciting at local concerts and speaking at public meetings especially during World War I. Her greatest theme was "Citizenship". She was one of the first women to attend local political meetings. After she moved to Oaklands as a widow with two children they carried on as market gardeners, until her son, known as "Scottie" went overseas in world war I. She and her daughter carried on until he returned. He began to set up a wholesale fruit shipping business. He built a large stucco house on the crest of the hill on the station road where he took his bride, Marjorie Cockburn in 1924. R. L. Scott (Scottie) set up the Aldershot Distruting [Distributing] Co. and Cold Storage. In 1921 Mrs. Scott's daughter married Charles J. Hammond, a nephew of W. A. Hammond of Burlington and in 1928 they moved to Waterford. Mrs. Scott spent most of her remaining years there where she died in 1955 in her ninety-first year. She was buried at St. Matthew's as close as possible to the church she served so well. Photo of Scottie goes off to war; Mrs. Lily Scott