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Sadie Estelle Roumey Born April 24, 1890 in Greenock Township, Bruce Co, Ontario. 9th child of Joseph ROUMEY and Mary Jane REID Died August 18, 1917. This is Sadie's Diary |
A Brief Family History Phillip Rummig, Sadie's grandfather was born in Germany in 1784 and came to Canada with three son about 1840 and became a Canadian citizen in 1841 at Berlin ( now Kitchener ). His son William born in 1827 married Louisa Reisch and farmed first in Brant Township, later taking the crown deed for Lot 9, Con.12, Greenock Township. William and Louisa had four sons and one daughter. Their eldest son Joseph married Mary Jane Reid whose father, John Reid and his wife Eliza Jane McCully had taken the crown deed for Lot 9, Con.13, Greenock Township. Joseph and Mary Jane purchased the West 1/2 of Lot 6, Con. 13, Greenock Township and raised a family of ten children, four sons and six daughters. The family lived in a two storey log house with a board lean-to until 1899 when a white brick house that still stands was built. This branch of the family changed its name to Roumey. Adam Reid, Mary Jane's older brother and his wife Effie McMillan purchased the East 1/2 of Lot 6, Con 13, Greenock Township. They had a family of four sons and two daughters. Since the two families lived side by side and having children the same age it was only natural that they spend a lot of time together. In reading the diary of Sadie Estelle Roumey this will become apparent as few days went by without a visit between the families. |
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Where they lived ............ The photo on the left is of the ruins of the log house that was on the farm when Joseph and Mary Jane were married in 1876 and all the children were born here. The barn behind the house was built in 1892, replacing the original log stable.
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The "New" House ........... This nine room brick house was built in 1899 at a cost of $850, it must have seemed like a mansion after raising ten children in the original log house.
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Frances, Sam & Sadie Diary entry for August 14, 1906:
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The ROUMEY Girls in 1910
Back row: Louisa, Bess and Frances __ Front row: Lila, Ida and Sadie Diary entry for Feruary 1, 1910 : |
