LIFE IN THE EARLY THIRTIES Hughie and Agnes ( Maclsaac ) Sheehan were married in June, 1928, and in November of that year, moved to Maine where Hughie was employed in a boat-building factory. The following spring, the urge to return to the farm overcame them, and they moved back to Bear River in July. When they arrived, Hughie was sporting an elegant, black, four-door 1928 Ford, which caught the eye of all the neighbours, for such a sight was a novelty at that time. Agnes also had something to be proud of, as well. It was a three-month-old baby boy, known as Hughie Junior . From then on, they never looked back; instead, they improved their mixed farming operation, and their family started to grow as well. In fact, it grew so well they had thirteen children, eight boys and five girls. Twelve of the children are still living. Since that time, forty three grandchildren and twenty-six great-grandchildren have been added to the list. Only three of their children were born in the hospital. One was born in Souris , and the other nine were born at home, with the assistance of a mid-wife. On one occasion, Agnes went into labor prematurely, and had to summon a passerby to notify Hughie who happened to be working at a neighbour's farm that day. He sent someone for the mid-wife, and someone else for the doctor. Before the doctor arrived, Agnes delivered the baby, and didn't feel very good. It was then that the mid-wife discovered that there was another baby on the way. The doctor still hadn't arrived, so the mid-wife became worried, and dispatched a neighbour to go for a nurse who lived in the area. She refused to come, telling them to go and get the one they had before. The mid-wife did assist with the second delivery, and everything was over when the doctor arrived. Agnes and Hughie were now the proud parents of healthy twin girls. Four babies were born in 38