was right next door to his son Lem, who was also born on Boughton 
     
     Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     LIFE ON THE ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     I have many fond memories of the people who lived there, but some 
     
     of my fondest are of my Grandmother, Fanny Allen, Grandmother 
     
     came to live with our family long before I was born. Her husband died 
     
     suddenly at a young age, somewhere around 30 years old. When I was 
     
     two years old our house burned to the ground. The story we were told 
     
     was that Grandmother was in bed with pneumonia and my father was 
     
     out fishing. 
     
    

    
     He saw the flames and smoke from the water. My mother got 
     
     everyone out of the house safely. Later, Grandmother’s house was 
     
     hauled to our property and we all lived in it. 
     
    

    
     Grandmother took care of making the butter, growing the garden, 
     
     making most of the meals and caring for the children, as my mother was 
     
     not always a well woman. Mother took epileptic seizures but was a very 
     
     strong woman who liked to work outdoors, and could do all of the farm 
     
     work. She milked most of the cows, fed the animals and worked at the 
     
     hay. Mother also knit the mitts and socks for the family. I recall that she 
     
     could knit a pair of 
     
     mitts in just one day. 
     
     The yarn for the 
     
     knitting came right 
     
     from our sheep. 
     
     The sheep would 
     
     be sheared and 
     
     the wool washed 
     
     and then Grand- 
     
     mother would turn 
     
     it into yarn on the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     me‘es’bmthcr, Aunt Mu ie (Frames sister), Visitor, Aunt Martha 
     
    
   
   
    
     (anLiIESSl-Stfjr) rifileNa’tlhar(Frfncesbmther) Spmn'ng WheeL My 
     
     Frau/:Fram‘es/l 811,5 nuA en,C arielumstml,AuntMur Anne 
     
     Johnson(Francessisler) y GrandmOther was 
     
    
   
   
    
     the one who found 
     
     time to play games, not only with our family, but with all the young 
     
     children on the Island. She took us skating and coasting in winter, 
     
     swimming in summer, and taught us all kinds of games. One of the 
     
     games was called Leap. There would be two teams of kids one on each 
     
    
   
   
    
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