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RALPH
Mr. and Mrs. William Ralph moved to Stirlingville in 1894. Mrs. Ralph was the former Margaret Carr. They had been living in Joliet,Province of Quebec, Canada, prior to their move to Stirlingville. The Ralphs had four children when they moved here, ELIZA, WILLIAIM, JAMES, and FRED. Two more children were born to them in this country, but died when small.
They came as far as the Canadian Soo on a train and hired a horse-drawn cab in the American Soo to take them to their new home. They had lunch that day with the McDonald family five miles north of Pickford. That farm is now owned by William Wonnacott.
Mr. Ralph bought his farm from James Murphy and farmed for about 45 years until he retired and moved to the Soo to live with his son, Fred.
Tom Gray was the first settler in Stirlingville and was a cousin of Mrs. Ralph.
RAYNARD
Philip Raynard was bom in 1805 in Ireland. He passed away Aug. 12, 1884, in Perth County, Ontario. He married Frances Holland who was born in 1821 in Ireland and passed away July 8, 1906. She was buried beside her husband in Zion Cemetery near St. Mary's, Ontario. They had 8 children: John, Reuben, George, Maria, Henry, Frances, Philip, and Wesley. Many of the Raynards stayed in Canada, while others went to different parts of this country. George, Henry, and Philip came to the States.
George was born Sept. 17, 1847, in Perth County, Ontario, and went to Iowa in his early manhood where he spent 7 years. He came to Pickford Township in May, 1877, and settled on land three and one-half miles north of the village of Pickford, which he homesteaded. He built a cabin on the southeast corner of the farm. Later, he built a log house and other buildings on the northwest part of the farm near the highway running to the Soo. In 1892 he replaced the log house with a frame house which is still in use. On Sept. 14, 1881, he married Margaret Hill (daughter of David Hill and Helen Watt). She was born July 19, 1856, at Goderich, Ontario. George was a successful farmer and a devout Methodist. Before a church was built, religious services were held in his home. To this couple were born four children: Fannie, David, George, and Ellen. They moved to the village of Pickford in 1920 when he sold his farm to his son, George. George, Sr., died Sept. 17, 1933, and Mrs. Raynard on April 16, 1948. They are buried in Bethel Cemetery.
FANNlE married Walter Fletcher, who with his sons operated a hardware store in the Soo. Fannie remembered her father telling about his boyhood near St. Mary's, Ontario, and his mother walking almost four miles to town with her basket of eggs and butter to sell or exchange for supplies. He also said she made the best apple dumplings he had ever eaten.
DAVID married Hazel Grey and went to Saskatchewan, Canada, where he homesteaded a farm.
GEORGE H. purchased the farm from his father in 1920. He married Irene Parker and they had two children, Isabel and William. Isabel married Paul Maynard and is deceased. Williar married Norma Gough and took over the operation of the farm in 1958. They have two sons, Paul and Alan which makes the four generation of Raynards to live on this farm. ln1967 they purchased the Coffee Nook Restaurant and in 1971 opened an eight-unit motel in connection with the restaurant. They changed the name to "The Village Inn." In the fall of 1971 they added a dining room and enlarged the kitchen.
GRACE ELLEN married Cecil Cottle and lives on a farm west of Pickford. They sold the farm to a nephew, Elliott Cottle, retaining their home. They spend their winters in Like Wales, Fiorida. They had threevchildren, Ephraim, Norma, and Verna. Ephraim married Margaret Beacom and they have two sons, Donald and Gary. They live on a farm west of Pickford. Norma married Neil Music and lives in Florida. Verna married Earl Campbell and lives in Sault Ste. Marie.
Henry Raynard came to Pickford a few years after George. He wasv born Oct. 7, 1851, in Perth County, Ontario, and died in 1933 at Pickford. He married Mary Ellen Campbell (daughtet of Robert Campbell) Sept. 14, 1881, in Sault Ste. Marie. They had 9 children: Ellen, Maude, Russell, Isabelle John, James, Edna, Edward, and Jeanette. Edward, Edna, and Jeanette ate the only ones living. Henry settled on a farm two miles south and one mile east of Pickford. When Henry retired ftom farming his farm was purchased and operated by his son, John.
ELLEN married James Gough and is deceased.
MAUDE married Barney McPhillip and is deceased.
ISABELLE married William Hall and is deceased. RUSSELL and JAMES are both deceased.
JOHN was born Sept. 20, 1888, and married Dolly Cotton (daughter of Alfred Cotton and Mae Matilda Thomas) of Stalwart, in 1911. Dolly was bbrn Sept. 18, 1894. They had two children: Mary Matilda and William John.
Mary Matilda: married Lester Huyck and lives four miles south of Pickford. William John (deceased) married Effie Hancock and they had one daughter, Arlene.
JOHN died Feb. 17, 1945. After his death, the farm was sold out of the Raynard family.
EDNA married Earl Travis and is still living. EDWARD and JEANETTE are both living.
Philip Raynard never married, so after his death, his farm became the property of his nephew, John Raynard, and so is still owned by a Raynard. Tbis farm was 5 miles south of Pickford.
REYNOLDS
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reynolds moved to Stalwart from Sptingfield, Massachusetts, in the year 1870. Mrs. Reynolds was the former Rachel Cart. They heard that there was rich land to be homesteaded in this part of the country.
They lived on the Sand Ridge, two miles east of Stalwart and then they bought the Mosher homestead where they remained on the Stalwart Corner until Mr. Reynolds' death in 1930. It was previously called Reynolds Corners. The closest store was in Stirlingville and Mrs. Reynolds marketed her eggs and butter there by traveling on horseback.
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds had a family of 13 children, four of whom are stiill living: Mrs. Emily Hart and Wilbert Reynolds of Sault Ste. Marie; Della of Flint; and Mrs. Ruth Killips who lived in Sault Ste. Marie until she moved to California several years age to live with her son. Mrs. Reynolds died in 1941.
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