Leah Holmwood

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• Name: Leah Brittain
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-273322
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; E. N. C.

Notes:

John Holmwood came to the township of Flamborough from Brighton, Sussex, England. In his family there was John, who lived in Flamborough; George married Margaret Brander and lived near Winterbourne ; Henry kept a hotel in Dundas ; Walter, married Mary Ann Thompson ; Robert Penfold Holmwood, who married Elizabeth Millard; Leah married Robert Britton and after his death taught school in Winterbourne, about 1850; while Jane married Wm. Mann, who then owned the land that most of Winterbourne is on; and Emma was the wife of Thomas Crooks, of Crook's Hollow, in West Flamborough.

When the Crooks estate put Capt. Smith off the farm, which had for so long been his home, it was Thomas Crooks who came to live on it. The Crooks Tract, as it was called, included all the land for some distance on either side of the river road from Capt. Smith's old home, which is now the Stroh farm, up to and including part of the Millard farm. The German Company's Tract is said to have taken in from what is now the north part of the Millard . farm to the town line between the townships of Woolwich and Pilkington.

After Thomas Crooks had come to live in Capt. Smith's old home, his brother in law, Walter Holmwood, came to what was then Cox's Creek and started the first store, the site of which was half way up the hill, on the north side of the creek and on the west side of the road. Having opened this store, his brother, Robert P. Holmwood, came to clerk for him and remained in Winterbourne until his death. His son, Robert Penfold Holmwood, is now living in his father's home, and this is the house that Capt. Smith built after he had to leave his first one. As a specimen of a well-built log house it is well worth examining, while the historical incidents associated with it make it still more interesting. To many this house will be better known by explaining that it is the one which is close to Holmwood's cider mill.

The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

Leah — Robert Brittain. Robert was born CA 1815, of, Armagh Co., Ireland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. Emma Jane Brittain was born 5 Dec 1840, , Ontario, Canada; died 17 Feb 1929, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Paris Cemetery, Paris, Brant Co., Ontario.
2. Fanny Ann Brittain was born 23 Apr 1843, , Armagh Co., Ireland; died 21 Jan 1909, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada.
3. Leah Hopkin Brittain was born 8 Jan 1844, , Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jun 1933, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Eramosa Union Cemetery, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co., Ontario.
4. George Brittain was born 14 Aug 1847, , Ontario, Canada; died 5 Mar 1907; was buried , Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.

Other Events:

• Residence: Flamboro, Wentworth Co., Ontario
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-107101

Notes:

John Holmwood came to the township of Flamborough from Brighton, Sussex, England. In his family there was John, who lived in Flamborough; George married Margaret Brander and lived near Winterbourne ; Henry kept a hotel in Dundas ; Walter, married Mary Ann Thompson ; Robert Penfold Holmwood, who married Elizabeth Millard; Leah married Robert Britton and after his death taught school in Winterbourne, about 1850; while Jane married Wm. Mann, who then owned the land that most of Winterbourne is on; and Emma was the wife of Thomas Crooks, of Crook's Hollow, in West Flamborough.

When the Crooks estate put Capt. Smith off the farm, which had for so long been his home, it was Thomas Crooks who came to live on it. The Crooks Tract, as it was called, included all the land for some distance on either side of the river road from Capt. Smith's old home, which is now the Stroh farm, up to and including part of the Millard farm. The German Company's Tract is said to have taken in from what is now the north part of the Millard . farm to the town line between the townships of Woolwich and Pilkington.

After Thomas Crooks had come to live in Capt. Smith's old home, his brother in law, Walter Holmwood, came to what was then Cox's Creek and started the first store, the site of which was half way up the hill, on the north side of the creek and on the west side of the road. Having opened this store, his brother, Robert P. Holmwood, came to clerk for him and remained in Winterbourne until his death. His son, Robert Penfold Holmwood, is now living in his father's home, and this is the house that Capt. Smith built after he had to leave his first one. As a specimen of a well-built log house it is well worth examining, while the historical incidents associated with it make it still more interesting. To many this house will be better known by explaining that it is the one which is close to Holmwood's cider mill.

The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon