Property Owners In Coote Hill
by Austin Graham

List Of Lots, Family Notes And Map Reference
those marked with (v) were vacant at expropriation time.

(1)
(a) Jack & Caroline Quinn, brother and sister, unmarried.
(b) Oliver & Doris (Fulton) Dunn, no family.

(2)
(a) Leiper & Albina (Dunn) Graham, family; Everett, Mabel, Pansy, Venrea, Laverne, Mildred.
(b) Laverne & Della (Allingham) Graham, family; Joyce, Ronald, Verna, Barbara. Della was one of my school teachers.
(2x) Headline Anglican church and horse shed, also cemetery on the front of this lot.

(3)
(a) James & Emma (Sheenan) Miller, family; Lorne, Susie, Maggie, Davie.
(b) Alfred & Lorne (Miller) Scott, son Manford Scott. Vacant lot.

(4)
(a) Harry & Hattie (Quinn) Hamilton, daughter Greta. Harry bought Uncle Stanley's farm and moved there (#31).
(b) Everett & Pearl (Mitchell) Graham, family; Olive, Lucy, Helen, = Eldon, Blanche, Jessie. An outcropping of coal showed in the bank of the ditch on this farm beside the main road.

(5)
(a) Richard & Eleanor (Wilson) Graham, family; Herbert, Louise, Edith, Helen, James, Ethel, Lloyd, Irene
(b) Lloyd & Irene Graham, unmarried. Richard and Lloyd were both carpenters, Lloyd moved to Fredericton and Irene to Saint John. Richard's sister Aunt Belle (as she was known) spun wool on a spinning wheel and also wove woollen blankets on a loom.
(5x) James Graham's blacksmith shop, hand bellows for the forge, he shoed horses and repaired anything from sled runners to wagon wheels and farm machinery, he made quilting clamps also. He bought horseshoes and nails by the 100 lb. keg.

(6)
(a) Tom and Dick Leonard, brothers, unmarried, kept Post Office. My brother Stanley and school chums used to cut alders near the school in winter and haul them on hand sleds to Lenoard's and sell for fire wood.
(b) James Graham. Vacant lot.

(7)
(a) James Mahood, first wife Ida Scott, family; Cecil, Carrie, Viola, Harold. Second wife, Elsie Puddington, a widow, family; Florence. (Elsie's family by first husband, Earl, Bessie, Mildred.)
(b) Cecil & Olga (Thompson) Mahood, family; Ida, Buddy.
(7x)
(a) Building lot for Chris Barnett. He was in the Canadian Army, W. War I.
(7xx) Coote Hill school, outhouse, and woodshed on front of this lot.

(8)
(a) Robert & Agnes (Wark) Anderson, family; James, Margaret, Ada, Eleanor Rebecca, Harry, Charles, Daniel, Alfred, George.
(b) James & Edna (Hasson) Anderson, family; Agnes, Thomas, Ruth. They operated a general store at Armstrong's Corner. Thomas was in R.C.A.F.
(8x) Coote Hill United Church, horse shed, part of cemetery on this lot.

(9)
(a) Lemuel McLeod
(b) Henry Cooper
(c) Foster Cooper
(d) Austin Graham
(e) Stanley & Mildred (Cooper) Graham, (my brother) family; Carol, Lynda, Pamela. Stan served in the Canadian Army, moved to Saint John then to Dearborn, U.S.A. where he worked as a carpenter. A private (Cooper) cemetery is on this lot.
(9x) Coote Hill Cemetery

(10)
(a) William & Mary (Hamilton) Allingham, family, Earnest, Agnes, Letta, Grace, Emma, Eva, Bessie.
(b) James & Lizzie (Howe) Maxwell, family; Jack, Welsley, Fannie, Charles, Johnnie, Maggie.
(c) Leslie & Bella (Murphy) Graham, (my father and mother) family; Austin, Eleanor, Stanley, Lillian. Dad worked at carpenter work in the summer (25c per hour) and in the woods in winter, was also Tax Collector for the parish of Petersville.
    He opened a general store in 1925, he was also agent for Frost & Wood farm machinery. In exchange for supplies he took produce from the farmers, eggs, rolls (3 to 5 lbs.) and tubs (10 to 30 lbs) of butter, beef, pork, poultry, vegetables, cowhides, rabbits and berries, etc. He went to Saint John every Thursday with the produce and brought back supplies for the store, also took watches for repair, picked up special orders for anything from mens hats to ladies corsets with steel stays.
    The store was a community meeting place for men and their wives on Saturday night. The men sat on planks held up by nail kegs, the women went in the house and usually had a cup of tea. Father died in 1932.
    Mother had charms for sprains and erysipelas, which she used on people by request. I have seen it work, how I do not know, but I'll take my oath on it.
(d) Leonard & Lillian (sister) (Graham) Kerr, family; Connie, Gerald, Donna, Andy. They continued on with the store. Leonard was in the Canadian Army, they moved to Burton, mother lived with them until she died in 1956.
(Sister) Eleanor married Ira Little, family; Dianne, Stephen. They moved to Saint John, later settled in Martinon. Ira was a carpenter and cabinet maker, he was a real musician and could play just about any musical instrument and never had a music lesson.
(lOx)
(a) Robert Scribner, 1st. wife Mary (Woods), family; Alfred, Fred, Eddie, Margaret. 2nd wife Jennie (Allingham) Hamilton, her family by former marriage; James, Wellesley, Mary, Izetta, Towers, Simon, Ira, Carson.
(b) Alfred & Mary (Polley) Scribner, family; Harry, Margaret. Alfred was a lumberman. The Sunday School picnic was sometimes held on their intervale opposite Dad's place.
(lOx) This lot was rented at various times to the following:
(c) Pew family;
(d) Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Makepeace, family; Arthur, Fern, Jack, Muriel, Doris. Mrs. Makepeace gave music lessons.
(e) Robert & Ada Lindsy, family; Mildred. Mrs. Lindsy's family; Fred, Cecil, Vera.

(11)
(a) George, John, and Maria Smith, (brothers and sister, unmarried)
(b) Willard Wilson (land surveyor). There was good hunting on this vacant lot.

(12)
(a) Frank & Dora (Vanwart) Woods, family; Thomas, Russell, Alice, Kenneth. The latter joined Canadian Army and was killed overseas in action in World War One. His name is on the Vimy Ridge Memorial in France, I saw it there while serving in army in World War Two.
(b) Austin Graham.

(13)
(a) Fred & May (McKim) Graham, family; John, Fred, Emma.
(b) John & Mary (Seely) Graham, no family.
(c) Harold & Bessie (Hamilton) Brittain, family; Kenneth, Billy. Second husband, Harold Hasson, moved to Welsford where Bessie operated the Telephone Exchange.
(d) Warren & Gertie (Lyons) Belyea, family; Norma, Norman. There is a private cemetery on this lot called the Graham Cemetery.

(14)
(a) William & Jane Watters, family; Gilbert, Jean, Willa.
(b) Fred Graham
(c) John Graham
(d) Albert & Jane (Pettie) McCutcheon, family; Arnold, Hartly, Lewis, Elmer, Walter, Dora, Willard, who served in the Canadian Army, was wounded overseas and lost a leg, World War Two.

(15)
(a) Arthur & Lizzie (Greer) Graham, family; Louise, Fenton. If you stopped for a visit at Mrs. Arthur (as she was known) who was renowned for her cooking, you could expect a lunch would be produced consisting of a variety of pies, cakes and cookies with tea, equal to most bake shops. If you didn't eat plenty she would say it was because we thought it wasn't fit to eat.
(b) Clifton & Audrey (Campbell) Murphy, family; Gwen, Barbara, Richard.

(16)
(a) Wellsley & Isabelle (Kerr) Woods, family; Raymond, Harry, Margaret, Alice.
(b) Raymond & Grace (McCutcheon) Woods, family; Annie, Isobel.
(c) Danny & Helen (Williston) Campbell, family; John, Audrey, Billy, Bobby.
(l6x)
(a) John & Emma (Turner) McKee, family; Margaret, Wilbur. They moved to Saint John. John was a labourer, the lot was vacant after they moved. The lot was on Raymond Woods' property.

(17)
(a) Harry & Minnie (Emery) Leck, family; Edison, Olive, Flossie.
(b) Harry & Gladys (Hamilton) Woods, family; Murray, Maxine, Donald, Dorothy, Winona. Donald and Dorothy were twins.
(17x)
(a) James & Susan (Smith) McKee, no family, adopted John McKee.
(b) Fenton Graham, bachelor, a real character. Once he cut his foot splitting wood, some said it was too bad, "Hell!" he said, "the foot will heal but I'll have to buy a new pair of boots." Another time he was asked which he preferred, a wife or a radio, his reply was the radio because he could shut it off when he wanted to.
(c) John & Lillian (Donald) Campbell, family; Shirley, Patricia, David.
(l7xx)
Rainsford (Labourer) & Glenna (Gross) Murray, family; Harold, Verna, Jean, Hazel, Betty, Gladys, Ruby. Lot on Harry Woods' property vacant at time of expropriation.

(18)
(a) Winfield & Margaret (Quinn) Queen, family; Hillis, Blanche, Eva. Eva was the church organist. Winfield's sister Margaret lived with them, she was an R.N. and the community nurse, and almost as good as a doctor, and delivered more babies than doctors as Drs. Lewin & McGrand (now Senator) were 10 miles away and Dr. Jenkins was 18 miles away. She always made all the ice cream for the Sunday School picnics.
(b) Hillis & Gladys (Reader) Queen, family; Frank, Lillian, George, Lloyd, and Marilyn.

(19)
(a) Thomas & Clara Martin, brother and sister, unmarried.
(b) Hedley & Ethel (McCullum) Cooper, family; Greta, Mildred, Ralph, Joanne, and Myrna.

(20)
(a) George & Eliza (Corbett) Armstrong, family; Alvira, Winnifred, Thelma, Zerelda, Kathleen, Helen and Austin.
(b) Austin & Orie (Allingham) Armstrong, family; Marion, Harold, Winston. Orie was one of my school teachers, Austin was a water diviner.

(21)
(a) George Armstrong,
(b) Austin Armstrong. Vacant lot.
(21x) Sheran property. Vacant lot.

(22)
(a) Tom Martin
(b) Hedley Cooper. Vacant lot.

(23)
(a) Winfield Queen
(b) Hillis Queen. Vacant lot.

(24)
(a) William Bell
(b) Hillis Queen. Vacant lot.

(25)
(a) Henry & Bertie (Dunn) Cooper, family; Foster, Thomas. Mrs. Cooper had a pet racoon.
(b) Foster & Ella (McCullum) Cooper, family; Thomas, Alberta. Foster had the first car in the community, a Model T Ford, he also was the auto mechanic and taxi for the area.

(26)
(a) John Kerr
(b) William & Annie (Morrison) McKee, they adopted a girl Lila.
(c) Rented to Robert & Jane (McKee) Guild, son Jack. Vacant lot.

(27)
(a) Thomas Cooey
(b) William & Rachael (Allingham) White, family; Levi, Harry, Jack, Arabella, Phoebe, William, Stella.
(c) Phoebe & Arabella White, unmarried, they brought up Joe Phillips from the Cossar farm. Joe served in the Canadian Army, married a German girl and moved to Toronto.

(28)
(a) Richard Hewlett (Original grant) 1833.
(b) James & Angelina (Armstrong) Graham (my great grandparents) family; James, Arthur, Anne, Bessie.
(c) James & Hannah (Carr) Graham) (my grandparents) family; David, Willard, Stanley, Leslie, Manzer (grandma used to put pepper on ice cream to keep from getting cramps in her stomach), also her cooking was almost a match for Mrs. Arthur).
(d) Austin & Florence (Pond) Graham, family; Leslie, Paul, and Patricia (twins), Royce, Ivan. Florence taught school at Jerusalem and Coote Hill, and was the church organist. Austin was in the Canadian Army overseas and later son Leslie served in the Canadian Navy. The family moved to Saint John, August, 1949.
(e) Frederic Whipple bought the farm.

(29)
(a) Robert & Lizzie (McHarg) Howe, family; Percy, Walter, Alden, Jennie, Leslie. They brought up Ada Phillips, sister of Joe Phillips.
(b) Walter Howe, bachelor.
(c) John & Ruth (Murphy) Dunn, family; Douglas, Robert.

(30)
(a) George & Clara (Cassidy)(Cariscadden) McDowell, family; Jean, Nellie. Clara's son Eddie by first marriage made the first pair of skis in the community out of poplar boards, shaped and steamed, leather strap for ski harness. He also repaired clocks and watches.
(b) Chris & Mary (Pettie) Barnett, adopted daughter, Marie. They rented the property, house burned November 11, 1932. The snow was so deep from a storm the previous night that cars couldn't operate on the road. Neighbours used horses and sleds to get to the fire to help.
(c) James & May (Dunn) Corbett, lived at Dunns Corner, vacant lot.

(31)
(a) (Uncle) Stanley & Aunt Adeline (Hamilton) Graham no family, brought up Annie Edgland and Jack Pierce.
(b) Harry Hamilton operated a general store, moved to Saint John where he ran a grocery store.
(c) James & Stella (White) Graham, no family, James was the village blacksmith, the school teachers boarded there.

(32)
(a) (Great uncle) Andrew & Ada (Carr) Hamilton, family Oscar, Emma, Cora, Lawrence, Gladys, Bessie.
(b) Lawrence & Helen (Corbett) Hamilton, daughter Geraldine.
(c) Aubrey & Gertie (Murphy) McKinney, adopted son Glendon

(33)
(a) James & Anne (McKinney) Allingham, family; Forest, Orie, Izetta. Tom Allingham (Jim's brother) lived here too.
(b) Cecil & Olive (Corbett) Livingston, family; Joanne and Thomas.

(34)
(a) James Wilson. The only oak grove in the community, vacant lot.
(b) John Murphy

(35)
(a) My great grandparents John Murphy, 1st wife Elizabeth Gillespie, 2nd wife Elizabeth Johnston, family; Mary Ann, Catherine, Elizabeth, John, David, Josiah, William, and Robert.
(b) My grandparents Robert and Eleanor (Breen) Murphy, family; John, Josiah, Chester, Mary, Lulilla, Margaret, Bella. The family all had three given names, mother's, Bella Maud Amelia, Uncle Joe, Josiah Gladstone Beaconsfield. Grandfather kept a general store, bought produce and livestock, operated in his own slaughter house, drove a team of horses weekly, with sled or wagon to Saint John, 35 miles. He took meat and produce, and on return brought supplies for the store.
(c) (Uncle) John & Kate (Anderson, Wilmot) Murphy, family; Robert, Arthur, Clifton. Robert served in the Canadian Army, Arthur in R.C.A.F. Aunt Kate's family by former marriage, Jim, Edith and Janet Wilmot also lived there. They adopted Jean Murray after her mother died, Jean served in R.C.A.F.

(36)
(a) (Uncle) Joe & = Addie (Polley) Murphy, family; Harold, Earle, Ruth, Ralph, Margaret. Uncle Joe was the community vet. He also had a silver fox ranch. He had the first radio in the community, operated on batteries of course, this was in the 20's. About the only station that came in was Wheeling, West Virginia. The house was full of neighbours nearly every night at first, just to hear a bit of music or talk between the static and interference.