Walk and Lunch with the Ancestors

Walk and Lunch with the Ancestors
Contact Information
Mary Simpson
Email
519 318 1074
When
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Address

Simpson Cemetery, 21563 Pratt Siding Road Woodgreen  (Hwy. 76), Municipality of Southwest Middlesex,  South of Longwoods Road (H
Glencoe N0L 1M0
Canada

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Event Type
Community

12 Noon.   Time for an old fashioned picnic.  Spread out your blanket and share a meal with your family and friends.  Water and soft drinks will be provided by the Glencoe & District Historical Society. 

1:00 p.m.   Walk with the Ancestors:  a series of rotating talks and activities

  • W.A. Edwards, poet and author, grandfather of Ken Willis. 
  • A visit with Nicholas Bodine (1788 to 1885), Upper Canada militia veteran, War of 1812. 
  • A visit with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Simpson, son of John & Elizabeth Simpson, Westmoreland, England.  Told by great great grand daughter, Wendy Simms Bestward
  • Demonstration: How to properly clean and care for a gravestone – Norm McGill

  • Demonstration: How to do a gravestone rubbing – Gerry Cross, Ken Beecroft

    2:00 p.m.   Gather to Remember.  

  • Welcoming remarks and land acknowledgement – Brian Huis, Emcee and Simpson Descendant.
  • Remembering our Ancestors – Elected representative, Municipality of Southwest Middlesex
  • History of the Simpson Cemetery - Ken Willis, Cemetery Historian. 
  • Honour Roll - Reading of the names from the plaque of those who served their country in times of war. 
    • WW 1 - Newbury Legion,  
    • WW2 - Royal Canadian Legion Branch 219 Glencoe
    • Upper Thames Military Re-enactment Society