Workers at Bishop Lumber Co., Nesterville, ON, Circa 1920

My Grandfather worked at the Nesterville Saw Mill around the turn of the 20th., century. His name was also William (Will) Clarke. He Married Alice McGuire (Harkness) from St. Joseph's Island. My grandmother's family had lived on the island for several generations at that time. They later moved to Sault Ste. Marie, where my grandfather lived on St. Georges Ave. E and worked at Algoma Steel. They had six children Marian McMillan (Clarke)/Lawrence, Gordon Clarke/(Eva (Sommers)/Col.Smyth of Rydal Bank, grandfather) Tasman Griswold (Clarke)/Alvin, Melbourne Clarke/Mona (Shiels) (my father/mother), Ted Clarke/Bea, and Elmer Clarke/Anne My Grandfather came to Canada as an Indentured Servant and worked on a farm near Peterborough, where he was locked in his room in the attic, and his shoes were taken away from him each night. He escaped out of a window in the middle of the night during the winter, without shoes and worked his way up north as jobs became available ending up on St. Joseph's Island where he met my Grandmother and they were married on Sawdust Lane some where along the shore just east of Richards Landing. After moving to Sault Ste. Marie, my Grandfather became bored and sold the house and bought tickets to Australia. He just came home one day as my Grandmother said..."Alice, we are moving to Australia, I have sold the house!" This is why my father's name is "Melbourne Sydney Clarke" and my Aunt's name was "Tasman". My Grandfather became a chicken farmer in Australia, and again got bored and sold the Chicken Farm and moved to the USA, Minnesota where my Grandmother's sister lived. Stayed with them for a while and then moved back to Sault Ste. Marie and to Algoma Steel again, from which he retired. Both my Grandparents died in the early 1950's. My Grandmother first and then my Grandfather a few years later. Oh, one other job he had in Sault Ste. Marie, was he helped with the building of Cody Public School, built in 1919.