tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post5629404982218943791..comments2024-03-28T12:59:00.516-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: Guest Post: A Portrait In Courage and Faithful ObedienceDebbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-14319706872380246542020-11-25T20:38:42.465-05:002020-11-25T20:38:42.465-05:00Her story would make a wonderful novella or novel....Her story would make a wonderful novella or novel.Marlene/Novelladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159928965340764077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-80298813091107425382020-11-25T12:05:13.910-05:002020-11-25T12:05:13.910-05:00Oops, sorry, a teeny PART of the sale of her her h...Oops, sorry, a teeny PART of the sale of her her house, the mission got the rest.Jennifer Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696261499182486196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-22217579599315572912020-11-25T12:03:36.992-05:002020-11-25T12:03:36.992-05:00She did marry, according to what she told my dad, ...She did marry, according to what she told my dad, but even those details seem sketchy since her initials on her steamer trunk are "W.H.", but her *married* name is Higginson.<br />Who knows.<br />In the late 1970s, my dad was named as her guardian. I don't know all the details, but he'd often get calls that she was wandering her neighbourhood in her nightgown, looking for her cow. Shortly after a few of those calls, we'd go visit her at the big psychiatric hospital, only, he wouldn't let us go inside with him. I didn't realize until much later that he'd had to commit her because she was a danger to herself. <br />He was made executor of her will, because she had no one else she trusted. When she passed away, we had to clear out her three story Victorian home in order to sell it because she left it to her former mission agency, but she left the entire contents of her house to my dad. She and her husband never had children, but she adored my dad. He was the son she never had. <br /><br />Jennifer Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696261499182486196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-21184011336772773932020-11-25T11:51:31.645-05:002020-11-25T11:51:31.645-05:00Right?!?!?
My dad told me that Winnie was the firs...Right?!?!?<br />My dad told me that Winnie was the first woman ordained in the Methodist Church in Canada, but as much as I've searched, I can't find any record of that. <br />I do know she was faithful until she died, even when dementia stole her away. She had very few living family members who were close to her, only a few great nieces somewhere in Florida who rarely visited but who took great interest in her when my dad was acting as executor of her estate and they were getting her house.Jennifer Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696261499182486196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-11276284222568828412020-11-25T11:48:00.078-05:002020-11-25T11:48:00.078-05:00*EasterN Ontario*EasterN OntarioJennifer Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696261499182486196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-74348428473448692712020-11-25T11:47:24.779-05:002020-11-25T11:47:24.779-05:00Thank you, and thank you, Jennifer Uhlarik for inv...Thank you, and thank you, Jennifer Uhlarik for inviting me!<br /><br />No, Winnifred and her parents did not see eye to eye at ALL. They lived on a family farm in Easter Ontario and because she was over 18, they couldn't stop her from doing what she wanted to do, even though she lived at home. I do think she had a suitor they approved of, but who Winnie had no desire to marry. <br />According to what she told my dad, she did marry, but her husband had died prior to my dad arriving in Canada in 1964. Jennifer Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696261499182486196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-69923711585288736922020-11-25T09:20:14.952-05:002020-11-25T09:20:14.952-05:00What a touching and inspiring story. The fact that...What a touching and inspiring story. The fact that you own, and apparently treasure, some of her belongings is really special. Her story brings many questions to mind and conjures up an image of her running away from an undesirable suitor. Having a peak into the life of this courageous young woman and knowing a little about her senior years is a treasure for us all. You keep her memory alive. Question: did she ever marry and have a family? It seems as though she did not but I'm not sure.Marlene/Novelladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159928965340764077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-50491645620006535902020-11-25T07:25:34.242-05:002020-11-25T07:25:34.242-05:00You hold a piece of history, certainly. It sounds ...You hold a piece of history, certainly. It sounds like her parents had a suitor in mind for her, someone she couldn't abide, perhaps. How fun it would have been to question her. It's funny, a lot of people don't share their own story with the next generation. We should. So much is lost when we don't and they won't ask.Southern-fried Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274634359952391833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-21736804381208621662020-11-25T07:05:16.745-05:002020-11-25T07:05:16.745-05:00Welcome to the blog! How mysterious that letter is...Welcome to the blog! How mysterious that letter is! It sounds like a story worth telling in its' entirety. The tension she refers to in the letter could be the normal angst that comes at a child's adulthood passage; it is often fraught with angst and conflict. It sounds like there were some parental expectations that she did not plan to fulfill. I'd love to hear more of this story. Thanks for posting.Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12038621934457678475noreply@blogger.com