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The Memoirs of Annie M. Holt and the People of Bocabec, Past

and Present
Posted 3 Dec 2000
The next building on same side is the Lower Bocabec school,
noted, like Upper Bocabec or the great number o teachers and !uite a ew
proessionals"" two Doctors #$%D&s' law(ers, dentists and man( nurses it sent
out% )n the other side o the road, a little be(ond the school, stands the
home o *achel Turner and Daniel $c+allum o ,lms-ille% The( had no amil(%
*achel&s parents were $r% . $rs% Da-id Turner% /is sons were +olin, who went
to 0ewcastle, 0%B% area, Douglas and 1oshua, 2aint 1ohn, Dorcas, one o the
teachers to 2aint 1ohn, where she married /enr( Botterell% The( li-ed at
irst in 2aint 1ohn until $r% Botterell mo-ed to $ontreal to 3oin the irm
o some uncles #urriers'% /e and $rs% Botterell made two or more trips to
,ngland (earl( to bu( urs and $rs% Botterell educated her sons in ,dinburgh
Uni-ersit( and her daughters in 4erman(% 5nother sister was $rs% Dadmun
#+harlotte' who li-ed in 6atertown, $ass% next town to 6altham, noted or
its watch manuactures% /er amil( spent nearl( all their summers in Bocabec%
7 knew them all !uite well% ,dward was a $ethodist minister in 8irginia9
5rthur in :%$%+%5% work, li-ed in 2(racuse, 0%:% and 5rthur was a -er( ine
musician; then Dora, onl( sister taught 4reek and Latin or man( (ears in
8irginia% $rs% $c+allum #5unt *achel' had much religious <eal and became
noted as an e-angelist, tra-elling e-en as ar as )ntario% $r% $c+allum had
died (oung, and she had little means% $rs% Botterell with her plent(, rebuilt
the home and it became her propert( e-entuall(% )nce, man( (ears ago, she
brought nearl( all her sons and daughters to spend a summer there and her
(oungest son 1ack, spent nearl( all his summers there, in his latter (ears,
selling the place to $r% 1ohn +% 8eness o =redericton, who had been =orestr(
Director in =redericton or a long time% $r% 8eness had been alicted in
6orld 6ar > with supertension hypertension, which caused much pain and long periods o inaction in
bed% 7n one o these spells, he was taken to hospital #ox(gen
tents' in 2t% 2tephen, but li-ed onl( a ew hours%
/is widow li-es there
in summer, but ater spending a ew winters awa("" in 6orcester, $ass% and
,dmonton, 5lberta, she now goes to 2t% 5ndrews to be with her daughter,
$rs% Thurber, music instructor in 2t% 5ndrews% 5nother o Da-id Turner
amil( was +ecelia, who married a $c+allum, brother o *achel&s husband,
Daniel% Two sons, Peter and Da-id $c+allum, +harlotte, a ine nurse and
+ecelia, wie o 6ill 1ohnston% $c+allum&s home was in 1ohnston 2ettlement,
now Lower ,lms-ille% Da-id was a millman in 0o-a 2cotia% 6hen Da-id was
killed, Peter went o-er and brought back $rs% Da-id and our daughters and
placed them in an old $c+allum home% Peter?s wie was ,tta Turner of Johnstons Settlement%
$embers o nearl( all the amilies liked the $c+allum home% $iss @ate
Turner with brother 5llen?s daughters, 2usie and $uriel, were especiall(
interested in the old place% )ne time $iss @ate Turner #teacher all her lie
in 2aint 1ohn' had her sister 5lice with *e-% $rs% $c+allum, had two men
riends come rom Toronto to -isit and one in particular, who had recentl(
reco-ered rom a se-ere illness, came to get the beneit o the ine air
Bocabec had to oer% /e was $r% =rederick /odgon, who ell in lo-e with 5lice%
The( married and sta(ed on there all winter% /e went into raising chickens""
had the irst incubator known in Bocabec% The( both were such wonderul people,
we all elt sorr( when the( let Bocabec in a (ear or two and mo-ed to a arm
below *obbinston, $aine #2outh Perr('% The( later mo-ed to Toronto% 6e also
greatl( admired $iss @ate% The histor( o that home is not complete without a
mention o @ate and 5lice% 5ll these people were at our home so much, and
correspondence still goes on with a ew who are let%