John & May Brookman, Nettie & Anson McNish, 1910

Weston, Ontario

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John and May were Nettie's parents. Nettie was born

in Brooklyn, New York in 1875. Her family moved from

Brooklyn to upstate New York. John Brookman was born

in Wales in 1850; May was born in New York in 1853.

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Scanned by John Mack,

Heritage Place Museum,

Lyn, Ontario

 

Photographer unknown.

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It was a great find when I opened up a cupboard

at the museum and found two photo albums from

Anson McNish.

-- John Mack

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Anson worked in Weston at the Moffat Stove Works.

 

Anson was born in Lyn, Ontario where his father

was a blacksmith who became a small manufacturer

of agricultural equipment, specializing in land rollers.

Likely while in Lyn Anson worked for his father.

 

In 1907 Anson moved to Weston where he worked

for the Moffat Stove Company on Dennison Road.

In Weston he married Nettie Brookman of Fultonville,

New York. They had a daughter Florence who died

as a teenager.

 

In 1920 Anson moved to Fultonville, NY. He owned and

operated a car repair garage with Nettie's sister's husband

in the next village, Fonda, NY. After his wife and daughter died Anson sold his interest in the garage and moved back

to Ontario. He died in Brockville in 1960 and is buried

in Lyn, Ontario where he was born.

Done