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The Truscott Legacy in Kingston

y maternal grandparents, Sam and Jessie Truscott , were pivotal figures in my childhood. Sam, a Queen’s University
MArts graduate in 1903, was a school inspector for Frontenac County. He traveled to remote schools by horse and
buggy or sleigh. The barn behind their house in Kingston still stands, a reminder of that era. The Truscott family had
moved to the Harrowsmith, Ontario area from Cornwall, England in the mid-1800s. As expected, they were all expert
masons. Jessie created a warm and loving environment for our family visits. Jessie was one of eight daughters (no sons)
of Thomas Ferguson, part of a large family who came to the Inverary, Ontario area from Ireland in the early 1800s. The
family home still exists.

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