cut; they’re just enjoying their retirement years. and Robert. About 1842 they moved to Concession 1, Joseph “Rodgers” Hollinger (b. 1918) married Rawdon Township, just east of Stirling. Here, the rest Yvonne Pearl Knupp on October 2, 1946. Uncle Rod­ of their family were born and raised, James, William, gers was a pilot in the Air Force during World War Annie and Alexander. II flying a Lancaster. On a recent visit to his home in Mary Margaret Cragg (1850-1936) was the daugh­ Barrie, he was telling us some of the high jinks these ter of William Cragg, (1799-1878) born England and young bucks used to pull. After the war he worked for Barbara Gordon (1720-1896), born Scotland. I al­ Dominion Foods for many years, then as some kind ways wondered how a gentleman from England and a of consultant until retiring to Barrie and now he’s lady from Scotland met each other. From my cousin, busier than ever with extra-curricular activities. They Diane Cragg Lewis, I learned that Barbara was his have three children, Bryan, Sharon and Todd. Sharon second wife and that they were married in Prince Ed­ married a young fellow by the name of Brian Dollar ward County before moving to Rawdon Township. from the Oak Hills area. They live in Barrie and own Both families were written up well with background a grocery store. information about where they came from and where settled, along with their children and spouses, in The Heritage Years 1983. The Cragg family appears on page 324 and the Rodgers beginning on page 456. Next we go to Mom’s side of the genealogical chart: The Tanners and the Haggertys. The Tanners’ historical background was written up in The Heritage Years 1983, starting on page 493. The family came from Ireland circa 1842, probably on account of the conditions in Ireland at that time. Our family descends from W. E. Tanner and Mary “Molly” Haggerty. From what research reports I’ve had from other interested persons, nobody has turned up the full name of W. E. Evidently he died in Kil- meen Parish before Mary, their sons and wives immi­ grated to Canada. Some of Mary’s brothers had come over in the 1820s and had established homesteads by then in Huntingdon and Rawdon Townships. The Haggerty information comes from the works of Florence Huff Haggerty and her granddaughter, Sharon Haggerty. Florence researched the family Joseph “Rodgers " Hollinger quite thoroughly back in the 1930s and 1940s, pub­ lishing four books in the mid 1940s. They were about Margaret Aletha Hollinger (1920-2006) married (1) three sons, William, Jonathon and James, of a family Clifford “Harold” Wilson, divorced, and (2) James of 13 that she could get records of. There was also a Harold Reynolds (the boy next door), son of Mur- book about the history of Ireland and how if affected ney Reynolds and Mary Jane Gay. James operated the Haggartys. Sharon has done further research to the family farm until retirement to an apartment in clarify some situations with information that her Belleville. Their residence on the eleventh floor of grandmother didn’t have access to way back when. McNabb Towers overlooking the river gave Uncle The Mary (Haggerty) Tanner family was researched James a bird’s eye view of the surrounding coun­ and printed by Dora Elvidge and Mrs. Sara (W. A.) tryside. Uncle James is now residing in the Hastings Morgan. Manor. William Haggerty Sr. came from Kilmeen Parish, Mary Evaline Hollinger married Donald Dunham County Cork, Ireland about 1823 or 1825 and settled Johnson from the Mount Pleasant community. (See in Hastings County. He brought four of his children, Johnson Story in this volume) John, Mary, William and George, with him as his That tells of the Hollinger interests in the area, now wife, Evelyn Beamish, had died when George was for the Rodgers. Grandmother Inez Rodgers was the born circa 1820 in Ireland. On the six-week cross­ daughter of William Rodgers and Mary Margaret ing, the boat was captained by a Beamish, probably Cragg. an in-law. Others on the same boat were families by William (1845-1941) is descended from Robert the name of Tom Scuese, Isaac Ingram and William’s Rodgers (1801-1893) and Margaret Brown (1809- brother-in-law, Tom Beamish. William lived only a 1902) from Bush Mill’s, Antrim County, Ireland. The short time after arriving at his destination and was family immigrated to Prince Edward County where buried in St. Thomas Churchyard, Belleville. their first three children were bom, Elizabeth, John William’s brother, John, who was gunner in the 292