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Duck family barn raising 1921 Ontario

As the Story is Told: The Barn Raising

This week’s excerpt from “As the Story is Told” was actually a memoir written by my great aunt. She would have been about five when the big barn was built. The Barn Raising by Helene Duck One of the most important and special “Bees” on the farm was a barn raising. As I was growing…

December 27, 2014 in As the Story is Told, Farm Buildings, Genealogy, Historic Buildings, Memoir.

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