The Gardiner Sisters: A wish to be near each other
The lives of Bridget and Jane, the Gardiner sisters that came to Quebec from County Roscommon, Ireland, were intertwined throughout their years. When Bridget married James Clouston at St. Andrew’s in Quebec City in 1822, Jane signed the parish record as a witness. When Jane visited those newlyweds on their Craig’s Road farm in what would later become St. Sylvester, she met their next-door neighbor – a farmer named Hugh Scallon – and married him in 1823 (James Clouston signed as a witness). For a while then, the sisters lived only about a tenth of a mile from each other – until the Scallons temporarily moved up to the St. Lawrence River area to start their family in a less remote area. When James and Bridget had a daughter in 1824, it was Hugh and Jane that signed the baptism record at St. Andrew’s. By 1830, the Scallon’s returned to their farm near what was by then a more settled St. Sylvester – but the Cloustons were no longer there. They had moved to neighboring Leeds in 1826. In 1855 they became separated even more when the Scallons became one of numerous families in the area that migrated to Wisconsin in the U.S. However, soon after James passed away in 1866, Bridget and three of her grown but unmarried children bade farewell to others in their family and made the big move to the same part of Wisconsin where the Scallons had settled (Waushara County). Three years later, the Scallons moved to land NE of Ackley, Iowa – and the Gardiners were right behind them. In fact, when Hugh Scallon’s son, Hugh George, trekked to Iowa well before their move to find land to buy, he included in his purchase a neighboring 320 acres that he would later sell to his two cousins, William and George Clouston. When all had settled in, the two Gardiner sisters again had their homes within a half-mile of each other. But then Jane died in 1877 and was laid to rest in Ackley’s St. Mary’s Cemetery. Bridget died four years after that, and was laid to rest… just a few feet from Jane (Hugh’s and Jane’s tombstone is visible in the top photo here - just to the left and behind the Clouston memorial).
The lives of Bridget and Jane, the Gardiner sisters that came to Quebec from County Roscommon, Ireland, were intertwined throughout their years. When Bridget married James Clouston at St. Andrew’s in Quebec City in 1822, Jane signed the parish record as a witness. When Jane visited those newlyweds on their Craig’s Road farm in what would later become St. Sylvester, she met their next-door neighbor – a farmer named Hugh Scallon – and married him in 1823 (James Clouston signed as a witness). For a while then, the sisters lived only about a tenth of a mile from each other – until the Scallons temporarily moved up to the St. Lawrence River area to start their family in a less remote area. When James and Bridget had a daughter in 1824, it was Hugh and Jane that signed the baptism record at St. Andrew’s. By 1830, the Scallon’s returned to their farm near what was by then a more settled St. Sylvester – but the Cloustons were no longer there. They had moved to neighboring Leeds in 1826. In 1855 they became separated even more when the Scallons became one of numerous families in the area that migrated to Wisconsin in the U.S. However, soon after James passed away in 1866, Bridget and three of her grown but unmarried children bade farewell to others in their family and made the big move to the same part of Wisconsin where the Scallons had settled (Waushara County). Three years later, the Scallons moved to land NE of Ackley, Iowa – and the Gardiners were right behind them. In fact, when Hugh Scallon’s son, Hugh George, trekked to Iowa well before their move to find land to buy, he included in his purchase a neighboring 320 acres that he would later sell to his two cousins, William and George Clouston. When all had settled in, the two Gardiner sisters again had their homes within a half-mile of each other. But then Jane died in 1877 and was laid to rest in Ackley’s St. Mary’s Cemetery. Bridget died four years after that, and was laid to rest… just a few feet from Jane (Hugh’s and Jane’s tombstone is visible in the top photo here - just to the left and behind the Clouston memorial).
The Gardiner Sisters: A wish to be near each other
The lives of Bridget and Jane, the Gardiner sisters that came to Quebec from County Roscommon, Ireland, were intertwined throughout their years. When Bridget married James Clouston at St. Andrew’s in Quebec City in 1822, Jane signed the parish record as a witness. When Jane visited those newlyweds on their Craig’s Road farm in what would later become St. Sylvester, she met their next-door neighbor – a farmer named Hugh Scallon – and married him in 1823 (James Clouston signed as a witness). For a while then, the sisters lived only about a tenth of a mile from each other – until the Scallons temporarily moved up to the St. Lawrence River area to start their family in a less remote area. When James and Bridget had a daughter in 1824, it was Hugh and Jane that signed the baptism record at St. Andrew’s. By 1830, the Scallon’s returned to their farm near what was by then a more settled St. Sylvester – but the Cloustons were no longer there. They had moved to neighboring Leeds in 1826. In 1855 they became separated even more when the Scallons became one of numerous families in the area that migrated to Wisconsin in the U.S. However, soon after James passed away in 1866, Bridget and three of her grown but unmarried children bade farewell to others in their family and made the big move to the same part of Wisconsin where the Scallons had settled (Waushara County). Three years later, the Scallons moved to land NE of Ackley, Iowa – and the Gardiners were right behind them. In fact, when Hugh Scallon’s son, Hugh George, trekked to Iowa well before their move to find land to buy, he included in his purchase a neighboring 320 acres that he would later sell to his two cousins, William and George Clouston. When all had settled in, the two Gardiner sisters again had their homes within a half-mile of each other. But then Jane died in 1877 and was laid to rest in Ackley’s St. Mary’s Cemetery. Bridget died four years after that, and was laid to rest… just a few feet from Jane (Hugh’s and Jane’s tombstone is visible in the top photo here - just to the left and behind the Clouston memorial).
The lives of Bridget and Jane, the Gardiner sisters that came to Quebec from County Roscommon, Ireland, were intertwined throughout their years. When Bridget married James Clouston at St. Andrew’s in Quebec City in 1822, Jane signed the parish record as a witness. When Jane visited those newlyweds on their Craig’s Road farm in what would later become St. Sylvester, she met their next-door neighbor – a farmer named Hugh Scallon – and married him in 1823 (James Clouston signed as a witness). For a while then, the sisters lived only about a tenth of a mile from each other – until the Scallons temporarily moved up to the St. Lawrence River area to start their family in a less remote area. When James and Bridget had a daughter in 1824, it was Hugh and Jane that signed the baptism record at St. Andrew’s. By 1830, the Scallon’s returned to their farm near what was by then a more settled St. Sylvester – but the Cloustons were no longer there. They had moved to neighboring Leeds in 1826. In 1855 they became separated even more when the Scallons became one of numerous families in the area that migrated to Wisconsin in the U.S. However, soon after James passed away in 1866, Bridget and three of her grown but unmarried children bade farewell to others in their family and made the big move to the same part of Wisconsin where the Scallons had settled (Waushara County). Three years later, the Scallons moved to land NE of Ackley, Iowa – and the Gardiners were right behind them. In fact, when Hugh Scallon’s son, Hugh George, trekked to Iowa well before their move to find land to buy, he included in his purchase a neighboring 320 acres that he would later sell to his two cousins, William and George Clouston. When all had settled in, the two Gardiner sisters again had their homes within a half-mile of each other. But then Jane died in 1877 and was laid to rest in Ackley’s St. Mary’s Cemetery. Bridget died four years after that, and was laid to rest… just a few feet from Jane (Hugh’s and Jane’s tombstone is visible in the top photo here - just to the left and behind the Clouston memorial).
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