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A mystery like no other… or maybe not FRANCIS RACINE francis.racine@eap.on.ca baby girl named H. Rice. The following year, on March 16, 1915, the child was adopted by the Hollister fam- ily. days in The House of Refuge, something quite rare at the time, according to the his-
1886 to parents Charles Ira Empey and Eliz- abeth Carter. Some 29 years later, on March 10, 1915, she was received at Cornwall’s House of Refuge. Three months after she was admitted, Mina gave birth to a child in the facility. The name of this infant remains unknown to the historian, but the House of Refuge records indicate that her son died sixteen days later. Given Mina’s situation and the time frame of her story, it is safe to say Mina’s child was most likely buried on the House of Refuge property. Mina passed away, apparently unmar- ried, on May 28, 1942 . She is buried with Al- lan Grant and his wife Amanda Ann Adams. Lauzon still does not know why the wom- an was not buried with her family. “I don’t know why she was buried with that couple and not her family,” she explained. “It’s just yet another mystery I must solve.”
torian. “I found T. Rice in the 1947 voter’s list,” Lauzon said. “She was noted as still being a resident there.”A quick calculation reveals that the unfortunate soul might have called the Corn- wall Institution home for an astonishing 30 years. What puzzles the local his- torian even further is: When
In the 1921 census, the little girl, now known as H. Hollister, is recorded as still living with her adoptive family Sara Lauzon
“In the 1921 cen- sus, the little girl, now known as H. Hollister, is recorded as still liv- ing with her adoptive family,” explained Lauzon. “What I don’t understand is where she went after that.
CORNWALL | There’s nothing that moti- vates Sara Lauzon as much as a good chal- lenge. The local historian has her work cut out for her as she now faces a new mys- tery, courtesy of the House of Refuge. This time, the history bu# has come across an inmate’s familiar puzzling history. A certain T. Rice, born around 1881, was sent from the Brockville asylum to the Corn- wall House of Refuge. She had been a ser- vant for the Church of England. Upon her arrival at the Cornwall establishment, it was discovered that she had a two month old
did the two pass away and where are they buried? “I can’t simply just write it o",” she said, smiling. “I have to !nd out what hap- pened to them.” Sarah Mina Empey Lauzon points to the fact that a prior mys- tery involved very familiar characteristics. Sarah “Mina” Empey was born on May 6,
I traced H. Hollister to Brockville in 1957, 1972 and 1974, but I have no way of telling if it’s the same person.” To add to the overall mystery, it appeared the girl’s mother might have lived out her
91 summer jobs in Cornwall, SD&G and Akwesasne
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This year, Canada Summer Jobs created approximately 35,000 jobs for students na- tionally, including 91 in the City of Cornwall, SD&G and Akwesasne. “The students in Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry, along with thousands of others across the coun- try, gained valuable skills and work experience this past summer through Canada Summer Jobs,” said local Member of Parliament Guy Lauzon, on behalf of the Hon- ourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development, on August 29. Pic- tured are Carl McIntyre, President of the South Dundas Chamber of Commerce, Tay- ler Pilon, summer student, Geraldine Fitzsimmons, General Manager for the South Dundas Chamber of Commerce, Guy Lauzon, MP, Hayley Smith, summer student, Bill Ewing, Grace McDonough and Bobby Robichaud, summer student. Franchise Bu!alo Wild Wings à Cornwall Un restaurant Bu"alo Wild Wings (BWW) s’installerait à Cornwall selon une annonce faite par la compagnie sur son siteWeb. Joint au téléphone, la compa- gnie n’a pas voulu donner aucune autre information outre de con!rmer qu’une nouvelle succursale s’installerait à Cornwall d’ici les quelques prochaines an- nées. On retrouve 80 restaurants BWW à travers le Canada.
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