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Papineau Township

HAZELWOOD HERITAGE
by Cheryl, Grade 6
Mattawa McElligott District Public School

 In 1888, Herbert Edward Hazelwood moved to Montreal
from England. There he married Agnes Rosamond McClelland
in 1892. In 1898, they moved to Mattawa because
they noticed advertisements in the newspaper
advertising free land in Ontario. 

They lived on Lot 13, Concession 7 in Papineau Township.

When Agnes and Herbert lived in Sarnac Lake,
Herbert worked as a policeman on the streets
and Agnes worked for the Family Herald newspaper
writing names and addresses on the papers
that were to be mailed. She was chosen
because of her good handwriting.  

While living in Montreal Agnes also worked for the son
of Donald Alexander Smith, known as Lord Strathcona.
(Donald Smith was the man who drove the Golden Spike
in the railway in B.C.) When they moved to Mattawa,
Herbert had to go to Montreal to work because they
had very little money. Agnes stayed home. In the summer
she picked wild berries and in twenty pound lard pails 
carried them to Mattawa (7 miles) to sell.

There are still some Hazelwoods living in Mattawa.
They are: Clayton Hazelwood (my dad),
Kathleen Hazelwood Moore, Ellen Hazelwood Bryanton,
Bernice Hazelwood Watts, Myrtle King Hazelwood,
Don and Marjorie Richards Hazelwood and 
Ruth Hazelwood Byers.   That equals up to eight 
Hazelwoods still left in Mattawa.

In my dad's family there are six kids and two adults.
The kids are: Clara, Gaylord, Ellen, Kathleen, Herb,
Hugh, Clayton, and Mahlon. Their parents are
Charles and Imelda Hazelwood. Most of my dad's 
brothers and sisters live in Ontario except for
Hugh and Mahlon. Hugh lives in Vancouver, B.C.
and Mahlon lives in Seattle, Washington. 
Other Hazelwoods or relations live in Yukon,
Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, P.E.I.,
Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Connecticut 
and in their graves.

Throughout the years the Hazelwoods have done
many exciting things as one big family.
The latest ones have been a Hazelwood reunion and
the Hazelwood Cookbook in 1996.
Most of the Hazelwoods came to the reunion.
It wa s a 2 or 3 day reunion and it took place at
Richard Reid's cabin in Papineau.  There were
games such as young kids soccer, adult soccer,
hay rides, tug of war, football, water fights,
and a bus tour of the Hazelwood Homestead.
As for the cookbook, everyone who was a Hazelwood
or related to a Hazelwood contributed some of
their favourite recipes.  The title of the
cookbook is "Hazelwood Hearty Helpings."
Many people enjoy this book.

Out of all of the Hazelwoods, 392 noted in the
cookbook, I know 202 of them.  There are some
I haven't met but would like to or would have
liked to, people like Herbert and Agnes Hazelwood,
Lana Mcgregor, Heather and Don Webster, Joel Dowd,
Bill McClelland, Kyla and Heidi Clark, Amber and
Jade Nice, Pauline and Jeffery Neuman, my brother
Leslie Hazelwood and Myrtle King.
Some people I know I can't exactly remember.  I
think the farthest back I can remember is to my
grandpa.  I wish I could remember farther back
but I can't.

My house is 100 years old.  My dad was born
in my house. His parents lived in my house before us.
My dad bought it from them. 

We added on some of the mud room.
The upstairs rooms were a kind of neon green.
My bedroom was divided into 3 rooms.
The laundry was the parlour,
the livingroom was the livingroom,
the corner of the livingroom was the kitchen
and the kitchen was the summer kitchen.
The office was a bedroom and there wasn't
a bathroom upstairs.  When it was all finished
everything was in the right place.
Our house is in good shape for 100 years old.
We are a family of love !  We enjoy being
together and always will!

For more local history as told to kids, see below:
(Voici encore des souvenirs:)

Je regrette que ces faits n'ont pas été déjà traduits.

Claudette, when the kids translate these, they should add

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