(submitted by Viola and Shirley White)
John Pedden (1837–1915) came to Canada from Scotland in the 1840s with his parents and settled in East Williams Twp., Middlesex County. John moved to Adelaide Twp. in 1866. In 1870, he married Nancy McLachlan (1847–1930). They had nine children: Margaret, John, Andrew, Catherine, Joseph, Nancy, William, David, and Archie.
John’s son Andrew (1874–1955) married Annie Edith McKeen in 1915 and they had five children: William John Andrew, Isabel, David, Lloyd, and Nancy. Their eldest son, John (1915–1979), married Marie Mabel Cooper (1913–1979) in 1939. They farmed on Lot 25, Con. 1 SER, Warwick Twp. and had three children: Viola Marie, Shirley Ann, and John Andrew Gerald.
Andrew and Annie’s son John was Reeve of Warwick Twp. at the time of his death in a car accident on March 14, 1979, which also took the life of his wife, Marie. Their daughter Shirley remembered the blinding snow blizzard that March afternoon when her parents were killed in front of her brother’s home. They were on their way home from a funeral visitation in Strathroy.
John had a keen interest in Belgian horses which he showed at the local fall fairs. Sarnia Observer editor Marcel Saddy knew John and in an editorial after his death commented on John leaving his mark on the community with his hobby of heavy horses and gaily painted wagons that were a fixture at Lambton country fairs.
John Pedden, Reeve of Warwick Twp., 1970s. Courtesy W Jones.
Chapter 24 of 25 - Pedden Family
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