(submitted by Margaret Roder)
In 1892 Thomas Valentine (T. V.) Ridley (–1935), his wife Isabel (Tanner, –1935) and two children George (1889–) and Jessie (1891–), moved from the Stratford, Ont. area to a farm on Bethel Rd. It was the second farm north of the Bethel Church and cemetery. In the following years three more children were born: Earl (1894–), Thomas Valentine Jr. (1896–), and Florence (1898–).
Then the Ridleys bought 200 acres on Wisbeach Rd. and moved to a house there. Later they purchased the first farm north of Bethel Church.
George Ridley married Lila (Williams) in 1916 and settled on the farm north of the church. George and Lila had five children: Marion (1917–), Ilene (1918–), Clayton (1921–), Donald (1923–) and Margaret (1926–).
George’s brother Earl built a house on Wisbeach Rd. and married Mabel Minna. Earl bought the grocery store and egg grading station in Aberarder and built the house that is still there in 2008.
T. V. Sr. moved to Arkona into the house that stood where the Teeple Optometrist office is in 2008. T. V. Jr. married Minnie Murray and lived on the southeast corner of Wisbeach Rd. and Birnam Line. The Wisbeach Rd. properties are all owned by Roder Turkey Farms today.
Florence married Frank Conkey and lived on the Egremont Rd. east of Warwick Village.
Jessie lived with her parents until they passed away. In 1937 she married Lambert McAdam and resided on Wisbeach Rd. This farm is also owned today by Roder Turkey Farms.
In the next generation, George and Lila’s daughter Margaret married Allan Roder.
Chapter 24 of 25 - Ridley Family
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