Tribbeck

(from Eight Daughters & One Son by Florence Main, 2001)

Fred Tribbeck was a good singer whose background was English. He married Allie Ellen McRorie (1891–1938) in 1921. She was also very talented musically and it was their love of music that brought them together. Allie wanted to become a nurse, but her grandfather frowned on that as a demeaning profession, so she stayed at home where she took music lessons and was her mother’s helper. Many of her nieces and nephews took music lessons from Allie.

After their marriage, the Tribbecks farmed just west of her old home on the Egremont Rd. They loved to entertain and served sumptuous meals. Fred sang in the choir and was the bass voice in the Warwick United Church mixed quartet that provided special music at many local events.

After Allie’s death, Fred left the farm and the community. Later he came back to live and work in Sarnia, where he met Edith Moffit. Fred and Edith both worked in the Munitions Dept. of Mueller Brass.

Chapter 24 of 25 - Tribbeck Family

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