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One of their sons, Robert Anderson became a violin player with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Another son Jimmy Anderson, who was born in Scotland, was involved in mixed farming in the St. Etienne area, then he moved his family to Howick and once again to Montreal. His wife Helen Loynachan was a schoolteacher prior to their marriage.Helen was born in Beach Ridge, Argenteuil Co, Que (Just a bit below Lachute) . His son Jamie was a mechanic, he owned a garage in Lachute,Quebec, where it is said he constructed the very first mobile home , an ice fishing shack modified and mounted on a truck chassis so that he and his companions could move about easily when the ice fishing season began. A portable house on a truck frame is exactly what we call a mobile home in this age (1990). Jamie was invited to come to St. Lambert Quebec, to help his nephew Murray Macfie build a home on Curzon St., as they were building this particular home, his son Hillard (Hiddy) decided that he also was in the market for a home, so Jamie worked on both homes. It is said that Murray 's home on Curzon St. was constructed with half the necessary building products, and that Hillard's was constructed with the other half. This was just after the Second World War, the manufactures of steel products were just winding down their military operations and returning to their main products lines. Often Murray and Jamie would have to travel far and wide to locate the necessary building material as it became readily available at the different manufacturers. They often had to purchase what products were available as they came of the production line, and the first two houses were put together with odd sizes of wood and nails, as either not enough material could be bought at one time, or the product available was not quite the right type needed to do the work. The houses however had to be built and they were. Murray sold his house to his brother Arthur in 1961 and he in turn after having to put many expensive repairs in to the house sold it to a third party in 1985. Hillard just sold his Curzon Street house lately and moved out west near his son Watson
Jamie having gotten the knack of house building (just at the right time as St. Lambert was a booming little bedroom community, growing by leaps and bounds) began a home building career. His son Donald just lately sold the home Jamie built for himself and his wife, Jessie Stewart, in the early 1950's on Logan St. in St. Lambert. You can still walk around St. Lambert Quebec and notice the houses that Jamie built, they all have the same square type construction.
Jimmy and Helen's daughter Nina Virginia married Robin Macfie. Robin
Eric their third child moved out the the Canadian west as many young men were doing at one time, seeking their fortune in the adventurous newly opened farming land. About 1910 we find Eric at Grande Prairie, a homesteader, who also hauled freight by horse and sled from Edson to Peace River. He farmed the area in Tofiled and was also handy as at blacksmithing. Eric was an avid fiddle player, for that matter , Eric could play any musical instrument that he put his mind to. Eva Anderson, married businessman John Hill, who imported toys and models under the name of Bordfelt Toys Ltd. They lived in a large house in the Toronto district. Neil Anderson , was an accountant, he married Flora Thompson who died in 1968. Neil had been gassed in the first World War. they had no children, they lived in St. Lambert Quebec, across the Montreal Golf Club. Neil died in Florida.
Muriel Anderson the last child born was a professional soloist in her youth. She married first a druggist Charles Wilson, and then Bill McCool, a newspaperman. Muriel spent her live in Montreal, Toronto, Daytona and finally resided in Victoria at the time of her death. There was no issue from either marriage.
In 1834, Donald Loynachan, arrived in Canada and settled in the county of Argenteuil, at a location called Beach Ridge , neighboring the town of Lachute, Quebec. Donald may have been a son of John Loynachan and Mary McAlester (McAllister)