By Robin Hilborn

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Jane and Sebastian Kirstine had five girls and three boys. They lived on the South Line, Brant Township, the family farm since 1850.

After Sophia and Lybina Kirstine moved to New York and became interior decorators, their sister Margaret wrote with news from the farm. Article content

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Here is Margaret writing from home on Nov. 14, 1905.

“Ma” is Jane (Hoar) Kirstine, “Lydia” and “Bina” (Lybina) are sisters, and “Bassie” is brother Sebastian Jr., who married Mary Jane McPhail of Carrick in 1907.

This is from the 1987 Yearbook of the Bruce County Historical Society

Sophie and Margaret Kirstin visited in Toronto.

“My Dear Sisters:

“Now girls, I will try and tell you what w

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