THIRD GENERATION

6. Benjamin Levi VAN HORN* ⁽⁶⁾ was born on 16 Oct 1879 in Osprey Twp, Ontario. He died on 14 Nov 1940 in Snowdon, Saskatchwan.

Levi's ancestry was that his family were Pennsylvania Dutch Extraction and they were Quakers. He worked at farming on the Manitoulin Island and would take his animals to Gore Bay for shipment. In the winter he would go to logging camps and Teeny and their children would take care of the farm. Times were tough on the island so in 1922 he packed up his family and went to Saskatawan to homestead. Levi took the train and rode in the cattle car along with his stock that he brought with him.
After settling around Snowden, Saskatchewan, he told of the time he went to Moosejaw in the horse and buggy and on his way home and snowstorm blew up and how hard it was to get back home. Apparently, his team got on the wrong track, one horse having it easier, while the other was off the trail. When he did get home he had a pair of pretty tired horses and Levi wasn't in too great of spirits either. Other times, during a snowstorm, farmers would tie a rope around them, just to go to the barn. If they didn't it was quite possible to get lost in a blizzard, and freeze to death, only ten feet from the buildings.
Times seemed to get harder out west when the depression hit. Uncle Gordon told me he would never eat another carrot as long as he lived, because carrots and potatoes were all they had one winter. At one time Levi went to the food office for a bag of flour and sugar and they told him that he had nothing to give to them, his reply was that he wasn't going home empty handed and sat there all day. At the end of the day, when they wanted to close up, Levi was still there, they gave him his bag of flour and sugar. Levi had a blood disorder, from what I'm told it was leukemia and he died there in 1940.

Marie Clarke has obit in photo album.

Levi Van Horne m Christina Le Bar - died Nov 14, 1940 Snowden, Sask. B. Oct 16, 1879. Moved from Manitoulin to Saskatchen. 1924, Second youngest of 11. B. at Osprey Twp. Parents Mr. & Mrs. Luke Van Horn Left to mourn - Widow & six children & six brothers.

He was married to Christina (Teeny) LEBAR* on 18 Jan 1905 in Manitoulin Island, Gore Bay, Algoma Dist. (Ontario).

7. Christina (Teeny) LEBAR*⁽⁷⁾ was born on 20 Mar 1887 in Beaverton, Ontario. She died on 13 Sep 1973 in Greenacres, Newmarket. She was buried on 17 Sep 1973 in Highland Memory Gardens. Levi and Teeny left the Manitoulin Island in 1922 and they homesteaded 30 miles north of Moosejaw. Times on the praries were very tough. Mae was married and had moved to the United States with Milton. After Levi died Teeny went to Toronto with Jean, Laura, Ardeth and Gordon. She sewed articles for the Eaton Company and had a boarding house. Jonas stayed in Sackatawan and married there. Children were:

3 i. Anna May (Mae) VAN HORN*.
ii. Jonas VAN HORN was born on 9 Mar 1908 in Manitoulin Island, Ontario. Jonas and Margarie did not have any children He died on 25 Nov 1972 in Nipiwan, Saskatchwan. Jonas stayed in Saskatchwan on the homestead.

iii. Jennie Pearl VAN HORN was born on 16 Aug 1910 in Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. She died on 12 Feb 1996 in Toronto, Ontario. She was also known as Jean. Jean worked as a seamstress for the Eaton Company in Toronto making draperies.

iv. Laura VAN HORN was born on 17 Feb 1922 in Provindence Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. Laura was a book binder by trade.

v. Ardeth VAN HORN was born on 10 Dec 1924 in Moosejaw, Saskatchwan. Ardeth worked as a seamstress for the Eaton Company making draperies. She and Gordon adopted a boy and a girl.

vi. Gordon VAN HORN was born on 26 May 1926 in Moosejaw, Saskatchwan. He died on 15 Dec 1987 in Namaka, Alberta. Gordon learned a trade as an upholstery and moved to Alberta. The last I heard of him he lived in Nanton Alberta. I have since tried to find him but with no luck.
I have learned that Goldon died of lung cancer.

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