Sara Crutchfield
 
 
Sara Crutchfield was born on January 5, 1835 at Ormstown, Quebec. She was the sixth child of Samuel Crutchfield and Mary Wooley, who originally came from Nottingham, England. Samuel and Mary had their first two children in Nottingham before emigrating to Canada in about 1823. Sara was married to John Fennell on September 12, 1854 at Huntingdon, Quebec.  They farmed along side John's brother, William on 72 acres of land. Their 1 1/2 story frame house was called "Maple Lane" and is still occupied by the Fennell family. 


Maple Lane, in 1990

They harvested potatoes, hay, oats, peas, apples, maple sugar, honey, wool and butter from the farm. Sara ahd John had seven children:

  • Susanna Fennell
  • William Fennell
  • Robert John Fennell
  • Sara Ann Fennell
  • Mary Emma Fennell
  • Samuel Edward Fennell Born April 6, 1866
  • Martha Maggie Lillian Fennell
Sara was pre-deceased by John who lived 50 years; Sara was 92 when she passed away on June 25th, 1927.

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