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stouffville suntribune saturday march 3 2007 3 suntribune people faces places e amous name in members of founding family few and far between by alyshia higgins geraldine johnsons family has a lot to be proud of the former geraldine stouffer belongs to the family credited with founding stouffville in the 1800s they my relatives were always hard working people said mrs johnson she has lived in stouffville all her 83 years abraham stouffer johnsons great-great- great grandfather and wife elizabeth reesor stouffer came here from pennsylvania in 1804 im proud to live here its home to me abraham ran several mills in town and when he died his son christian inherited the businesses and properties and continued the family business according to mrs johnson each genera tion had an abraham shes related to the founder on her fathers side the family was actively involved in farm ing although now the land has been devel oped theres nothing left of the old farms said mrs johnson she does have not have any siblings as her mother died while giving birth to her she and her father then moved from their farm on tenth line into stouffville where her father worked at a grocery store he then moved on to working for tim oneill as an undertaker at oneill funeral home despite having a large extended family she doesnt have many immediate relatives i got married later in life she said i did nt have any children she married frank johnson in 1967 after he returned from the army although at one time there were many stouffers in the town many have married or moved away were getting few and far between said johnson the name has sort of died off and while she lived in toronto for 18 years while working for bell canada she says she cant imagine living anywhere else im proud to live here its home to me staff photosjoerd witteveen stouffer family member geraldine johnson in her stouffville home whitchurchstouffville news digest visit yorkregioncom for more on these and other stories contractor employees fi in roof death a richmond hill construc tion company and two of its employees have been fined in connection with the death of a man at christ church anglican two years ago a roofer fell 61 metres to his death while working on an addi tion at the sunset boulevard church aug 5 2005 holes cut in the roof were not properly protected ministry of labour investigators discovered graydon contractors ltd a company supervisor and car penter pleaded guilty to violating the occupational health and safety act the company was fined 105000 and the employees 10000 each in newmarket court last week wendel clark helps reopen shoeless joes a stouffville restaurant heavi ly damaged by fire last fall re opens monday shoeless joes had about 250000 in damage from a kitchen fire extoronto maple leaf and former whitchurchstouffville resident wendel clark will be on hand to sign autographs later this month at a grand opening party omha playoffs sunday spring must be close at hand three stouffville clipper teams are playing in the ontario minor hockey association a- level semifinals the atom squad leads whitby 10 heading into tomorrows game at the stouffville arena game time is 430 pm for more see the story on pagel4 sound off have something to say about these or other stories email us at lettersstoufrvillecom 21 fat cellulite reduction accent rf technology as featured on city tv and in elle magazine technology that really works february special purchase one treatment and get one free see our web site for more info wwwmedispacliniccom edispa clinic on main photofacial ipl repairs sun damage brown spots age spots facial veins and redness february special book a photofacial and receive a complimentary mineral makeup treatment value 75 6038 main street stouffvi x qm