Grey County Schoolhouses

            

"We have always been an independent family, and there was not one of us who didn't know what she wanted to do. "
~A. Macphail My Ain Folk
Southgate Sideroad 7
Southgate Sideroad 7
The road that Agnes Macphail and her sisters walked 1-1/4 miles each way to get to school.
S.S. No. 4 Proton
S.S. No. 4 Proton
Agnes, Gertha and Lilian McPhail all attended this school in Proton until the family moved in 1902 to Artemesia.
Class Picture S.S. No. 4 Proton
Class Picture from S.S. No. 4 Proton
Taken in 1899, this class photo shows all three McPhail girls.
Old Durham Rd. Schoolhouse
Old Durham Rd. School
Agnes Macphail's second school where she wrote and passed her high school entrance examination in 1904.
Old Durham Rd. Schoolhouse
S.S.No.7 Artemesia
It would be two years before she could convince her parents to let her attend high school in Owen Sound.
Owen Sound Collegiate Institute
Owen Sound Collegiate Institute
Agnes Macphail took a train to attend the OSCI from 1906-1908, she was able to come home for Christmas and Easter.

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