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Tomasz Nawroski (1884-1960) left Poland for Canada sometime after World War One. He quickly moved to Wavell (township of Benoit, near Ramore) where he settled on a wooden lot and prepared a square timber house before welcoming his wife Katarryny Mielnik (1887-1963) and their son Frank on November 1922 – the family grew by another seven children, two sons (Tony, 1927 and Victor, 1932) and five daughters (Jenny, 1923; Rose, 1925; Victoria, 1926; Pauline, 1928 and Anne, 1930)

The Nawroskis and their progeny worked morning till dark” in order to bring about 150 acres (out of 320) into cultivation . The Nawroskis practiced mixed farming and produced enough for the family’s subsistence, raising livestock (cattle, hogs, horses as draft animals and chickens), harvesting oats and hay as feed crops for animals. They also maintained a large garden , while fishing on the Black River and hunting wildlife added to the family’s sustenance.

The revenue derived from logging and fur trapping were reinvested in the farm. It paid for the purchase of horse powered mechanical instruments such as a disk, a harrow, a mower, a plough, a reaper and forging instruments. There were never any tractors on the farm nor was it ever equipped with hydroelectric power.

The eldest son Frank remained the longest under parental rule and proved the most helpful to the household – he stayed until he found a wife. Frank (33) married a Wavell girl by the name of Alice-Rose Beauvais on March 20, 1943 at the farm – Jenny and Tony also married Beauvais people. Not surprisingly, the newlywed couple settled on an 87 acre plot of land nearby in order to preserve family cohesiveness. Pauline married a mill worker from Iroquois Falls while Rose, Victor and Victoria married and moved out of Northeastern Ontario. The youngest child, Anne, died at the farm of pneumonia at age 13.

 
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