His significant tombstone, in which indicates he is buried with his son Alfred claims he drowned and the body never found on October 4, 1882. However, he appears in the 1891 census! Could it be the tombstone should have 1892 instead? And then there is the other story about how he died — by being killed by a bear north of Parry Sound resulting in naming Killbear Park after the bear. (The naming of this park, from Killbear Point, is more likely named from the Objiwe Mukwa-Nayosh meaning 'Bear Kill '. In conformation the 1866 map of McDougall Twp has the peninsula labelled as Kill Bear Point.)
There is a resolution to the above curious and confusing information. The tombstone is correct and the census information is wrong, Killbear Park is not named due to …show more content…
In 1917 one of his sister 's travelled all the way from Sault Ste. Marie to find out how her brother was doing. Staying at the Oastler 's in Foley more of Aaron 's story is uncovered. In The Story of Oastler Farm the visit and more is outlined (Aaron is spelt Ern here):
... She cried profusely and said she was concerned over Ern and wanted to see him .... At fifteen Thomas Oastler Graham was sent eighteen miles back over lonely trails in the bush to fetch out Ern. When he caught up with him he said, “Ern, your sister in the Sault wants to see you”. Ern said: “Tell her to go to hell”.
It was learned later that Ern had sold standing timber to the Parry Sound Lumber Company for $6000. As he was an alcoholic he was afraid to pick up this money for fear he would start to drink. After four years elapsed the Lumber Company insisted he take the money. Ern went to old Doctor Stone who owned the Parry Sound hospital. Stone told him to buy a bottle of liquor and put it on his window sill. He said: “Ern, as long as you know you can have this liquor handy you can fight the booze”. Fortunately, for the hermit when he picked up the money this cure
There is a resolution to the above curious and confusing information. The tombstone is correct and the census information is wrong, Killbear Park is not named due to …show more content…
In 1917 one of his sister 's travelled all the way from Sault Ste. Marie to find out how her brother was doing. Staying at the Oastler 's in Foley more of Aaron 's story is uncovered. In The Story of Oastler Farm the visit and more is outlined (Aaron is spelt Ern here):
... She cried profusely and said she was concerned over Ern and wanted to see him .... At fifteen Thomas Oastler Graham was sent eighteen miles back over lonely trails in the bush to fetch out Ern. When he caught up with him he said, “Ern, your sister in the Sault wants to see you”. Ern said: “Tell her to go to hell”.
It was learned later that Ern had sold standing timber to the Parry Sound Lumber Company for $6000. As he was an alcoholic he was afraid to pick up this money for fear he would start to drink. After four years elapsed the Lumber Company insisted he take the money. Ern went to old Doctor Stone who owned the Parry Sound hospital. Stone told him to buy a bottle of liquor and put it on his window sill. He said: “Ern, as long as you know you can have this liquor handy you can fight the booze”. Fortunately, for the hermit when he picked up the money this cure