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- The last child of George Gordon Browne Leith was Eleanor Alma Leith born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1854. She married against her family's wishes to Stair Dick Lauder in 1878, son of Sir. John Dick Lauder the grandson of the North Dalrymple, 9th Earl of Stair. After a few years she reconciled with her family and traveled to Britain for two years. They returned to Ancaster setting up their home at "Fountain Hall" where she remained while her husband moved to Toronto to be a secretary at the Albany Club. She was one of Ancaster's colourful people with her diaries and her writing columns for the Canadian Farmer.
After her Parents death she purchased shares of the hermitage approximately 161 acres including the house from her siblings. She eventually move to the hermitage alone in 1904 until a fire broke out in October 10th 1934. She being a resourceful person she rebuilt a smaller home in amongst the charred wall, where she lived until her death in 1942. The property now belongs to the city which now has a museum set up in the Gatehouse. You can still see part of the original walls before the two fires took place.
There were no children ever mentioned of Eleanor and Stair Dick Lauder so their line ends here.
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