Parry Sound

One and a half hours north lies a small town called Parry Sound. Mom and Dad were both born there. Laurie and Jim were born there also. Their families were some of the first founding families in the area. Our great-great grandfather Zachariah Watts a emanscapated mulatto slave settled there with his wife Annebelle McDougall and had 14 children. He was also a school board trustee for 2 terms that I could find.

We have alot of history there and everytime I go back there the familiarity of my time living there from age 1.5 to age 6 comes back in a rush.

We were on original Frazer land. Mom's dad was Fitzgerald Frazer II. His father by the same name came from Ireland and died when my grandfather was still in the womb. Grampa died young too when Mom was only 13 yrs old. Gramma Watts Frazer never re-married.

Many many years later Mom's brother Robert (Bobby) Uncle Bob to us bought the land and he was so excited about owning it. He bought a big trailer and set up camp. He came up as often as possible and planned to retire there by building a home. Life got in the way and his health deteriorated. He now has MS and is in a wheelchair. He sold the trailer and today we helped him pack up. He wept and so did we knowing how much leaving this land forever means to him. We all love him so very much.