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Lorn & Winnie Turriff and the Baker’s Dozen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0When we first moved to Murdochville, there were two sets of bunk-beds and a cot in one room.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winnie Campbell was just 17 when she eloped with 21-year-old Lorn Turriff in 1938.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little did she know that she would go on to bring 13 children into the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They’d driven from Metis Beach to the village of Matapedia and found a minister willing to marry them without asking too many questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three months passed before Lorn finally told Winnie’s parents what they’d done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was nearly 75 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family gatherings are now rare and extraordinary affairs.  As many as 35 Turriffs from all over Canada have been known to squeeze into the house at one time for a taste of Winnie’s cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s getting so that it’s hard to keep track of them.  At last count, Winnie and Lorn could claim 36 great grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn’t always easy keeping food on the table: during a stint at the copper mine in Murdochville, Lorn held down three jobs simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Turriffs sit down with StoryNet’s Susan Woodfine to share their thoughts from a long, loving and healthy life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To listen, click here!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Interview by Susan Woodfine, recorded M\u00e9tis-sur-Mer, Qc., produced by Dwane Wilkin; courtesy <\/i>https:\/\/qahn.org\/storynet<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extra!<\/i><\/b>  Recording includes an introduction to Lorn\u2019s historic tool collection, the Metis Beach 1975 Thanksgiving when the community cared for shipwrecked Yugoslav sailors of the of the Idrija<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/strong>, and Lorn\u2019s hockey days on <\/span><\/i>The Dream Team<\/i>.<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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