George Davie Thurtell and his wife, Fanny Cecilia Harland, lived at Westholme, the old West End homestead, and upon the death of his uncle, James Davie, George & Fanny with their family of three children, Guy, Mary & Leonard, moved into town, having purchased 'Maplewood' on Dublin Street. The Thurtell sale day was on 13 April 1886, and the farm was rented to Alfred Watson, a relative. The survivors were Guy Thurtell living on the homestead, Mary Davie 'Daisy' Sharpe of Jamaica, an elder brother Francis Thurtell of Traverse City, Mich. and a sister, Harriett Thurtell of Hamilton.