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EATON

The Eaton family lived down South Ballina Road. The father George Eaton was an inventor & passed on his skills with machinery to his sons. The children included: Hanman, Wilfred, Rose J, Gerald, Milton [Rodney] & Myron. Rose married Charles R. Reid. Their children were Chasler & Ursula. Rodney married Lottie.

Amoung their father's inventions were an adjustable hospital bed &an implement for raking dirt off sugar cane.

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