All roads lead to … Hainsville?

March 22, 2009 by barefootheart

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The Hanes family have been longtime residents and clearly Hanesville is the correct spelling.

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Posted in Local | 4 Comments

on March 22, 2009 at 9:49 pm | Reply Fiddlegirl

Is it just me or does that sign have Hainsville spelled wrong? Either that or the others do.
on March 26, 2009 at 5:59 pm | Reply lavenderbay

Oops.
on May 17, 2009 at 10:02 am | Reply Pat Field

I knew Gwen Hanes, whose mother in law was one of the original Hanes family after whom the community was named. When we first lived in the “Hainsville” area it was spelt that way. Apparently, according to Gwen, the family worked hard to have the spelling rectified to reflect the family so it looks as though they succeeded in some respect. Gwen lived in Iroquois the last time I saw her. Eleanor Pietersma would know if she is still there.
on May 19, 2009 at 7:37 am | Reply barefootheart

Pat, thanks for the information! I assumed their was probably an original Hanes family, but hadn’t checked it out. I wonder how it ever got switched to Hains in the first place?