Nick's
Equipment Sales
4236
Petrolia Line, PO Box 399
Petrolia, Ontario, Canada N0N 1R0
Toll Free (800)-387-2224
(519)-882-1903 or Fax (519) 882-0660
E-Mail
- njonkman@xcelco.on.ca
Meet the Owners
Nick and Jessie Jonkman are
the proud owners of Nick's Equipment Sales and
the Wood Parts Factory. Nick originally established the business
in the early 70's
as a service station, being an auto mechanic by trade. Around
1980 while being
shut down by sewer construction, Nick started to dabble into selling
tools to the farm
trade and was soon into woodworking tools. Following the death
of his first wife
in 1986, he continued to expand into the woodworking tools, eventually
adding
wood parts, doll house supplies, and craft supplies to his growing
business.
Following the marriage to his present wife Jessie in the fall
of 1991, they have
continued to expand the business to it's present form.
Nick and Jessie depicted left, while
maintaining a small, thriving business,
have joined together in a common interest
of collecting antiques, primarily sewing
machines, old agricultural artifacts,
and service station equipment
and memorabilia.
Their home now includes
a
Sewing Machine Museum.
Nick has served on the board
of the International Cockshutt Club since it's
inception in 1989. A club dedicated to the preservation of Cockshutt
farm
machinery. He has served as director and Canadian fund raising/treasurer,
magazine editor, Canadian club stores keeper, and recently retired
as president.
Nick and Jessie were actively involved in the Egremont Road Heritage
Days, which
celebrated the first road through Lambton County, connecting the
Canadian
outpost at Errol Village and the garrison at London. Errol was
responsible for the
protection of the western border of Upper Canada during the war
of 1812.
Nick has served as president
of the fledgling Canadian Sewing Machine
Collectors Society as well as editor of the Can-Sew Journal.
Nick and Jessie's Sewing Machine
Museum
