The Brussels Post, 1967-03-02, Page 2THE BRUSSELS POST, BRUSSFLS, ONTARIO
as apprentices progress to the slants or
fledged jeurneynien.
:'an anyone qualify for Apprenticeship?
Not guile. You must be 16 01' older and have at
le,ra a (it ads 10 education. With additional edu-
cation, such as a high school diploina. you mild
rime a shorter apprenticeship and enjoy higher
earnings sooner.
What c:,111 apprcin iceship do for s our future career?
V.I.cri you complate your training. oti're.
..,.ieiet-.2(1 to meet the future. Apprenticeship
training. can prepare you for a supervisory posi-
ion or even a business Of your own. And \\hen
you're thirt y -ri% c, Yciu Can look back Willi
.satisro.ction,
A Federal-Provincial Manpower Development Program
Centennia
Report
1867 1967 ,
HISTORY
Af
GREY TOWNSHIP
Contributed by Mrs. Stan Speiran
(continued from last week)
According to the last census
before 1861„, Grey Township then
had a population of 2461, and
there were 379 land-owners, who
held 40,000 acres, In 1861 nearly
6,000 acres were in crops and
another 7000 under cultivation
In the township about 33,000
acres were wood and wild land.
The largest acreage in, crop was
about 2000 acres of spring wheat,
which produced 55,000 bushels.
Another 600 acres produced 1,7000
bushels of oats, and 500 acres pro-
duced about 17000 bushels of peas.
potatoes and turnips were "must
crops" in all pioneer settlements
and in Grey township, 288 acres
of the former produced '27,618
bushels, and 457 acres of the lat-
ter produced 86,169 bushels,
Livestock seems to have been
comparatively scarce, namely, 67
bulls, oxen and steers; 103 mulch
cows, 125 calves and heifers, 31
horses over three years old, 4
colts and fillies, 126 sheep, and
196 pigs, Only 7.051 pounds of
butter and 648 pounds of cheese
were listed under "domestic
manufacture".
To 1.S72 the Wellington, Grey
and 'Pollee now (C.N.R.1 railway
was built from Palmerston to
Bingham. and it passed through
Grey- Township from Etentrrn,
threii:1.11 Pi thei to Brussels, The
first two places were just post
villa etes prim- to that time, after-
ward frr(IWIT1r," into small
nr urban settlement.
TTenfrvn is situated On the
rlinn branch ef the middle Mait-
land river. on lets conces-
sinn C.p. near the eastern boned-
pry- of the tnvenshIp. Near here
the first settler, the French Can-
aian Tleauchamp, settled about
15f. In 1861 sonic of the nearby
Pioneer settlers were: On the 11th
concession John 'Reiland and
William Cunningham; 7th Con..
William Charter and John C-ornnt;
th Crin., Miles T-Tollenbcic.k; 9th
Con., William Baker. 7117'h Camp-
bell. 'Francis Dwalf and ,Tames-
TTicics; 10th., Con.. William Cook,
flennis and John 'Froward: and Oft
r ho 1 1 tit. Con., George Biddle.
:;cure,' 'Dent-inn. Rebecca 11TodgeS.
of n T nn Er and Adam Shnron,
ETTIETJ is located on the
"Iriddlo 7:taitirind River. with the
eilIage in Concessions 7 and 3,
tnrl t1 ,raN,- station in Con.. 0,
Ints 2.7-111. iii. 1401. some of the
ncarhy settlers were: On 13th„
anti.. William Chapman. Cleorge
'nebsnr. „Tames Bnalish. ,Toliti 0111.
.Tames t-Inmiltem. Robert .:ToneS.
T-Ierity and Jacob Stortn;
Con., Davidson and Lawrence
Dobson, lames 14licKelvey, John
McPhail, Sibble Nicholas ,Andrew
James and William Sharp, Peter
Sinclair and Thomas Taylor; and
on the 8th. Con,, William Amid-
bald, Thomas Barton, loaathan
Carter, John Fairbet31, John I
Grant, Malcolm Lamont, Charles
Pratt, Robert Ross, Reinhart
Rupp, Andrew and. Benjamin
'Pille" Also on the 9th., Con,;
were: Clem Barnett, Robert
liarr, John 17Telleribeck, Colin.
James, William Lake, Thomas
Mitchell, John Slemin, Michael
Stone, Abel Tirade!, Henry and
John. Wilson; and on the 10th,
Con, William Colder, Joseph
(1411, John. Gonenloa, Isaac Grey,
John McIntyre, Thomas rearee. ,
MONCRIEFF Post, Office is
ou. lot 2.1. mt., 15. la 1861 some
of the settlers were on the 12th
Con., Peter Pitilay, 1'6l-40$ Horn-
ing, Benjamin Long, Wm, MC-
Tanis, Ffugh iMcNeil, Wm, Martin,
Mordecai Millard and George
Patterson; op the .loth, COn.,
Andrew RirSkine, Robert Gordon,
Neil McArr, Donald McNeil,
DaVid Millard, and Luke Speir-
On; on the 15th. Con„
Aitcheson, .Ales and William
Cant phell„Tames McArr, Donald
and John MeTa ggart, George
Shiel and Ttartwell Seeiran; and
on the 10th, Con.. David Dmill,
Nt'illiaM Fulton, :fames ROSS, and
William Torrance and on the 17th,
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