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We think real estate is changt
ing hands quickly in Cranbrook
this year. Just look at the list
of names of people who lived in
the, village or surrounding com-
munity. (Some of the descendants
who have the same surname and
are skill here since the 1850's and,
1860). -
Denominations
• METHODIST
John Knight; John Hunter; Fred
Raddatz; Sparling; JohnSwitzer;
Fred Oster; Aldersons;•Askih;
Robert Cochrane; Wm. Bray;
Geo. .McNichol;
LUTHERANS
Elias Mehn; Wm. Dames; Got.;
tlieb Poppe; Casper Engel; Yost
Engel; Dan Zimmer; Jeschke;
Berfelz; Schraeder; Labing;
Stein; Geo. Huether; Adam
Kreger; Ziegler; Huller; Nea-
beal; Conrad Michel; Rhinhard
Rupp; Krauter; Raymann; Frier-
ster; Schnook; Gorsalitz.
ENGLISH PRESBYTERIANS
Woodruff; James Knight; Dining;
Hann; Hiram white; Chas. Ald-
ersen; $rnaildon; Marden;
Locking.
PRESBYTERIANS
Thos. Ennis; JohnForrest; Lach-
lin McNeil; Peter McNeil; Jelin
Shell's; Duncan McInnis' Hugh
Cunningham; Victor' Schubel
Nichol; Leckie; Highland Jim-
mie McNair; Lowland Jimmie
McNair; McKay; MacDonald;
Mcfraggart; McNabb; Slemmon;
McLean; Cameron; Brown;
Perrie; Noble.
CATHOLICS
Baeker; Joseph Long; Thomas
$t. Amour; John St. Amour;
Strath; Mrs. Charles Schnook;
Mrs. Peter McDonald.
There were four churches
to accommodate these people.
The Methodist Church' was lo-
cated on Lot 34. In 1864 the land
was adquired and registered as
the Bible Christian Church, how-
ever, it was always considered
Methodist and was part of the
Ethel, Row's Union,, and Mon -
crieff circuit.. The parsonage
was in Ethel. Later Cranbrook,
joined in with Brussels. The
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come the front part of the
smith shop, fall 1923. (
original blacksmith shop
moved back).
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was located in the Mueller
on Lot 5, Con. 12.
"In '1855 the government
petitioned by the Presbyte
to grant the present site (
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Cranbrook history includes
Flax '111111, and Sauer Kraut hot
A history of Cranbrook, first
surveyed in 1852 and later the
site of the first public tavern
in Morris Township, was pre-
sented by Marilyn Engel, of R.B.
3,, Brussels at a recent meeting
of the Huron County Historical
society, in Cranbrook. Mrs.
Engel gave the results of re-
.search into the village's history
Which has been undertaken during
the past year by members of the
local Women's Institute and other
interested citizens. The full
test of Mrs. Engel's address and
an illustration of an early map of
the village froin the 1872 Belden's
Huron County Atlas appear on
this page.
Town plot
Where's the Town Plot: In
approximately the year 1855
Cranbrook was surveyed into lots
from Lot 11, Concession 11 to
Lot -15 Concession 11 in-
clusively. This survey was
called the • Town Plot for Grey
Township, Or simply "the Plot',
for approximately 50 years. It
consisted of a market square,
mill race and park and town lots.
Also surveyed in the 1850's was
part of Lot 15, Concession 12
known as Tannersville and parts
of Lots 16, Concession 11 and 12
known as the Mueller Plan. Cran-
brook never developed into the
town as planned because the
railway did not come through,
as had .been expected. The Sea-
forth, Walton. road originally was
to pass through Cranbrook, but
on the ventilation of the matter
in County Council it was finally
decided'-to divert the road from
Cranbrook and pass it northward
in its present location, thus
giving Brussels the advantage of
becoming prosperous.
When the first settlers came
thriough they came via Seaforth,
Walton and the Beaucamp Creek.
They crossed- Over lot 9, con-
cession 12 . In the early 1850's Slaug,hter house
when the settlers, arrived there
was a small store at the back
of the farm, Lot 11, Con. 11,
along the river. ' They made
tables, chairs and other, wooden
articles. People crossed the
river to reach their homeg along
the North Street. Charles • Cranbrook approximately 1879.
Alderson came into the North There was also a slaughter house
Street when he was 10 years old. on the property, but moved back,
The store was there then.Charles to Rathweli Street. Later the.
Switzer bought this land about. Cameron Bros. operated a dirty=
1879 and all remains' of, the store ing flax mill operation during
was gone. ' the summer and a sawmill in the
winter. They had to have many
W horses for their operation and ' I reseaich this is the reason such a huge
barn was erected on Lot 16, Con-
cession 11 in order to stable all
the horses. But perhaps the
biggest reason for -the large barn
was go they could dry and store
the flax. A weigh scale was
located at the west Side-of East
Street to weigh the loads. They
Were finally moved to Bredhagen
and used in a weigh station. In
the South Weat corner was a
little cabin Used for an office or
night watohmans' station. The
up the cranbrook Sider* you The first hotel intranbrook should haVe, The garage 'on Kay was built by Jaineg Tuck on park
Lot 1 in 1854 and he named it, iAiPhiselfeel2SttrUtedttYWiltrtttetSei4
the Montreal HOUSe. This was Fren. 8trialldoiri and was moved by the first public Worn in Grey Norman Pheifer from lot s14, ing with a wooden sidewalk along the emit and south side right Cend .10 -aleng the North Street •
betide the rout, . The main deer sits present 1ocation.'
a few Here IS -A...Olaf:ire CiPthe Union Wriitaegoinu:lifet! oeroo.rn*tert:ittlil_ Hotel located in TalineraVille on
Let "When 'Malian' batiket Ali excellent. hell was, attached operated. this hiAel it was Called to the building, Tuck also the titter kraut it was a store west of the 'hotel.Hotel."
, operated by the Longfatillyfroit and meet-1.896 1927i When RobertEngel 'heti held in this hotel, AS' tore the' building down, in 1950'S a felatlt of a fight, once' a Man lie got 40: a briCk from a London fell his head on a spitoon inati and sold Material to rebuild and, died, In 105'. -the tuck two firitiaeg, Albert .Datrieg who hotel and store and a 'tibiae and owned this hotel in the early another store Were burnt. The cache to tragic end, He WO on a Sunday iiight.Cell- 'had beenbligting Out stink* on oil Wig guintiogedly to have been his farm on the 9th LCoici. Be thrown on the sides of the Hotelpidited up a futo that had hung *nit tither buildings, A horse tedolyed. the blast with an iffikhowti Met rode 'west' r his fetei dying inSisitly;15un. 00:00);COOCti OttOrEkiti97.4.
away from the scene. Willie Winn,
a teacher and, who was at 'the
hotel that evening took after him
on hi s bicycle, but nobody was
ever apprehended. Parts of this
fire drifted almost to the 10th
Concession. Buraing debris was
found behind the Smalidon build-
ings on the sooth part of Lot 15,
Concession 10. Tuck had 3-5
large horse stables for patrons
horses. These must have burnt
too, as nobody remembers them
after the fire. They would occupy
what is now the hall lot.
Brick layer.
Anthony "Tony" McDonald,
who was an excellent bricklayer
built the present store and then
went into the mercantile line,
operating 'the Cranbrook store.
Anthony bought the old school
which was built in 186'7. He
used the senior room to build the
store. With the junior room he
built a house across from the
Union.Hotel where he lived while
he was building his house beside
the store.' Before he had his
'house (beside the store) com-
pleted he sold his first house to,
Duncan McInnes, who got immed,
late possession. Anthony and his
family moved in with the Forrest
family for a few mon*. It was
crowded but they got along.(This
is Annie Engel's house today).
the early 1900's the lot north of
Anthony's house contained a
large plum orchard. This is the
hall lot today.
"Kids collect pop bottles to-
day. What did kids do,in 1900's?
One lady remembers when she
was 5 - 6 or 7 years old wonder—
ing up and down the cranbrook
Road -- East • Street. Old
Mrs. McQuarrie who lived on
park Lot 5 would give the kids
an egg apiece and they would
hurry down to the store and cash
them in for candy."'
Let's look at. park Lot 6
beside the Maitland River (where
Harvey Smith is erecting his new
house) and Ed' Garrow had a
sawmill. here.' He also owned I
the first log house erected in
During the past winter the
Women's Institute and other
interested people researched
each one Of These town and park
lets at Goderich and obtained
Much information from local citi-
zens. They have listed owners
and years from the drown to the
present day. Thig has been a big
project and you are welcome to
view our efforts so far. Our
Tweedsmu1r. book contained Much
local histOry and since it has been, McKay's used this as a home
presented many times before at sometime betWeen 1871 and 1916. Historial Meetings, etc.0 I "I wonder how' many Crab- would like to present some of the., rookites saw running boards new Material and anecdotea which b
we have recorded, from old cars Way? If you were