The Goderich Signal-Star, 1961-09-14, Page 5Goderich Main Go�I
For Settlers In 1830's
(13y L.C.C.)
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The flow of .immigration intro
llu�p ..Cyaunty p��82�8{-29-3�Q,y�•,
9!L•57.‘4,-*' 'AL. :�� ' .;Lit di' thi
. ' ,'.hosd'"ta the village and township
of Goderich. In 1830, Dr. Wil-
liam Dunlop and his brother
*settled in Colborne Townshi
at Maitlandville (or Saltford).
In 1831, Hugh Sturdy became
the second settler in Goderich
Township, and Michael Fisher
and Ben Miller settled in Col-
borm- _Townhip,_,he latter a
°cBeniniller.
While the main flow of immi-
gration up the Huron Road in
1831 was still to Goderich, vil-
lage and township, a trickle
stopped off and settled in Tuck-
ersmith Township, among the
settlers being Francis Fowler,
Samuel Carnoshan, and Dr.
Chalk, the last the founder of
Harpurhey. Another immigra-
tion stream started to flow that
year, 1831, northward up the
proposed London Road into the
townships of Biddulph, McGilli-
vray, Stephen and Usborne, and
that year James Willis settled
near Exeter. Also, that year, Neil
Ross travelled over the proposed
London Road and settled in the
township of Tuckersmith.
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By 1832 the population of
Huron County was 685, with -
,over 300 in the township of
Goderich and the great ,majority
of the other 385 in, the village
of Goderich. However, a trickle
ofif settlersy, continued to settle'
roaZls'." 13y 1 the townahip
of Goderich was fairly well set-
tled and Stanley Township had
a population of 739; ucker-
smfth, 599; McKillop, 321; Us -
borne, 283; Ashfield, 266;
Stephen, 213; Hullett, 195, and
Hay, 113. Biddulph, McGilli-
vray and Colborne townships
also were partly settled, but the
tdrofimmigration -hadhn
reached the township of Wawa -
nosh (combined East and West),
Morris, Grey, Turnberry, and
Howick, which, with Ashfield
township, were Crown lands, not
owned by the Canada Company.
John Jackman was the first
settler in the township of Wawa -
nosh, in 1840, and the first
school there was built in 1846;
by 1852 that township had a
population of 722. In 1851,
Morris Township had its first
settlers when Lucius A. C. Mc-
Connell and Kenneth McBean
settled at Blyth, and John Mc-
Rae, Chris Corbett, John 'Bran-
don and Robert Armstrong, loc-
ated at Belgrave. The London
Road by that time had been
extended northward from Clin-
ton as a rough trail through
Londesborough, and Blyth, to
Belgrave.
In 1850-51, a Mr. Beauchamp
settled at, Cranbrook in Grey
Township, and in 1852, John
Mitchell located at Molesworth,
and William Ainley at Brussels.
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�b�oundax�y. .,_Yn 11851•; �:'f'iarie
settled in Howick Township, and
Jacob Cook was its secend set-
tler in 1853. In 1854, Jacob
Cantelon and Alex Duncan set-
tled in the township of Turn -
berry, at Bluevale. Jacob's
cousin Peter Cantelon, (the writ-
er's
cousin,
settled at
Bluevale'in 1855.
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Thomas and' Robert Gibson
were the first settlers at Wrox-
eter in 1856, and Edward Farley
was the first to 'locate in the
Wingham Town Plot in 1858.
Thus settlement gradually ex-
tended over the whole of Huron
County, but, even as late as 1852,
"there was no semblance to even
a village throughout the whole
extent of the London and Gode-
rich Road." That year 'an at-
tempt was made to start a ,vil-
lage at Brucefield, where the
Bayfield road crossed the Lon-
don Road.
An account in 1852 related:
"Most of the land along the
(London) road is very flat, and
probably no, road of similar
length in the country has so
much corduroy on it. The clear-
ings are for the most part small,
and the houses, are very infer-
ior, as might be expected from
N,.
the general surroundings." The
first settlers on'the site of pre -
se t; day Clinton, were Jonas
Gibbings and Peter and Stephen
Vandenburg, in 1831, at the
tunction, of the Huron Road and
he proposed London Road,' or
"Vandenburg's Corners."
Clinton was founded by Wil-
liamRattenbury in 1844, when
he purchased the lots at three
of the four Corners of "Vandeni-
urg s Corners,!' and . named the fi
liiiton' bias- rapii ' from"'- t'lia
time. Isaac Carling was the real ,'
founder
of the village of Exeter
in 1847, although the first set-
tlers, James Willis and William
McConnell, settled there in 1832,
Seaforth's first settler located
there in 1857, and it 'Was still
a swamp till that time when
the coming of the railroad caus-
ed it 'lb make raspid progress,
while its neighboring villages,
Harpurhey and Egmondville, re-
trograded., By 1852, Goderich
and `Bayfield were the only ur-
ban settlements of any, size in
the county, although Clinton,
Brucefield, Exeter and Port Al-
bert were budding settlements.
The Ooderieb Signal -Star, Thur '04a3r, September 14014 1001
sotitirmy HoPda „,c
405,
In 1856, Ashfield Towhship
had a population of 682; in 1851,
Stephen had 742, and Hay, 9
and in 1852, Stanley had 2,0 ,
Tirckersmith, 1,727; Usborne,
1,484; Colborne, 920; McKillop,
884; and Wawanosh (East and
West combined), 722. Ashfield
was the first settled of the
Crown land townships, due to its
easy accessibility by boat from
Goderich and its Lake Huron
shoreline. The first settlers loc-
ated at Port Albert, in 1837-41,
and they wefe• Andrew Mccpn-
nell, Jerome Sharpeand Stephen
starts Thursday,' September.14
and end -s- September 30
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The eritire season's crop .rient up in smoke
when the barn of William' M. Hardy, of St.
Augustine, was razed by fire on Sept.
5th. All that was left standing of the barn
was an empty cement silo. Loss was est-
imated at more than $10,000. Threshing
was in progress when the outbreak occurr-
Martin.
Prior to 1848, land in the
Crown Land townships was
bought for cash and this made
settlement too slow, so that year
a "ten - year - term -of -payment"
was inaugurated,. which greatly
accelerated the influx of set-
tlers. By• 1856 Ashfield Town-
ship had a pOpulation of 907,
and by 1861 it had 2,617.
a In 1861, the- total population
of., Huron County was 51,954;
divided in nationalities as fol-
lows: Natives of England and
Wales, 5,369; Scotland, 6,204;
Ireland; 8;313; Canada, not of
French origin, 28,880, of French
origin, 479; United States, 737;
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward
Island, 455; New Brunswick, 176;
Newfoundland, 27; West Indies,
23; East Indies, 17; German
States,. Prussia, 1,052; France,
97; Switzerland,- 53; Guernsey
and other aritish Islands, 15;
all other plabes, 36; not knowb,
21. These figures include the
townships of McGillivray arid
Biddulph, which were detached
from the county on January. 1.
1863.
In 1862 the well-known and
very rare "Hermon Map of Hur-
on County" was published, and
it not only was the first map
officially issued of the county,
but it includes the,townships of
Biddurph and McGillivray, which
were detached from the county
in 1863. On the map are in-
scribed the names of the tand-
owner settlers, and it is sur-
rounded by much pertinent data,
which includes the 1861 plans
of the. urban settlements and
pictures of notable buildings.
The plan of Wingham must
have been draunkinot later than
early in 1861, as it does not
show the two dams (upper and
-lower), Which were constructed
that year, nor does it show the
mill pOnd between them. There
is a copy of the "Hermon Map,"
cut in sections and mounted in
a portfolio, in the Lawson Mem-
orial Library at the U. of W.O.
PORT ALBERT
Mr. and Mrs. AL Meader, De -
trait, visited over the week -end
with Mr:' and:Ars. Archie Gre-
nier. Their two sens, Ron and
Arnold, and Mrs. Meader senior,
whO have. been visiting for the
past month with Mr. and Mrs.
Grenier, returned to betroit
with them.
Mr. and Mrs'. Murray Dyer,
Guelph; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Bryans,- London; Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Dickson, Goderich; Miss
Willa Dickson, St. Marys, and
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Dickson, Port
ed in the Straw stack in the barn. The
granary was full and the last load was at
the barn to be threshed. While the ex-
act cause of the fire is unknown, it is be-
lieved that a spark from the threshing
machine owned by Jim Leddy might have
been the cause of the flash fire.
Lucknow-Sentinel Photo
DUN-GANNON
D. S. Fines, Taranto, spent the
week -end with Mr. and _Mrs,
Cecil Blake and family and Mr.
Harold Blake. Other visitors
were MIs. Blake's brothers, Pal-
mer Kilpatrick, Agincourt, and
R. T. Kilpatrick, Vv'ingham.
, Mts. Abner Morris vtsited
Monday with her daughter, Mrs.
Leonard Christilaw, Nile.
The annual Harvest Home
serviee will be observed Sunday,
September 17, at 2.30 p.m. with
the Bishop of Georgian Bay,
Rev. H. F. Appleyard, D.D., as
guest speaker. The rector, Rev.
a portfolio, in the Lawson Mem-
orial Library at the University.
of Western Ontario.
Wilfred Wright, will also •):1
present.
Mrs. Margaret Moran, Lucl•
now, visited. Sunday with her
cousin, Mrs. A. Tebbut, at the
home of Mrs. L Henry. Also
visiting last week were Mr. and
Mrs'. George Addison, Seaforth.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Purddif,
Whitechuich; , Visited Mrs. I.
Henry on Sunday.
PORTER'S HILL
PORTER'S HILL, Sept. 12.—
Twenty-three pmills are at-
tending S.S. No. 5, Goderich,
With James M. Jamieson, Gode-
rich, as their teacher. There
are- four beginners: Jody Cox,
Joyce De Graff, Hattie Idsinga,
and Randy Sowerby.
The Woman's ASsociation is
planning to quilt at the Septem-
ber meeting which will be held
at -the home of Mrs. John Me -
On Sunday morning the Cfrace-
St. Andrew's Young People's So-
ciety, under the capable leader-
ship of Ted Dunn, had charge
of the church service. Miss
Janet Harris led the responsive
reading and John Harris read
the Scripture. The guest speak-
er, Miss Clare McGowan, Gode-
rich, gave an interesting talk on
"Youth Partners Under Christ."
Next Sunday there .will be no
church or Sunday School. Rally
Day will be observed ori Septem-
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Nees& extra money for
CHRISTMAS ? "And w,ho The public is cordially invited to attend.
— NO REFUNDS OR 'EXCHANGES —
iBuy One Roll of Wallpaper
at the regular price
FOR. ONLY 1 Cent
The . Dungannon . United
Chitral will observe -anniversary
sem ices en Sunday, September
Rev. Geo. D. Watt, Oakville, will
speak. Guest soloist In the
morning is Mr. Mel Thompson,
of Detroit, and the Harbouraires,
of Goderich, will sing in the
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Pettigrew and
16s. Douglas K. McAtteer, Wil-
lowdale, were recent visitors
with Mrs. W. H. Stafford.
Mr. Bob Smyth and son Bob,
of Toronto, spent the week -end
at the home or their uncle, Mr.
Brown Smyth.
couple of days at the home of
her son, Laverne Culbert, Gode-
rich.
$107.30 Oor Billie Society.—
Mrs. Lorne Ivers, ' secretary -
treasurer for the Dungannon
branch of the Canadian Bible
Society, appreciates the work of
the appointed collectors. The
amount forwarded was $107.30,
an increase over last year.
Window Dedicated. ---z• Mrs.
Stanley Hughes, Toronto, the
former Cora Errington of this
district, had a beautiful window,
in memory of her late husband,
dedicated at Runnymede Presby-
terian Church, 'on Sunday, Sep-
tember 10th. "I am the Good
Shepherd" was the inscription.
-Mr. Hughes had served the
chTirch as• an elder and man-
ager. Rev. E. W. Jewitt who
had been pastor for 11 years be-
fore retiring is a cousin of Mit.
Hughes. Having returned to the
church as pastoral' assistant, he
gave the dedication. After the
serviee, about 40 friends and
relatives gathered for lunch in
the basement of the church.
Those attending from this dis-
trict were Mr. and Mrs. George
Turnbull and Mrs. Mildred Stew-
art, Biussels:. Mrs. Mary „Rivett.
Mrs. Harold Adams, Mrs. Everett
Errinaton, Mr. Wilmer Erring-
ton. Mis. Victor Errinaton and
Miss Marianne West, Ashfield.
There Were also people -present
from Comber and. Sarnia.
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at greatly reduced pricet
Wide yariety of designs
and color combinations
HENDERSON'S
i3OOK STORE
MAN IS FINED FOR
CONTEMPT Of COURT
Rae J.' Watson, of West Wa-
wanosh Township, formerly of
London, was fined $25 or three
days in jail on" Wednesday of
last week after he Was convicted
of contempt of court at the fall
assizes of the Supreme Court of
Ontario, at Gooerich.
Nfr. Watson was summonsed
after he failed to appear on a
jury panel at the assizes open-
ing Tuesday. He told Mr. JuStice
S. N. Shatz that he .was very
busy and had forgotten His jury
duties. Mr. Justice Shatz Hand-
ed down a severe reprimand in
addition to the fme.
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Decoration
Day Service
Veterans Memorial Park
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: unday, Sept: 17, I
ber 24.
Albert, attended a family gath-
ering at the home of Rev. and
Mrs. E. Taylor, in Goderich, on
Saturday, September O.
Mr. Howard Quaid and son
Jim visited last week with Mak
tives and friends in the vicinity.
We are gtad to hear that Jiyn's
fOot is_ improving after his
motorcycle accident last year.
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hours weekly, you ean earn .•
that extra income. Legion members, Veterans old the Ladies' Aux- •
Heather Beauty Salon
announces
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4 FOR $
pkg. of.2
0 FOR.$
L nne Comrie
Opening in Ashfield, Col- •
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Bell, 848 Albert St., Water- • hi event of rain, *ill be postponed. until
necessary. Write Mrs. E. I •
loo, or phone collect, SH : . Sunday, September 24, 1961.
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Harry coltIough
in Hair Styling and Beauty Aids
New Creations Latest 4quipment
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