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6.141 to Clinton From
„Robin Hood's. .0iPleitt
(By N.A.M.)
William Rattenbury came
from Devonshire, England, to
York (later Toronto) when he
was 26 years old in 1831. In
1833 he Married Sarah Towns-
end, who also had come to York,
but with her parents and ten
brothers and sisters, . from Not-
tinghamshire, near Sherwood
Forest, of Robin Hood fame.
* *
In 1835 the Rattenbarys,decid-
ed to go to the Hta. Tract
which,, had been Opened a set-
tlement by the Canada 'om-
pany, November 26, 182Y By
tim
a five -mon h -old child"an found
the trip very rough o r the
newly opened Huron R ad, as
she walked most of the way to
Colonel Van Egmond's inn. This
inn was on the road between
what became the sites of Sea -
forth and Clinton.'
The Rattenburys had npt been
settled long in their cabin when
the Mackenzie Rebellion (1837)
broke out and as all able-bodied
men were called kip Mr. Ratten-
bury, had in the f11, had to
leave his wife to carry on , as
best she could. Mrs. Rattenbury
flail -threshed the grain, cut the
wood and attended the stock
and had everything in order
when her husband- returned -in_
the spring.
* * *
Previous to this, in June,
1831, Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Gib-
bings had come from Toronto
Township, Peel County.. via
water to Goderich and journey-
ed out the newly -built Huron.
Road and settled on lot 23, Hul-
lett Township. They were the
first settlers in the district.
Later in the same year, Ste-
phen and Peter Vanderburg set-
tled -at %what became 'known -as
the "Corners." They came from
Yonge Street, York Township.
The "Corners" was on the
Huron Road at the junction of
the proposed London Road.
Peter Vanderburg settled on
the corner lot of Tuckersmith
and his brother, Stephen, on the
Gbderich side just•opposite. The
Vanderburg brothers built a
log house which they used as a
tavern, the first anywhere within
miles. Here after the place was
Lalled "Vanderburg Corners."
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After some years, one of the
Vanderbnrgs died and the other
moved to the United States.
While at the "Corners" a daugh-
ter was born to each Vander-
ourg family and, were the first
children born in the district.
The first male child later was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Jonas
Gibbings.
On his return from the 1837
rebellion, Mr. Rattenbury, &M-
ing that he was not a farmer,
moved his family to Goderich
and lived there eight years. He
was a blacksmith by trade and
soon he- was working for th
Canada Company, building mins,
wharfs and stores.
The Vanilerburg tavern. in the
meantime, was taken over by
a man named Reed, commonly
knoltn as "Yankee Reed."
In 1844 William Rattenbury
bought the tavern as well as
lots on two of the four corners,
owning now three of the four
corners. He began laying out
a village as -early as 1855 and
railed it -Clinton in honor of
L-ord-- Clinton:- en whose e state,
in Devonshire, - his father was
a tenant.
By this time the country
around Clinton was fairly well
settled and newcomers were be-
ginning to buy lots from Mr.
Rattenbury as well as from
Jonas Gibbings, whose land,_ was
east and across the Huron Road
from. Rattenbury's taverin-
An early church was built in
Clinton, where - the Baptist
church stands today and it was
called Rattenbury Church and
the organist was Jonas Gibbings.
Mr. and Mrs. Rattenbury had
a -family of four boys and seven
girls -two passed away in in-
fancy. Mrs. Rattenbury's fam-
ily, the Townsends, settled some
time after she went to the
Huron Tract:
Isaac, one of the sons of Wil-
liam Rattenbury, was the third
male child born at the "Corn-
ers," on November 24, 1844.
* *
In 1872 William-iattenbury
and his wife retireand spent
the rest of their days in a home
On William street. Mr. Ratten-
bury died in 1886 and Mrs.
Rattenbury in 1897.
Isaac Rattenbury became pro-
prietor of the ta ern in 1872
and in the same y b
a new Rattenbury House^. With
the hell/ of -his brOther Joe and and on January 1, 1858, it .be -
his sister, 1VIrs. Samuel Rance,
he ran an up-to-date hotel that
came to be known far and wide.
Isaac bayed a good horse and
he was among the first to ship
horses to Manitoba and the
Dakotas under the firm name
of Rattenbury, Gentiles and
Mooney.
In 1895 Joe Rattenbury be-
came the proprietor of Ratten-
bury House but in 1907 it burn-
ed to the ground, estimated at
a loss of $5,000.
D. 0. Forrester, president of
the Thresher Works, w a s
came incorporated.
Samuel Rance was reeve of
Hullett Township for the years
1854-57and on March 19, 1856,
the first divisional court was
held in Clinton, by Thomas
Rance.
The Rance, brothers married
two pf William Rattenbury's
daughters, but their lives were
cut short as each died at the
age of 44.
Mrs. Samuel Rance was left
with five children. One became
,Mrs. William Jackson and lived
for many years on the Bayfield
iirkil_pn, 4,,,„,me,c..iiii, engine Roaft,_In 1897 another datigh-
ter became the wile of Dr.
Shaw, who Was a prominent
Clinton doctor until recent
years. Miss Alice Rance was an-
other, daughter. A son, Thomas,
went to live in Winnipeg, and
son, Torrence Rance, spent most
of his life in Clinton, except
for the period of the First
Worldaren he acquired
klt
the ra i ''',4' of colonel in the
33rd Battalion.
Mrs. Samuel Rance, being left
with a young family, spent some
years of her life helping her
brothers, Isaac and Joe, in run-
ning the Rattenbury House and
its prominence was largely due
when the -roof of, the' building
caught fire fanned by a strong
wind. The company's pay office
was the next building to go.
The third building was Dr.
Evan's barn and Rattenbury
House went next. James Flynn
sat on the roof of his black-
smith° shop and had pails of
water handed up to him and
so saved his building. (It stood
until. a few years ago.) At one
time 20 buildings were on fire
at once. Fire engines were
brought in by rail from Strat-
ford -and Blyth and saved the
rest of the town.
Joe Rattenbury built an up-
to-date hotel to replace the one to her excellent management.
.de.streyed. by. fire * the „The latter...years she spent with
hotel standing- today in Clinton. her daughter, Mjs. William
* * Jackson, dying Match 16, 1915.
* * *
Among the most enterprising
settlers to colne to the site, of
what became known as Clinton;
Were Thomas and Samuel Rance.
• Sairluel, after attending Eton,
was encouraged to enroll at the
London Medical School, but
after he became so fed up over
the study of anatomy, that, ,he
threw his books and instru-
ments into the Thames River.
He then boarded a2,boatfcrieh
South Sea Islands and was ship-
wrecked off New Zealand, where
he spent four years.
* * ,
When he returned to England
he found his parents dead. He
then induced his brother Thom-
as to go to Canada with him.
They folind their way to the
Huron Tract and the village of
Clinton that Bill Rattenbury
was building.
The Rance brothers bought
land on Vinegar Hill from Wil-
liam ,Rattenbury. Vinegar Hill
is a rise of land north of the
junction of the Huron and Lon-
don roads and is said -to have
derived its name because a cer-
tain man made vinegar. in this
part of Clinton village. It later
proved to be something strong-
er than vinegar and to this da
this hill, on the main street
going put of town north, is
called Vinegar Hill.
• * *
The Rance brothers built a
grist and flour mill at the -foot
of Vinegar Hill on the Hullett
side,- whieb,,datert- for. many
•.ears, was known•as Fair's mill.
It stood until recent times.* •
The brothers surveyed three'
streets running east on the
block of land they purchased
and called them Maple, Beech
and Elm. No lots were sold on
Elm street and it never ma-
terialized.
The brothers started a stor
and .kept the post office. There
had been an earlier post offiee,
run by a Mr. Twail-es, on the
Huron -Road-and the-remaing
it stood until recent years.
In 1857 Samuel Rance started
the Masonic Lodge which met
in building on Rattenbury
street. (This street was one of
the first streets to be built and
was parallel to and north of the
-Huron Road.) The first high
school classes were held in this
building.
Colonel Torrence Rance was a
familiar figure te everyone in
Clinton as he was in the habit
of taking a, long walk, in differ-
ent directions, every day in.
the town. He took a great in-
terest in S. Paul's Anglican
Church, being vestry clerk for
18 years andt rector's warden
for ten years. In his earlier
:SFats.--he;!Vatiiger&w
Sovereign Bank in ClInton. This
bank later failed.
After his father-in-law, Wil-
lianr Wallace Farron, retired as
registrar of Huron County, Tor-
rence Rance took over his
duties.
*. * *
To she the prices charged
by the Rattenbury Hotel, in
Clinton, here is an item from
the minutes of the Huron Coun-
ty Council of 1852.
* *
In the same year the railroad
came to Clinton and the popul-
ation was greatly increased by
the men working on the rail
road and thus it had a popul-
ation to warrant village status,
Yo,
Flowers have been associated with Christ -
Inas tradition since- its earliest observances.
This gay arrangement of roses, carnatin8
and greenery is a holiday gift that will de-
light your friends.
"Board of education meeting ad; two bottles of porter, 3s;
held on December 9. 1850,,, at two • bottles of brandy, 2s 40;
Rattenbury Hotel, Clinton; lunches, 2s 4141d; total, £1 -is
"Three glasses hot brandy, is 71Ad."
6d; four dinners, including beer, The board of education re -
6s; two bottles of brandy, 6s, 3d;_ ceived the following notice back
December 10: four lunches. 2s from the council: "Beg leave to
say that we are not aware that
a bill, such as the above, shOitil4;
bedischare0 by the public."
The writer is indebted to Col.
Rance for the many historieal
items cOncerning Clinton used
in this article.
Until 1913 import tariffs were
the principal source of federal
government revenue in Canada;
it was not until World War I
and lust after that Canadians
paid income and corporation
taxes and the sales tax on man-
ufactured goods.
In the National Hockey Lea-
gue there is an award of $1,000
per player for finishing first in
league play, a bonus of $1,250
to winners a the Stanley Cup
semi-finals, and another $1,750
per player to the Stanley Cup
winners.
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