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LOT HISTORIES
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R1 L16 Alex McNaughton from Crown with front of 1st. About 1840 Cpt Thos Paddock bought rear and front from Alex (Duncan) McNaughton His son Richard 1829-1895 farmed it & rear 15; lived here off the sideroad. He married Grace McPhatter. Their family: 1. Thomas 1864-1922 RG L17 m. Annie Steele 2. Matthew 1866-1880 3 Jennie June 8, 1867-Jan 18,1944 m. Allan Stewart RG L20. 4 Sarah 1869-1947 m. Donald McMillan
6 Augusta 1872-1954 m Archibald McMillan 7. Edward c1872 Waterloo 8. Grace c 1874-1930 m. James Starkey 9. Fred c 1878-1962 m. Tillie Bond 10. Beatrice c 1879 m. Alexander Ramsay of l 7 lived FG L10 Gore 11. George m. 12 Charlotte 1880-1964 m 1910 Archie Fraser 13 Nelson d 1965 Bachelor Lot severed at Second: house built for Jack Paddock m. Sadie Major Fred Paddock who owed fam land m Tillie Bond. Their family was David, Edward, Stewart. Robert, Coral, and Grace. Stewart m Margaret Dunn and they farmed and raised their family there also. R1 L17 Archie McShannock reserved it for his brother Donald. Brother Donald and his wife d. 1853 Bur. Killean. In the 1851 census, Donald McShannock from Scotland was age 63 with wife Catherine age 53, and family Catherine age 10, Margaret age 16, Charles 30, Archibald age 13, Duncan age 22 , with wife Elizabeth age 20 John Martin and Janet Blue worked in Toronto for a time; came 1850, first to F2 L16, front then bought this McShannock place. They built the stone house (had been 2 log houses (gave one to only daughter Grace. In the 1851 census we find John Martin from Scotland age 40, with wife Janet, age 40, and children Janet age 10, Grace age 8. That Grace Martin 1839-1916 m. John Martin from Scotland who d. 1917. Their family was Charles m. Lillian Ross, Catherine (Katy) m. Duncan McAllister lived F1 L26. Agnes m. John Mitchell of Inglehart, and Dan d. 1918. They grew up on the farm. John Mitchell boarded at Martins while he worked as a foreman in Hogg's swamp, which was being cut off. He had snowshoes, something new in Puslinch. He married Agnes and they went to Inglehart where he had a farm, but she died of consumption, 1917, at Martins, leaving a baby, Grace. John and Grace stayed for a while, and Grace m. Innes Buchanan, Badenoch, She later remarried Durfy, and lived in Dryden. She had a son, Sandy Buchanan who died Feb. 1984. 1923 C. Martin & W. Kubhi 1950 Quinn R1 L18 1832 Hector Smith first took this up first. Charles Evans and Adam Dunn were first owners. The 1851 census places Charles Evans here, having come from England, age 33, with wife Elizabeth, age 33 and family, James age 9, Mary age 7, Elizabeth age 3, Sarah A age 1. 1867 resident James c1806-1892 & John Hogg c1835-1880; John Hogg married Mary Pursell b c 1845, Barbara Ramsay’s daughter. The lovely stone home that burned in June, 1956 was built for John Hogg by John McQuillan and Stratton did the exquisite woodworking . 1885 James Hogg owned F2 L18- 20,21 His wife was Janet McGregor c1800-1852 Barbara Ramsay, lived with James Hogg. (He died 1892 age 86) Hoggs came from north of Galt. .The 1881 census has John Hogg’s widow Mary living with James Hogg and his family which includes Mary Ellen Hogg 1870-1891 age 21 interred Marquette Michigan; Her sister Isabella 1872-1929 interred Chicago; Margaret Parker 1876-1953 Johnina Amesse 1881-1950 and James, c 1879. He owned 600 acres. Later his son William held the land. His daughter Barbara m.John McCormick in1892. A second daughter Amy m. Dan McLean. Their son James also went west to Craik, SK. The family moved west about 1910. The swamp was long known as Hogg's swamp. Julian Lake probably bought it c 1931 and lived there with his wife Josephine (both were Poland born) and family, which included Jean, Mrs. William Howes-Jones of Hamilton, Isabel, Mrs. John Rankel, Edward and Frank who all had Puslinch connections. More recently Ed Lake is farming here. His wife Millie d. 1989. Sons Wm. and Gary. R1 L20 This lot was first occupied by John Horrocks, described as a Miller Farmer from England, age 42 and wife Isabella Taylor, age 32, with children, William age 13, George age 11, John age 9 Sarah age 7, Margaret age 5, Robert age 3, Samuel age 1. John Horrocks m Isobelle Taylor and they moved to Minto c 1877 and their dau m Moncrieff 1867 resident Thomas Fordin 1877 John Hogg Dan McLean (Donald son of John "The Captain" m. Eva Hogg. They went to Sask. in 1893 J. Crowder owned lots 18, 19 & 20 in 1923. Metcalfes Jim Porteous with wife Helen Marshall had the property from c 1928-1946. then retired to Niagara James Porteous m. Helen Marshall in 1907. They lived here 1928-46, Falls. Their son, Jack m. Edith McDonald, Helen m. Tom Priest, Janet m. Gordon Wiggins, Willoughby Twp, and Mary m. Datenbeck 1950 Hughes R1 L21 Alexander McCallum and his mother Margaret McCormick McCallum emigrated to this lot. Alexander and wife Margaret Stewart moved to Michigan after Catherine’s birth c1871. The other children were born in Michigan, Maggie c1873, Mary c1875, Jessie, c1876, Flora c1878, and Alexander c 1879. 1877-85 John Hogg Weir 1923 D. Maltby Gordon Crowder R1 L22 Archibald McCormick 1816-1855 m. Flora McCallum of lot 21. She died, struck by lightening coming home from her mothers, when Jane was a baby. Archibald died in 1855. Their children Sandy, John, Archie and Jane were raised by others and went to US after1877. It was part of Alex. McCallum's 300 acres. The lot was next owned by William Stewart followed by his son Donald Stewart, who was there 1875,85. By 1879-80 Donald Stewart m. Margaret Bell had children, Margaret m. Marshall Cochrane, . Annie m. Richard Paddock son of Capt. Thomas, Jean, and William who succeeded to the farm; Finally John McCaig 1923; still in 1950, Willie MacMillan, and finally a Gravel Co. |