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LOT HISTORIES
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Rear Lot 1 Mr. Burke
was the first settler, then J Nathanial Rudd c 1793 from
England in the 1851 census with his wife Elmira c 1797 and family born
England, Samuel c1829, James c 1830, and John c 1833 in a 1-Story, 1 Family
Log House 1867 resident Ben Chester;
Alex Newstead in 1875; his estate in 1885.1906 Alex McGregor
on south 70 acres. Wm Eckstine
on north 30 acres Rear Lot 2 John
Barrett c 1789 from Ireland with his wife Julia, c 1793, and their family
members, born in Ireland, Mary c 1819, Julia, c 1830, Anne, c 1833, and
Canadian born, Thomas c 1835, Cathrine 1838, Agnes Jane c 1848,. It appears
that the local school master boarded with them. He was John
Leniten, c 1806 in Ireland. 1867
resident John & Thomas Barett; also on lot 3; still there 1879-80. T.
Barrett on front, rear and rear lot 3,4. 1906 Joseph Shantz had F&r L2 and
R2 L3 Rear Lot 3
Mr. Shelly was an early occupant.
J. Barrett, succeeded by T. Barratt, 106 J Shantz Rear Lot 4 Thomas Collins; c 1807 from Ireland and his wife Anne (Kelly) born in King's County, Ireland in 1816. On the second of May 1834 her parents and the family sailed from Dublin in the William & Anne and arrived in Quebec in June. She married Mr. Collins in 1842 and they have occupied lot 4, 2nd concession. Mrs Collins has 10 children all living 1897. John c 1843, John, c 1844, Mary c 1845, Fanny 1846 and was the last to survive when she was 98, (She spent some years in the west, and Willmington Deleware. In 1925 she returned to Galt where she lived withFamily Log House Mrs. Collins d. June 27, 1901. still there 1879; 1867 resident Thomas & Michael Collins. By 1885 lot 4 T. Hammet west; T. Collins east half. 1885 Rear Lot 5
The pioneer on this lot was Mr. Longley, then C. Barrett 1867 resident
Charles Barrett- from Guelph Mercury, Feb. 15, 1883 " The name of Mr. Robert
Barrett, son of Mr. Charles Barret of Puslinch appears on a line of inventors in
the State of Missouri who received patents.
His invention is a lift for plate rolling mills.
The young man alluded to is a chief engineer and master mechanic in one
of the larger iron working establishments in the west, situated in St. Louis.
C. Barratt 1885. Charles Barrett died in 1938, Over 80 years a resident
here. Survived by brother Peter. Barrett who was here in 1875. Mary Isabell
O'Neail who d. Friday Jan 26, 1912
from Lot 5 con 2 to St. Marys R.C. Church to Hespeler RC Cemetery. |