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LOT HISTORIES
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Rear 4 Lots 1 and 2, The rear halves of lots 1 and 2 con. 4 was purchased by Jacob Miller
in 1849.
He did not live there but rented it to Levi Eaton
-1867 resident & there in 1871. Eatons
had two sons and two daughters, viz. Enoch there in 1875, Mary,
Alice and William. A. Miller owner in 1877, J. Miller 1885, with D. Kribs
name was on lot 1. About 1905, O.B. Ellis purchased the three lots 1,2,3, and
started a lime kiln which was later purchased by Christie Henderson Co. now
owned and operated by Gypsum Lime and Alabastine (Canada) Ltd., of Paris On the
same property, Mr. Christie built a church which was to serve the community as
an inter-denominational church Rear
4 Lot 3.
Rear 4 lot 3 belonged to Peter McNaughton, of Scotland,
who came 1849 with his wife Anne, Their children, all Canadian born, were three
sons, James (c1837), Peter (c1849) and Alexander c 1850),
and two daughters, Annie (c1839) and Margaret (c1843). James had the farm
1867-1885 This farm and also the Eaton place became the property of the
Christie-Henderson Lime Co. Rear
4 Lot 4,
was first occupied by James Crane, then purchased by
James Henry in 1834, who was succeeded by John Ruddell
(c1867-1885) with a large family Their names included Abram, Mary, Aaron, Sarah,
Ida, and John. Then Ephriam Pannabaker
and later William Ehrhardt, then his son Henry Ehrhardt,
then Charles Bartels, then Robert Chester..
There was a house on the south-east corner of this farm which was
occupied by Joseph McCullock and afterwards by Mrs. McGurk.
Rear
4 Lot 5,
was purchased by John McDonald in 1833 later by Mr. Surares,
who was described as a Dutchman, but by 1850-1885
was owned by his son-in-law, David Strome and his
wife Cathrine They and their family were Canadian born,, and of the Mennonite
faith. Children were Leah c1841), Elizabeth (c1842) , Hannah (c1846), Noah
(c1847) , Andrew (c1849), Margaret, Benjamin, Rachel and Solomon.
Benjamin Strome succeeded him, and built
a small dam on the creek that meandered through the cedar swamp at the front,
and a small overshot wheel which drove
the churn and a drag saw and also ground his own grain for the stock by a small
coffee grinder at the rate of two bags in 24 hours
In 1903 he sold to a local boy, John Ehrhardt, and in 1949 it was sold to Keith
Henderson of Guelph Twp. He raised registered Suffolk Sheep, shipping them to
many points in Canada and USA He showed them at Ottawa and Royal Winter Fairs,
and the CNE. In 1926 Keith started
judging sheep at the Royal and CNE and fall fairs, four times at the
International Livestock Show at Chicago. In 1968 he retired from farming and
moved to Guelph. The property was sold to Peter Kay of Montreal Son, George
Henderson, continued to crop the land, while son John took the sheep to his farm
at Ayr.
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