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Trafalgar Township Historical Society "Documenting, celebrating and preserving the agricultural heritage of North Oakville" Fall Newsletter 2009 Board Report Member at Large- vacant- Please email Michelle if you are interested in filling this vacant position. michelle@tths.ca or 905-257-9080 The waterproofing of the school basement is complete! Hard to imagine that this is finally done. The contractor left the premises August 26th. Council has approved our renovation request based on the heritage aspects only. We still need to complete our mechanical drawings and those are being done right now. The Palermo Hall flag pole will be installed behind the schoolhouse. The Region of Halton will pay for the installation and the Town will own the pole. This flag pole is at least 98 years old and stood in front of the old Palermo Hall. We have picked up 20 chairs from the old QE Park school and we will use them in the basement once it is renovated. We have received the boards from the old Snider s school that have the circle painted on them with the school number. Unfortunately the middle board is missing so we hope to have an artist paint on an extra board we got to complete the middle of the circle. We will then frame them and hang them in the Palermo schoolhouse. The Alchemy group of companies that is based in Mississauga but moving to Oakville in the new year has approached us about donating a sign. We are presently working out the details of the sign and preparing to write an application to the town for a sign permit- that of course will require council approval. We will keep you posted! Trafalgar History Updates Fire at Kaitting House- There was a fire set at the Kaitting House on Dundas just west of Sixth Line. There are only 3 exterior walls left standing. The interior is completely gone. The developer had requested permission in November to have this building designated to have it put on blocks and moved closer to Dundas to protect it from vandals. It is unfortunate that the Town could not have moved more quickly on this because I think it may have made all the difference. Mattamy was going to restore this home and donate it to the community. This is a huge loss for our Trafalgar heritage. Hagar Hotel We have been informed by the Town of Oakville that the owner of this property can apply for demolition at any time. This is one of the most significant buildings in Palermo and the only building left that is connected to the Hagar family. This is also a great loss to heritage reservation. 1 Scanning Date this Summer We had a successful scanning day with 9 people coming out. We don t have everything uploaded to the site yet but will get to that after the Fall Fair is done. We currently have a back log of about 200 photos to upload. Feel free to submit photos to us on a disk and we can have them uploaded to Oakville Images. The photos must be 600 DPI, colour, and saved as a TIFF file using the correct naming convention which is TTOI (TTOI for Trafalgar Township Oakville Images) and then the initials of your name and then the number of the photo starting with 001. Below are two of the photos we scanned. Gail Cherrington brought this one of the This is from Ross Wark s post card collection. This Bridge is Kaitting House which was later owned called Jacquelyn s Bridge and the back of the card says it is by the Kings and called Kingholm farm 1953 one of the old time bridges outside Oakville town. Can anyone tell us where it was located and the reason for the name? Membership renewals Renew you memberships for 2009 ($25) made payable to Trafalgar Twp Historical Society. Send to Jane Watt, 3089 Jaguar Valley Drive, Apt. B2, Mississauga, Ont. L5A 2J1 Research We are still looking for volunteers who will work with Ross Wark to start cataloguing our archive materials. The upstairs boy s cloakroom is ready to go as our temporary archives for documents until after the renovations are complete. Doors Open Our Family Heritage Fair is on Saturday September 26th. From 10am to 4pm. If you are able to help us out as a volunteer let us know. We will have wood kits for the kids to build, a lunch BBQ, archive area, Ross Wark will have some of his Post Card collection, the Palermo blacksmith shop photos will be on display thanks to Lorna Bartman, and a Palermo Hall chair on display from Lois Dunnington. Joyce Stephenson will have her book on St Johns available for Sale and would be happy to talk about any of the church s early history. Joyce Burnell & Evelyn Bullied will be dressed on costume and will be happy to share early Trafalgar history with visitors. Halton Peel Genealogical Society will be out and able to help you with many of your local genealogy questions. Our archives will be open and we will be able to scan your photos. Our collection of early school books will be available for you to walk down memory lane as you remember your own school days. Speaker Series We owe a great deal of thanks to Mathew Wilkinson for organizing our speaker s series this year. Once again he has arranged for an outstanding guest. "From Survey to Protection: An Introduction to the Ontario Heritage Act" Speaker: Sarah Cossette, Culture Services Advisor, Ontario Ministry of Culture Tuesday, November 24th Palermo Schoolhouse 2431 Dundas Street West at 7PM Inquiries In our last newsletter we asked about the history of the Hornby Garage. Now we know some of you really do read the newsletter! We had a few people get back to us on this! Here s what Irene Saunders wrote . The wooden building that used to be Gordon Brigdens garage was originally a church. It was Farlton Methodist and was at the end of Anderson lane on the 7th Line below Baileys 2 hill. (from taped conversation with Frank Chisholm, Feb. 28, 1994) This building was north of Steeles on Hornby Rd. Bronte Creek Provincial Park is looking for information on the Breckon family to improve their tour of the Breckon home on the property. Please email michelle@tths.ca if you can help with this- or have information on any of the other houses in the park. Heritage Events Around Halton Burlington Sep 27 Applefest Fall Fair, Ireland House, 905-332-9888 Oct 19 The Globe Train & Other Railway Stories, Burlington Historical Society, 905-333-1345 Nov 9 Canada s War Memorials, Burlington Historical Society, 905-333-1345 Nov 22 An Old-Fashioned Christmas, Ireland House, 905-332-9888 Dec 10 Candlelight Tours Of Yesteryear, Ireland House, 905-332-9888 Esquesing Historical Society Wed Sept 9- Beardmore Tannery - Well known local historian and author J. Mark Rowe will illustrate Acton s leathertown history for EHS and explore the company that generated its leather producing reputation. St. JOSEPH S CATHOLIC CHURCH HALL, Church & John St., Acton, 7:30 p.m. Milton Historical Society- Waldie Blacksmith Shop, 16 James Street Milton Thursday September 17th The Halton Connection to the Nobel Prize for Mathematics with Frances Hoffman Saturday October 3rd Halton s Scotch Block The People and Their Stories -book launch-Gloria Brown and Jim Dills at Boston Presbyterian Church 10:30 am to 2:00 pm September 26 Milton doors Open Thursday October 15th Holland During World War Two with Bill Tielemans October 24 Level One Blacksmith Class, Registration required Inst. Mr. Darwyne Hourie Thursday November 19 Bicycle History as Captured Through the Lens of a Camera - Lorne Shields Thursday December 17 MHS Christmas Pot Luck Dinner 6:30 pm Oakville Historical Society Saturday September 26 & Sunday 27 Doors Open Nov 18 A History of the Lorne Scots, Oakville Historical Society, 905-825-5552 Research Canadian Champion-January 12, 1865. THE DRAFTED MEN We give below the names of the 795 men drafted for the County of Halton. We do it to gratify the general wish of our subscribers, not that we think there is anything very serious in the matter. There is no immediate danger of their being called out to the frontier, as the Government had to reject offers from volunteers. If there be no war, the duties of the battalion now organized for three years will be very light. 3 They may or may not be called out for six days drill in a year, for which they will receive fifty cents a day. On the contrary, should trouble arise, they will be the first to be summoned to the tented field. The number of battalions now called is 112, containing 89,000 of who Upper Canada furnished about 48,500. Peter Mathews John Lee John H. Cowan James Anderson Robert Orr Edward Munn James Brook David Davidson James Barber John Lovell Amos Cassidy David Featherstone Augustus Hingston Joseph Garnett Henry Chalk Henry Mc Gowen Charles Sutton Henry Dorland Jno. Ferguson Jno. Chisholm Geo. Kenney Jno. Graham Wm. McCartney Timothy Fogarty Robert Biggar Wm. Cunningham Wm. Albertson Albert Bowman Joseph Clements Jno. Conover Thomas Manning Hugh W. King James Cunningham Andrew T. Bigger Wm. Tuck Robert Kentner Chas. Harwood Robert Bigger Wm. J. Robinson John Haslett James Milligan Peter J. Inglehart Abraham Brett John Danaughoo John Sluthing Joseph Bell Wm. Cunningham Wm. Lea Peter McDuffey Wm. Caverhill Tobias Mason W. Renton Joseph Sclenoe Robert Newell George Dibb Nicholas Wheelergan Denis Nunan Francis B. Kingston Patrick McKenna Alex Speirs Samuel Cunningham Thos. Pickering Patrick Chalk Wm. Harrison James Lindsay Wm. Newell Wm. Thurston Jno. Howes Joseph Cunninghan Wm. Holland Francis Lindsay James Elliott Absalom Dixon Thos. Rixon Richard Ennis Sylvester Gable Wm. Robinson Alex McCleary Robert Hitherington Wm. Rhoddy David Sommerville Samuel Harrison Malcolm Chisholm Timothy Shea Asa Hall Jeremiah Hustler Levi Hollingreen Levi Burch Richard Sparling Thomas Early Andrew Burns Robert Beaty Richard Fallis John H. Hart Wm. King James Caverhill Edward Dearing Wm. Birney Neil Finlayson E. R. Lucas Chas. E. Hilton Anthony McKinlay Jno. Orr Thos. Sutton Jos. Sulilvan Jno. Anderson Jas. Fox Robt. McCarron Thos. W. Evans Geo. Cline Thos. Vanstone Jno. Henry Jackson G. Chamberlain Ephraim Hanham John Ford Henry O. Dent Jno. A. Mason G. A. Canover W. Langtry W. Robertson Geo. Hardy T. Congdon Wm. Highland Henry Griffin Wm. Orr Wm. Baynton Geo. McCartney Talbot Harris David Brutch Josh Calp J. W. Lindsay Robert Hews David Wiliams Richard Wilson James OHara Geo. Wilson Jas. Sands Edward Savage Jonathan Booth Patrick Hood Jeremiah Slattery Wm. David Orr Richard H. Evans Henry McCartney Robert Tuck Albert Conover Hamilton Biggar Robert Patterson W. Hammond Oscar Smith Joseph Andrew Geo. Herd Geo.Mulholland Thos. Burns Wm. Sparling Robert Peacock Wm. Sands Wm. Beatty M. Lee Jno. Healy Jno. McCauley Hiram Wassey Wm. Clements Ed. Dearing Jas.White Benjamin Freeman Wm. Ezard Thos. Paterson Geo. Langtry Jno. Smith Rd Bigger Jno. Mulholland Jno. Delahae Robt. Bell Colin Smith Alex Coyne Barton Glasby Rd. Hill Jno. Keating Robt. Book Wm. Daugherty Jno,. Finlayson Edwin R. Shain Jos. Lindsay Wm. Mason Chas. Downie Thos. Wright Wm. C. Ribble Nelson Belyea Sinclair Terry David Williamson Samuel Curtiss Anthony Campbell Alex Mason Jno. Couthard John Armstrong Robert Campbell Robert Ross Wm. Clark Joseph Clark Joseph Sparling Jno. G. Howell I have copied these names exactly as they are in the newspaper copy, please use alternate spellings when looking for a particular person. Jane Watt 4