The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

November 8th Guest Speaker Evening Doug Kirkwood did a PowerPoint presentation on the life and times of Orange Lawrence, (1796-1861), great grandfather of his wife Aletha. Although Orange is credited with the founding of Orangeville, Ontario, Doug focused on his years in Trafalgar Township...a farm on Lot 1 Concession 2 SDS (Sheridan). Orange and his wife Sarah had nine children. Descendents of their son, Ferris (1831-1913), kept the farm in the family until 1977. At the time of the Mackenzie Rebellion (1837), Orange was a captain in the local militia, but may have been sympathetic to William Lyon Mackenzie's cause. Doug's presentation was interesting and informative, shedding light on a time important to life in Trafalgar Township. Submitted by Ross Wark. Research for the Halton Regional Police The Halton Regional Police turned to TTHS for assistance for history related to early constables. Michelle Knoll did microfilm research on early Township papers and found with constables and some others of note! Constables for Trafalgar Township Constables for Nelson Township Philip Cody, sworn in Jan 12, 1808 Lyness Peck on Apr 16, 1808 Ezekial Post, sworn in Apr 12, 1809 Isaac Van Norman on Apr 13, 1811 Nicholas Bray on Apr 13, 1811 Moses McKay on Apr 13, 1811 John Yearns on Apr 13, 1811 Tavern Licence Trafalgar Tavern Licence Nelson Samuel Covenhoven Jan 10, 1810 Daniel Hopkins Dec 31, 1813 Bela Stevens Dec 28, 1811 David Albertson Dec 28, 1811 James Hinton Dec 28, 1811 Town Officers Trafalgar Oct 1813 Henry Shooke & David Albertson, Assessors William Munn, Collector Daniel Munn, Town Clerk Town Officers Trafalgar 1814 Town Officers Nelson & Flamboro E. 1814 Lockwood Street, Assessor Samuel Macklem, Assessor James Thomson, Assessor Alexander Brown, Assessor Ephraim Hopkins, Collector Jacob Patterson, Collector Ezekial Post, Town Warden Peter Thomas, Town Warden David Kanaday, Path Master John Oliver, Path Master John Kaiting, Path Master Henry Magee, Path Master Abraham Lockman, Town Clerk Ephraim Van Norman, Town Clerk John C Harris, Pound Keeper Peter Smith, Pound Keeper 3