Palermo Cheese and Butter Factory By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, 1895
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- Henry Heeks emigrated to Canada in 1883 from England, his birth place. He is listed in the 1891 Census under the search surname "Hecks" - in the actual record, Heeks is written properly. He is a farm labourer for John and Jane Hope, in the Palermo village area of Trafalgar Township, Halton County.
The 1901 Census lists him as "Henery Heeks", age 38. He is lodging with Laurence and Mary Hager. He is listed as an employee, occupation is butter maker.
The 1911 Census has his surname in the search engine as "Heck", a poor transcription from the origial handwriting.
In the 1921 Census, the search engine translates the original writing as "Herny Hocks" although the original record is "Henry Heeks". He is now living on his own, head of his own household, working for his own account. His profession is listed as "Merchant".
The Census records only hint at his professional abilities, and indicate nothing of his contribution to Palermo Methodist Church, to the many Palermo dramas and plays that he was involved with, his involvement with local initiatives such as making sidewalks for Palermo or his many friendships.
The 4 page document shown in this record is the original charter for his new "Palermo Cheese and Butter Factory". The book, "The Garden of Canada ; Burlington, Oakville and District", c1902, compiled by Martha Craig and published by William Briggs, Toronto has a paragraph about Mr. Heeks and the creamery in which we learn that he was a graduate of the Guelph Dairy school and had built the factory in 1895 as a cheese factory. He remodelled the building in 1900 to be a creamery. In 1901, he sold the creamery to the City Dairy Company of Toronto, staying on as manager. He took prizes for his products at the Toronto Industrial Exhibition.
This Charter lists John Hope as President, L.E. Wrinch as Vice-President, John Dearing was Secretary-Treasurer. Directors were H. Inglehart, B.F. Smith, D. Burtch, James Vansickle, R. Metcalfe and W. Easton.
As with the other brochure we have in this internet collection, "1900 Notice to the Patrons of the Palermo Creamery by Henry Heeks", Henry's attention to details and the details of business are precise and comprehensive. He strives to treat people with integrity and the excellence of his business.
- Notes
- As early as 1817, settlers in Trafalgar Township were proud of their butter and cheese making businesses. In 1817, Robert Fleming Gourlay, a Scot whose sympathy lay with farmers, not British government and who had previously provided information on the poor in the United Kingdom at the request of the British government, was in Upper Canada in connection with family property. According to Wikipedia, he decided to gather statistical information on Upper Canada.
16 residents of Trafalgar Township, including Daniel Munn, answered his questionnaire, including the information that "Our dairy produce is of excellent quality; butter sells for a shilling per pound, cheese is the same price." - Date of Original
- 1895
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- Henry William Heeks, February 18, 1862 - November 9, 1931. Parents were Thomas and Maria (Jobson) Heeks, his brother was Alfred Heeks. Henry did not marry and is buried in the Palermo cemetery.
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- TTFVS000714
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.43341 Longitude: -79.78293
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
