McCurdy's Corners School at Derry Rd. and 9th Line
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- McCurdy's School at the corner of Derry and 9th line with an enrolment of 9 pupils.
Back row: Irvine Thompson, J.D. Cordingley, Miss Jean McNabb, Joyce Bedell.
Middle; Byron Bedell, Mary Peterson, Jim Peterson, Bill Peterson.
Front; Joan May, Jean Bedell
Built around 1830, the school was officially called S.S. #8 Trafalgar, also known as McCurdy’s Corners School. Local residents John Mason, Hugh Mason, John Bussell, Isaac Askin, Robert McCurdy, David Cordingley, Bartholomew O’Connor, Adam Anderson, Henry Anderson, and Patrick McCarten built the first school. It was constructed of unhewn logs and mud brought over from Nunan’s Corners (also known as the Catholic Swamp).
The first teacher at the McCurdy’s Corners school was Jacob Scott, who was often assisted by his wife. The first class attendance showed sixty pupils enrolled. During the second week of classes at the new school, a bear forced the new teacher up into a tree until Isaac Scott arrived with his axe. This school served also as the church for the community until 1832, when a new frame church was built. The last teacher in the log school was Miss Rogers.
On July 5, 1958 the school had a reunion for past students, and many memories and photos were shared on that day. The brick school was later converted to a community hall until, in 1969, it was purchased by Gerald Jensen who converted the building into a multi-storey home. The schoolhouse burned down in November 2007 and was demolished in 2008. - Notes
- McCurdy's was S.S. #8.
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Irvine Thompson. J.D. Cordingley. Miss Jean McNabb. Joyce Bedell. Byron Bedell. Mary Peterson. Jim Peterson. Bill Peterson. Joan May. Jean Bedell.
- Local identifier
- TTOIIMS0010
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.50011 Longitude: -79.78293
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- Recommended Citation
- McCurdy's Corners School at Derry Rd. and 9th Line
- Contact
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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
