From Publication of 1865
Abstract
From Publication of 1865 West Gwillimbury The townships of West, East and North Gwillimbury are named after the residence of Governor Simcoe, in Wales. West Gwillimbury is bounded north by Innisfil, east by East Gwillimbury, west by Tecumseth, and south by King. The north-east corner borders on Cook's Bay. West Gwillimbury is the oldest, settled township in the county, and was surveyed in 1820 by George Lount. On the south-east it is bounded by the west branch of the Holland River, which separates it from East Gwillimbury and King. Both sides of this river are bordered by a marsh, varying in breadth from a quarter of a mile to a mile. The soil varies a good deal, some parts being excellent. In the north-east, it is light, but of tolerable good quality. A good deal of attention if being paid to the cultivation of flax, and a company has been formed in Bradford. There are already two hundred acres under cultivation, and the stock capital is about six thousand dollars. The County Council made a grant of $333 in aid of the enterprise. The managers and directors of the company are: Geo. D. Morton, M.D., president; Thomas Driffill, treasurer; John Murphy, secretary; Messts. George Murphy, Richard Thorne, Samuel Driffill, Edward Jeffs, Joseph Deacon, William J. McMaster, William Turner, W. Stoddart. The Ontario and Georgian Bay Ship Canal, if the proposed route meets with the approbation of the Board will enter the county at the south-west corner of West Gwillimbury, passing diagonally to the north-east, meeting Cook's Bay and Kempenfeldt Bay, following the townline between Vespra and Essa, joining the Nottawasaga at Angusl thence through the south-east of Vespra, Sunnidale and Flos, and follow the course of the Nottawasaga to its entrance into Nottawasaga Bay. Among the first settlers of West Gwillimbury were Lewis Algeo, Robert Armstrong, John Armson, James Saunders, John Davis, and James Moore. Population (1861) 3603. Council - Thomas Parker, Reeve; Thomas Atkins, Deputy; John Ritchie, William Armson, Thomas Dewson. William Allen, William Armson, Charles Armstrong, James Armstrong, Thomas Armstrong, William Armstrong, Robert Atkins, Thomas Atkins, John Averill, William Baines, Joseph Baker, Adam Bannerman, Alex. Bannerman, Adam Bannerman, Angus Bannerman, David Bannerman, Donald Bannerman, George Bannerman, Hugh Bannerman, R. T. Banting, J. B. Banting, Jos. Bartindel, Jos. Bateman, Ira Belfry, Prince Belfry, William Belfry, Andrew Bell, Andrew Bell, James Bell, Richard Bell, Robert Bell, William Biswitherick, John Boulton, William Boulton, George Bowles, Henry Bowles, James Bowles, Williams Bowles, Matthew Brandon, James Brandon, Thomas Brandon, Lachlan Brennan, Micheal Brennan, C. Brereton, C.H. Brereton, teacher; Arthur Brown, William Brown, Elizabeth Bruce, Daniel Burns, Arthur Cairnes, Isaac Cairnes, Alexander Campbell, Daniel Campbell, Robert Campbell, Alexander Cann Jun., Alexander Cann sen., James Carr, John Carr jun., John Carr sen., William Carruthers, Samuel Carswell, Thomas Carter, Richard Carter, George Christie, John Christie, Ira Clark, Andrew Clifford, W.J. Clift, John Cobourn, Samuel Cobourn, Matthew Cockerline, Christopher Cook, Francis Cooper, William Cosgrove, James Coulson, John Coulson, Robert Cowan, Beatty Crawford, John Crawford, Alex. Creighton, Michael Cronan, Edward Cronan, Thomas Cronan, John Cross, Thomas Cross, John Cundle, David Cundle, Wm. A. Cunningham, John Curry, William Dales, William Daly, John Davis, Robert Dearing, Alex. J. Devitt, J.A. Dewson, Thomas Dewson, Thomas Dickey, James Dillon sen., James Dillion jr., Martin Dillon, Ira Doan, Joseph Doan, George Doolittle, John Doolittle, Robert Downey, Ranson Draper, James Drennan, John Duck, Robert Duck, John English, George Evans, Zach Evans, James Evans, Thomas Evans, James Evans, John Falls, James Faris, James Farrell, George Feighan, William Feighan Sr., William Feighan Jr., John Fennell, Joseph Fennell Sr., Walter R. Fenton, Donald Ferguson, Alexander Ferguson, Isaac Ferguson, James Ferguson, Jeremiah Ferguson, Andrew Ferguson, James Ferris, Richard Fieldsend, Edward Fisher, Thomas Fizzell, Robert Frazer, Simon Frazer, William Frazer Sr., William Frazer Jr., John Garbutt, John Garbutt Jr., Robert Garbutt, Charles Geddes, John Gibbons, Lawrence Gibbons, Thomas Gibson, James Goodfellow, John Goodfellow, John Goodfellow, Robert Gordon, Robert Gourley, Samuel Gowan, James Graham, Andrew Grant, Hector Grant Sr., Hector Grant Jr., John Greenfield, Matthew Greer, Patrick Greer, David Gunn, Donald Gunn, John Gurn, Alexander Gurn, Mrs. Hale, William Hall, John Hambly, Joseph Hambly, Thomas Harner, Henry Harnett, John Harper, William Harvey, Henry Heasley, William Henderson, Henry Hewson, John Hill, Matthew Hodgson, Lot Holland, John Holt, S. Horne, Allan Howard, Stephen Howard, Daniel Huff, Ira Hughes, Joel Hughes, Levi Hughes, Amos Hughes, Mary Hughes, Samuel Hughes, William Hunter, David Jackson, David Jackson,N. Jackson Sr., John James, James Jamieson, Alexander Jebb, George Jebb, Francis Jebb, Charles Jebb, Edward Jeff Jr., Edward Jeff Sr., William Jell, Martha Jermyn, John Johnson, William Johnson, Dominick Kearney, John Kearney, Neil Kennedy, James Kidd, Joseph Kitley, George Kneeshaw, John Kneeshaw, Robert Kneeshaw, William Kneeshaw, James Landerkin, Robert Langlin, James Lawrece, Eli Law, Alex. Lawrence, James Lawrence, William Lowry, Edward Lee, Henry Lee, Samuel Lee, Thomas Lee, Thomas Lennox, James Leslie, David Lewis, James Long, James S. Long, Adam Lynd, Thomas Lynd, Joseph Lynd, John McGee, Robert McAfee, Duncan McArthur, John McBeath, J.P.; William McBeath, Andrew McBeath, Charles McBeath, Charles McBeath, Charles McBeath, Charles McBeath, D. McBeath, John McCann, Hugh McCaroll, Alexander McCausland, Thomas McConchy, C.A. McConnell, John McDavitt, John McDonald, John McDonald, W. McDowel Sr., James McGinnis, Alexander McKay, Barbara McKay, Donald McKay, Henry McKay, Henry McKay, J.W. McKeenan, Robert McKinley, Richard McLean, Stephen McLean, Andrew McLelland, blacksmith; James McLelland, Robert McLelland, Archibald McLennan, John McNally, James McRay, William McWilliams, R.B. Macartney, J. Mackie, Edward Magee, M. Mahar, John Mannell, James Mannell, George Manning, James Martin, blacksmith; Thomas Matchet, John Medcalf, Thomas Medcalf, Thomas Millard, James Mills Sr., James Mills Jr., John Milsop, Bernard Mooney, Patrick Moriarty, Job Morris, Edward Mulroy, William Neeley, John Neeley, Matthew Neilly, Robert Neilly, Andrew Neilly, William Neilly, John Neizer, James Nesbitt, George Nesbitt, John Nesbitt, John Ney, Thomas Ney, Thomas Ney, William Ney, Patrick Nolan, N. R. Co., James Nulty sen., Darby O'Connell, John O'Connell, Andrew O'Brien, Anthony O'Donnell, John O'Donnell, Thomas Parker, Alexander Perry, Thomas Phillips, Enoch Proctor, John Proctor, Samuel Proctor, Thomas Proctor, William Quigely, James Reed, Jacob Reid, Patrick Reilly, John Ritchey, Jon Ritchey, Thomas Ritchey, Francis Roberts, James Roberts, James Roberts, Samuel Roberts, Thomas Roberts, David Robinson, William Robinson, Aarou Rogers, George Rogers, Isaac B. Rogers, Walter Rogers, Isaac Rogers, John Rogers, Joseph Rogers, J. Rogers, Levi Rogers, John Rogers, Silas Rogers, T.W. Rogers, Alexander Ross, James Ross, Alexander Ross, Joseph Ross, William Ross, Joseph Rowe, Samuel Ruthwell, James Ryder, J.P.; Mary Sampson, Robert Sawyer, Mark Scanlon, Richard Scanlon, Thomas Scanlon, Edward Sheldon sen., James Sinclair, George Sinclair, Robert Sinclair, Alexander Sinclair, Thomas Sleight, James Sloan, James Spence, Thomas Spence, Jacob Spillett, Amos Stamp, James Steele, John Stephenson, George Stephenson, William Stewart, Andrew Stodders, Hugh D. Stodders, James Stodders sen., James Stodders jun., John Stodders, John E. Stodders, Robert Stodders, William Stodders, Henry H. Stodders, W. D. Stodders, William Stodders, Richard Stokes, Benjamin Stone, Solomon Stone, John Story, Robert Sturgeon, Angus Sutherland, W. R. Sutherland, Benjamin Sutherland, James Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, John Sutherland, G. T. Sutherland, John Sutherland, William Sutherland, Robert Sutherland, Alex. Sutherland, William Sutherland, Joseph Sutherland, James Taggert, Benjamin Taylor, John Thompson, Thomas Thorpe, George Tindall, Joseph Tindall, Bethel Touse, J.P.; A. B. Townley, S. Tyrwhitt, James Walker, merchant; James Walker, Robert Walls, James Wardell, Chris. Wardman, James Wardman, John Wardman sen., John Wardman, Palmer Wardman, Thomas Wardman, William Wardman, William Watson, George West, Benj. West, Soloman West, Isham West, Sampson West, Stephen West, Wakefield West, Adam Willoughby, James Wilson, James Wilson, John Wilson, Roger Wilson, Wellington Wilson, James Wood, John Wood, Joseph Wood. Bradford Abbott, Edgerton, currier, Bradford tannery; Abbott, Isaac, proprietor Bradford Tannery, Holland; Abbot, James G. tanner; Adams, J.M., agent, stoves, tinware, and agricultural implements, Holland; Algeo, Robert, proprietor Algeo's Hotel; Allan, James, clerk; Allen, James, M.D. and coroner, John; Allen, James Y., clerk, W.J. McMaster & Co.; Allen Mrs. Mary, charwoman; Archard, W. Y., apothecary, chemist and druggist, Holland; Armstrong, Charles, farmer; Armstrong, John, farmer; Armstrong, John Jun.. law student; Armson, John, farmer; Ashely, William, laborer; Atkinson, James, manufacturer sash, door, and blinds; Baldwin, Thomas, blacksmith; Barnard, B., general merchant, wines and liquors, and insurance agent; Barry, E., currier; Barry, George (J.W. Barry & Son) residence, Toronto; Barry, James W. & Son, sheepskin and morocco manufacturers, and dealers in hides and calfskins, Holland; Barry James W. (Jas. W. Barry & Son); Church; Barry, J.J., currier; Barry, Robert, currier; Barry, Thomas, tanner and currier; Holland; Bimrose, John, brickmason; Bingham, Edward, butcher; Bingham's Hotel, Robert Bingham proprietor, Holland; Bingham, John H., clerk, T. Driffill & Sons; Bingham, Joseph, tanner and currier, Holland; Bingham, Robert, proprietor Bingham's Hotel, Holland; Black Horse Hotel, Dan'l Small, proprietor; Black Thomas, clerk; Boddy, John general merchant; Booth, Joseph D., school teacher; Bradford Hotel, Thomas Collins, proprietor, Holland; Bradley, Richard A., attorney, Holland; Brearton, William, clerk, Murphy & Sutherland; Brimson, William, musical instruments; Broughton, Henry S. (Porter & Broughton); Brown, Mrs. Ann; Brown, Robert, carpenter; Burnett, John, switchman; Butterfield, L., founder and machinist; Campbell, Alex., merchant; Campbell, Alexander, laborer; Campbell, Peter, laborer, Campbell William, grain dealer; Chandler, William, laborer; Christie, Mrs. Margaret (widow George); Clement, Lewis, M.D.; Clinkinbroomer, Joseph, tailor, W.J. McMaster & Co.; Coady, Patrick, laborer Cockerline, Matthew B., flouring mills; Collins, Thomas, proprietor of Bradford Hotel, Holland; Collins, William, teamster; Cook, Gibson, grain dealer; Cook, Robert, carpenter; Cooper, George, laborer; Crooks, James H., tanner and currier; Crotty, Thomas laborer; Davies, John F., issuer of marriage licenses, clerk of Division Court, and general agent, Holland; Davis, John L., painter; Davis, Jno., proprietor "North American Hotel"; Deacon, George, laborer; Deacon, Joseph, chemist and druggist, Holland; Dicker, James, laborer; Dissesse, Edward, carriage, waggons, &c., Holland, near railway station; Dissette, Miss Joana, private school, Temperance Hall; Dissette, John E., farrier; Dobson, Robert grammar school teacher; Dodds, George, laborer; Donaldson, Matthew, currier; Donaldson, Samuel, cabinet maker; Donaldson, William sen., cabinet maker; Donaldson, W.B., cabinet maker; Douglas, Mrs. Anne (widow George) postmistress, Holland; Drifill, James (T. Drifill & Sons); Drifill, Joseph H. (T. Drifill & Sons); Drifill, Sam, tinsmith and general dealer, also agent for "Liverpool & London & Globe Assurance Co."; Drifill, T. & Sons, hardware, stationery and fancy goods, Holland; Drifill, Thomas, J.P. (T. Drifill & Sons); Edmanson, William, baker and confectioner; Edmanson, Mrs. Wm., millinery; Elder, Robert, carpenter; Elliot, Charles, clerk, Murphy & Sutherland; Ellis, William, harness maker; Ennis, William, laborer; Fennell, T.G., law student; Ferguson, John (Jardine & Ferguson) merchant; Finn, William, laborer; Fisher, J. W., moulder; Foran, Thos., hostler, Dr. Morton; Foster, John, cabinet maker; Fraser, William, laborer; Garrett, Richard, carpenter; Goodchild, J. & W. (James & William Goodchild) groceries and provisions, Holland; Goodchild, James ( J. & W. Goodchild) also agent "Vickers' Express"; Goodchild, Wm. ( J. & W. Goodchild); Goodchild, John, farmer; Gooderich, Samuel, potash factor; Goodfellow, John, farmer; Grady, Ed., hostler, Dr. Morton; Graham, Daniel cutter, Murphy & Sutherland; Graham, James, clerk, Murphy & Sutherland; Graham, Thos. (Scot & Graham); Green, Henry, teamster; Green, Matthew, currier; Hachfield, Albert E., clerk, W.J. McMaster & Co.; Hall, Robert, bricklayer; Hanley, Thomas, carpenter; Harman, Benj., laborer; Harton, Thos. A., general merchant; Hayton, Thomas, shoemaker; Herrick, Thomas, (Trott & Herrick); Hill, John, butcher; Hockridge, John H., manufacturer of and dealer in carriages, sleighs, &c., Holland; Hunt, James, laborer; Hutchison, Clement, tinsmith, Samuel Driffill; Jenkins, Warren, agent; Joyce, Richard J. B., clerk, W. J. McMaster & Co.; Kelly, Miss. B., dressmaker; Kelsey, Thomas. miller; Kelsey, William, miller (Cockerline & Kelsey); Kendall, Benjamin F., clerk, J. M. Adams; Keys, William, laborer; Kilkenny, Thos., cabinet maker, upholsterer and undertaker, Holland; Kirk, William C., telegraphist Knewshaw, Thomas, farmer; Lamont, Mrs., dealer in tinware; Lamontaigne, Frank, laborer; Lathan Samuel, clerk; Thomas A. Harton; Little, John, cutter, W. J. McMaster & Co.; Long, Mrs.; Lundy, D. A., carpenter; McArthur, William, McBride, Mrs. Thomas, groceries and confectionery, Holland; McBrien, John, boot and shoe manufacturer and dealer, Holland; McCallum, James A. R., foreman, Bradford Foundry; McCarty, John L. G., M.D. (Morton & McCarthy); McClelland, Alexander; McCullough, Rev. William, Wesleyan Methodist; McKay, Donald, carpenter; McKay, Roderick, carpenter; McKay, William, carpenter; McKinstry, John, carpenter; McKinstry, Robert, laborer; McLean, Stephen, boot maker, William Strong; McMaster, W. J. & Co. (W. J. McMaster and Jas. G. Strong), general merchants, Holland; McMaster, W. J. (W. J. McMaster & Co.); McMinn, Isaac, waggon maker, Edward Dissette; McNally, George, carder; McPartland, George, laborer; Macartney, Robert B., proprietor Wellington Hotel; Macartney, Wm. T., shoemaker; Magee, Charles, farmer; Magee, James, farmer; Magee, John, carriage painter; Magge, Thomas, carpenter; Maquire, John, groceries and liquors, Holland; Manning, Edward, saddler, Scott & Graham; Manning, H. W., bailiff, division court; Marritt, Henry, laborer; Marrow, Edward, station master, N.R.C.; Mathison, Alexander, laborer; Miller, William; Mills, Patrick, laborer; Mitchell, John, laborer; Montgomery, John, boots and shoes, Holland; Montgomery, Thomas, sen., shoemaker; Montgomery, Thomas, jun., shoemaker; Morris, Job, grain dealer; Morton, George D., M.D., member of the medical council, W.C., Reeve of Bradford, and coroner (Morton & McCarthy Morton & McCarthy, physicians and surgeons), Holland: Mousley, Samuel, currier, Bradford tannery; Murphy, George, clerk, Murphy & Sutherland; Murphy, John ( Murphy & Sutherland); Murphy, John, teamster; Murphy & Sutherland, (John Murphy and Donald Sutherland) general merchants and clothing, Holland; Murphy, Thomas; Nather, Henry, laborer; Nattrass, Rev. Timothy, Primitive Methodist; Naughton, Michael, laborer; O'Dea, Mrs.; Ormsby, Andrew, shoemaker; Ormsby, George, boot and shoe maker; Ormsby, Peter, constable; Owens, James, carpenter; Palmer, Samuel, tailor, Murphy & Sutherland; Parker, Robert; Parkhill, Thomas, tailor; Parr, James, baker; Porter & Broughton, proprietors "South Simcoe News", Holland; Powers, John, tanner, Joseph Bingham; Rennie, William; Richmond, James, baker and confectioner, Holland; Robinson, James, clerk; Rogers, John, tanner, Bradford tannery; Rose, John, farmer; Ross, Mrs. Ann; Ross, Hugh R., collar maker, Scott & Graham; Ruttan, Rev. C., Episcopal; Scanlon, Mark, barrister, attorney, solicitor in chancery, &c., Holland; Scott & Graham (Wilson B. Scott and Thos. S. Graham), saddles, harness and trunks, Holland; Scott, Wilson B. (Scott & Graham); Shapell, Francis, laborer, Shawles, John, carpenter; Sloane, James, bookkeeper, W. J. McMaster & Co.; Small's Hotel, Daniel Small, proprietor; Small, Daniel, proprietor "Small's Hotel"; Smith, Henry, groceries and provisions, also hairdresser, Holland; Smith, Thompson & Son, saw mills south of the village; "South Simcoe News," Porter & Broughton, editors and proprietors, Holland; Sparks, James, laborer; Spence, John, painter and glazier, Holland; Spence, Mrs. John, milliner and dressmaker, also hoop skirts Holland; Spence, Thomas, general inspector; Spence, William, bootmaker; Stephens, J., photographer, Holland; Stevenson, Jesse K., clerk, W. M. Stevenson; Stevenson, John, saddles and harness, Holland; Stevenson, John, jun., saddle and harness maker; Stevenson, John McL., barrister; Stevenson, William M., dry goods and clothing; Holland; Stewart, D. A., clerk; Stewart, Robert, town clerk and treasurer, groceries, wines and liquors, Holland; Stibbs, John, farmer and baker; Stribling, John, foreman; Stoddart, Wilson, farmer; Strong, James G. (W. J. McMaster & Co.); Strong, Robert, clerk, W. J. McMaster & Co., Strong, Williams, boots and shoes, Holland; Stump, Samuel, laborer; Sutcliff, William, tailor; Sutherland, Hector, blacksmith; Sutherland, John, laborer; Sutton, J., tailor, W. J. McMaster & Co.; Swallow, Charles, clerk, Thomas A. Harton; Swallow, John, hardware merchant, Holland; Swallow, William, clerk; Tanner, James, laborer; Thompson, Andrew, tinsmith; Thompson, Mrs. M. A. (widow David); Thorne, Richard, bookkeeper, Murphy & Sutherland; Todd, Henry, salesman, B. Barnard; Todd, Mrs. ( widow James); Trott & Herrick ( William Trott and Thomas Herrick) merchant tailors, Holland; Trott, William ( Trott & Herrick; Turner, William, grain dealer; Wallce, George A., hairdresser; Wallace, Robert, laborer; Walker, Robert, cabinet maker; Walker, William, carpenter; Walmsley, Thomas, butcher; Wanty, John, brickmason; Wellington Hotel, R. B. Mccartney proprietor; Wickens, Arthur, chair maker; Wiggins, George H., moulder; Willcocks, James, watchmaker; Wilson, J. W. H., barrister &c., Holland; Windover, John M., carpenter; Woods, William, laborer; York , Eli, blacksmith.