The following names were extracted from the book, along with a few cryptic remarks. If you find your surname you should request the book through interlibrary loan (usually very inexpensive) or purchase a copy from the Brant Historical Society.
Name | Comments | Pages |
Adams Wagon Company |
Precursor to Brantford Coach and Body, drawing |
35, 40 |
Adams, Peter |
Began making wagons in Paris in his blacksmith shop in 1863 |
34 |
Agnew family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Ahrens, J |
Made pottery, painting of his pottery shop |
36, 69 |
Allen family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
Anne, Queen |
4 |
|
Apps, Syl |
Photo, hockey player |
93 |
Armstrong family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
Arnold, Charles |
Paris native, grew famous fruit and vegetables in 1850s |
42 |
Bain Brothers Mfg Co. |
Came to Brantford and made farm wagons in 1890, photo |
34 |
Bain Brothers Wagon Works |
35 |
|
Baker family |
Pre 1800 Burford settler |
12 |
Baldwin family |
Early Oakland Twp settler |
12 |
Barber, Barbara (Mrs) |
Resident of Bford, 1873-1966, artist |
70 |
Barber-Ellis Company |
Bford mfg of envelopes & stationery |
36 |
Barker family |
Early Paris settler |
13 |
Bauslaugh family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
Beckett, Richard |
Brantford mayor |
62 |
Beebe family |
Early Oakland Twp settler |
12 |
Beebe family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Beemer family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
Bell, Alexander Graham |
Made first long distance telephone call from Paris to Brantford in August 1876, son of Alexander Melville Bell |
70, 71, 72, 73, 74 |
Bell, Alexander Melville |
Father of Alexander Graham Bell, teacher of deaf-mutes |
70 |
Bell, Benjamin |
Started plow company in St George, plow drawing |
32, 40, 42, 50 |
Bennett, Richard B |
Politician |
58 |
Beverley Swamp |
22 |
|
Biggar family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Biggar's Town |
Proposed as name for Brantford |
14 |
Birkett family |
Early Brantford settler |
14 |
Bissell, Claude (Dr.) |
64 |
|
Bixel Brewing |
Founded by Cyrus Bixel in 1888 |
36, 37 |
Bixel, Cyrus |
Founded Bixel Brewing in 1888 |
36, 37 |
Bond, Professor |
Tightrope walker |
47 |
Bondhead, Francis (Gov) |
Ontario Governor abt 1838 |
20 |
Borden, Robert (Hon) |
Politician |
58 |
Bostwick, Col. |
Leader of 1814 Oxford Militia |
20 |
Boughton, Levi |
Built Paris Plains Church in 1845, photo |
78 |
Bowen, Daniel (Capt.) |
Bur at Pioneer Cem in Burford |
12 |
Bown, JY |
Politician |
58 |
Brant County |
Formed in 1852 |
14 |
Brant family |
1840s settler |
11 |
Brant, John |
Son of Joseph |
5 |
Brant, Joseph (Capt.) |
Thayendanegea Mohawk Indian Chief, namesake of Brant County, buried beside Chapel of the Mohawks in Brantford |
Entire book |
Brantford Carriage Company |
Began producing buggies in 1889 in Bford, photo |
34, 35, 40 |
Brantford Cordage Co. |
Bford twine maker |
36 |
Brantford Courier Newspaper |
Formerly the Sentinel, purchased by the Expositor in 1918 |
100 |
Brantford Expositor Newspaper |
Brantford's oldest continually published newspaper, purchased the Courier in 1918 |
100 |
Brantford Gazateer Newspaper |
1867 Bford newspaper |
100 |
Brantford Sentinel Newspaper |
estab 1839, renamed the Courier |
100 |
Brantford Stoneware Works |
In Bford, photo |
35, 36 |
Brantford Twp |
Originally part of Wentworth County |
13 |
Brantford, Buffalo & Goderich |
Mfg railway cars in Bford in 1859, photo |
34 |
Brebeuf, Father |
Early French Missionary |
2 |
Brethour, JE |
Burford farmer, bred Yorkshire pigs |
44 |
Brown family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Brown, Beatrice |
Photo |
82 |
Brown, Edgar |
Photo |
82 |
Brown, George |
Started Bow Park farm, editor of the Globe newspaper, photo |
42, 49, 52, 53, 72 |
Brown, Harold |
Ran Amateur Broadcasting Station, picture |
82 |
Brown, James E |
Politician |
57 |
Brown, JE |
Politician |
58 |
Brown, Joseph |
Built first inn in Onondaga Twp in 1837 |
14 |
Brown, Tom |
Had 1899 service station in Brantford, photo |
28, 82 |
Brown, Wilbert |
Photo |
82 |
Bryning, John (Rev.) |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Buck, William |
Began Victoria Stove Works "Buck's stoves" in 1852 Brantford, photo |
31, 38 |
Bunnell family |
Early Brantford settler |
14, 16 |
Bunnell, Enos |
School built at his place on Fairchild's creek in 1812 |
17 |
Burford |
Became police village in 1884 |
59 |
Burford Advance Newspaper |
Established 1909 |
100 |
Burford Pioneer Cemetery |
Created in 1802 by John Fowler |
12 |
Burford Township |
Laid out in 1793, originally part of Oxford County |
12 |
Burtch family |
Early Oakland Twp settler |
12 |
Burtch, David |
Opened hotel at Mt Pleasant in 1812 |
14 |
Burtch's Landing |
In Onondaga Twp, now Newport, had a tavern as early as 1822 |
14 |
Burwell, Lewis |
Bur at Pioneer Cem in Burford, surveyor, surveyed Brantford in 1830 |
12, 16 |
Butler, Frederick Clayton |
Editor and publisher |
82 |
Cainsville |
Also known as Cayuga Heights, laid out in 1837 by Grand River Navigation Company |
11, 14 |
Calder, George W |
Bford fire chief in 1889 |
62 |
Caledonia |
Town on Grand River |
23 |
Canada Glue Co. |
Bford company |
36 |
Capron, Hiram "King" |
Founder of Paris, from VT, mfr of Plaster of Paris, photo |
13, 41, 59, 60 |
Carlyle family |
Early Brantford settler |
14 |
Carpenter family |
Settled Burford by 1810 |
12 |
Cayuga |
Town on Grand River |
23 |
Cayuga Heights |
Aka Cainsville |
11 |
Charlton, John A (Dr.) |
Politician |
57, 58 |
Chockshutt Male Choir |
In Bford |
83 |
Christie, David |
Bred shorthorns at Oak Park Farms |
42, 52, 78 |
Christie, Thomas (Rev.) |
Early missionary |
17 |
Clement, JD |
Photo |
60 |
Clement, Joseph |
1st reeve of Bford |
59 |
Clemons family |
Involved with Canadian Herdbook |
44 |
Clench, Ralph |
1867 Fenian detective |
48 |
Clump family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
Cockshutt family |
Early Brantford settler |
16, 62 |
Cockshutt, Edward |
His will donated Glenhyrst Gardens to Bford in 1956 |
62 |
Cockshutt, EL |
Donated land for Brant Sanitarium in 1913 |
61 |
Cockshutt, Harry (Hon) |
Had 1st horseless carriage in Brantford, photo, youngest son of Ignatious, Lt Gov of Ontario in 1921 |
28, 56 |
Cockshutt, Ignatius |
Formed toll road companies in Brantford, photo of store and him |
29, 32, 49, 51, 61, 62, 95 |
Cockshutt, James |
Establ Farringdon Church, drawing |
42, 79 |
Cockshutt, JG |
Started Brantford Plow Works in 1877, photos |
32, 33 |
Cockshutt, WF |
Oldest son of Ignatius, 1904-1921 Brantford MP, politician |
56, 58 |
Cole |
Name in Burial Grounds on Johnson Road, overlooking Fairchild's Creek |
11 |
Connel and Co. |
Paris farm implement firm |
32 |
Cook, Abraham |
1st Mt Pleasant postmaster in 1826 |
14 |
Cornwell family |
Early Brantford settler |
14 |
Costain, Thomas B |
Writer, bn Branford in 1885 |
67, 68 |
Cotes, Everard |
Married Sara Jeannette Duncan |
64 |
Cowherd, James |
Fashioned mouthpiece for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, tinsmith |
71 |
Cowherd, Thomas |
Tinsmith and poet, poem "The Sheffield of the West" |
27, 31 |
Crandon family |
Early Brantford settler |
16 |
Craven Cotton Mill |
In Bford in 1880 |
35 |
Craven Wincey Mill |
In Bford in 1882 |
35 |
Crawford, Seth |
Early Indian missionary |
17 |
Creighton family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Cunningham family |
Settled Burford by 1810 |
12 |
Daillon, Father |
French missionary, visited Brantford in 1626 |
2 |
Daniels family |
Settled Burford by 1810 |
12 |
David family |
1840s settler |
11 |
Davis family |
Pre 1800 Burford settler |
12 |
Davisville |
Aka River's Bend, 1.5 miles W of Brantford |
17 |
Dawdy family |
Early Brantford settler |
14 |
Dawson's Bridge |
In South Dumfries Twp, also named Middletown, renamed Glenmorris |
13 |
Dayton, Abraham |
Father in law of Benaijah Mallory |
11 |
DeCou family |
Pre 1800 Burford settler |
12 |
Denton family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Dickie family |
Bur at Baptist Church near Landon burial grounds on Bishopsgate Road, in Burford Twp |
12 |
Dickie family |
Early Brantford settler |
14 |
Dickson, William (Hon.) |
Bought all of S Dumfries Twp in 1816 |
13, 41 |
Diefenbaker, John G (Hon) |
Politician |
58 |
Digby, JW (Dr) |
1st Bford mayor, photo |
59, 60 |
Dodd family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Douglas family |
Pre 1800 Burford settler |
12 |
Douglas family |
Early Onondaga Twp settler |
14 |
Douglas family |
Raised shorthorn cattle |
44 |
Douglas, SVR |
Early Brantford merchant |
16 |
Downs, Mr |
On 1847 Bford town council |
59 |
Doyle family |
Pre 1800 Burford settler |
12 |
Drew, George |
Politician |
57 |
Duncan, Charles |
Had 1867 Bford dry goods store |
49 |
Duncan, Norman |
Bn Bford, brother of Robert, educated at Univ of Toronto |
65 |
Duncan, Robert |
Bn Bford, brother of Norman, educated at Univ of Toronto |
65 |
Duncan, Sara Jeannette |
Bn Brantford, novelist, mar Everard Cotes |
64, 65 |
Duncombe, Charles |
1838 American who raided Ontario |
20 |
Dunnville dam |
On Grand River |
23 |
Dutton family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Dutton, William Douglas |
Ran shoe shop in early Brantford |
16 |
Eadie family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Eaton, John |
1st to take oath of allegiance in 1800, carpenter |
12 |
Eddy family |
Settled Burford by 1810 |
12 |
Edmondson family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Eland, Dr. |
Erected Arlington Hotel in Paris in 1884, photo |
96 |
Elliott, John |
1867 Bford mayor |
47 |
Ellis |
See Barber-Ellis Company |
36 |
Ellis family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Ellis, Albert |
Asst Operator of Amateur Broadcasting Station, picture |
82 |
Elllis store |
In Mt Pleasant |
72 |
Fair family |
Early Onondaga Twp settler |
14 |
Fairchild, Isaac |
Opened trading post on Fairchild's Creek at Brantford in 1788 |
13 |
Fairchild's Creek |
Near Smoky Hollow |
11 |
Farr, SW |
Carriage maker |
50 |
File |
Name in Burial Grounds on Johnson Road, overlooking Fairchild's Creek |
11 |
File, John |
One of Butler's Rangers, built mills in Brantford area in 1790s |
13 |
Finlayson, Hugh |
1st Paris mayor |
59 |
Fisher, JH |
Politician |
58 |
Fisher, John H |
County Warden, Paris Mayor, senator |
55 |
Flanagan family |
Bur at Baptist Church near Landon burial grounds on Bishopsgate Road, in Burford Twp |
12 |
Fleming, G |
Politician |
58 |
Force family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
Forsythe family |
Early Paris settler |
13 |
Foster family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Foster family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
Fowler family |
Pre 1800 Burford settler |
12 |
Fowler family |
Bur at Pioneer Cem in Burford |
12 |
Fowler, Dr. |
Erected Cornish House in Burford in 1850, photo |
76 |
Fowler, John |
Donated land at Burford for Pioneer Cem in 1802 |
12 |
Fowler, Nathan |
Listed in early account book |
15 |
Gage, Nathan |
Ran saw mill in Brantford |
16 |
Gardiner, Henry |
Built saw mill in So. Dumfries Twp in 1823 |
13 |
Gardiner, Herbert F |
Wrote Nothing but Names, a study of the origin of Ontario place names |
65 |
Gates, Henry |
Ran carding mill abt 1813 in Oakland Twp |
12 |
German family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
Gilkison family |
Early Brantford settler |
16 |
Gillen family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Glassco, Ezra |
1867 Bford resident |
47 |
Glenmorris Village |
Originally Dawson's Bridge and Middletown |
13 |
Goderich |
See Brantford, Buffalo & Goderich |
34 |
Good, WC |
Farmer |
56 |
Goodwin |
See Ker and Goodwin Company |
36 |
Goold, Shapley and Muir Co. |
Formed in Bford in 1892, built windmills and engines |
36 |
Gordon, George T |
Politician |
57 |
Grand River Navigation Company |
Laid out Cainsville in 1837 |
14 |
Grand River Roarer Newspaper |
Published 1858-1859 with the Snapping Turtle |
100 |
Green family |
1840s settler |
11 |
Green, Peter |
Place in Locks Road area |
23 |
Grobb, Franklin |
Had first Model A Ford in Brantford |
28 |
Gullen, Augusta Stowe (Dr.) |
Dtr of Dr. Emma Jennings Stowe, she was Canada's first woman medical graduate, |
94 |
Gunniesman? |
Mt Pleasant hotel proprietor |
50 |
Gurney family |
Raised sheep |
44 |
Haas Brothers |
Paris farmers who bred Percheron and Belgian horses |
44 |
Hager family |
Early Onondaga Twp settler |
14 |
Hagey, HL |
Lawyer, politician |
57 |
Haight family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Hainer family |
Settled Burford by 1810 |
12 |
Haldimand, Frederick (Sir) |
4 |
|
Haldimand, Gov |
3 |
|
Ham and Nott Company |
Formed 1892 to make hard goods |
36 |
Ham, Arthur (Dr.) |
Brantford author |
67 |
Hamer, Danny |
Photo |
82 |
Hamilton family |
Early Paris settler |
13 |
Hamilton, Elizabeth |
Mar Paul Wickson |
70 |
Hamilton, JS |
Founded Hamilton Dunlop Winery in 1871 |
36 |
Hardy family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Hardy, Arthur Sturgis |
Bford lawyer |
49, 54, 55 |
Hardy, Susan (Miss) |
Teacher |
5 |
Harmer, Henry |
Railway Hotel proprietor |
50 |
Harold, J |
Politician |
58 |
Harris, A & Son |
Moved from Beamsville to Brantford in 1871 and started a farm implement business, photo |
32, 34, 38 |
Harris, Alanson |
Settled near Mt. Pleasant |
42 |
Harris, L |
Politician |
58 |
Harris, Lawren |
Bn Bford in 1885, artist and member of Group of Seven |
70 |
Hart, Sarah D'Acres (Mrs) |
Possibly Canada's 1st female journalist, aka Sarah Keeler |
64 |
Hawley family |
Early Brantford settler |
14 |
Hearle, BC |
Estab Paris Star in 1850 |
100 |
Heath family |
Early Paris settler |
13 |
Henry, R |
Politician |
58 |
Henry, Robert |
Mayor |
55 |
Hepburn, Mitchell |
Politician |
56, 57 |
Hext Carriage Works |
Brantford wagon works |
35 |
Heyd, CB |
Politician |
58 |
Heyd, CB |
Politician |
58 |
Hiawatha |
Deganawidah chief, founder of 5 Nations (later 6) Confederacy |
4 |
Hill, John (Chief) |
Early settler w/807 acre farm |
16 |
Hillier, James (Dr) |
Bn Bford in 1915, research scientist, photo |
74 |
Hincks, Francis (Sir) |
Brant politician |
54 |
Holme, William |
Sold 1000 acres at Paris to Hiram Capron in 1829 |
13 |
Holton, Frank |
Director of Cockshutt Male Choir in Bford 1935-1946 |
83 |
Hoodless, Adelaide Hunter |
Photo of her home |
94 |
Hopkins |
Name in Burial Grounds on Johnson Road, overlooking Fairchild's Creek |
11 |
Horner Creek |
12 |
|
Horner, Thomas |
From NJ, Justice of the Peace, Burford settler in 1793 |
12 |
Howell family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
Howell family |
Early Onondaga Twp settler |
14 |
Howells, William Dean |
American author, related to wife of George H.M. Johnson |
64 |
Hubbard, Mabel |
Wife of Alexander Graham Bell |
70 |
Hunter, Adelaide |
Photo of her home |
94 |
Huntington, Arunah |
Ran shoe Shop in early Brantford |
16 |
Hutton, WL (Dr.) |
Photo, Bford doctor, fluorinated Bford's water, d 1959 |
74 |
Isaac family |
1840s settler |
11 |
Ives, Major |
Of Burford, attempted to navigate Grand River in 1830s |
22 |
Jackson family |
Early Paris settler |
13 |
Jenkins, J |
1867 Bford resident |
47 |
Jennings, Emma (Stowe) |
1868 photo, 1st woman doctor in Ontario, her dtr, Dr. Augusta Stowe Gullen was Canada's first woman medical graduate, |
94 |
John family |
1840s settler |
11 |
Johnson |
Name in Burial Grounds on Johnson Road, overlooking Fairchild's Creek |
11 |
Johnson family |
1840s settler |
11 |
Johnson family |
Settled Burford by 1810 |
12 |
Johnson Settlement |
1840s settler |
11 |
Johnson, Emily Pauline |
Bn at Chiefswood, Indian poetess, dtr of Chief George H.M. Johnson, 1861-1913 |
64 |
Johnson, George |
Son of Sir William Johnson, 1st Indian School teacher |
11 |
Johnson, George H.M. (Chief) |
Father of Emily Pauline Johnson, son of Chief John "Smoke" Johnson, his wife was English and related to William Dean Howells an American author |
64 |
Johnson, John "Smoke" (Chief) |
Father of George H.M. Johnson, |
64 |
Johnson, William (Sir) |
Lord of the Mohawk Valley, son George |
2 |
Joliet, Galinee (Father) |
Early French Missionary |
2 |
Jones, Augustus |
Surveyor for Gov Simcoe, Welshman, owned 1200 acres in Brantford |
12, 16 |
Jones, David |
Settled Onondaga Twp in 1836 |
14 |
Jones, Peter (Rev) |
Son of Augustus, early missionary, photo |
17, 77 |
Jones, Wm Augustas |
Listed in early account book |
15 |
Jordan, Henri K. |
Founded Schubert Choir in Bford, 1905-1941 |
83 |
Keeler, Sarah (Mrs.) |
Possibly Canada's 1st female journalist, aka Sarah D'Acres Hart |
64 |
Keeton car |
Manufactured in Brantford |
28 |
Kelly family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
Kelly, MJ (Dr.) |
1st county school inspector in 1872 |
61 |
Kennedy family |
Early Brantford settler |
16 |
Ker and Goodwin Company |
Founded Bford 1897 to make engines and lathe chucks |
36 |
Kerby family |
Early Brantford settler |
16 |
Kerby House Block |
Royal Fusiliers stationed there in 1867, photo |
48, 96 |
Kerr family |
Early Brantford settler |
16 |
Ker's Music Hall |
In Brantford |
46, 47, 49 |
King family |
Bur at Baptist Church near Landon burial grounds on Bishopsgate Road, in Burford Twp |
12 |
King, Prime Minister |
1940 |
57 |
Kippax, J (Dr.) |
Brantford author |
67 |
Kitchen family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
Kitchen family |
Early Brantford settler |
14 |
Landon family |
Bur in Landon burial ground on Bishopsgate Road. Son Stephen was first white child born in Burford Twp in 1797 |
12 |
Landon, Stephen |
1st child born in Burford Twp in 1797 |
12 |
Lane |
Name in Burial Grounds on Johnson Road, overlooking Fairchild's Creek |
11 |
Langford |
Named after Jacob Langs |
13 |
Langs, Jacob |
Namesake of Langford, came from PA in 1810 |
13 |
Lansdowne, Marquis of |
Purchased Wickson paintings |
70 |
LaPierre family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
Latshaw family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
Latshaw, Samuel |
Founded Glenmorris |
13 |
Laurier, Prime Minister |
54 |
|
Laurier, Wilfrid (Hon) |
Politician |
58 |
Lawrason family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
Lawrence family |
Settled Burford by 1810 |
12 |
Laycock, Jane |
Jane Laycock Children's Home establ in 1850 |
61 |
Lemon, Thomas |
Founded the Branford Sentinel in 1839 |
100 |
Leonard family |
Early Brantford settler |
16 |
Lester family |
Settled Burford by 1810 |
12 |
Lewisville |
Proposed as name for Brantford |
14 |
Linscott, Dr. |
Bford dentist |
74 |
Lloyd, James |
Began carriage business in Burford |
35 |
Loder, Job |
Ran saw & grist mill in Oakland Twp |
12 |
Longboat, Tom |
Photo, marathon runner |
93 |
Lord, Frederic |
Conductor of 1930 Canadian Choir |
83 |
Lorne, Marquis of |
Namesake of Lorne Bridge |
22 |
Lovejoy estate |
62 |
|
Lovejoy, John |
Had stage from Brantford to Halton, tollgate operator |
17 |
Lovejoy's Pond |
Aka Mohawk Lake |
46 |
MacDonald, John A (Sir) |
In Bford in 1867, photo, politician |
49, 52, 53, 54, 58 |
MacDonald, W Ross |
Politician |
57, 58 |
Mackenzie, Alexander |
Politician |
58 |
Mackenzie, Prime Minister |
54 |
|
Mackenzie, William Lyon |
Rebel |
20, 42 |
Mainwaring family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
Malcolm, Eliakim |
Oakland Twp reeve, photo |
59, 60 |
Malcolm, Finlay |
Earliest settler of Oakland Twp before 1802, 6 sons and 4 dtrs |
12 |
Malcolm, John |
Sheffield farms |
44 |
Malcolm, Tryphena |
Wife of Malcolm, d 1813 age 52, bur in Oakland Village Cem |
13 |
Malcolm's Mills |
At Oakland, burned by Americans in 1814 |
20 |
Mallory, Benaijah |
Son in law of Abraham Dayton, "land grabber", defected to USA and his lands were sold |
11 |
Marlatt, J |
Made pottery |
36 |
Marr, Alvin |
Brant County Warden |
62 |
Marshall, Kay Tew |
Brant County author |
67 |
Martin family |
Settled Burford by 1810 |
12 |
Martin, John S |
Developed Wyandotte fowl |
44 |
Martin, WG (Hon) |
Photo, politician |
56, 57 |
Massey & Company |
32 |
|
Matthews family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
Matthews family |
Early Onondaga Twp settler |
14 |
Maxwell & Whitelaw |
Paris farm implement firm |
32 |
McAllister family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
McAllister family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
McBride, Morris M. "Mac" |
Bford mayor |
56, 57 |
McCann, John |
Photo, Chief of Bford Volunteer Fire Dept |
90 |
McEwan, Archibald |
Mt Pleasant storekeeper, 1 of his record books is in Brant Co Museum |
14 |
McGee, D'Arcy |
Orator |
52 |
McIntyre family |
Early Oakland Twp settler |
12 |
McLean, Thomas |
Sold tweeds in 1867 Bford |
49 |
McMeans, Thomas |
1st paid police chief in Bford |
62 |
McNab, Allan (Sir) |
Canadian Prime Minister |
69 |
Meacham, Dr. |
Photo of his office in 1867 Bford, dentist |
49, 51 |
Merrill family |
Early Onondaga Twp settler |
14 |
Merritt, William Hamilton |
St. Catharine's merchant, miller and member of Parliament |
23 |
Messecar family |
Bur at Baptist Church near Landon burial grounds on Bishopsgate Road, in Burford Twp |
12 |
Middletown |
In South Dumfries Twp, aka Glenmorris and Dawson's Bridge |
13 |
Milloy, Capt. |
Bought Oak Park Farm in 1895 |
43 |
Mohawk Lake |
Aka Lovejoy's Pond |
46 |
Molaskey family |
Bur at Baptist Church near Landon burial grounds on Bishopsgate Road, in Burford Twp |
12 |
Montez, BLO |
Sold men's whisker solution in 1867 Bford |
51 |
Montgomery, Miss |
1867 Bford teacher |
47 |
Morton, Justus |
Sold Brantford Stoneware in 1872 |
35, 36 |
Mount Pleasant |
Village laid out abt 1800, |
14 |
Mount Pleasant Cem |
In Mount Pleasant |
14 |
Mowat, Sir Oliver |
54 |
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Moyle family |
Early Brantford settler |
14 |
Muir |
See Goold, Shapley and Muir Co. |
36 |
Muir family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
Muir, RC (Major) |
Wrote Political and Military History of Burford |
20, 67 |
Muirhead family |
Early Brantford settler |
16 |
Muirhead, William |
Brantford mayor, photo |
Insert, 59, 60 |
Mulligan family |
Early Onondaga Twp settler |
14 |
Muma family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
Narraway family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Nelles family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Nelles, Abram (Rev) |
1838 Mohawk Church official |
20 |
Newport |
Formerly Burtch's Landing |
14 |
Newton, GR |
Hotel proprietor |
50 |
Nixon, Harry (Hon) |
Photo, politician |
56, 57 |
Noble, John |
John Noble Home for the Aged built in Bford in 1953 |
62 |
Nott |
See Ham and Nott Company |
36 |
Oakland Township |
Laid out in 1796, originally part of Oxford County |
12 |
Ohsweken |
Tuscarora village |
14 |
Ole family |
Early Brantford settler |
13 |
Oles, Mrs. |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
O'Neail, Daniel |
Early Paris settler, built 1st brick home in 1843 on Keg Lane Road |
13 |
Onondaga Twp |
Laid out in 1840 |
14 |
Palmer family |
Pre 1800 Burford settler |
12 |
Palmer's Hall |
In Brandford, picture of 1870s handbill |
80 |
Paris Star Newspaper |
Established in Paris in 1850 |
100 |
Pate, James |
Developed Redwin spy apple |
44 |
Paterson, W & Son Candy Works |
Made candy & biscuits in 1863 |
35 |
Paterson, William |
S Brant reformer, had candy and biscuit factory in Bford, Photo, politician |
54, 55, 58 |
Pearce, Theodocia |
Brantford author |
67 |
Pearson, Lester B (Hon) |
Politician |
59 |
Penman Manufacturing |
In Paris in 1868 |
35 |
Pennell, Lawrence T |
Politician |
57 |
Percy, James |
Built first mill in 1801 which was destroyed by the American invaders in 1814 |
14 |
Perrin, Thomas |
Mt Pleasant settler, owned a mill there, moved to Mt. Vernon |
14 |
Perth |
Village in Oakland Twp laid out in 1810 |
12 |
Phelps family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Phillips, John |
Built grist mill in So. Dumfries Twp in 1817 |
13 |
Pickle, Rev. Francis & wife |
Bur at Baptist Church near Landon burial grounds on Bishopsgate Road, in Burford Twp |
12 |
Pilkey, PJ |
Scotland House proprietor |
50 |
Pite, George |
Estab Burford Advance in 1909 |
100 |
Proudfoot, William (Rev.) |
Early missionary |
17 |
Pullman, George M |
34 |
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Qua family |
Early Brantford settler |
16 |
Racey family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Racey, Henry |
Estab Brantford Expositor in 1852 |
100 |
Ramsey family |
Early Brantford settler |
14 |
Raymond, Ethel T |
Brantford author |
67 |
Raymond, WG |
Politician |
58 |
Reid family |
Early Brantford settler |
14 |
Reid Wagon Shop |
In Cainsville |
35 |
Rennick family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Reville, F. Douglas |
Brantford author, editor and newspaper writer |
67 |
Riding, JGC |
Drawing of his plow |
40 |
Rosebrugh family |
Early Paris settler |
13 |
Rounds family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
Russell, Peter |
Pres of Exec Council in Canada in 1796 |
3 |
Ryerson, RE |
Politician |
58 |
Sage family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Saint Laurent, Louis |
Politician |
58 |
Sayles faily |
Early Oakland Twp settler |
12 |
Scarfe, R |
Photo |
38 |
Scarfe, WJ Company |
Made varnish in 1878 |
35, 50 |
Schubert Choir |
In Bford |
83 |
Schuyler family |
Had orchards |
44 |
Schuyler, Peter (Col.) |
4 |
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Schyler, Roy |
Farm boy, District Representative |
41 |
Scotland |
Became police village in 1907 |
59 |
Secord family |
Settled Burford by 1810 |
12 |
Secord family |
Early Oakland Twp settler |
12 |
Secord family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Shade, Absalom |
Of Galt, tried to navigate Grand in 1830s |
22, 41 |
Shapley |
See Goold, Shapley and Muir Co. |
36 |
Sharpe, Melvin |
Paris mayor |
62 |
Shaver family |
Early Brantford settler |
14 |
Shenstone, TS |
1st Brant County Registrar in 1853 |
61 |
Sheppard family |
Early Brantford settler |
14 |
Showers family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
Showers family |
Early Paris settler |
13 |
Simcoe, Lady |
Wife of Governor |
4 |
Simcoe, Lt. Gov and Gov. |
3, 12, 16, 29 |
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Simpson |
Name in Burial Grounds on Johnson Road, overlooking Fairchild's Creek |
11 |
Skimmin family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Slater, Clayton |
Began Craven textile mills |
35 |
Slingsby Mfg Company |
In 1893 Bford, photo |
37 |
Slingsby, William |
Started Holmedale Wollen Mills in Bford in 1872 |
35 |
Smiley family |
Pre 1800 Burford settler |
12 |
Smith family |
Pre 1800 Burford settler |
12 |
Smith family |
Early Oakland Twp settler |
12 |
Smith, Donald |
Wrote Paris local history, At the Forks of the Grand |
67 |
Smith, John |
Built Mohawk Church with his father in law, John Thomas, came from NY in 1784 |
11 |
Smith, William K |
Listed in early account book |
15 |
Smith, WK |
Early Brantford settler |
16 |
Smith's Hill |
Aka Terrace Hill |
46 |
Smoke, Franklin |
Politician |
58 |
Snapping Turtle Newspaper |
Published 1858-1859 with the Grand River Roarer |
100 |
Snowball family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
Snowball Wagon Works |
35 |
|
Somerville, J |
Politician |
58 |
Sour Springs |
Tuscarora village, named after local springs w/sulpher gas bubbles |
14 |
South Dumfries Twp |
Originally part of Halton County, became part of Brant in 1852 |
13 |
Southwick family |
Settled Burford by 1820 |
12 |
Spence family |
Early Brantford settler |
16 |
Squire |
Name in Burial Grounds on Johnson Road, overlooking Fairchild's Creek |
11 |
St. George |
Became police village in 1908 |
59 |
St. Laurent, Louis |
Politician |
58 |
Stalts, John |
Believed to be 1st settler of Brantford, built log cabin there in 1805 |
14 |
Sterne, GF |
Photo |
38 |
Stowe family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Stowe, Augusta (Dr) |
Mar Mr. Gullen. Dtr of Dr. Emma Jennings Stowe, she was Canada's first woman medical graduate, |
94 |
Stowe, Emma Jennings (Dr.) |
1868 photo, 1st woman doctor in Ontario, her dtr, Dr. August Stowe Gullen was Canada's first woman medical graduate |
94 |
Strange, CA |
Politician |
57 |
Stratford, John H |
His home deeded to Bford for hospital in 1885 |
62 |
Stuart, John (Rev) |
Translated Gospel into Mohawk language |
2, 4 |
Stubbs Blacksmith Shop |
In 1867 Bford |
49 |
Sturgis, Amos |
1798 Mt Pleasant settler |
14 |
Sturgis, Henry |
1798 Mt Pleasant settler |
14 |
Talbot, Thomas |
Govt official |
29 |
Taylor family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
Tecumseh family |
1840s settler |
11 |
Telfer family |
Raised sheep |
44 |
Terrace Hill |
Aka Smith's Hill |
46 |
Thomas family |
Early Mount Pleasant settler |
14 |
Thomas, John |
Rec'd lease on Lot E 4th Conc near Cainsville from Joseph Brant in 1801, built Mohawk Church with his son in law, came from NY in 1784 |
11 |
Thompson family |
Early Oakland Twp settler |
12 |
Tisdale family |
Bur at Baptist Church near Landon burial grounds on Bishopsgate Road, in Burford Twp |
12 |
Torry, Alvin (Rev.) |
Early Brant Co Wesleyan Methodist minister |
17 |
Totten family |
Early Paris settler |
13 |
Turnbull family |
White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s |
11 |
Tuscarora Twp |
Originally in Wentworth County, remains of immense territory ceded to Six Nations Indians |
14 |
VanBrocklin, PC |
Came to Brantford in 1844, made wood stoves and engines |
31 |
Vanderlip family |
Early Brantford settler |
13 |
Vanevery family |
Early South Dumfries Twp settler |
13 |
VanSteen, Marcus |
Wrote biography about poetess Pauline Johnson |
67 |
Verity Plow Company |
32 |
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Virtue family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
Vivian family |
Ran grist mill in Oakland Twp |
12 |
Waldie, Jean H |
Brant County writer |
67 |
Walker |
Name in Burial Grounds on Johnson Road, overlooking Fairchild's Creek |
11 |
Wanless, R |
Published Snapping Turtle and Grand River Roarer 1858-1859 |
100 |
Waterous, CH |
Started Waterous Engine Factory abt 1848, photo |
31, 38 |
Watkins Wholesale |
Photo |
71 |
Watson Manufacturing Co |
Moved to Paris in 1897 |
35 |
Watson, Thomas |
Electrician and partner of Alexander Graham Bell |
72 |
Watts, Alfred |
Bought the upper navigation system in 1875 for $1 and then began electric power company |
24 |
Weaver family |
Settled Burford by 1820 |
12 |
Webling, W Hasting |
Brantford author |
67 |
Weir family |
Settled Burford by 1810 |
12 |
Welding, WE |
Acq Brantford Stoneware in 1872 |
35, 36 |
Welland Canal Company |
23 |
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Wesbrook family |
Early Oakland Twp settler |
12 |
Wesbrook, Anthony |
Moved to Grand River Valley in 1788 |
13 |
Wesbrook, Haggai |
D July 1821, bur in Oakland Village Cem |
13 |
West, Robert & William |
Photo, entertainers in Paris |
81 |
Westbrook, Fred |
Photo, world famous bicyclist |
91 |
Westons |
See Paterson, W& Son Candy |
35 |
Whale, Robert |
1805-1887, artist who came from England to Bford in 1852 |
68, 69 |
White family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
White, Marvel (Capt.) |
1808 teacher W of Burford |
17 |
White, Robert |
Had shoe store |
72 |
Whitehead, Thomas (Rev.) |
Bur at Pioneer Cem in Burford, 1st Pres Wesleyan Meth Conference in Province |
12 |
Whitelaw |
See Maxwell & Whitelaw |
32 |
Whiteman's Creek |
11 |
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Whiting, Isaac |
Came from MA to Brantford in 1793 |
13 |
Wickson, Paul Giovanni |
Artist, 1860-1922, mar Elizabeth Hamilton |
69, 70 |
Wilkes, John Aston |
Early Brantford merchant |
16 |
Wilson, Obed |
Built home in St. George district of S Dumfries in 1814 |
13 |
Wisner, Jesse O. |
Started seed drilling company in Bford by 1872 |
31 |
Wisner, Son and Co. |
Seed drill company of Jesse O Wisner |
32 |
Wood, EB (Hon) |
South Brant politician |
49, 58 |
Wood, Edmund B. (Hon.) |
Photo |
55 |
Wood, Edmund Burke |
Lawyer, lost arm on dad's farm |
52 |
Wood, GE |
Politician |
58 |
Wooden family |
Early Brant County settler |
12 |
Wooden family |
Bur at Pioneer Cem in Burford |
12 |
Woodley family |
Early Oakland Twp settler |
12 |
Wratten, J |
Politician |
58 |
Yates, Tilly |
"local version of Calamity Jane", photo of her home |
96 |
Yeigh family |
Pre 1800 Burford settler |
12 |
Yeigh family |
Bur at Pioneer Cem in Burford |
12 |
Yeoward, FC |
Opened store at Mt Pleasant in 1814 |
14 |
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