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Elderslie TownshipA map of Elderslie Township can be found on the Bruce County GenWeb website. Elderslie Township was named after the Scottish patriot Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie. Elderslie Township Places
Elderslie Township Notable PeopleIsabella Valancy Crawford, born in Dublin, Ireland in 1850, moved to Paisley in 1858, where her father was a physician. A biographical sketch and poems can be found in Canadian Poets.
James Dale Fraser was born on lot 34, concession A, and attended Dunblane school. In 1925 he became the Chief Grain Inspector for Canada. John Gillies, born in Scotland, arrived in Elderslie Township in the early 1850s. He was a reeve, magistrate and warden, and in 1872 was elected member of parliament. He lost his House of Commons seat in 1882, but in 1883 won a seat in the Ontario Legislature. The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men: Ontario volume contains a biographical sketch. Christian, Conrad and John Krug and their brother-in-law Henry Ankenmann founded Krug Brothers Furniture in Chesley in May, 1886. Younger brothers William and George Krug, and parents Peter and Anna Krug also moved to Chesley later the same year. The Krug furniture factory continued operations until 1987. Hon. Duncan McLean Marshall was born on concession 12, Elderslie Township on September 24, 1872. He was a cabinet minister, and later a senator. Before entering politics, he was in the newspaper business in Thornbury, Clarksburg and Bracebridge and Edmonton. He was married to Christena MacIsaac of Prince Edward Island, and had three sons, John, Duncan and Bruce. He died in 1946.
John MacNeill, born in 1874 on Lot 30, Concession A of Elderslie, became president of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, and also President of the Baptist World Alliance. David Browne Milne, artist, was born in Saugeen Township, and also lived in Elderslie Township. See the Saugeen Township page for more information about him.
Thomas O'Hagan,
whose parents were from County Kerry, Ireland, was born in
Ontario in 1855. He spent his childhood on the 8th Concession of
Elderslie. He was an essayist and poet. Some of his poems recall
his Elderslie farm life. A biographical sketch and
poems can be found in
Canadian Poets. He died in 1939. BibliographyA Century of Excellence, Krug Bros. & Co. Furniture Manufacturers by Howard Krug, 2001. Amicus No. 25569048. Chesley ... Past & Present by The Chesley Centennial Committee, 1980. Amicus No. 19203638. From Days of Yore: A Pictorial History of Chesley: A Collection of Postcards and Photographs by the Historical Committee of the Chesley Homecoming, 1995. Amicus No. 15220449. An Historic Album of Paisley by the Paisley Centennial Book Committee, 1974. Amicus No. 2322348. History of the County of Bruce by Norman Robertson, 1906. Available online. The History of Elderslie Township 1851 - 1977 by The Elderslie Township Historical Society. See Publications page. Amicus No. 865267. It Happened in Ellengowan by Mary I. MacKay, 2000. I Think We'll Go Too by Mary I MacKay, 2002. See Publications page. Amicus No. 29656838. The Scooptown Diary by Mary I. MacKay, 2003. See Publications page. Amicus No. 29656842.
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