Verulam Township Pioneer Settlers

AKISTER, JAMES, farmer. He owns 100 acres of Lot 29, Con.4, and settled here in 1865. Was born in Westmoreland, England in 1840. P.O. address, Bury's Green.

FINLEY, ANDREW, farmer and owner of south 1/2 Lot 25, Con.9, 100 acres. Came to the County in 1854. Born in Ireland, 1820. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

FLETT, WILLIAM, farmer. Owns Lot 30, Con.4, and west 1/2 Lot 30, Con.5 - 260 acres. Settled here in 1857. Born in Scotland, 1828. P.O. address, Bury's Green.

BROWN, WILLIAM, farmer and owner of 100 acres, being N 1/2 Lot 9, Con. 8. Has lived in the County from 1860. Came from County Cavan, Ireland, where he was born in 1826. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

FLETT, JOSEPH, farmer. Lives on lot 27, con.6, and owns 230 acres. Was born in Scotland in 1838. Came to this County in 1860. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.

FELL, JOHN, JR., farmer. Owns 260 acres, and lives on Lot 31, Con.1. Came here in 1859 from England. Born 1843. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.

GRAY, WILLIAM, farmer, on west 1/2 Lot 10, Con.7, and owns 100 acres. Came to the County in 1833. Was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1808. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

GORDON, EDWARD, farmer. Owner of west 1/2 Lot 7, Con.4, 100 acres. Has lived in the County since 1878. Born in Canada, 1860. P.O. address, Dunsford.

BELL, JAMES, carriage maker, general blacksmith, insurance agent, and hotel-keeper, Dunsford. Was for some time post-master. Born in the township in 1842

GOULAIS, JOSEPH, hotel proprietor at Bobcaygeon. Was born in Canada, 1843. Settled in Victoria, 1855.

HAMILTON, WILLIAM, farmer. Has 100 acres, situated in Lot 7, Con.6. Holds the offices of Township Treasurer and Collector. Born in England in 1807. Settled here in 1837. P.o. address, Bellevue.

HUNTER, WILLIAM, farmer and owner of 300 acres in Lots 5,6,and 7, Con.6. Has lived in the County from 1832. Born in Ireland, 1823. P.O. address, Dunsford.

HOPKINS, ALFRED, farmer. He has 30 acres in Lot 32, Con.3. He came to the County in 1861. Born in the Island of Guernsey in 1844. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.

JONES, A.W., teacher, S.S. No.1. Born at Omemee in 1861. P.O. address, Dunsford.

BELL, ARTHUR, farmer. Lives on E 1/2 Lot 5, Con.1, and owns 123 acres. Has lived in the township since birth (1842). P.O. address, Dunsford.

JOHNSTON, JOHN, farmer. Owns south 1/2 Lot 9, Con.8, 100 acres, and has lived in the County from 1860. Was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in 1824. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

JUNKIN, JOHN, farmer and owner of 115 acres, situated in Lots 17 and 18, Con.3. He came here in 1840. Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, 1820. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

BEGG, STEWART, farmer and carpenter. He owns the east half of Lot 26, Con.2, 100 acres, and settled here in 1859. Born in Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1849. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.

JUNKIN, JOHN, farmer and owner of 200 acres, situated in Lot 23, Con.8, and Lot 22, Con.9. Has lived in the County since 1834, and for 20 years has been a member of the Township Council. Is at present Deputy-Reeve. Was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1827. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

INGRAM, MATTHEW, farmer. He is owner of 300 acres, situated in Lots 20 and 21, Con.8. Settled here in 1833. Born County Fermanagh, Ireland in 1805. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

JUNKIN, THOMAS, farmer. Owns 165 acres in Lot 18, Con.2. Born in Canada in 1843. P.O. address Fenelon Falls.

BOLTON, GEORGE, farmer. Owns 87 1/2 acres in Lot 29, Con. 5. Came to the County in 1841, when four years of age. Was born in Canada, 1837. P.O. address, Bury's Green.

KENNEDY, WILLIAM, farmer. Lives on Lot 8, Con.6. Owner of 655 acres. Came to the County in 1831. Born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1823. P.O. address, Bellevue.

KELSO, WILLIAM, farmer. Owns 200 acres, situated in Lots 19 and 20, Con.9. He settled here in 1858. Was born in Canada in 1834. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

KELSO, JOSEPH, farmer on Lot 17, con.9. He owns 1100 acres, and has lived in the County since 1856. Was born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1806. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

LITHGOW, JAMES, farmer on Lot 9, Con.6, 200 acres, which he owns. Is Treasurer and School Trustee. Was born in the Township in 1853. P.O. address, Bellevue.

BOYD, MOSSOM, lumber merchant at Bobcaygeon.

LAMB, RICHARD, farmer. He owns the east half of Lots 30 and 31, Con.4, 200 acres. Settled here in 1861. Born in Lancashire, England, in 1829. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.

LORDON, PETER, farmer, on west part of Lot 32, Con.6; 120 acres owned. He came to the County in 1860. Was born in Kent County, England, in 1832. P.O. address, Bury's Green.

McGREGOR, WILLIAM, farmer, and owner of 100 acres in Lot 7, Con.9. Settled here in 1871. Is a native of Perthshire, Scotland, and was born in 1844. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

McCALLUM, HUGH JR., farmer. Is owner of 200 acres in Lots 7 and 8, Con.3. Has lived in the township since birth(1855). P.O. address, Dunsford.

CORBETT, TIMOTHY, farmer. Lives on Lot 3, Con. 9, and owns 100 acres. Settled here in 1850. Was born in County Limerick, Ireland, in 1820. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

McCALLUM, JAMES, farmer on Lot 6, Con.2, of which he owns 100 acres. Came to the County in 1837 from County Monaghan, Ireland. Born in 1810. P.O. address, Dunsford.

DUNN, HENRY, farmer. Is owner of 400 acres, situated in Lots 8 and 9, and Lot 10, Con.10. Born in England in 1820. Settled here in 1850. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

MIDDLETON, R.W., farmer on Lot 8, Con.8, and owning 100 acres. He is Township Assessor and Collector, and settled here in 1853. Was born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1829. P.O. address, bobcaygeon.

MURDOCH, DAVID, farmer. lives on north-east 1/4 Lot 5, Con.6, 50 acres. Was a school-teacher for 16 years, and came here in 1832. Born in Renfrewshire, Scotland, 1805. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

MITCHELL, ROBERT, farmer on Lot 6, Con.5, and owns 200 acres. He was born in the township in 1844. P.O. address, Dunsford.

MORROW, J.G., farmer. Is owner of Lot 27, Con.8, 200 acres. He settled here in 1869. Born in Ireland, 1855. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

DAVIES, T.L., farmer and postmaster at Bellevue. He owns Lot 6, Con.7, and west half of Lot 7, Con.7 - together 300 acres. Has lived in this County from 1868. Born in Peterborough county in 1848.

MOFFAT, JOHN, farmer, on west 1/2 Lot 29, Con.7. Owns 100 acres. He was born in the County in 1848. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.

DOBSON, JOHN, farmer and stone-cutter. He has 150 acres, situated in Lots 29 and 30, Con.4. Has lived in Victoria County for 50 years. Birthplace Lacashire, England. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.

NICHOLLS, JAMES, farmer and owner of 100 acres of Lot 18, Con.7. Came to Victoria County in 1870. Born in County Antrim, Ireland, 1820. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

NIXON, ANDREW, proprietor of Central Hotel at Bobcaygeon, and has 200 acres of land in Lot 16, Con.8. Came here in 1869. Born in Lambton County, 1843.

PAYNE, M., teacher, S.S. No.7. He came here 1879. Birthplace Toronto. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.

POWERS, JOHN, farmer on Lots 20 and 21, Con.1; owns 115 acres. Was born in Ireland, 1834. Settled here in 1835. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.

PATTERSON, JAMES, farmer on Lot 18, Con.1. Is owner of 100 acres and has lived in the County from 1851. Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, 1826. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.

FAIRBAIRN, CHARLES, farmer. Lives on Lot 13, Con.10, and owns 750 acres. Settled in the County, 1862. Was Warden for 1879, and township Reeve for 8 years. Was born in Canada in 1838. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER, farmer, owns 200 acres in Lot 8, Con.5. Has lived in the County since 1833. Born in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1829. P.O. address, Dunsford.

STEELE, FREDERICK, farmer. Is owner of 200 acres in Lots 5 and 6, Con.8. Born in Canada, 1843. Came here in 1862. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

STEWART, GEORGE, farmer. He owns east 1/4 of Lot 2, Con.8, 50 acres. Was born in County Cavan, Ireland, 1813. Settled in county, 1840. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

SIMPSON, GEORGE, farmer, lives on Lot 2, Con.9, and owns 200 acres. Came from Peterboro County in 1856. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

SELBY, THOMAS, farmer on Lot 8, Con.3. He has 50 acres in the north part of the lot. Settled here in 1858. Was born in Durham County, 1815. P.O. address, Dunsford.

STAPLES, THOMAS, farmer on east half Lot 18, Con.5, of which he owns 100 acres. Settled in the County in 1865. Born in Ireland, 1815. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

THURSTON, WILLIAM, farmer, lives on Lot 9, Con.9, and owns 100 acres. He has lived in the township from 1843, the date of his birth. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

THURSTON, W.H., farmer on Lot 8, Con.7. He has 100 acres in the east part of the lot. Was born in Canada in 1853. P.O. address, Bellevue.

THURSTON, H.J., farmer. Owns 121 1/2 acres of Lot 9, Con.4. He was born in the township in 1844. P.O. address, Dunsford.

THURSTON, JONAS, farmer. He owns the east half of Lots 3 and 4, Con.3, and the whole of Lot 2, Con.4. Has lived in the County from 1836. Came from Norfolk County, England. Born, 1824. P.O. address, Dunsford.

THURSTON, ROBERT, farmer. He owns 350 acres situated in Lots 3 and 4, Con.2, and Lots 10 and 11, Con.4. He was born in the township in 1840. P.O. address, Dunsford.

TIERS, C.E., farmer and owner of 70 acres in Lot 25, Con.6. He holds the offices of Deputy-Reeve of Mariposa, and is also Township Councillor. Has lived in the County since 1856. Born in Toronto, 1829. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

TRUSDAL, HUGH, farmer. He is tenant of 150 acres in Lot 17, Con.1, and came here in 1877. Was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1835. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.

TUGMAN, W.H., farmer, Lot 29, Con.2, and owns 80 acres. He was born at Fenelon Falls in 1858. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.

ROONEY, J.J., teacher, S.S. No.2. He came to the County in 1875. Born in Wellington County in 1860. P.O. address, Dunsford.

WHITE, JOSEPH, farmer. He owns 175 acres in Lot 5, Con.10, and settled in Victoria County, 1870. Was born in Ireland in 1810. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

WHITE, RICHARD, farmer on Lot 3, Con.9, and owns 100 acres. He came to the County in 1870. Born in Canada, 1842. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

WHITE, GEORGE, farmer, west half Lot 1, Con.9. Is owner of 100 acres, and settled here in 1880. Born in Canada, 1851. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

WARREN, RICHARD, farmer. Lives on Lot 7, Con.5, and owns 200 acres. He was born in Canada, 1839. P.O. address, Dunsford.

WARREN, PETER, farmer and carpenter. Is owner of west half of Lot 11, Con.6, 100 acres. Has lived in the County from 1866. Was born in Canada, 1835. P.O. address, Bobcaygeon.

WILLIAMS, THOMAS, machinist, Dunsford. He came here in 1879. Born in Canada, 1842.

WALKER, ISAAC, farmer. He owns 200 acres in Lots 26 and 27, Con.5, and settled here in 1857. Birthplace, England. P.O. address, Fenelon Falls.


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