Stewarttown Dates Back to 1818 as Esquesing Settling Hub
Stewarttown in Esquesing township dates to 1818 and is linked to the first settlers John and Duncan Stewart who built a dam, sawmill, and grist mill in 1820. The village on Seventh Line beside the Credit River became a social and administrative center with Long Tom’s Tavern hosting township meetings.
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Stewarttown
Esquesing
Credit River
Stewart
John
Duncan
Jas. Young
Walter Lawson
Walter’ Lawson and Son
Lawson
Hornby
Georgetown
Halton Atlas
Judson
Young
Trafalgar
Duncan McColl
Jones and Nevins
Applebe
Young Brothers
Grand Trunk Railway
Early Halton Wentworth split council history recalled
A 1853 meeting in Mil ton marked Halton and Wentworth's temporary separation following a county realignment. The first council included John McNaughton Reeve Ninian Lindsay Deputy Reeve James Young Robert Hall William Thompson councillors and Richard Tracy Clerk. The piece traces early offices, posters, hall debates at Stewarttown or Georgetown, and the evolution of a town hall and Sunity Hall in Georgetown through the 1940s.
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Stewarttown
Cet Pelos
John Tracy
Tom Bell
Mackenzie
Lawson
Mitchell
John McNaughton
Ninian Lindsay
James Young
Robert Hall
William Thompson
Richard Tracy
Hayden
Halton
Milton
Thompson's Inn
Wentworth
John
Jas. Young
William Barbour
Georgetown
Kidderi Place
Sunity
Isaac’ Bennett
Women Association Plans Sales And Cooking School
The Woman's Association of the United church met at Mrs D Lindsay's home. President Mrs H Burns led a devotional, with quilting underway for sale. Members paid ten cents for tea toweling, planned a cooking school at the town hall, and candy for sale. Cards were sent to shut-ins, and refreshments were served.
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Woman's Association of the United ‘Church
D. Lindsay
H. Burns
Pickett
Ingles
Johnson
Lindsay
M. Walker
G. Ingies
E. Lambert
Stewarttown Sparks of 1837 Rebel Preparations
Sympathizers meet at the blacksmith shop and Tom Bell's paint shop to fashion spikes and spears for a possible display of force against the Government and the Family Compact. The Drill Shed of No 2 Company, 20th Battalion, under Captain Applebe, also operates in the village. Stewarttown mines showed mixed loyalties as tensions rise. Next week Stewarttown continued.
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Tom Bell
Mackenzie
No. 2 Company
20Th Batallion
Applebe
Spiked statue device bakes potatoes faster
A Financial Post item describes an aluminum skewer delivering oven heat to the potato center. It claims quicker baking with no potato bursting and uniform fluffiness. The device also promises significant gas or electricity savings.
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Financial Post
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L ZB Mackenzie
Gwen Clarke
Joseph Standish
F. S. Jarvis
Home County
Mes Frazer
Joseph_ Standish
Thomas Barhout
Charles Kennedy
John Stewart
Thomas Fyfe
Standish
Thomas Thompson
Long Tom's
Mika Coxe
Mason Blvd
Pontiac
David Cross
Nevin and Jones
E. C. Buchner Optometrist
H. Mainprize ‘Barber Shop
Famous Name
Eton
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