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Posted on December 1, 2021
In 1796 James Fleming and his wife Barbara Windecker settled on Lot 6 1st Concession, broken front of what would become Aldborough Township, Elgin County. Land on both sides of the Thames River were owned by Fleming descendants until 1871. […]
Posted on November 24, 2021
Our first town, Burwell’s Corners, started with the family of the same name. Mahlon Burwell, first generation Canadian, became a surveyor in 1809 and was registrar of Middlesex by 1811. He lived […]
Posted on November 17, 2021
The first town we will be talking about is the town of Churchville. Little is known about the corner settlement on the Kerr Sideroad in Aldborough. Churchville got its name from […]
Posted on November 10, 2021
Inside this episode we will explore the gardens at Fairwood Farm in Wallacetown, dairy entries from Merinda Williams-Pearce, and Colonel Talbot the horticulturalist to give you an idea of early plants, trees, and vegetables of Dunwich and Aldborough townships. […]
Posted on November 3, 2021
Let’s jump on into this episode and start with the first of schools. The first school ever opened in the County of Elgin was in Malahide in 1816. Up to the year 1830, only […]
Posted on October 27, 2021
The Canadian Southern Railway Company was the first to put a track through Southern Ontario, from Windsor to Fort Erie, in 1872. They sold to New York City Railway in […]
Posted on October 20, 2021
Potentially the most vital and multi use tool a settler would need was an axe. It had extensive everyday uses, ceremonial purposes and could be used as a weapon when needed. The […]
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“From many miles in the north a man carried a bushel of corn to the mill in the south, but to his great disappointment he found that the mill had […]
Posted on August 18, 2021
Today our focus will be the key players in the War of 1812 from the Talbot Settlement. Thomas Talbot August 16 –On this date, American militia and some of their native […]
