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      This map was compiled using original registered surveys from J.H. Pope.

 Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877     This is a copy from the 1877 atlas of Ontario County.

      1864 Waterloo County Directory lists Boedecker & Stuebing as booksellers, publishers, and importers on King Street in Berlin and also notes Waterloo location - dealers in English and German books, stationary and wallpaper; principals noted as Henry Boedecker, Conrad Stuebing and Jacob Oberholtzer. Postmarked 1877.

      "Survey of the Northern and Northwestern Lakes made in obedience to acts of Congress and orders from the Headquarters of the Corps of Engineers, War Department. Lake Ontario Projected from trigonometrical Surveys executed under the orders of Major C. B. Comstock, Corps of Engineers, Brvt. ...

      Première église catholique à Hawkesbury, construite en 1877. En 1896, le chanoine Philips décida d'en faire construire une autre sur le même site. A brulée en 1925. - First Catholic Church in Hawkesbury, built in 1877. In 1896, reverend Philips judged that it was too small, so a new one …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 1 Feb 1877, p. 2     - John McLarty, formerly of Nassagaweya, was killed last week by being thrown off a load of wood, near Orangeville. His remains were brought to the residence of Mr. Arch Bell, in Nassagaweya, from whence they were taken to the burial ground on Monday. He was a widower, leaving several …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 26 Apr 1877, p. 3     Died from Disease, Exposure and Cold. Weston, April 21. Yesterday morning an old man named James McCann was found lying on the roadside in a dying condition. He was carried by some men into an old house where he died about two o'clock in the afternoon. Deceased had ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 5 Jul 1877, p. 2     DROWNED. - Intelligence has been received that Mr. Jas. Harkness, of Listowel, jeweller, and say (son?) of Mr. Wm. Harkness of Erin Township, was drowned in the Red River about fifteen miles from Pembina. He was returning from a business trip, and fell off the boat into the river. Mr. …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 19 Jul 1877, p. 3     Fatal Poisoning by Mistake. We regret to learn that Mr. Jas. Bell, living near Cargill's saw mills, in Nassagaweya, came to a sudden death on Thursday last. He had on the previous day fallen off a load of hay, and injured one of his fingers, which the doctor found it …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Sep 1877, p. 3     Fatal Accident. A MAN INSTANTLY KILLED BY A TRAIN The Georgetown Herald of last week says: An old man named John Munn, 58 years of age, met his death very suddenly, on Saturday forenoon, near the 7th line of Esquesing. The deceased was an old resident of Georgetown, ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Sep 1877, p. 3     - Another old resident of this vicinity - Mr. John Stalker - breathed his last, a few days ago, at the ripe age of 88 years. His funeral yesterday was attended by a very large concourse of mourners and friends....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Sep 1877, p. 3     - The deaths of Mr. Charles Dean, of this village, and of his father, are both chronicled in our obituary corner this week. The old gentleman, who was for many years an esteemed resident of Acton and vicinity, died at the residence of one of his sons in Caledonia, a …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Sep 1877, p. 2     SUDDEN DEATH AND INQUEST. - The Fergus News Record says that a girl named Mary McLean, daughter of Hugh McLean, Erin, a domestic servant in Mr. David Brown's family at Douglas, having died in a very sudden and unexpected manner, about three o'clock, on the morning of the 9th inst., …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Sep 1877, p. 3     - The township of Caledon has lost one of its earliest pioneers in the removal of Mr. George Bell, who for 57 years occupied the farm on which he died, at the ripe age of 81 a few weeks ago. Mr. Bell came to Caledon in the year 1820, when …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Sep 1877, p. 3     - During a thunder storm on Thursday morning Gideon B. Hitchens, with four sons and two daughters, took refuge under a tree near Georgetown. The lightning struck the tree, and three children - two sons and a daughter were killed. The father and remaining children were seriously hurt....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 29 Nov 1877, p. 3     DROPPED DEAD. - Malcolm Curry, of lot 34, in the gore of Puslinch, went to church on Sunday, came home and was engaged in unhitching his horses when he dropped dead. He was nearly 80 years of age, and was much respected by his neighbors. He was one of the …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Dec 1877, p. 2     Sad Drowning Accident in Fergus. YOUNG MAN LOST HIS LIFE IN A HEROIC ATTEMPT TO SAVE ANOTHER. A correspondent of the Guelph Mercury says that on Saturday afternoon, 15th inst., a number of boys and girls were skating on the Grand River. Edward James Teevin was ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Dec 1877, p. 2     Suicide at Oakville The Oakville Express says that great excitement prevailed in that town on Thursday last over the sad affair that occurred the night before in the Oakville Tannery. William Hardy Roche, who has been in the employ of Mr. Charles Reed, as book-keeper, for ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Dec 1877, p. 2     Terrible Death. One of the most heart-rending accidents that has ever occurred in the neighborhood of Guelph happened on Thursday evening, 6th inst., on the Brock Road, a short distance from the Model Farm, whereby an interesting little girl, about eleven years of age, daughter ...

 Port Huron Daily Times (Port Huron, MI), 22 Mar 1877     Heroism Rewarded During the severe gale of November last the steamer City of New York foundered on Lake Huron, the crew, 16 in number, leaving the wreck in an open boat, with scarcely a prospect of reaching shore, owing to the tremendous sea running, and which threatened to swamp ...