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      We were trying to ascertain where R.R. 1 Bronte was, what roads/streets it covered in the 1950's. Unfortunately this map doesn't have that information but it is as close as the Canada Post Archives can provide. In April 2020, we have added a 1918 Post Office "mail contract" asking for …

      This photo was taken inside the school. L-r the girls are; Lois Laing, Patricia Vance, Janice Bullock, and Margaret Pope. There was a school in Palermo as early as 1819. It was one of 3 public schools in Trafalgar Twp. The first school may have been on the same property …

      The Drawing has been prepared from information gathered from a copy of the first registered plan of Oakville, by Deputy Provincial Surveyor, Robert W. Kerr in 1836, under the direction of Col. William Chisholm, the founder of Oakville. The Plan was registered January 12th 1850. James Madill, Oakville, 1973

      This map shows the division of land in Oakville surrounding the Sixteen Mile Creek. It was verified by the Department of Crown Lands the same year it was created.

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

      A map from 1835 showing the town of Oakville from Brock Street to Allan Street, including the Sixteen Mile Creek. This map features the church, market square, wharf and an intended damn site north of the Colborne Street bridge.

      This map was sent to Mr. Stuart Wark and has been kept in the original envelope. To see the envelope, either click on the map image or open up "Page 2".

      A map of the land purchased from the Mississaugas in 1806

      This copy of the Wilmot survey map of Trafalgar Township was photographed from a wonderful display copy. It looks like Mr. Wilmot signed his name, "Sam L. Wilmot", but it is actually "Sam S. Wilmot".

      Demarius Norton moved from Tapleytown to Palermo at the time of her marriage to Andy Wilkinson. All of her children were born in Palermo, including her daughter shown here, who was called Ethel, not Clara. Demarius Norton 1854-1942 was one of three children of John Norton and Elizabeth Clark of …

      George Henry Wilkinson 1842-1916 and wife Maria Patterson 1863-1939. George Wilkinson was one of the seven sons and three daughters of francis Wilkinson and Clarissa Simons.

      Morley 1886-1931 was the only child of George Wilkinson and Maria Patterson

      Clarissa Simons' father Bildad Simons was one of the first settlers of Trafalgar Twp. A land patent for lot 30 1 SDS was granted to him in 1806 as settlement duties had been fulfilled. Francis Wilkinson and Clarissa Simons were married 2 November 1831. Clarissa 1807-1886 & Francis 1795-1884. Their …

      Please look through all the pages to your right of unknown photos of family members in the Wilkinson Norton Family Album. They are most likely relatives of Robert Wilkinson of Palermo and Louisa Norton of Saltfleet.

      Demarius Norton 1854-1942 was the third Norton sibling to marry a child of Francis & Clarissa (Simons) Wilkinson of Palermo. She married James Andrew Wilkinson 1850-1934. There children were Herbert 1882, Kenneth, Samuel, and Clara Wilkinson 1884.

      In the background is the Palermo Church. The house is on the corner of Hwys 5 and 25.

      Early land registry records and Trafalgar census records from 1851, 1871, 1881 use the family surname spelling, "Hagar". However, the 1861 census and the family gravestones in the Palermo cemetery use the spelling "Hager". Please research under both spellings.

      Children’s choir, Palermo united church, Palermo, Ont. Mrs Darlington on the organ, Ethel Wettlaufer directing. The girl at top left is Janice Bullock. The dark haired boy in the second row is her brother Murray. April 6th.

      Children’s choir, Palermo United church, Palermo, Ont. Mrs Darlington on the organ, Ethel Wettlaufer directing. The girl at top left is Janice Bullock. Her brother Murray is in the second row on the far right. April 6th.

      Ethel Wettlaufer is at the bottom left. The lady on Ethel’s left is Gwen Lister. Ethel Wettlaufer taught at the Palermo public school, 1940's-1950's. She married Eckhardt Reiner Elton Wettlaufer in 1924. Book III, page 66 of the Nelson Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History has a handwritten history of the Palermo …