Township of South Dumfries 1869-1870: Gazetteer & Directory Brant County, Ontario

By Mike Wingrove

Township of South Dumfries 1869-1870 - Book 4 of Gazetteer & Directory series for Brant County, Ontario. A primary Genealogy and Family History source for Ontario Canada. Finding an ancestor here, can then provide a possible census return location for 1851, 1861, 1871 and possibly right up to 1891.
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• Language: English
• Publisher: CBPub
• Release date: Feb 17, 2016
• ISBN: 9781988128320

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Township of South Dumfries

1869-1870

Gazetteer & Directory

Brant County, Ontario

by Mike Wingrove

4 Gazetteer and Directory Series Brant County Ontario

When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. ~George Bernard Shaw

Township of South Dumfries

1869 ~1870

Gazetteer & Directory

Brant County, Ontario

© Copyright 2016, Mike Wingrove, Canada

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Township of South Dumfries

Gazetteer & Directory 1869-1870

Brant County, Ontario,Canada`

CONTENTS

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TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH DUMFRIES

Listing of Residents 1869-70

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GLEN MORRIS

HARRISBURG

PARIS

ST. GEORGE

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TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH DUMFRIES

This township was originally united with North Dumfries part of the County of Waterloo. This township was settled in 1816, by the Hon. Wm. Dixon. In 1817 the settlers numbered 38, making, with their families, a population 163, who, in the same year, cleared two hundred and forty-five acres, erected a saw mill and opened a store

South Dumfries is bounded on the north by North Dumfries, on the east by Beverly, south by Brantford, and west by Blenheim. The Great Western and Grand Trunk Railways pass through it, and there are two good gravel roads from Paris to Ayr and from Paris to St. George. It is well watered by the Grand River and rarely excelled for agricultural purposes. Large quantities of gypsum, invaluable for its fertilizing qualities, are found in beds on the banks of the river in the vicinity of Paris.

POST OFFICES.-*Glenmorris, *Harrisburg, *Paris, Paris Station,

and *St. George. * - to be found below

CENSUS OF 1861.-Occupiers of land, 370 ; number of acres held, 42,728 ; under cultivation, 33,934 ; under crops, 28,837 ; pasture, 4,229 ; gardens and orchards, 802 ; woods and wild lands, 8,794. Cash value of the farms , $2,037,649.

IN 1866.-Number of acres assessed, 45,934 ; total value of real estate, $1,155,246 ; of personal, $75,450. Total value of real and personal property, $1,230,696.

CENSUS OF 1868.-Number of acres, 46,724 ; value of real property, $1,187,395 ; value of personal property, $91,700; amount of income, $17,150 ; total assessed, $1,296,245 ; value of land per acre, $25.41 value of land, including