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      Further Information: An October 1960 "Trafalgar Day Special" insert in the local newspaper, Trafalgar Journal - The Home Newspaper of Oakville and Trafalgar, has an item "Volunteer Firefighters Mark 21st Anniversary of Acton(sic) Action". The Trafalgar Township Historical Association has this print newspaper section in their archives. Information from this …

      This house was demolished in 1965. Post's Corners was one of the first hamlets in the area known as Trafalgar Township. It was located at the intersection of what is now Trafalgar Road (or Seventh Line) and Dundas Street, Oakville, Ontario. Later, the hamlet was known as Postville.

      This store, gas station and ice cream booth on the south-west corner of Trafalgar Road (7th Line) and Dundas Street was photographed about 1940. The two-storey central building in this photograph is the original Post's Inn, according to Town of Oakville Heritage Planner, Carolyn Van Sligtenhorst in May 2016. Two …

      The front cover, back page and programme events from the opening ceremony of the new Snider's School in 1956. Snider's school was first built on land owned by Ephraim Post Concession 1, Lot 6, NDS. We know S.S. #4 was in use by 1877 and the 1878 Atlas shows it …

      The correct name of this hall is "Trafalgar Memorial Hall". The name was amended and a plaque was commissioned to honour soldiers who had died in World War II hung in the Hall for many years - it is now at the archives of the Trafalgar Township Historical Society (linked …

      Both the Dent and Bradley families ran general stores on the northwest corner of Trafalgar and Dundas. Leslie Bradley took over the store from the Carpenter family in 1925 and was postmaster. The Dent family had the B-A (British American) gas pumps. This area was at one time called Postville, …

      The Merton area (Lots 26-35 2SDS Trafalgar) was settled as early as 1810. The first settlers were David Utter, Joseph Smith, William Bates, Cornelius Tipps and Henry Cale. The community adopted the name "Merton" when the post office opened in 1852. The name was likely chosen to commemorate the battle …

      Postville was also known as Post's Corners. It was at the intersection of Trafalgar Road and Dundas Street, Trafalgar Township.

      John was one of the four sons of Emily (Gilby) and George Henry Hardy, Sheridan. John married Anne, called Annie, Livingston Cameron on January 1, 1919, in Queenston, Lincoln Co., Ontario.

      Son of George and Emily (Gilby) Hardy. "Duff" worked as City Clerk for the former city of Fort William, Ontario (now merged into Thunder Bay). He was a sport fisherman well into his '90s.

      According to Bill McDermott, Police Clerk at the time of this photograph, it was taken in the late 1950s. The police were located in the farthest left (east) part of the white building. There was a narrow office space and front desk leading to the clerk's desk, and the Chief's …

      In 2011, the Town of Oakville replaced this plaque which was on the outdoor Trafalgar Township war memorial with one better able to weather the elements. This original plaque now resides at the top of the stairs in the old Palermo schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is now the home of the …

      No date or publication information for the York Pioneer Historical Society Memoriam. No title, author, date or publication information for the accompanying page of information on Henry and Eliza Ide.

      Alisimon's birth date is shown as either April 1816 or an unknown month and date in 1817. Some of the descriptive information in this record is taken from the linked website: http://www.leighlarson.com/james_gilby_jr.htm The Census reports show differing information on the ages of Emily and Emma, the ages of family members, …

      These two photographs are courtesy of the Town of Oakville, Heritage Planning. Research by Michelle Knoll.

      The second photograph in this record is of the parkette. See "Pages Select". The Trafalgar Township Historical Society has a very large print chart (with map features) showing the geneology of the Cline family which can be consulted. It was prepared in 1973 by Malcolm Cameron Cline. The family surname …

      The beautiful handsewn cape worn by Alisemon Hardy around 1900 is shown in front, back and closeup photographs. The lace covering the entire cape and forming the collar is machine-made and purchased, as are the strips of beading overlaid on the lace, and the beaded triangles around the bottom of …

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      Snider's Public School took students from the Coyne School which had closed in the 1950s. Coyne School was also used afterwards as a private residence; it was on the north-west corner of Eglinton at Trafalgar Rd.

      The Conover family home was 1499 Dundas Street East on part of Lot 6 Concession 1 NDS. The surname "Conover" was changed by the family from the Dutch, Coevenhoven or also, Van Covenhoven.