BRA:NT H± STORICAL SOC=±ETY NEWSLETTER 190S - 1994 Brant County Museum a Archives 57 Charlot.te Street Brantford, Ontario S ER 199± Volume I Ita. 2

BRANT HISTORICAL. SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS President -Mrs. Ruth Let ler Past President -Mr. Ed Pancoe First Vice President -Mr. Robert Deboer Treasurer -Mr. Dan Ciona Assistant Treasurer -Mr. Jim Selmes Secretary -Mr. Brian Wood Warden County of Brant -Mr. Robert Chambers

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Mr. John Bonfield Mr. George Beaver Mrs. Angela Files Mr. Ralph Cook Dr. Hank Hedges Mr. John Johnson Mrs. Gloria Neamtu Mr. Ken Strachan Ms. Anne Westaway BRANT COUNTY MUSEUM BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Counci 11 or Brant -Mr. Steve Comisky (Chairman) Counci 11 or Brant -Mr. Louis Campbell Counci 11 or .Brant -Mr. Tom Verth Warden Brant -Mr. Robert Chambers Mrs. Margaret Chandler Ms. Ruth Stedman Mr. Edwin Eason

CORATOR :

Ms. Susan Twist BRANT COUNTY MUSE" & ARCHIVES, 57 a.harlotte St., Brantford, Ont. N3T 2W6

PRESIDENT'S REFLECTION Thank you I or evening of each month Mr. Hill's book by the continuing to support have been wel l same title was the Brant Historical attended. In April, successfully launched Society and the Brant Mr. Arthur Binkley at this meeting. County Mus eum & related to us the Copies of the book may Archives. It is interesting history of encouraging to see the be purchased at the the Bixel family of Museum Gif t Shop for growing support of the Brantford. In May, $21.95. There are Society and the Museum Bruce Hill gave an still some autographed activities. Our imf ormative talk about copies left. monthly meetings held the Grand River on the third Wednesday The yard sale held Navigation Company. (continues over page) on Saturday May 28th presently looking at contact our Curator, THE FOUNDING OF THE WATEROUS ENGINE was most successful. the museum and all of Susan Twist at the WORKS , BRANTFORD ONTARIO Thanks to all of you its f acets within Brant County Museum & by Ruth Let ler who contributed and itself and the Archives, 57 Charlotte helped in so many c ormun i t y . Street , Brantford. In 1844, a gentleman where he joined Van very large main ways. Without you it Th e B ra n t Please find enclosed named P.C. Van Brocklin. building was erected could not have been Historical Society with this newsletter a Brocklin came I ron the The business in addition to boiler, done , Endowment Fund was copy of our Endowment United States and set continued to grow. In blacksmith, and The County of established in 1986 to Fund brochure. up the f irst 1857 , Van Brocklin moulding shops. The Brant Museum Study generate a capital During the summer manuf acturing business lef t the factory and cornerstone was laid under the direction of f und of money to be please visit the in Brantf ord on the three new partners, by Mr. Ignatius Weston & Associates of accumulated to help museum. Admission ls northeast corner of Ganson , Goold and Cockshutt who was a Concord, Ontario is secure the I uture of free to all members. Dalhousie and Queen Bennett joined. The personal friend of Mr. underway and is the Society and You may also wish to Streets. It was a factory was now called Waterous . In the of f ice progressing well. The Museum. The aim of the take advantage of some stove and tinware Ganson, Waterous and study is providing a Society is to build up of our children's factory as well .as Company.I In 1864, area, a large stained holistic approach to this fund through programmes. Have a having some produce Goold was the last of gl as s window the analysis of the monetary gif ts and safe and enjoyable for sale. The source the f ormer partners to containing the Museum' s programmes bequests. If you Wish s urine r . of power that operated leave and G.N. Wilkes portrait of Mr. a.H. and facility needs. t o in a k e a the machinery I or the joined the business. Waterous was on The consultants are contribution, please Ruth Let ler I actory was in the He retired in 1877 display. This window basement where a horse leaving C.H. Waterous can presently be seen was hooked up and as the sole owner thus at the Brant County walked .in circles fully establishing the Museum & Archives, supplying the Waterous Engine Works 57 Charlotte Street. necessary horse power. Company . Ma n uf ac tu re d About I our years During this time, goods such as boilers, Ouat¢roLls El1Sill¢ Ouorks Co+ later, in 1848, C. H. the company grew and stone crushers, steam Waterous joined the prospered. Threshing and road rollers, fire firm. Mr. Waterous was machines, stoves, engines, hose wagon, born in Burlington, sawmills, I ire and hook and ladder Limited, Brantf old, Vermont in 1814. His engines, and all kinds trucks were shipped to mother died when he of heavy I ire all parts of the world was I ourteen years equipment were The Waterous old. He then served as manuf actured in the Engine Works Company, an apprentice to a plant on Dalhousie in some I orm, has been blacksmith and shortly Street. As more in Brantf ord f or 150 af terwards worked in a diversif ication took years as a large machine shop. Later, plaLce, additions were innovative he became chief made to the property manufacturer. The year engineer f or the until Darling Street 1994 marks the f inal steamer 'Governor was reached and the disappearance of the Marcy'. This steamer factory covered half physical structure but was employed by the of the block. A new the Waterous Engine Uni ted St ates site was necessary. Works Company hais left government to patrol The City of Brantf ord behind its legacy for the Lakes during the bought the site on us to remember. Rebellion of 1837. In Dalhousie Street. The Brant County Ref erences : 1838-39 in New York, Today the Post Of I ice Museum & Archives ls con`piling a filing - F. Douglas Revllle, Waterous assisted a is located here. Mr. Davenport in the The new site for syst em about History of the County production of a the Waterous Engine Brantford's Industrial of Brant, Volume 11, magnetic motor and, Works Company was History. We would be Hurley Printing Co., later, he worked with located on South interested in Brantford, 1920. J. Edgerton building Market Street (across receiving any FIRE APPARATUS - Colimeratlve Issues dif f erent kinds of f ron the present day inf ormation about the mills. In 1845 fire Civic Centre). In the Waterous Engine Works of the 13raint ford destroyed these mills autumn of 1895 , Company. Please Exposltor, 1895, 1899, and Waterous came to construction began on contact the Museum at a 1901. Brantf ord in 1848 the new factory. A 752-2483 . THE ARRIVAL OF BLACK REF`|JGEES went by the nickname River and the Detroit throughout the entire TO EARLY BRANTFORD (Part I) "Prince". John Patter Frontier; particularly British Empire and by Angela Files was placed on the at Amherstburg, that Upper Canada was Voter's List of 1847. Sandwick, and Windsor. the I orerunner in "Dinner was ser.ved to Black refugees also mandating I reedom I ron Loyalist Peter Martin 1n a list of Brantford Wright, Samuel, a travelled by land and cruel human bondage. us in the dining room that a Negro girl, lots by Surveyor Lewis of colour and water to , It is the history of of Captain Joseph Chloe Cooley had been Burwell,the following barber, occupied Hamilton, Kingston, our black commuriity Brant, in an elegant tied with ropes by her black refugees were 36, south side Prescott , St .` that we are attempting style. Two ` slaves master and taken listed: Colborne Street. Catherines, and to preserve in the served us ,. one in across the Niagara the time of sale Brantf ord. By the Brant County Museum scarlet, and the other River in a boat, and Anderson, I+apes, a man had a I og house early 1840's about Archives . in coloured clothes. del ivered to an of colour and erected, and living on fifteen black families They both had silver American slave master, blacksmith, occupies the lot with his lived in or near buckles on their despite her strenuous Lot I, north side of f ami I y . Brantford. Endnotes : shoes. Por.t and objections. It was Dalhousie Street. He In . the early madeira were served useless to attempt to took possession of In 1835, the 1840's these fifteen i. Campbell, Patrick, and the royal family persecute the land a year ago at the society of coloured families along with Captain, "Travels In was toasted".\ of I enders because the suggestion of Captain Methodists was white squatters North Americ:a 1792'., Blacks had no rights Brant and at the time organi zed i n decided to move into Calilpbel 1 described Ills In February bef ore the laws of of the last sale had a •Upper Canada. Brantford. Meetings the wilderness of the visit to one of the Captain Patric house erected on which were held in private Queen's Bush, part of homes of Joseph Bralnt, Campbell visited the On July 1793, he still resides. It homes whenever and the Huron area, which next to the Mohawk home of Captain Joseph Governor John Graves being a small lot he wherever opportunities included sections of Chapel 1n detai 1 Brant at Mohawk Simcoe and his was told by Captain arose. Three . years Waterloo, Wellington, wrl tingr about the Village and discovered Attorney General John Brant that he would later, a church was Duf I erin, and Grey members , the Brant captured black slaves White introduced a not be charged more organized which today Counties. Their Family, the meals and working on the lands Bill to free all than I ive po.unds I or is known as "Drake objectives were to entertainlnent - music of the Mohawk chief , slaves in Upper it. Memorial British I orm their own black and danc:ing[. tending his horses, Canada. Farmers Methodist Episcopal communities ln Upper serving his meals, and objected to the bill Atkin, A4±m, a man of 2. Wincks, Robin W., Church" located on 165 Canada . "Blacks In Canada", everi permitting slaves because they needed colour and a common Murray Street, Sophia Pooley, a to marry his people. their slaves to do labourer, occupies No Brantford. slave of Captain Pg. 167. As the Ac co rding t o their manual work. I. south side of In 1837, the Joseph Brant, decided population inc:teased historical records The Bill was Darling Street took black community of to move into the in C:anada Wes t these bond servants modif led and stated possession under Brantf ord opened its Queen' s Bush with (Ontario), there was a were the first black more slaves could Captain Brant and at own school , "since other blacks I or she need for schools for ref ugees to arrive in brought into the time of the last Negro children were thought that they the black colimunitles. the Middle Grand River Province; when sal`e had a house excluded from the would care f or her in Acc:ording to the area . At the children of slaves erected on the lot. He public schools,. and as her old age. They following dated census conclusion of the reached 25 years old has a large family of the level of the cared for her until the black population American Revolution they were to be I reed children and most of instruction in the her death in Galt increased i ron 1842 to about 2,000 slaves of and provision made so his means has been Negro sc:hool wais (Cambridge), Ontario. 1891 : Loyalists and 3,500 they could become expended in erecting rec:ognized ais superior By the time of f ree blacks came to charges of various his house. to that of f ered in the the 1852 Census, there Y}[E4B-Reported Negr_a Canada; and it is parishes. After the coinlnon schools, the were about loo black CENSUS Population estimated about 30-40 passing of the Bill, Bolvston, John, whites enr.olled with refugees living in the slaves came with Brant Upper Canada became a blacksmith, was the the blacks until both environs of Brantford. 1842 4'167 in 1784 to tend his place of refuge for only black property institutions were One of their most 1847 5 , 5 71 houses and lands in fugitive slaves and owner listed in the unl t ed . "2 important social 1848 5,469 Kingston, Burlington, oppressed liberated 1830 survey of the e v e n t s w a s 1851 4,669 and Mohawk Village. blacks I ron the United village of Brantford. During the 1830's Emancipation Day, 1861 13,566 In the same year States. Public opinion His lot was sold on and 1840's many celebrated on August 1871 13,435 that Captain Patrick was opposed to slavery June i-3,1830. underground Rai lway the First, by both 1881 12,097 Campbell visited Capt. here, even though it terminals were set up blacks and invited 1891 Not Given Brant in Mohawk was not actually Van Patter , !Lgb±, in Canada I or fugitive guests in Lovejoy's 1901 8,935 Vi 1 I. ag e , th e abolished until August coloured citizen. His slaves. About twenty Grove. They wished to Legislative Council of i, 1833, in the I ather was a slave of of these were located s h o w t h e i r Upper Canada (Ontario) British Empire. Joseph Brant, a fine along the Lake Erie appreciation I or the was told by Black On May 14, 1833 intelligent negro, wh.o shore, the Niagara abolishment of slavery BRANT HISTORICAL SOCIETY and MUSEur4 ACTIVITIES |994 (Sulinmner: .une, .uly, August) PUBLICATIONSof the Branl LIST Historical a GIFT Society, SHOP ITEMS Branl Co-|y Huseurn a Archives 57 Charlotte S|., BranLford, Ontario N3T 2W6 JUNE 1994 AUGUST 1994

Wednesday June 15th, 8:00 pin August lst - September 17th HEH±E±±±±j!ZB±±£±±±Q!!S£E±±2± BRANT HISTORICAL SOCIETY BRANT COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES $ 5.95 57 Charlotte St., Brantford 57 Charlotte St., Brantford I. Brant County: Place Names And List of Professionals and Trades From Lovell's Directory and Gazetteer BRANT HISTORICAL SOCIETY (20 pages) Collator Angela Files MONTHLY LECTURE: E58#5TE8¥[S3#TINUEs: $ 5.95 Mr. David Neill will speak on the Featuring work of cartoonists Jimmy 2. Assessment Rolls of Grand River Tract (Haldimand Township) Gore District, (now Brantford Township) 1816, 1818-24 history of the W. Ross Macdonald Prise, Walter Ball, , School. Free admission. , and . (27 pages) .Collator Angela Files $ 5.95 Small admission chaLrge. 3. Census (Nominal) Grand River Tract (Haldimand Township) Gore District, (now Brantford Township) 1824,1827,1829 Collator Angela Files Sat. June 25th i:3`0 pin Mon. August 8th -Fri. August 12th BRANT COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES Mom. August 15th -Fri. August l9th Canadian Album Series - 57 Charlotte St., Brantford BRANT COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES HlsreB±±gLclETy_puLB±±£±=±QHs Nature Stories I or Children $ 3.95 57 Charlotte St., Brantford Wi I d£ 1 owers EXHIBITION OPENING: Jean Waldie Vol. i S14 . 95 Insects $ 3.95 "Comic Relief" $15 . 95 $ 3.95 Children's Museum Club Jean Waldie Vol. 2 Large Mammals A tribute to Walter Ball and a look full and half day prograrnmes Both Volumes $22 . 50 $ 3.95 "Canadian Comic Strips" $21. 95 Birds at family life in Canadian Comic The Grand River strips I ron "Juniper Junction" to Pre-registration is required. Navigation Company BQSRE "For Better or For Worse". (Bruce E. Hill) Slo.00 half/`$20.00 full day. S15 . 00 Admission by donation. View of an Indian Reserve Pelee Island Wine & $20.00 (George Beaver) Vineyards Inc. J.S. Hamilton St. George Continuation $ 7.00 JULY 1994 MUSEUM SUMMER HOURS: school HASTI-NOTES (Stedman postcards) (a. Wesley Switzer) Rural Schools of South $ 8.00 $ 2.95 Market Square (5's) July lst - September 17th Tuesday, - Friday 9 am Dumf ries Township Mohawk Chapel (5's) $ 1.9.5 (J.C. Webster) BRANT COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES Saturday .& Sunday - I $ 3.50 57 Charlotte St., Brantford Glimpse of the Past FRENjE±Ba±!s=LPRI_HL±s $ 5.00 (Open Holiday Mondays, How Brantf ord Cooked $ 3.50 (pkg. of 6) closed following day.) $ 9.95 Brantf ord Pottery Mohawk Chapel :5L#R:Ti.:-:2-: (Robert L. Deboer) W. Ross Macdonald School Arts and Entertainment $ 9.95 Featuring work of cartoonists Jimmy ADMISSION FEES: Brantford Market Square, Prise, Walter Ball, Doug Wright, (Robert L. Deboer) Bell Homestead From Automobiles to $ 9.95 James Simpkins, and Lynn Johnston. Brant County Court House, Small admission charge. Washing Machines Grace Anglican Church Adults: $2.00 (Robert L. Deboer) Seniors/Students: Sl.50 BQ± (various) Children: $1.25 QEEEE±Tlojrs Children Under Six Years: Free S.25 Monday July llth - Friday July 15th $ 9.95 Mohawk Chapel Great Ijittle Inns o£ (Stedman Postcard-1910) Monday July l8th - Friday July 22nd Southern Ontario BRANT COUNTY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES Brant County Atlas $25.00 57 Charlotte St., Brantford $ 2.95 Has Real Old Woodstove BRANT COUNTY MUSEUM Cookbook County of Brant - $ 2.50 & ARCHIVES $ 2.95 ::i!d::3' =af!s?:; S::!rarmes 57. Charlotte Street, Rules of Etiquette of Tremaine "Time Travellers" 18OO ' s City of Brantf ord 1875 $ 5.00 Brantford, Ontario Health Hints 1887-1924 $ 2.95 $ 5.00 Pre-registration required. N3T 2W6 $ 2.95 Historical Map of Brant Great Grandma's Health county Slo.00 half/$20.00 full day. (519) 752-2483 Suggestions I ron the Discovers of Canada Map $ 5.00 late 1800's CORPORATE MEMBERS

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