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Streetsville Review on May 10, 1847: Flourishing Village Meadowvale: Mills to Millennium Kathleen A. Hicks MEADOWVALE: MILLS TO MILLENNIUM is published by The Friends of the Mississauga Library System 301 Burnhamthorpe Road, West, Mississauga, Ontario, L5B 3Y3 Copyright © 2004 by the Mississauga Library System All rights reserved. II Meadowvale: Mills to Millennium ISBN 0-9697873-5-9 Written by Kathleen A. Hicks Edited by Don Mills Cover design by Stephen Wahl Graphic layout by Joe and Joyce Melito Front cover photo Region of Peel Archives Back cover photo by Stephen Wahl No part of this publication may be produced in any form without the written permission of The Mississauga Library System. Brief passages may be quoted for books, newspaper or magazine articles crediting the author and title. For photographs contact the source. Extreme care has been taken where copyright of pictures is concerned and if any errors have occurred, the author extends her utmost apology. Care has also been taken with research material. If anyone encounters any discrepancy with the facts contained herein, please send Meadowvale your written information to the author in care of the (Charles Humber) Mississauga Library System. Meadowvale: Mills to Millennium OTHER BOOKS BY Kathleen A. Hicks III The Silverthorns: Ten Generations in America Kathleen Hicks’ V.I.P.s of Mississauga The Life & Times of the Silverthorns of Cherry Hill Clarkson and its Many Corners VIDEO Riverwood: The Estate Dreams are Made Of IV Dedication dedicate this book to all the Toronto Township pioneers, who came before all the people who followed in their footsteps and made Mississauga the greatest City in Canada. And to all the residents who participated in this book. To them, I am Ieternally grateful for their input and cooperation. (Ministry of Transportation) Meadowvale: Mills to Millennium Acknowledgements V (Region of Peel Archives) of Peel (Region hen I completed the first book in this series, Clarkson and Its Many Corners, I was ecstatic and overjoyed at the outpouring and cooperation I received from the people of that area. With its success, I was contracted by the Mississauga WLibrary System to do nine more books to complete the entire history of the original Toronto Township’s area that made up the City of Mississauga. What a challenge! With this opportunity to delve into the City’s entire history, to bring all the pictures from all sources out of the darkness into the light, to uncover all the stories relating to the people of each little town, village and hamlet, I knew I had my work cut out for me and I could not wait to get started. This book on Meadowvale is the second in the series and the Friends of the Library have made it possible, so I am deeply grateful to Michael Jones and his Board. Unlike my experience with not being familiar with Clarkson, I was indeed familiar with Meadowvale, because of my involvement with the Silverthorn family’s history and their life in the Village; Gail Crawford, who documented the Simpson my book, The Life & Times of the Silverthorns of Cherry Hill. This was family history; Merebeth Switzer, Credit Valley Conservation Authority, Francis Silverthorn’s stomping grounds for many years. To discover for allowing me the use of the CVCA files; H. Peter Langer and F. more about this tiny village and its inhabitants spurred me to get the Peter Langer for the history of Markborough Properties; Wayne project underway. What you will read within these pages is the result. Crockett, Ontario Archives, for his never-ending assistance on all top- To write such a book requires the cooperation of many people. ics; Mary Ledwell, Ontario Archives, for assisting with permission on Without their input, nothing substantial could be accomplished. So photographs and drawings; Lorraine Croxen, Bell Canada Archives; with that in mind, I want to extend a big thank you to Don Mills, Jane Watt for all her assistance with the Cemetery Records; Jim Director of Library Services for the Mississauga Library System, for Holmes for his photos of Meadowvale Village, family genealogy and seeing my vision that such a history would be beneficial for future gen- other vital info; Betty Bull for allowing me the privilege of seeing her erations and the City of Mississauga for agreeing with us; Dorothy home, the Brown/Vooro house; Lavinia Nablo for Girl Guides info; Phil Kew, for again starting me off with a slide show of the photos available Frost for the Boy Scouts; Mark Parsons, Monarch Construction; Jim at the Central Library’s Canadiana Room and Ted Sharpe and all his Wynne, Meadowvale Community Centre; Mark Stevens, Meadowvale staff for their cooperation and assistance; Grant Clarkson for his fore- Theatre; John Midas, Meadowvale Town Centre; Doug Lorriman of word; Mark Warrack, Heritage Coordinator for the City of Mississauga, Namirrol Ltd. for his input on the Solar energy house experiment; VI for allowing me assess to his files and photos; Diane Allengame Kuster Keith Christie and Carol Peckett for family history; Marianne and the staff at the Region of Peel Archives for their continuous guid- Galliford, Joan Rollings, Paul Carpe, Albert Callaghan and John ance in all my research needs; Jayme Gaspar and the staff of the Hockett for clarifying Churchville’s history; Raymond Whaley for Mississauga Heritage Foundation; to all the ladies of the Meadowvale Whaley’s Corners info; thanks to T.L.Kennedy Secondary School Vice and Derry West Women’s Institutes, who compiled an enormous quan- Principal Rick Tredwell for assisting with some of the metric conver- tity of research material in several scrapbooks, which were a treasure sion; to all the people who contributed their reminiscences, thanks for to read and a tremendous help in my research process; the late Louise the “Memories”; and to all the Villagers and everyone who assisted me Southern, the late Ian Davidson and the Wilsons for filling me in on in compiling this history, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Meadowvale: Mills to Millennium Thank you to these sponsors for VII Meadowvale Lions Club: (l-r) - Ted Copack, Kirby Short, Governor Bill Dicks and President Geoff Wetterell their support of this book project with author, Kathleen A. Hicks The Friends of the Mississauga Library System Ontario Power Generation - LGS S. B. McLaughlin Shipp Corporation Ignat (Iggy) Kaneff chairman of the Kaneff Group of Companies Petro Canada Lubricants Grant Clarkson Mississauga Meadowvale Lions Club The Holmes Family Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre DEDICATION . IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . V CONTENTS. VIII FOREWORD . IX INTRODUCTION . X TRIBUTE TO FRANCIS SILVERTHORN . XVII YEARS: 1819 - 1850 . 1 JOHN BEATTY AND THE IRISH SETTLERS . 3 THE SIMPSON FAMILY. 26 YEARS: 1851 - 1900 . 47 Contents THE CREDIT VALLEY RAILWAY. 80 VIII YEARS: 1901 - 1950 . 91 THE MEADOWVALE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE . 112 THE MEADOWVALE LIBRARY . 128 YEARS: 1951 - 2000 . 143 CHURCHVILLE . 231 DERRY WEST . 245 HANLAN’S CORNERS. 262 PALESTINE . 267 WHALEY’S CORNERS . 273 BIBLIOGRAPHY . 279 (Region of Peel Archives) of Peel (Region INDEX . 281 Meadowvale: Mills to Millennium he historic Village of Meadowvale holds many pleasant memories for me. For many years, I worked in the Village as a member and chairman of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVCA), when the office was in the Francis Silverthorn house on Old Mill Road. I also repre- Tsented the area as Councillor of Ward 4 and as Deputy Reeve and Reeve of Toronto Township and Town of Mississauga. During those years, I grew to love its classic homes and narrow streets. The original school house had been turned into the Community Hall and the Fred Haines mural on the wall was being damaged by the inherent activity. The painting of the Credit River and the Mississauga Indians was so much a part of our heritage that I got involved in sav- ing it. It was removed from the wall and restored much to my relief and delight. When I retired from the CVCA, I was presented with a photographic replica from Markborough Properties, which I have hanging in my den. Grant Clarkson IX Foreword (The Mississauga News) Unlike so many other villages that sprang up along the marvelous The building of the new Derry Road north of the Village has helped Credit River, because of the transportation and water power the river the Village retain its 19th century charm, allowing us to enjoy a look provided, Meadowvale has survived the transformation of urban back into our past through the heritage homes lining the streets of this growth. The remains of the old mill race add to the charm of this most unusual location that now has been surrounded by today’s urbaniza- historic village that became Ontario’s first Heritage Conservation tion. There is no future in a community that is not proud of its past and District. Meadowvale residents certainly are. I understand that one of my ancestors manufactured staves in Meadowvale to make barrels - the standard container of those days. Grant Clarkson In the late 1920s, I went to Etobicoke High School in Islington on Former CVCA member and chairman 1968-1980 the Guelph to West Toronto Electric Radial line along with some of my Former Councillor, Deputy Reeve and Reeve 1968-1973 classmates from Meadowvale - one was a Gooderham from the family who made the name of Gooderham & Worts famous. The Beginning new province was created and called Upper Canada eight years after the English were defeated in the American Revolution (1775-1783). Following this war, over 10,000 British sympathizers poured into the province of Quebec, with 6,000 settling on the Niagara APeninsula, where in 1784 over three million acres (1,200,000 hectares) were purchased from the Mississauga Indians for the pur- pose of extending land grants to those loyal to King George III (born 1738, died 1820).
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