Only a year after the King and Chisholm families settled in East Flamborough Township, Lt. Governor John Graves Simcoe ordered the construction of a small inn, later to be called The King’s Head Inn, at the Stoney Creek end Read more
Titus Geer Simons was born January 20,1765 in Enfield, Connecticut, one of 10 children of Titus Simons (1743-1824), an established military man, and Jerusha Kingsley. On the eve of the American Revolution, his father enlisted and the family was Read more
Following Angus MacDonnell’s election to the Assembly at York, the following notice appeared in the York Gazette on July 4, 1801:
“Last Friday at the final close of the Poll for a Member to Read more
The recent intensive development on the two lots west of the Parkside-Centre Road intersection, including the new subdivision and addition to the WDHS, merited a look at the first owner of the property – Angus MacDonnell.
Little is known Read more
Among the earliest settlers in East Flamborough Township were two brothers, William and John Applegarth from the village of Standrop, in the county of Durham, England.
William, born in Read more
Fighting on the battlefield during the War of 1812 was brutally violent and consisted of the armies, easily identified by the red uniforms worn by the British and blue uniforms worn Read more
The youngest son of George Chisholm Sr., George Chisholm Jr., like his brothers grew up in East Flamborough Township when much of the land was still virgin forest. Among Read more
John Chisholm, the eldest son of George Chisholm Sr. and Barbara Mackenzie, was born on May 24, 1784 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. In 1791, John’s father moved the family, Read more
William Chisholm, born 1788, was the second son of George Chisholm Sr. On enlistment in the 2nd York Regiment, he was assigned the rank of Ensign and would, when Read more
Of the Loyalists who settled in the Flamboroughs and saw action during the War of 1812, the family of Col. George Chisholm Sr. is the most noted. Born in Read more
