Lieutenant-Colonel William Nicoll is remembered in Puslinch for his long service on Council and for his active military career. His parents, Alexander Nicoll (c.1786-1860) and Mary Alexander (c.1811-Jan. 23, 1892),…
CORWHIN February 24, 1896From the Guelph Mercury Miss M. M. Kerr of Cumberland, England is visiting at Mr. William Kerr’s of this place. Miss Janet and Mr. Peter McKenzie leave…
by Peter Gilchrist (1828-1916)written c.1914 The subject of this memoir was born in the parish of Skipness, Kintyre, Argleshire, Scotland, in the year 1828. My parents, John Gilchrist and Ann…
ROBERT MIDDLETONKILLED IN THE NORTHWEST REBELLION By: Marjorie Clark The Battle of Duck Lake on March 26, 1885 is agreed to have been the opening engagement in the Northwest Rebellion…
Donald McCaig Poet, Teacher, Administrator By: Marjorie Clark When Malcolm McCormick, Principal of the Guelph Business College and native of Puslinch, wrote a poem entitled “Puslinch Lake” [click here to…
The Attawandaron Discoveries by Marjorie Clark(Part 3 of a 3 part series) The Huron First Nation called their southern neighbours “Attawandaron”, meaning “People of a slightly different language”. The French…
The Attawandaron First Nation In Puslinch by Marjorie Clark(Part 2 of a 3 part series) The Attawandaron or Neutrals inhabited dozens of villages in Southwestern Ontario stretching along the north…
Étienne Brûlé European Discoverer of Southern Ontario by Marjorie Clark(Part 1 of a 3 part series) When Father Joseph de la Roche Daillon, a Franciscan priest, visited Attawandaron villages in…
Malcolm McCormick died on Friday, June 10, 1932, at the home of his sister, Mary McNaughton in Guelph, at the age of 77 years. Prominent in educational circles in Guelph,…
ABERFOYLE, OCTOBER 25, 1897 by the Aberfoyle correspondent to the Guelph Mercury The beautiful weather of the last few days has put the farmers in the notion of taking in…