Health Issues of Puslinch Settlers: Part 3: Disease & Remedies In The 1800’s
This is the third in a series of articles about the health of the people of Puslinch from the earliest days of settlement to approximately 1960. DISEASE & REMEDIES IN…
Health Issues of Puslinch Settlers: Part 2: The Ague
This is the second in a series of articles about the health of the people of Puslinch from the earliest days of settlement to approximately 1960. THE AGUE By Marjorie…
Health Issues of Puslinch Settlers: Part 1: Cholera
This is the first of a series of articles, which will deal with the health of the people of Puslinch from the time of the arrival of the first settlers…
History Corner: Black Citizens Of Early Puslinch
BLACK CITIZENS OF EARLY PUSLINCH by Marjorie Clark August 1, 1834 was Emancipation Day in the British Empire and its colonies. This day was legally recognized in Ontario by Bill…
History Corner: The Uist Emigrants
THE UIST EMIGRANTS By Marjorie Clark. William Leslie, Postmaster of Puslinch Village Post Office wrote, for a history of Wellington County, that in 1848, there was a large emigration of…
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Puslinch Yesterday: The Puslinch Lake Canoe And Boat Club
By Marjorie Clark A notice appeared in the Hespeler Herald announcing an organizational meeting to be held on Friday, August 19, 1927 at the Lakeview Inn on Puslinch Lake to…
History Corner: King’s Sergeant John A. Wilkinson
King’s Sergeant John A. Wilkinson Hero of the South African War King’s Sergeant John A. Wilkinson, died at 72, on Thursday, May 15th 1947, at his home at 32 Mont…
History Corner: Henry Arkell Of Farnham Farm
Henry Arkell was born on August 2, 1853, the 11th child of Thomas Arkell and Isabella Hume, who emigrated from Idstone, Berkshire, England about 1829. His father, Thomas Arkell settled…
History Corner: Murder In Puslinch
MURDER IN PUSLINCH By Marjorie Clark Puslinch has had its share of crime and several of the most horrendous sort over the years. The earliest documented murder in the township…
History Corner: The Robert Carter Family
THE ROBERT CARTER FAMILYRoad and Rail Contractors By Marjorie Clark Robert Carter of Berwickshire, Scotland, was killed in a construction accident, while building a railway bed at Cocksburnspath in 1845….