Adams Wagon Company

Precursor to Brantford Coach and Body, drawing

35, 40

Adams, Peter

Began making wagons in Paris in his blacksmith shop in 1863

34

Agnew family

White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s

11

Ahrens, J

Made pottery, painting of his pottery shop

36, 69

Allen family

Early Brant County settler

12

Anne, Queen

4

Apps, Syl

Photo, hockey player

93

Armstrong family

Early South Dumfries Twp settler

13

Arnold, Charles

Paris native, grew famous fruit and vegetables in 1850s

42

Bain Brothers Mfg Co.

Came to Brantford and made farm wagons in 1890, photo

34

Bain Brothers Wagon Works

35

Baker family

Pre 1800 Burford settler

12

Baldwin family

Early Oakland Twp settler

12

Barber, Barbara (Mrs)

Resident of Bford, 1873-1966, artist

70

Barber-Ellis Company

Bford mfg of envelopes & stationery

36

Barker family

Early Paris settler

13

Bauslaugh family

Early South Dumfries Twp settler

13

Beckett, Richard

Brantford mayor

62

Beebe family

Early Oakland Twp settler

12

Beebe family

Early Mount Pleasant settler

14

Beemer family

Early Brant County settler

12

Bell, Alexander Graham

Made first long distance telephone call from Paris to Brantford in August 1876, son of Alexander Melville Bell

70, 71, 72, 73, 74

Bell, Alexander Melville

Father of Alexander Graham Bell, teacher of deaf-mutes

70

Bell, Benjamin

Started plow company in St George, plow drawing

32, 40, 42, 50

Bennett, Richard B

Politician

58

Beverley Swamp

22

Biggar family

Early Mount Pleasant settler

14

Biggar's Town

Proposed as name for Brantford

14

Birkett family

Early Brantford settler

14

Bissell, Claude (Dr.)

64

Bixel Brewing

Founded by Cyrus Bixel in 1888

36, 37

Bixel, Cyrus

Founded Bixel Brewing in 1888

36, 37

Bond, Professor

Tightrope walker

47

Bondhead, Francis (Gov)

Ontario Governor abt 1838

20

Borden, Robert (Hon)

Politician

58

Bostwick, Col.

Leader of 1814 Oxford Militia

20

Boughton, Levi

Built Paris Plains Church in 1845, photo

78

Bowen, Daniel (Capt.)

Bur at Pioneer Cem in Burford

12

Bown, JY

Politician

58

Brant County

Formed in 1852

14

Brant family

1840s settler

11

Brant, John

Son of Joseph

5

Brant, Joseph (Capt.)

Thayendanegea Mohawk Indian Chief, namesake of Brant County, buried beside Chapel of the Mohawks in Brantford

Entire book

Brantford Carriage Company

Began producing buggies in 1889 in Bford, photo

34, 35, 40

Brantford Cordage Co.

Bford twine maker

36

Formerly the Sentinel, purchased by the Expositor in 1918

100

Brantford Expositor Newspaper

Brantford's oldest continually published newspaper, purchased the Courier in 1918

100

Brantford Gazateer Newspaper

1867 Bford newspaper

100

estab 1839, renamed the Courier

100

Brantford Stoneware Works

In Bford, photo

35, 36

Brantford Twp

Originally part of Wentworth County

13

Brantford, Buffalo & Goderich

Mfg railway cars in Bford in 1859, photo

34

Brebeuf, Father

Early French Missionary

2

Brethour, JE

Burford farmer, bred Yorkshire pigs

44

Brown family

White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s

11

Brown, Beatrice

Photo

82

Brown, Edgar

Photo

82

Brown, George

Started Bow Park farm, editor of the Globe newspaper, photo

42, 49, 52, 53, 72

Brown, Harold

Ran Amateur Broadcasting Station, picture

82

Brown, James E

Politician

57

Brown, JE

Politician

58

Brown, Joseph

Built first inn in Onondaga Twp in 1837

14

Brown, Tom

Had 1899 service station in Brantford, photo

28, 82

Brown, Wilbert

Photo

82

Bryning, John (Rev.)

Early Mount Pleasant settler

14

Buck, William

Began Victoria Stove Works "Buck's stoves" in 1852 Brantford, photo

31, 38

Bunnell family

Early Brantford settler

14, 16

Bunnell, Enos

School built at his place on Fairchild's creek in 1812

17

Burford

Became police village in 1884

59

Burford Advance Newspaper

Established 1909

100

Burford Pioneer Cemetery

Created in 1802 by John Fowler

12

Burford Township

Laid out in 1793, originally part of Oxford County

12

Burtch family

Early Oakland Twp settler

12

Burtch, David

Opened hotel at Mt Pleasant in 1812

14

Burtch's Landing

In Onondaga Twp, now Newport, had a tavern as early as 1822

14

Burwell, Lewis

Bur at Pioneer Cem in Burford, surveyor, surveyed Brantford in 1830

12, 16

Butler, Frederick Clayton

Editor and publisher

82

Cainsville

Also known as Cayuga Heights, laid out in 1837 by Grand River Navigation Company

11, 14

Calder, George W

Bford fire chief in 1889

62

Caledonia

Town on Grand River

23

Canada Glue Co.

Bford company

36

Capron, Hiram "King"

Founder of Paris, from VT, mfr of Plaster of Paris, photo

13, 41, 59, 60

Carlyle family

Early Brantford settler

14

Carpenter family

Settled Burford by 1810

12

Cayuga

Town on Grand River

23

Cayuga Heights

Aka Cainsville

11

Charlton, John A (Dr.)

Politician

57, 58

Chockshutt Male Choir

In Bford

83

Christie, David

Bred shorthorns at Oak Park Farms

42, 52, 78

Christie, Thomas (Rev.)

Early missionary

17

Clement, JD

Photo

60

Clement, Joseph

1^st reeve of Bford

59

Clemons family

Involved with Canadian Herdbook

44

Clench, Ralph

1867 Fenian detective

48

Clump family

Early South Dumfries Twp settler

13

Cockshutt family

Early Brantford settler

16, 62

Cockshutt, Edward

His will donated Glenhyrst Gardens to Bford in 1956

62

Cockshutt, EL

Donated land for Brant Sanitarium in 1913

61

Cockshutt, Harry (Hon)

Had 1^st horseless carriage in Brantford, photo, youngest son of Ignatious, Lt Gov of Ontario in 1921

28, 56

Cockshutt, Ignatius

Formed toll road companies in Brantford, photo of store and him

29, 32, 49, 51, 61, 62, 95

Cockshutt, James

Establ Farringdon Church, drawing

42, 79

Cockshutt, JG

Started Brantford Plow Works in 1877, photos

32, 33

Cockshutt, WF

Oldest son of Ignatius, 1904-1921 Brantford MP, politician

56, 58

Cole

Name in Burial Grounds on Johnson Road, overlooking Fairchild's Creek

11

Connel and Co.

Paris farm implement firm

32

Cook, Abraham

1^st Mt Pleasant postmaster in 1826

14

Cornwell family

Early Brantford settler

14

Costain, Thomas B

Writer, bn Branford in 1885

67, 68

Cotes, Everard

Married Sara Jeannette Duncan

64

Cowherd, James

Fashioned mouthpiece for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, tinsmith

71

Cowherd, Thomas

Tinsmith and poet, poem "The Sheffield of the West"

27, 31

Crandon family

Early Brantford settler

16

Craven Cotton Mill

In Bford in 1880

35

Craven Wincey Mill

In Bford in 1882

35

Crawford, Seth

Early Indian missionary

17

Creighton family

White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s

11

Cunningham family

Settled Burford by 1810

12

Daillon, Father

French missionary, visited Brantford in 1626

2

Daniels family

Settled Burford by 1810

12

David family

1840s settler

11

Davis family

Pre 1800 Burford settler

12

Davisville

Aka River's Bend, 1.5 miles W of Brantford

17

Dawdy family

Early Brantford settler

14

Dawson's Bridge

In South Dumfries Twp, also named Middletown, renamed Glenmorris

13

Dayton, Abraham

Father in law of Benaijah Mallory

11

DeCou family

Pre 1800 Burford settler

12

Denton family

White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s

11

Dickie family

Bur at Baptist Church near Landon burial grounds on Bishopsgate Road, in Burford Twp

12

Dickie family

Early Brantford settler

14

Dickson, William (Hon.)

Bought all of S Dumfries Twp in 1816

13, 41

Diefenbaker, John G (Hon)

Politician

58

Digby, JW (Dr)

1^st Bford mayor, photo

59, 60

Dodd family

White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s

11

Douglas family

Pre 1800 Burford settler

12

Douglas family

Early Onondaga Twp settler

14

Douglas family

Raised shorthorn cattle

44

Douglas, SVR

Early Brantford merchant

16

Downs, Mr

On 1847 Bford town council

59

Doyle family

Pre 1800 Burford settler

12

Drew, George

Politician

57

Duncan, Charles

Had 1867 Bford dry goods store

49

Duncan, Norman

Bn Bford, brother of Robert, educated at Univ of Toronto

65

Duncan, Robert

Bn Bford, brother of Norman, educated at Univ of Toronto

65

Duncan, Sara Jeannette

Bn Brantford, novelist, mar Everard Cotes

64, 65

Duncombe, Charles

1838 American who raided Ontario

20

Dunnville dam

On Grand River

23

Dutton family

White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s

11

Dutton, William Douglas

Ran shoe shop in early Brantford

16

Eadie family

Early Mount Pleasant settler

14

Eaton, John

1^st to take oath of allegiance in 1800, carpenter

12

Eddy family

Settled Burford by 1810

12

Edmondson family

White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s

11

Eland, Dr.

Erected Arlington Hotel in Paris in 1884, photo

96

Elliott, John

1867 Bford mayor

47

Ellis

See Barber-Ellis Company

36

Ellis family

Early Mount Pleasant settler

14

Ellis, Albert

Asst Operator of Amateur Broadcasting Station, picture

82

Elllis store

In Mt Pleasant

72

Fair family

Early Onondaga Twp settler

14

Fairchild, Isaac

Opened trading post on Fairchild's Creek at Brantford in 1788

13

Fairchild's Creek

Near Smoky Hollow

11

Farr, SW

Carriage maker

50

File

Name in Burial Grounds on Johnson Road, overlooking Fairchild's Creek

11

File, John

One of Butler's Rangers, built mills in Brantford area in 1790s

13

Finlayson, Hugh

1^st Paris mayor

59

Fisher, JH

Politician

58

Fisher, John H

County Warden, Paris Mayor, senator

55

Flanagan family

Bur at Baptist Church near Landon burial grounds on Bishopsgate Road, in Burford Twp

12

Fleming, G

Politician

58

Force family

Early Brant County settler

12

Forsythe family

Early Paris settler

13

Foster family

White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s

11

Foster family

Early Brant County settler

12

Fowler family

Pre 1800 Burford settler

12

Fowler family

Bur at Pioneer Cem in Burford

12

Fowler, Dr.

Erected Cornish House in Burford in 1850, photo

76

Fowler, John

Donated land at Burford for Pioneer Cem in 1802

12

Fowler, Nathan

Listed in early account book

15

Gage, Nathan

Ran saw mill in Brantford

16

Gardiner, Henry

Built saw mill in So. Dumfries Twp in 1823

13

Gardiner, Herbert F

Wrote Nothing but Names, a study of the origin of Ontario place names

65

Gates, Henry

Ran carding mill abt 1813 in Oakland Twp

12

German family

Early South Dumfries Twp settler

13

Gilkison family

Early Brantford settler

16

Gillen family

White family settled near Smoky Hollow in 1840s

11

Glassco, Ezra

1867 Bford resident

47

Glenmorris Village

Originally Dawson's Bridge and Middletown

13

Goderich

See Brantford, Buffalo & Goderich

34

Good, WC

Farmer

56

Goodwin

See Ker and Goodwin Company

36

Goold, Shapley and Muir Co.

Formed in Bford in 1892, built windmills and engines

36

Gordon, George T

Politician

57

Grand River Navigation Company

Laid out Cainsville in 1837

14

Grand River Roarer Newspaper

Published 1858-1859 with the Snapping Turtle

100

Green family

1840s settler

11

Green, Peter

Place in Locks Road area

23

Grobb, Franklin

Had first Model A Ford in Brantford

28

Gullen, Augusta Stowe (Dr.)

Dtr of Dr. Emma Jennings Stowe, she was Canada's first woman medical graduate,

94

Gunniesman?

Mt Pleasant hotel proprietor

50

Gurney family

Raised sheep

44

Haas Brothers

Paris farmers who bred Percheron and Belgian horses

44

Hager family

Early Onondaga Twp settler

14

Hagey, HL

Lawyer, politician

57

Haight family

Early Mount Pleasant settler

14

Hainer family

Settled Burford by 1810

12

Haldimand, Frederick (Sir)

4

Haldimand, Gov

3

Ham and Nott Company

Formed 1892 to make hard goods

36

Ham, Arthur (Dr.)

Brantford author

67

Hamer, Danny

Photo

82

Hamilton family

Early Paris settler

13

Hamilton, Elizabeth

Mar Paul Wickson

70

Hamilton, JS

Founded Hamilton Dunlop Winery in 1871

36

Hardy family

Early Mount Pleasant settler

14

Hardy, Arthur Sturgis

Bford lawyer

49, 54, 55

Hardy, Susan (Miss)

Teacher

5

Harmer, Henry

Railway Hotel proprietor

50

Harold, J

Politician

58

Harris, A & Son

Moved from Beamsville to Brantford in 1871 and started a farm implement business, photo

32, 34, 38

Harris, Alanson

Settled near Mt. Pleasant

42

Harris, L

Politician

58

Harris, Lawren

Bn Bford in 1885, artist and member of Group of Seven

70

Hart, Sarah D'Acres (Mrs)

Possibly Canada's 1^st female journalist, aka Sarah Keeler

64

Hawley family

Early Brantford settler

14

Hearle, BC

Estab Paris Star in 1850

100

Heath family

Early Paris settler

13

Henry, R

Politician

58

Henry, Robert

Mayor

55

Hepburn, Mitchell

Politician

56, 57

Hext Carriage Works

Brantford wagon works

35

Heyd, CB

Politician

58

Heyd, CB

Politician

58

Hiawatha

Deganawidah chief, founder of 5 Nations (later 6) Confederacy

4

Hill, John (Chief)

Early settler w/807 acre farm

16

Hillier, James (Dr)

Bn Bford in 1915, research scientist, photo

74

Hincks, Francis (Sir)

Brant politician

54

Holme, William

Sold 1000 acres at Paris to Hiram Capron in 1829

13

Holton, Frank

Director of Cockshutt Male Choir in Bford 1935-1946

83

Hoodless, Adelaide Hunter

Photo of her home

94

Hopkins

Name in Burial Grounds on Johnson Road, overlooking Fairchild's Creek

11

Horner Creek

12

Horner, Thomas

From NJ, Justice of the Peace, Burford settler in 1793

12

Howell family

Early South Dumfries Twp settler

13

Howell family

Early Onondaga Twp settler

14

Howells, William Dean

American author, related to wife of George H.M. Johnson

64

Hubbard, Mabel

Wife of Alexander Graham Bell

70

Hunter, Adelaide

Photo of her home

94

Huntington, Arunah

Ran shoe Shop in early Brantford

16

Hutton, WL (Dr.)

Photo, Bford doctor, fluorinated Bford's water, d 1959

74

Isaac family

1840s settler

11

Ives, Major

Of Burford, attempted to navigate Grand River in 1830s

22

Jackson family

Early Paris settler

13

Jenkins, J

1867 Bford resident

47

Jennings, Emma (Stowe)

1868 photo, 1^st woman doctor in Ontario, her dtr, Dr. Augusta Stowe Gullen was Canada's first woman medical graduate,

94

John family

1840s settler

11

Johnson

Name in Burial Grounds on Johnson Road, overlooking Fairchild's Creek

11

Johnson family

1840s settler

11

Johnson family

Settled Burford by 1810

12

Johnson Settlement

1840s settler

11

Johnson, Emily Pauline

Bn at Chiefswood, Indian poetess, dtr of Chief George H.M. Johnson, 1861-1913

64

Johnson, George

Son of Sir William Johnson, 1^st Indian School teacher

11

Johnson, George H.M. (Chief)

Father of Emily Pauline Johnson, son of Chief John "Smoke" Johnson, his wife was English and related to William Dean Howells an American author

64