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    Palermo Schoolhouse is located at 2431 Dundas Street West. The schoolhouse is currently home to the Trafalgar Historical Society. There was a school in Palermo as early as 1819. It was one of 3 publi

    The community of Palermo started as early as 1806. By 1835, the town had developed enough to boast its own post office, churches, schools, stores, blacksmith and surrounding mixed farming. The active

    The 20th Halton Battalion of Infantry was formed on September 20, 1866 as per the "The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)" website linked here for your further information. A watercolou

    Information on Minnie Campbell is taken from the excerpts of the book freely shown on the internet: Race, Nation, and Reform Ideology in Winnipeg, 1880s-1920s By Kurt Korneski, starting on page 92. I

    The manse property deeded in 1875 is presently designated 3017 Bronte Road. The deed reads "along the east limit of the allowance for road between lots 30 and 31". According to John Shearman, (UCCAN

    Two photographs are in this record. To view the 2nd image, click on "Pages" "Select".

    The former Halton Board of Education had also owned a school named Palermo Public School, located on Bronte Road, on the east side and south of Hwy. 5. This school was closed and sold in 1978.

    Canada's Centennial year graduating class with teacher, Mr. Ross Wark at Palermo Public School. There was a school in Palermo as early as 1819. It was one of 3 public schools in Trafalgar Twp. The fi

    1966-1967 Grade 7 class with teacher, Mr. Ross Wark at Palermo Public School. There was a school in Palermo as early as 1819. It was one of 3 public schools in Trafalgar Twp. The first school buildin

    The Giles sisters on their joint wedding day, Sept 17th, 1924. L-R; Eckhardt Reiner Elton Wettlaufer, Ethel Irene Giles, Rev. George W. Moore, Mary Grace Giles, Harry Leedham. The wedding was in the

    Early land registry records and Trafalgar census records from 1851, 1871, 1881 use the family surname spelling, "Hagar". However, the 1861 census and the family gravestones in the Palermo cemetery us

    Home on Dundas Highway, Lot 28, Concession 1, NDS former Trafalgar Township. Street address was 2307 Dundas Street West, now in Oakville, Ontario. In 2004, the house was clearly visible from Dundas S

    The church in Palermo was built in 1867.

    George Wettlaufer had been born in Perth County and kept a general store at Hawksville in Waterloo County before moving to farm in Trafalgar Township on the 2nd Concession and Highway 25. (In modern

    George Wettlaufer had been born in Perth County and kept a general store at Hawksville in Waterloo County before moving to farm in Trafalgar Township on the 2nd Concession and Highway 25. (In modern

    Ron Wettlaufer is on the far left, centre row. Ethel Wetlauffer (his mother) is teaching.

    To view the other photographs of the interior, click on "Pages Select". To view photographs of the exterior of the building, click on the link.

    In December 1971, January 1972, Parks Canada photographed those buildings that were 100 or more years old. This Canadian Inventory of Heritage Buildings was a Centennial Project. The Trafalgar Townsh

    Harvey Switzer, Captain and Paymaster in the 20th Halton Battalion, the volunteer militia of Halton County. For more information about Harvey Switzer, his life and family, click on the link under the

    A panoramic photograph to commemorate the 1913 annual Sunday School picnic of Palermo Methodist Church, (later Palermo United Church). Unfortunately, we have no record of names for this congregation