Waterloo Township map with names of early property owners
Description
- Creator
- Ellis Little, Artist
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Drawings
- Description
- Hand drawn maps of early Waterloo township with the names of property owners and approximate dates of ownership.
This map shows part of Waterloo township, south of Breslau, red line on left side running across to approximately the middle of the map is Ottawa Street, King Street east is at bottom left. Includes the current site of the Region of Waterloo International Airport. - Notes
- These maps are hand drawn by Ellis Little and outline over 90000 acres of land granted (Block 2, Waterloo Township) to the Six Nations Indians by the British Crown in 1784 and sold in 1798 to Richard Beasley, James Wilson and John Baptist Rousseaux who looked to resell the land in small parcels. German Company tract became Waterloo township.
Modern streets not always identified; maps are not to scale and geographic locations are approximate. Names of property owners on reverse.
See also: "Historical Atlas of Waterloo & Wellington Counties, 1877-1881"; Waterloo Historical Society 1965, pp 44-45 for 1805 Waterloo Township (German Company tract) lot map with property owner's names; and Waterloo Regional Museum website for further information.
- Dimensions
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Width: 20 cm
Height: 25 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 20cm
Image Height: 25cm
- Subject(s)
- Bricker, Samuel
Brubacher, John E.
German Company Tract (Waterloo, Ont.)
Wissler, John
Eby, John
Wissler, Jacob
Weaver, David
Erb, Jacob
Shantz, Christian
Beasley's Middle Block (Waterloo, Ont.)
Cressman, John
Beasley, Richard
Reichart, Christian
Shupe, John
Bamberger, John
Wanner, Henry
Erb, Daniel
Breslau (Ont.)
Erb Brubacher, Susanna
Erb, Susanna
Brubacher, Susanna
Smith, Fenner
Jones, Isaac
Rife, Abraham
Weaver, Henry
Erb, Peter
Brech, John
Bowman, Joseph
Region of Waterloo International Airport (Breslau, Ont.)
Sherrick, Samuel
Sherrick, David
Sherich, Samuel
Shupe, Adam
Collins, William
Hagey, Joseph
Rife, Samuel
Moyer, Henry
Shoop, Daniel
Snyder, Joseph
Burkholder, Christian
Correll, William
Shupe, Daniel
Shirk, Joseph
Livergood, Peter
Salzberger, Philip - Local identifier
- ELP 50 45
- Collection
- Ellis Little Papers
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Latitude: 43.451922 Longitude: -80.392971
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- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
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