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, King street north and Lexington Road, with Bridge street the red line running from the top of the map down and University avenue on the far right running from top and crossing Bridge near the bottom of the map. Lots #61 and 62 along Lexington road at Bridge street is the location of the early settlement of Lexington. - 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.
In 1856, John Wissler established the village of Lexington at the intersection of the roads leading to Bridgeport and Waterloo to house day labourers, craftsmen and smallholders. Some residents of Lexington (named after Lexington in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) worked in Bridgeport or Waterloo. Others worked on nearby farms, or on market gardens developed to supply the growing urban populations of Berlin and Waterloo.
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)
- Brubacher, John E.
Snider, Jacob C
Bowman, Henry W.
German Company Tract (Waterloo, Ont.)
Wissler, Jacob
Erb, Jacob
Brubacher, Henry
Erb Brubacher, Susanna
Erb, Susanna
Brubacher, Susanna
Wessler, Jacob
Erb, Jacob G.
Erb, Peter
Miller, Jacob
Horning's Tract (Waterloo Township, Ont.)
Weber, Benjamin
Horning, Abraham
Lexington (Waterloo Township, Ont.)
Moxley, William
Musselman, Frederick
Erb, David
Bernhardt, Ernst W.
Wessler, Sarah
Erb, Moses
Sowder, Joseph
Bowman, Christian
Berringer, Solomon
Leberguth, Peter
Allis, David
Erb, Peter Jr.
Erb, Peter Sr.
Eschelman, John
Keene, Henry - Local identifier
- ELP 50 47
- Collection
- Ellis Little Papers
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Latitude: 43.488673 Longitude: -80.508671
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