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Thi.ti"emtsrrrty wgs composed of ‘the’ '6lhrat4ttg parties: Joseph gamma; with his wife and tad? . children, Peter Erb and, C rie W. from the Weekly um of use, published by the late P. M. W. lover, describes a typical journey of the period: On the all of May, of MOT, quit'e g large company started Item Lancaster county, Pa., for Cariada. arriving in Waterloo, af- ter a journey of four weeks and When these "Yankees" learrr ed that they were going to Cana- da. they were exceedingly onra-g~ ed and would curse and swear at them for being such fools as to go to Canada, a country still be long§ng (0 the hated British. The citizens of the "Great Be- public" then as now were the mail! prolific in profaoity. The very mention of Canada or Nia, guru was sufficient to bring form instantaneously volleys of oaths and curses. Junrm-y it mnk a good many ww-k- ht- fore it was full; hrulvd .I.1.uv Th ' rv~l of 'ho T )u'noy u.“ mm!» wi'lmnl anything oxtroori!iuary Input-hung Emigrafing to Canada " _ 3 From US. No Easy Task Huey came had never seen such large and heavy teams as these Peomsylvaniaos bad. Most of them imagined that they were broken down merchants from They made every possible of fort to prevent the emigrants from coming to this province of Britain and to Canada they camp. With the bad roads. and heavy loads they made as rapid hl'udu'ay as possible, onen, how, When thu laid up they enter ed into some amusements to was the weary hours, and among our-r things, played a game of quads. By some accident or other Ono of the quoits hit and very seriously cut Peter Erb's head, almmt killing him. Buffalo was then a little place wnh about eight little wooden bmlvlmgs, and any number of humans in the neighborhood They crossed the river on a flat at Black RI ck. At the Falls there was one small house. ever. not making more than six mum distance in a whole day, Only one event happened on the Journey that is especially While crossing the Allegheny Munnlains Benjamin Eby's horses were foundered which neeessitat, ed Ilu-ir laying over for about two days. Tut. cut or gash was so sown- tlrul it was supposed he lost wor two gallons of blood, and he be came so weak that his life Wm deipaired of by the whole com Patty, His brother Daniel who Ind thrown the quoit, fest so had about the matter that he about od himself and went to the woods for a whole day. Thvy were obliged to r10 back 14 mill-s for a doctor, hut holurv- the doctor arrived, they hw managed to stop the blur! Ths, iniury was however not quit" .1; had m was first feared in" whr‘n thr “ennui was properly (Irmq-H in a day O" two ho was :nhh- on hor hark again to continuo in. The teams were loaded down so heavily that even the women were obliged to walk most of the time. T“ey made quite a sen- sation on the way. The "Yankees" who lived in that part of the state of New York through which Phila dolphia . Wu" "v of note. The clearing: all the way up were very small, and surely any if!“ with Eby and wife, Daniel , Daniel Pry. Abra- ham Weber, Joseph Kisser. John Eckhardt, Fr. Vogt, Samuel Eby David Eby, and Henry Bur bacher, They had three four, horse wagons, and one two-horse Watton. He lived within a few years ago and saw his family occupying " fiuential positions in our coun- try. One of his sons is at present a member of the Legislative Council of Canada. Henry Bru- bacher soon afterwards returned to the Stains. houses except "shanties" were as tet built. Hamilton had only one Peter Erb settled a mile north of Bridgeport on the right bank of the Grand River, on the farm now occupied by his son-in-law, the Rev. Daniel Wissmer. Joseph Kisser who had bought lalu; in the township of Markham soon went to that place where he set- tled and acquired considerable property. little shanty in I small clearing. Dundas had a very small com mencemont. When they arrived in Water- too, Joseph Schneider settled where Berlin is now situated on the place now occupied by his sou, Mr. Joseph E. Schneider; Benjamin Etsy, on the place known a the Eby farm, east of Berlin, now occupied by Mr. Menno Erb, grandson of Peter GEOFFREY DOWNING MINOR 8 MAJOR Repairs "To All Makes & Models" DOWNING'S GARAGE 380 KING NORTH From the very beginning of their business the staff at Downing's Garage have given the people of Waterloo and area the most efficient service. You have made our success possible. Thank you. May we be of service to you in the future. Specializing In Serving Waterloo Since 1958 This company brought a "halt a barn P' of gold and silver from Lancaster County to pay for the township of Woolwich which was also bought by a company. This money gave them consid- erable tro: . ' or. the way, as oy The nut of m company com- menced clearing land. on lots which they took up. Most of them as tar as we know lived " a good old age and raised large families. A rather amusing circumstance hcppened on the arrivat of this company. When it was known that so many arrived from the States a great number of the p90. pe here wen to welcome the mw arrivals. One of these who called on them was a bache- lor somewhat advanced in years. He expected that surely such a large company should have some unmarried young ladies, and when he found that all the ladies, were already married he came away with a heavy heart 2. claiming .hat there was noth- ine but a lot of "big lubbers" in the crowd. (Continued on page 5) We Se proud to be a part of Waterloo... during Canada's Centennial 1867 Year 1967 o llCENSED MECHANICS O MODERN EQUIPMENT . WHEEL BAlANCING FOPEIGN CAR Sprr"" "TS 745-651 I THIS CANDID SHOT was taken in the very early 1900's, notice that cement sidewalks had been laid, but the road was still gravel which in wet weather turned to mud very fast. 'tt.tt_e8trmth%t.-r.0-ri.Sr.8%' O WATERIOO DENNIS MEFFAN