NOTE...............Discrepancy's with First and Last Names.
The documentation that I have list's Jean's (french for John) Name as I have entered here on Find-A-Grave.
It is possible that due to mispronunciations his name was recorded as Jhon or John and Castagnet to Caskanette.
If you have any documentation to clarify this issue please contact Henry Vinandy.
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The Earliest settlement in Greenock Township was made along the Durham Road and John is ascribed the credit of being the first settler. He was one of the surveying parties who laid out the Durham Road, and while engaged in this occupation, he located Lot 28, Concession 1 SDR Greenock, in 1849.
Returning to Lower Canada the following winter, he came back the ensuing spring with his family, accompanied by the families of Raphael, Luke, John, and Peter Chartreau, who all settled in the same locality at Riversdale. They came in by Goderich and Kincardine. The nearest settler to their location was Peter Stewart in Kincardine Township, a short distance from Penetangore, and they were obliged to leave their families at this place until they cut out a road to their location. It was the middle of March 1850, and the snow was five feet deep in the forest.
Towards the east the nearest settlers were about three miles east of Walkerton, and to the north and south no ray of sunlight pierced the clearing of a single settler for many miles. They used oxen to plant crops of wheat, barley, oats, Indian corn, potatoes, and tobacco in 1851.
John took out a Crown deed for 50 acres, Lot 28, Concession 1 SDR, on April 28, 1853, and in 1860 donated 2.8 acres, the northwest corner of Lot28, concession 1 SDR, to the Riversdale Roman Catholic Church. They build a Church, school, and a small house for the parish priest.
He bought another 50 acres, Lot 24, Concession 1 SDR, from Alex McDonald on April 23, 1869, and later sold the property to Andrew and Anna Freiburger in 1903.
Angelique (Jelic) operated a ferry across the Teeswater River east of Riversdale before the toll bridge was in place. A large, hand-hewn pine canoe carved by John Caskanette in 1860 has been displayed in the Bruce County Museum in Southampton since 1964.
NOTE...............Discrepancy's with First and Last Names.
The documentation that I have list's Jean's (french for John) Name as I have entered here on Find-A-Grave.
It is possible that due to mispronunciations his name was recorded as Jhon or John and Castagnet to Caskanette.
If you have any documentation to clarify this issue please contact Henry Vinandy.
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The Earliest settlement in Greenock Township was made along the Durham Road and John is ascribed the credit of being the first settler. He was one of the surveying parties who laid out the Durham Road, and while engaged in this occupation, he located Lot 28, Concession 1 SDR Greenock, in 1849.
Returning to Lower Canada the following winter, he came back the ensuing spring with his family, accompanied by the families of Raphael, Luke, John, and Peter Chartreau, who all settled in the same locality at Riversdale. They came in by Goderich and Kincardine. The nearest settler to their location was Peter Stewart in Kincardine Township, a short distance from Penetangore, and they were obliged to leave their families at this place until they cut out a road to their location. It was the middle of March 1850, and the snow was five feet deep in the forest.
Towards the east the nearest settlers were about three miles east of Walkerton, and to the north and south no ray of sunlight pierced the clearing of a single settler for many miles. They used oxen to plant crops of wheat, barley, oats, Indian corn, potatoes, and tobacco in 1851.
John took out a Crown deed for 50 acres, Lot 28, Concession 1 SDR, on April 28, 1853, and in 1860 donated 2.8 acres, the northwest corner of Lot28, concession 1 SDR, to the Riversdale Roman Catholic Church. They build a Church, school, and a small house for the parish priest.
He bought another 50 acres, Lot 24, Concession 1 SDR, from Alex McDonald on April 23, 1869, and later sold the property to Andrew and Anna Freiburger in 1903.
Angelique (Jelic) operated a ferry across the Teeswater River east of Riversdale before the toll bridge was in place. A large, hand-hewn pine canoe carved by John Caskanette in 1860 has been displayed in the Bruce County Museum in Southampton since 1964.
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