Aylmer: A Walk Through Time

by Sue L. McConnell 

Illustrations by Gary Radford, Elgin County Library Brd, 1981, 

Indexed by Donna Di Lello, 2018, 

* indicates illustration or photo, Aylmer/Hodginson Corners/Troy
87 pages, 1981
Written by Susan McConnell, a former editor for the Aylmer Express and illustrated by Gary Radford, a longtime resident of Aylmer.
This book contains both black and white photographs and illustrations of many of the historical houses in Aylmer, Elgin County, Ontario with descriptions of owners through the years as well as a history of the town itself.
The book is not indexed but a separate index is available
A copy is available at the Toronto Reference Library 971.37402. M11

Copy at the Toronto Public Library

Name/Place/page

ADAM, James, 2

ALDRITCH, 11

ALDRITCH, M.L., 4

Alymer Circuit, 77

Amica Evening Auxiliary, 77

ANDREWS, 2

Anglican Rectory, 25*, 26*

ARKELL house, 21*, 22*, 23*

ARKELL, Bertha (Mrs. Fitzpatrick), 22

ARKELL, Henry, 22

AULT, H.T., 62

Avon, 22

Aylmer Baptist Church, 12, 55*, 56*, 57*

Aylmer Canning Factory, 3

Aylmer Central Hotel, 9

Aylmer Condensed Milk factory, 68

Aylmer District Office Ministry of Natural Resources, 72

Aylmer Electric Plant, 11

Aylmer Enterprise, The, 4

Aylmer Express, a, 4

Aylmer Fire Dept., 5

Aylmer Paper, 4

Aylmer Pork House/Elgin Pork House, 3*,11, 68, 86

Aylmer Quadrille Club, 65

Aylmer Roller Mills, 3

Aylmer Toolcraft, 4

Aylmer Woollen Mills, 3,7

Baptist Church, 3, 7, 49

Baptist Parsonage, 61*, 62*

BARNECOTT, Thomas, 8

BARON, Blair, 68

BARON, Harley, 68

BARONS, House, 69*, 70*

BARONS, Kirk, a

BAYES, James, 15

BEEMER, Abram, 34

BEEMERS, Bradford, 30

Belvedere House, 29*, 30*, 31*

BENOGOUGH, Thomas, 4

BERTON, Pierre, 64

BINGHAM brothers, 49

BINGHAM House, 43*, 44*, 45*

BINGHAM, Beecher, 49

BINGHAM, Charles, 48

BINGHAM, Davis G., 44

BINGHAM, William, 2, 48, 49

BINGHAM-DELL House, 47*, 48*, 49*

Board and Batten house, 13*, 14*

BODKIN House, (Lindwood) 39*, 40*, 41*

BODKIN, Herm, Sr., 76

BONANNO, Tom, a

BRANDON Shoe Factory, 11

Brick Schoolhouse, 76

Broer Services Ltd., 4

Brown House / Commercial Hotel / Lover’s Ltd., 11

BUCK, William, 56

BURNHAM, John, 12

Canada Air Line Railway, 1

Canadian Methodist Church, 3

Carnation Mile Plant, 4*

CARROL, Wayne, 80

CARROLL House, 79*, 80*

CASSCADEN, William, 15

Catfish Creek, 3,36,40

Catholic Rectory, 27*, 28*

CAUGHELL, Ernest, 86

CAVERLY, Arthur, 75

Centre St., 9,24,44

CGIT, 77

Chestnut St., 12

Christian Education Centre, 77

Church of Christ, 11

CHURCHILL, Bruce, 22

CHURCHILL, Bruce, Mrs. (Audrey),  22

CLINE, Leonard, 75

Club 7, 77

CLUTTON, Joseph, 7

CLUTTON, Joseph Jr., 7

CLUTTON, Joseph steam milling works, 10,11

CLUTTON, S.S. Woolen Mills, 3,15

CLUTTON, Samuel S., 3,7*

Commercial Hotel / Lover’s Ltd. / Brown House, 11

COREY, William, 74

CRANDELL, Reuben, 56

CROPP, D., 3

DAVIS Loder, 80

DAVIS, Andrus, 1

DAVIS, D.C., 80

DAVIS, D.C., Mrs., 80

DAVIS, H.J., Dr., 8

DAVIS, Loder, 2

DAVIS, Noah, 22

DAVIS, William E., 44

DAVIS, William, 1,2

Dawson & Andrews Carriage shop, 2

DAWSON, 2

DELL, Ernest, 49

DELL, Jean (Mrs. Matheson), 49

DEMARAY, William, 22

Dominion Canners, 7, 68

DOOLITTLE Furniture Factory, 10

DOYLE, family, 45

DOYLE, Michael, 44

East Elgin Reformer, 4

East Elgin Tribune, 4

Elgin County, 3,64

Elgin Pork House/Aylmer Pork House, 3*,11, 68, 86

Elgin St., 12

Elgin Wells, a

Elm St., 72

EMMETT, Charles, 75

EMMETT, family, 14

English Church [Anglican], 3

Episcopal Methodist, 76

Explorers, 77

Farthing Store, 49

FAULKNER, Bonnie, 12

FERGUSON, J.E., Mrs., 12

FIRBY, C.A., 8

fires in Aylmer, 9

FISHER, Harry, 11

FITZPATRICK, Mrs. (Bertha Arkell), 22

FOOTE, Ezra, Dr., 15,62

Fort Erie, 1

GANSON, Elisha, 9

GARRETT, Judson H., 31

Gleaner’s Class, 77

Glencoe, 1

GLOVER, W.A., 8

GOBLE, Henry, 56

GOODFALLOW, George flour mill, 10

GOUGH, H.T., 28

Grand Truck RR, 62

Gravel Rd./John St., 3, 9, 23, 24, 52, 56, 57, 62, 66, 76

Grovesend, 76

HAIGHT, Charles, 31

HARRISON, George, Dr., 8

Hawkeye, The, 4

HEARD, 40

Heritage Ayler, a

Highway 3, 23

HODGINSON, John, 2

HODGINSON, Philip, 2

HUTCHINSON, J.W. Marble Works, 6*

HUTCHINSON, John, 8

HUTCHINSON-MILLER Paint Shop, 74

Imperial Tobacco Co., 4

John St./Gravel Rd, 3, 9, 23, 24, 52, 56, 57, 62, 66, 76

Joy group, 77

KAISER, Fred, 8

KENNEDY Central Hotel, 15

KENNEDY, Alfred, 15

KENNEDY, Central Hotel, 81*, 82*, 83*

KENNEDY, family, 15

KENNEDY, Thomas, 15

KENT, Walter, 12

King St., 18,49,83

King’s Villa Tourist Home, 12

KINGSTON, House, 51*, 52*

KINGSTON, John, Dr., 2, 52, 62

Lake Erie, 1

lawn bowling, 3*

LEESON, Moses, 3,8

LEWIS, E.N., 36

Liberal Ass., 62

LIGHTFOOT, Thomas, 22

Little Aylmer Mushroom Plant, 4

LOVE House, 59*, 60*

LOVE, Alexander, 60

Lover’s Ltd./Commercial Hotel/Brown House, 11

Lyons, 76

MACDIARMID factory, 10

Malahide Tp, 1, 22, 34

MANN, Thomas, 2, 24

Maple Hurst House, 67*, 68*

Marchant St., 12

MARIATT, George, 2

MARLATT, John, 68

MARLATT, L.D., 72

MARSHALL, David, 2,3,68

MATHESON, Mrs. (Jean Dell), 49

McCONNELL, Susan, a

McDONAGH, William, 75

McEWAN, Robert, 8

McINTYRE cabinet shop, 10

McKEEN, Mac, 22

McKIBBON, Russell, 8

McLAY house, 17*,18*,19*

McLAY, Carol, 19

McLAY, Homer, Dr., 18,62,72

McLAY, Peter W. McMurrich, Dr., 2, 7, 15, 19, 52, 62

McMANUS, Charles, Rev., 28

Messengers, 77

Methodist Episcopal Church, 3, 74

Methodist, 74

MICHAEL, T.W., 4

MILLER, E.A., 8

MILLER, F.H., Dr., 31

MILLS, Howard, a

MOORE, Bob, a

MOORE, Forrest, 8

MOTT, Roswell, 2,22

MURRAY, Miss (Mrs. Daniel Stewart), 28

MURRAY, Walter E., 2,34,28

Myrtle St., 11

NAIRN, J.J., 3

NAIRN, Junius, 8

NAIRN, T.M., 8

Natural Resources Building, 71*,72*

New Connection group, 76

New York, 1

NORRIS, L.N., 3

Old Town Hall & Opera House, 63*, 64*, 65*, 66*

Ontario Heritage Act, 64

Ontario Police College, 5

Orwell church, 76

Orwell School House, 74

Orwell, 44,76

Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, 28

PANKHURST, J.C., 4

PERRY, Sandra, a

PHELPS, Ed, a

PIERCE, Stephen, 3

Pine St., 18,19,34,44,45

Port Bruce, 76

Port Stanley, 22

POUSTIE House, 53*, 54*

POUSTIE, Archibald, 54

POUSTIE, Miss, 54

Presbyterian Church, 76

PRICE, Aaron, 74

Queen St., 74

RADFORD, Gary, a

RANDALL, Ellison, 8

Regular Baptist Church of Malahide & Aylmer, 56

Regular Baptist Missionary Convention of Ontario, 56

ROWE, John Organ Factory, 11

Royal Canadian Air Force Station, 5*

Royal Canadian Legion, 57,76

RUYPERS, Maryann, a

SCATES, James, 60

SCOTT, Enos, 2,3,86

SINCLAIR House, 35*, 36*, 37*

SINCLAIR, Charles, 36

SINCLAIR, Coll, Dr., 2,8,36

SINCLAIR, Duncan, 36

small pox, 15,62

South St., 31,68

SOUTH, John, 52

Springfield, 76

St. Paul’s United Church Women, 77

St. Paul’s United Church, 73*, 74*, 75*, 76*, 77*

St. Paul’s Women’s Aid, 77

St. Paul’s Women’s Ass., 77

St. Paul’s Women’s Federation, 77

St. Paul’s Women’s Missionary Society, 77

St. Thomas town hall, 23

STARR, Bill, 76

STEWART House, 33*,34*

STEWART, Daniel, 28

STEWART, Daniel, Mrs. (Miss Murray), 28

STEWART, Walter, 34

STEWART, Walter, Mrs., 34

STOKES, Peter John, 64

Summers Corners, 76

Swiss Cottage, 85*,86*,87*

Talbot St., 3, 9, 14, 36, 37, 41, 49, 54, 60, 68, 72, 74, 77, 80, 83, 87

TEEPLE, Dan, 75

TEEPLE, family, 44

TEEPLE, L.D., 44

TEEPLE, Myrtle, 44

THAYER, James, 62

Three Farthing Store, 11

TIMPANY, Charles, 40

TISDALE, 68

Tranquillity Church, 76

TREADWELL, Alexander, 40, 41

TREADWELL, Elizabeth, 40

Trinity Anglican Church, 76

TWELL, Mr., 4

United Church Women, 77

University of Western Ontario, a

VAN PATTER, 14

VAN PATTER, John, 1

VAN SLYKE, 68

Vienna, 52

WALKER, brothers, 10,72

WALKER, family, 9

WALKER, George, 72

WALKER, Samuel, 72

WALKER, William, 72

Walkerton, 11

Walter St., 22,23

War of 1812, 22

WARD, F., Rev., 57

WARDER, The, 4

Wesleyan Methodist, 74,76

White Schoolhouse, 76

WIEBENGAS, family, 40

WILCOX, Mr., 22

WILLIAMS, Waldemar, Rev., 76

Wiltsie’s Truck Bodies Ltd., 4

WOOD, Nathan, 2,18

WOODCOCK, Gordon, Rev., 57

WOOSTER, Thomas, 60, 74, 75

World War II, 5

WRIGHT, H.H., 8

WRIGHTSON, J.R., 4

Yankee Methodist, 74

Yarmouth Tp., 36

YORKE, Jehiel, 3

YORKE, Samuel, 2, 36