Downie Township

Towns, Villages and Hamlets

The area includes these: Sebringville, Kastnerville, Avonbank, Avonton, Conroy, Fairview, and St Pauls Station.

Books Specific to Downie Township

There is a book on Downie township in Vera McNichol's excellent series Reveries of a Pioneer. There's more information on this series on my Perth County Books page.

Pioneers

The first area settled was, of course, Stratford, which is no longer part of the township. The second area to be settled was Sebringville.

Early settlers mentioned in the history books include: MONTEITH, RANKIN, DEMPSEY, John MURRAY (all mentioned in William Johnson's book).

Huron County Library has put online many assessment rolls for 1842. This is basically a list of residents of the area in 1842; it tells you who was living there and how much land they owned. Read their introduction first and then go to their Downie Township page.

See also the new Perth County Pioneers page for visitors' submissions of their pioneer info.

Meg Fuller Perth County Coordinator

Photos in banner courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, LC-USF34-051862-D and LC-USF34-031979-D.

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