At our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday April 5, our featured speaker was Richard Jordan presenting Ernest D. Banting and Life in Weston 1921-1973. Ernest D. “Doc” Banting (1892-1973) was deeply involved in small town sports, municipal politics, the Orange… Read More »Ernest D. “Doc” Banting

Trafalgar Township Historical Society hosted Howard Simkover’s November presentation on G. A. Snider, The G. A. Snider presentation was a result of Howard’s interest in genealogy and local history. In 2010, a building on Bank St., Ottawa, was removed opening… Read More »Trafalgar Township’s G. A. Snider

Trafalgar Township Historical Society hosted their Fall Fair walking tour of the Palermo Cemetery on Saturday September 25th. The walk was led by our Archivist, Ross Wark, and featured many notable  local residents of Palermo and surrounding area. In 1818… Read More »Palermo Cemetery Walking Tour

Family stories were part of growing up in our farming neighbourhood. Grannie Watson’s was about survival and courage. Her family settled at the corner of the Back Concession and Seventh Line, now Trafalgar and Burnhamthorpe. Bill, her son, blown up… Read More »Watson Family Legacy