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weekender february 7 1987 p23 sign of the times berczy family immigrated to accept offer of free land william moll berczy and other german emigrants left hamburg in 1792 and came to america in search for a better ufe unhappy with their short stay in new york state they accepted an offer of free land from john graves simcoe of upper canada who wanted the land to be developed berczy and his followers found the land north of york toronto to be good and be came the first settlers of mar- kham township southwest corner in 1794 they began clearing the land and developing yonge st as one of the roads the area first settled be came known as german mills the first saw and grist mills were established there and there was also a distillery a plaque has been placed along john st in thornhill in dedication of the berczy set tlers of german mills the old german mills school 1874 is maintained as a community centre other german families set tled further north on bayview ave thelunaus quantzsand stivers were side by side and later moved further to the east some families settled in the buttonvilleunionville area and lutheran churches were built there are several streets in markham bearing german names a street off the 9th line just south of hwy7 is named berczy gate eckardt ave is one of the old streets in unionville and sum- merfeldt cres is in the subdivi sion to the west the eck- hardts built some of the mills and john summerfeldt was a captain in the york militia early 1800s there is stiver crt the stivers were farmers millers and teachers lindemann st in thornhill is named after an early blacksmith hagerman blvd is found in unionville and was named af ter hagerman who farmed at 14th ave and kennedy rd another early name was schmidt which has become smith john lunau presently of markham and a wellknown local historian is descended from joachim lunau 1770- 1841 who came with the berczy settlers the lunau bethel cemetery is found down warden aveby the markham hydro building and up mccowan ave at 16th ave is the quantztown cemet ery in the area that used to be knwon as quantztown l o o k i n g g o o d personalized consultations services by appointment mr mrs neighbour we have just moved to this new location and would like to be of service to you we offer a guarantee on our work and products and if you are not satisfied we will fully refund your money f e e l i n g z 8 a a 8 z g a apple creek blvd hwy 07 monday friday 10 am 8 pm saturday 830 am 5 pm apple creek blvd 2 corby road unit 5 4798900 g o o d buy where the professionals shop when the model homes are being furnished 2 out of 3 professionals will have come to supreme lighting for those beautiful fixtures supreme offers solid brass fixtures works of art beautiful hand cut crystal chandeliers by schonbek and of course stiffel lamps for that special table g 5622 14 liles diameter 20y body length 22 total length 42 sale 1150 1 in quality 1 in pricing 1 in savings 362 stiffel i 751 1u almond ceramic with bright old brass finish vanilla box pleated shade hokjht 32 inches sale 399 two targndifj i tu halo juflo iliji all sizes finish on sale now -10- i-b- these are not imitations our best value 3 ltftui wiifii cow tosh wth ckar or cogruc bcvtiicd glass or wtwr panels sale 4 a oeveied peach panel hj sow poiished frass sale 49tj a classic chandelier in cast polished brass 12 mo 28 height 28 wido sale 1500 fetorckjhvcno m t collection 8 lite pendant 16 dia 32 body length 4706 sale 915 oo slii dining room future 21 diam by 16 in body length 4730 sale 51 13dt tiger uy 8bto w down me wdtri 18 length 33 sow brass fl40 wan candelabra fmsh pol brass polished chrome brass chrome glass clear sale l i m m km if an 4toot track wrth power canopy 3 future special 5995 sow pushed or ant bfa tanfern beveled only 1 quality products guaranteed lowest prices huge beautiful showroom 9 laidlaw blvd 1 mile west of markham rd off hwy h7 47731 13 s hours monfn 8530 thoi 89 sal 9 am 4 pm 5 5 i 3 s x i i mwt 7