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H14 - WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE THIS MONTH - See us ‘ Since we Opened In‘ 1981; v91unteers' V MEEifilé-‘Kfiét éhdil-délla EMS 2:; thayezbeenhelpm'g', :: :: " T‘ie. Céféifi'ES‘Fér'e'ThIsfl‘f ShLdp, . .whlle providing relief fax the needy .dirOughâ€"odt th'e wdfld.’ fi' ‘ 90546363! .410 me€ 0 1 THRIFT SHOP 6240 Main Street Stohffidfle 93034.. - 5:00 9.11. Fruhygll mung. Care snare Tobnmhabod Society unveils research on early days The Whitchurch-Stouffville Historical Society is holding its regular meeting Oct‘ 28 at 7:30 pm in the Whitchurch on 'www.stouflvifleonline.com Stouffville Council Chambers on Sandiford Drive. At this time there will be an archaeological experience, as we go "Digging for Stouffville’s Roots"! Elsewhere in this paper you will have read about the significance of 2004 in the history of Stouffville Abraham Stouffer made his way from Markham. where his in-laws settled, “to the southern part of Whitchurch, where he' found a mill site on land that appears to have been unoccupied. Early in 1805 he negotiated the purchase of the site. and the other lands on what is now the north side of Main Street. A year later he purchased 200 acres on the south side of Main Street Sometime in 1805 he moved his wife and children to his mill site. and thus began the town of Stouffville... Abraham Stouffer and family on the Whitchurch side. and Iohn Williams and family on the Markham side It took another 20 years before Stouffer contracted with David Gibson. the provincial surveyor, to lay out a town plan on both sides of the road. There were seven or eight lots on each the villa and wh meeting )ld JD ‘ou'd like to hear based the prope village, who the Three years later the first lot we it [h in the )me! m more a tradesw mer Jr Two scenes from eariy Stouffvllle: Church Street looking north, and Main Street on market day. Photos courtesy Whitchurch-Stouffvi/Ie Museum. NOVEMBER 2004