The Chapel School, a multi-denominational church built in 1771 at the Old Parish Burying Ground, served as a school on weekdays, and was certainly the first “public school” in Windsor. The Curren School was the second. Thomas Curren taught at King’s Collegiate for twenty-five years from 1821 to 1846. When he retired, he opened a […]
~ A History Dating Back To 1759. ~ Hampshire Court has the distinction of being one of the oldest properties in Eastern Canada. The estate dates back to 1759, when it was acquired by Michael Francklin (1733 – 1782) of Poole, England, a man who later became Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. Francklin married Boston socialite
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The Great Windsor Fire of 1897: A Catastrophe and the Community’s Rebirth The most devastating event in the visual history of Windsor was the great fire of 1897. In it, the whole central portion of the largely wooden town was destroyed. Businesses were ruined, merchants left penniless, families left homeless and their only belongings, the
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John Watson Maxner was born in 1829 at Windsor, NS and died 6 May 1904 at Windsor, NS. He was the son of Henry Mixner [Maxner?] (1808-1837) and Mary Ann Snyde (1808-1869). Henery Mixner died in a drowning accident at Long Pond, Windsor, on 28 July 1837. John Watson Maxner (1829-1904) married his cousin Jessie
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Joseph Gerrish (September 29, 1709 – June 3, 1774) was a soldier, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia). In early February 1747, a French and Indian force passed through Pesegitk on the way from
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By Jessica Carver for the West Hants Historical Society Generally described as a grand old building, the Opera House was located on the corner of Gerrish Street and Grey Street. After the Great Fire of 1897 devastated the town of Windsor, efforts began to rebuild the town and its infrastructure. Many saw the fire as
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