George C Teeter (1810 - 1870)

Born 10 Sep 1810 in Grimsby, Lincoln, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline Matilda (Hickson) Teeter — married about 1835 in Upper Canada

Descendants

Died 19 Mar 1870 at age 59 in Teeterville, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Founder of Teeterville, Ontario
George was born in Grimsby, Lincoln County, Upper Canada a couple of years before the outbreak of the War of 1812.^[1] By mid-century he had moved his family to Windham Township in Norfolk County.^[2] In 1855, George purchased land on the 5th concession from Joseph Vivian. In 1859, he had the land surveyed and he laid out the Village of Teeterville. By 1861, he had built a grist mill, a sawmill and a home for his family. ^[3] In 1861, he was listed as a manufacturer. His three oldest sons are all still at home. William is listed as a manufacturer, while Henry is a farmer and Solomon is a miller.^[4] The village grew rapidly and within a decade had two churches, " a school, a town hall, a confectionary store, two general stores, two millinery shops, two shoe shops, a tin shop, two harness shops, three carriage shops, a wagon works, three blacksmiths, a foundry and cider mill, a tailor shop, a bakery, a butcher, a cabinet shop, a cooper shop, two carpenter and joiner shops, a drug store, two doctors, and a sash and door factory. There were three hotels" as well.^[5]
George died suddenly in 1870 at the age of fifty-nine, felled by typhoid fever.^[1] He was buried in the Teeterville Cemetery.^[6][7] His sons carried on with the mills until 1886, when the family sold the enterprises to Henry McKnight.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: MS935; Reel: 2, Norfolk, 1870.
2. ↑ 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Windham, Norfolk County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11741; Page: 75; Line: 2.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Excerpt from Teeterville Women's Institute's Tweedsmuir History.
4. ↑ 1861 Census of Canada, Windham, Norfolk, Canada West, Film Number: C-1053, Page Number: 24, Line Number: 1.
5. ↑ Teeterville Pioneer Museum, Historical Information.
6. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial #84217362.
7. ↑ Canada's GenWeb Cemetery Project, entry for George Teeter.