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THE THOi.t SON HOUSE': : :
This
its many exstensions
marked
Mill
relative
Wm � Thompson
lterby
1831
and moved
esf
The ear.Lt
179b
the Mill around
and west of it Dr.
1795·
\•Vcilli
it appears
vJ .I\. Thom. 1son Operated
long after the Mill
the U.S.
Ooasulate
mr.
'
to
a
of the Mill
which they
a
between 80 8t
and
spot
near
90
the Mill.
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this property was John Garner
ae sold
to William Dubar who
Thomas Burns
l'res.•COtt
also wwned
He.11.
In
p&rt
Kerby
1823
_
_
,1.
in
and
owned for a time or held a claim
Dunbar as well as the Mill sight
•
the Mill. from
remained
family�
S'f
was
�enjamin
that
on the land belonging' to wm .
•
f ff
�e
interest in the :Mill to �enjamin Hardisoni
3rd.
s,old a
owner of
Buttlers �angers.
of th
constructed
of land
/.lo v.s:i=:.
Kerby took over the Mill
•
is
who took over the Fort Erie;
had a partnership with Robert Grent,
-- ...... '\
member
places;
Kerby who il'v'as living in Niagara on
1832.
a�res that went with it
a
fire
and
with
home,
ilioffa t of Buffalo.
M�. Lewis
in
�
lake and
broke in
frame
of George Moffat one of the purahasers
from Jamea
the
from a
1850
numerous rooms
and
as belonging to
in
l
two s ory
large
operation.
later became
and
& Mrs.
ceased
Sidney,
The house
1850- 1852.
Pattie,
the
_,
It was used by
home of the Gear
& �erb�killed
overseas)
For,some time it was,l�ved
in by the Ed. Burger family.
w�s left empty , end it was used
to bring in chinese, coalyoil, and
as a smuggling headquarters,
During the construction of the Peace Bridge this old' home
booze
early
In the
the
20's ,
home
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a aook house , and boarding plaC"e for many of the
years of use, the Thompson
In sad shape after so
the fate, of several othe�s and was finally demolished.
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as
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Local history, Fort Erie and surrounding area.
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