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MONMOUTH
The potential interviewee for the township of Monmouth is, Hilda Clarke of
Wilberforce, and Charlie Billings of Tory Hill. The township of Monmouth’s main village is
Wilberforce. Also mentioned are the smaller villages of Hadlington, Essonville, Hotspur and
North Wilberforce. The areas of interest in Glamorgan are listed below with a brief history
of each site:
Hadlington
Named after the first settler, Mr. Joseph Hadley. He owned and operated a store, ran a
sawmill and was Postmaster and had a farm.
• The school building served as Church and Sunday school. Dances were also held in
the schoolhouse.
• In the 1900s a number of sawmills were operating.
• A Metal, Siding and Shingle Company also operated at this time. During the
Depression years, many of the mills closed.
• Travel to Tory Hill was by horse and snowshoes.
• The family names in Hadlington were Hadley, Johnson, Kelly, Klyzal, Spaffors,
Jones, Flentons, LaPlante, Marshall, Forbes, Burdick, Perry, Tripp, Nandivel, Post,
Burnes, Bagen, Bowlen, Woods, and Adison. They had many children, up to fifteen.
Births were at home as no hospitals. (Monmouth Township 1981)
Essonville
Named after Daniel Esson in 1875 that became the first Postmaster. In hopes of it
becoming a village they added ‘ville’ to the end. It never quite became a village, but those
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