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40FOCUS-FEBRUARY2015millownersofandashipbuildingcompany.ThecommunitywasrenamedPortPerryinhishonour.AfterPeterPerrysdeaththemanwhoas-sumedleadershipinthedevelopmentinthecommunitywasJosephBigelow.Hewasastoreownerandbecamethecommunitysrstpostmasterin1852.ThenextmajorphaseofdevelopmentofPortPerrybeganin1854andasurveyorWilliamEdwardYarnoldwashiredtolayoutmorestreetplans.Manyoftheearlysurveysoftheareabearhissignature.OneoftheplanswhichYarnoldsurveyedincludedanareasouthofQueenStreetwestoftodaysSimcoeStreet.InitheusedthenamesoftheownerRuebenCrandellCrandellSt.andhissonCalebCalebSt..HoweverYarnoldalsousedhisowndaughtersnameforthenextstreetnamingitEllaStreet.WhenOntarioCountywasbroughtintobeingonJanuary231854JohnShierwasappointedastheCountyEngineer.ShierwasbornandtrainedasasurveyorinScotland.HeinitiallysettledintheUnitedStatesbutmovedtoCanadain1845.AlthoughShierssignaturecanbefoundonnumerousPortPerryplanshisattempttoleavehispersonalmarkonstreetnamesvanishedinthe1860s.HehadnamedastreetMariaStreetafterhisdaughterbutthatwaseliminatedasthetownexpandedinthe1860s.Butmoreaboutthatinafutureissue.ByPaulArculusFocusonScugogSometimeagoFocusonScugogdelvedintothebackgroundofthetownsstreetnamesincludingCasimirCrandellClarkandCaleb.ThismonthwearecontinuingthatsearchintotheoriginsofsomemoreScugogstreetnames.RuebenCrandelltherstsettlerinReachTownshiphadbought200acresimmediatelyeastofpresentdayManchesterin1821.Sixyearslaterheboughtthe200acreswestoftodaysSim-coeStreetbetweenReachStreetandHighway7A.HerehebuiltahomeafewmetreseastofthepresentdayBeerStoretobeginthecommunityofBorelia.In1849headdedafurther100acrestohisholdings.Overtheyearshehadthelandsurveyedandsoldoffsectionstodevelopers.AlltheearlysurveyswerecarriedouteitherbyWilliamYarnoldorJohnShier.TherstEuropeansettlerinwhatisnowdowntownPortPerrywasEliasWilliamswhosettledherein1831.In1843PeterPerrybought80acresofwaterfrontpropertyfromtheWilliamsfamily.PerryimmediatelybegantodevelopthepropertyaspartofatransportationroutefromWhitbyonLakeOntariotoLakeHuron.Helaidoutatownplannamingthestreetsafterhisfamily.MaryStreethiswifeJohnStreethisrstsonPerryStreetforthefamilyandCin-derellaStreetwhichhenamedafterhiseldestdaughter.CinderellaStreetwaslaterremovedandrenamedCasimirStreetinhonouroftherailroadengi-neerCasimirGzowski.PeterPerrygavethenameScugogVillagetothesettlementonLakeScugog.Unfortunatelyhediedin1851butbythistimehehadalreadypersuadedseveralbusinessmentolocatehereincludingvewaterfrontJohnShireSurveysSurveyorsThenamingofPortPerrysoldeststreetsWm.EdwardYarnoldPeterPerry