The first public school in Chepstow was a log structure built in 1858 in
a lot owned by Mr. Schutofski. The teacher was William Cassidy. In 1875
a new frame school was built a little north of the old one. It had two
rooms with partitions to separate the classes. The majority of the
children attending the school were Catholic and so it was decided to
build a separate school where the Catholic children would receive
religious instruction in their curriculum.
Teachers from 1858 to 1892 were:
William Cassidy
John Kennedy
Daniel Higgins
Emma Miller
Miss Hughes
Miss O’Reilly
Kate Strong
George Leyes
Paddy Boyle
Joe Armstrong
John Donnelly
George Gfroerer
From Greenock Township history 1981
Person: Justice of the Peace William Cassidy
Deed to
William Cassidy homestead
William Cassidy purchased land
from the Crown in 1872. It is 1 1/4 miles north of the Teeswater Corner ( highway 4 and highway. 9, about 10miles west of
Walkerton on the Kincardine Road.). William Cassidy got a “Location
Ticket” in 1855 which allows him to develop the land. To be awarded
the Deed to the property he had to build a house at least 16’X26', clear so many acres per year
and pay the lot off. He completed these requirements and got
the Patent (deed) for the land ion
1873.
I'm sure it wasn't easy to
exist in their new home , being on the low end of the food chain in
those days as Irish Catholics were ,until a new group of immigrants
took their place as the years went by. They had to have been tough,
hardworking, inspired folks, many of whom owned property for the
first time in many generations
;)