Erica,
I just wonder if there has been a misinterpretation of initials from the
1862 reports?
The location Pentetanguishene rings bells ...... is this not where our
Robert James Cattley from Greenwich m Sophia Sarah Jones (1854) landed up
having emigrated to Canada? I think it quite possible that a J has been
taken as an I.
The year fits OK, 1862 as we know that R.J.C was in Canada between 1859 and
1866. Furthermore, we know that when he finally emigrated to New Zealand
having lost his wife and two youngest children to TB, his occupation was
School Teacher.
Robert went on to found both the New Zealand and American branches of the
Stevan Catlay of Normanton (Cattley) line as we both know.
No doubt Joan in New Zealand will be able to confirm the Pentetanguishene
location, or not.
Cheers Tim C
----- Original Message -----
From: Erica Hills <erica(a)hillsperth.com
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 3:17
AM
Subject: [CAT...] R.I. CATTLEY in Canada 1862
>From: <pamtessier(a)sympatico.ca
>Source: CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-L(a)rootsweb.com
>Subject: School Report 1862
>While going through our files
we found two reports that may be of
>historical interest to you.
>They are the Annual Reports of the Local Superintendent of Common
>Schools for the Townships of Tiny and Tay, Simcoe County, to the
>Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada for the years 1862 and
1866.
>They are incredibly detailed and give a picture of the teachers,
>subjects taught, students and money matters. They can be found in
>the Provincial Archives, Ref: RG 2 8-3-B 1862 and RG 2 F-3-13 1866.
>1862
>There were 7 schools in the district, covering Tiny and Tay and one
>school which covered parts of Tiny, Tay, Flos and Medonte. This
>particular school was located in Waverly. The others were located in
>La Fontaine (sic), 2 in Wye Bridge (sic) and 3 in Penetanguishene.
>Four schools opened the day with prayer, 3 did not, including 2 of
>the Penetang schools and the one in Lafontaine. The bible was used
>at only one school - Waverly. One school in Penetang and the the
>Lafontaine school were the only ones with male teachers of the RC
>faith. Mary Anne Clarke was the lone female teacher in Waverly and
>she was C of E. The other four had male C of E teachers.
>French books were used at Lafontaine.
>None of the teachers had a Provincial Certificate but all
had second
>or third class County Board certificates.
>Of all the schools, only the Wyebridge school was made of
frame, all
>the rest were log cabins. Values of the real estate, school and
>site, ranged from $50 to $220. One new school in Penetang was built in
1862.
>Three schools had maps of
Canada, the world and the continents. The
>rest had no maps at all. All had blackboards. One school in Penetang
>actually had 200 volumes in the Sunday School library and that was
>the only library in any of the schools.
>Teacher, School, Salary (without board), total pupils,
males, females:
>William Baxter, Penetanguishene, $300, 89, 48, 41
>Magloire Pilon, Lafontaine, $320, 93, 57, 36
>Thomas McGrath, Wye Bridge, $220, 39, 19, 20
>Mary Anne Clarke, Waverly, $200, 15, 6, 9
>R.I. Cattley, Wye Bridge, $210, 46, 21, 25
>William Iuppe, Penetanguishene, $174.55, 36, 19, 17
>John Irving, Penetanguishene, $160, 68, 41, 27
>Most schools were open 12 months of the year except
Waverly which
>was open for 10 months. Wye Bridge and one Penetang school were open
>11 months of the year.
>Population of of the Municipality, Children Between 5 and
16,
>Children Registered for School ages 5-16, Boys, Girls
>Penetang - 460, 168, 89, 48, 41
>Lafontaine - 400, 142, 93, 57, 36
>Wye Bridge - 250, 67, 39, 19, 20
>Waverly - 30, 20, 15, 6, 9
>Wye Bridge - 205, 67, 46, 21, 25
>Penetang - 149, 43, 36, 19, 17
>Penetang - 173, 90, 68, 41, 27
>There were also three children "of other ages"
registered. Of the
>registered children, more did NOT attend school than did and there
>were only 16 who attended all year.
>Subjects: the female Waverly teacher taught 5 students
needlework.
>Arithmetic, grammar, general geography, Canadian geography (20
>students), writing were the subjects taught. The Lafontaine school
>had students reciting prose or poetry.
>Year school opened:
>Penetanguishene (Baxter) 1848
>La Fontaine (Pilon) 1849
>Wye Bridge (McGrath) 1845
>Waverly (Clarke) 1845
>Wye Bridge (Cattley) 1857
>Penetang (Iuppe) 1859
>Penetang (Irving) 1862
>The Local Superintendent of Schools received a salary of
$4.00 per
>annum per school.
>Amounts received from all sources, including county and
local
>assessments, government grants:
>Penetang $201.59, La Fontaine $360.65, Wye Bridge $267.87, Waverly
>$11.23, Wye Bridge $168.34, Penetang $146.15, Penetang $288.22.
>Reasons for absences were included in a separate report
which we do not
have.
>Pam
Tessier
>Research Co-ordinator
>Genealogy and History Research Centre
>Penetanguishene Centennial Museum and Archives
>13 Burke street
>Penetanguishene, ON
>L9M 1C1
>705-5492150
>www.pencenmuseum.com
>ptessier(a)pencenmuseum.com
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