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THE BUCHNER FARM HISTORY . o---------'----------. led on the farm now owned ett death of his first wife, John Elliott came to Canada around 1850 and Etna amaéi children, Spencer, by Tony Vandermarel, lot 24, COnCeSsIOn ll. 1f,/1.c,ee'pjati3s/rsd arlot e,(Nrs Summers), he married Cecelia Woolley, as he was left With j,ys'fw Annie, (Mrs. Kipp) and LiZZie(Mrs. Tolhurst) Emef' ed acres, south half of were by his second marriage. t,et,sf,f'iji,-i1tyj),.'i,.i,yee/r" and left In earl, 1880 's John Elliott purchased one be ge 9 acres, south west lot 24, concession 10, from Lewis Woolley. In _rii?,'j./i,i1j'/i'ia, WHO owned 100 acres this property to his son Emerson. Later Emerson 9311 3 quarter lot 25, conceSSion 10, from Mrs. Spencer' sed the land from Emerson l from the former Brown property. rope t . Around 1950 Arthur and William Williamson P” d and 00k up reSldence‘on _ ( Elliott o . . . fof l tiff-3| & _ In 1955 Arthur Williamson married Jean Ora“ ‘~_ -7 . SR!! . . «W "e-TF f 1"" V (l . 1 this farm. . V rai , Cv/ll.'.!.?., 1e!!!Illltil, illtlli ', “’7 In 1950 the Williamson Bros , I a, V ty . C V I 'fiij l * sold the farm to BA), Buchner Af'd . .\ ”orphan ' Mt l formerly of Norfolk County, In r V tttrr:,:,:,,,'::,),.'?)?, . ___ " te, C 1954 a partnership was formed ' , a l l!ii'tC'dsC)s)'aiigN 3 between B. C. and his son Keith, ”le " '!rrdliiiilmM b" _ then in 1958, Keith and his wife My; 54 1ii,iiii'r?i?3lllgla V is l Florence purchased the farm from Sit ta't'if/i'i's)lkrlliiltal iE t li, 3 Keith's father. ', JP, .. t,i,ai'i'j'ii'tiftyliiEi, Sh) 1 TV _ i, Mixed farming; has been very '.g.§;,i . hf)” )iliefi h _. l"', general down through the years , 'icy')) 'iili)l'a1ii& dine“ with dairy the main source of . Il.i',lltl r IMHltl$i 9.,V' income. The williamson Bros. did ‘m', l p IlNltBM1 iMllt, ‘ have pigs and some beef cattle (l [Silt 'liiilr] i. " _ at one time. Maple syrup was ' f - ‘ made yearly from 1940 (on. Wood , - ' > . V L was also cut from the bush for - k _ . - l the stoves and furnace' [jag MéflhmwhflflVZSG/t,zQtfll’aflyCde/afdflfikV/akmfiflfi : _ . The present Slant_TOOf 45X30 barn was built to the 50x50 horse stable and 1 drive shed by Emerson ElliOtt around 1898. The wooden stabling was torn out by j the Williamson Eros at the time of' the T.B. test in 1949, and replaced by I cement and steel by the Buchners in 1950. In 1955 a bulk milk tank was f1-ns.slrial- led and milk was then slipped to Toronto. In 1961 a new milk house was built [ . attached to the west Side of barn and in 1965, around the barn pipeline milk was installed and the former horse stable, chicken pen and drive shed was re- modelled for young cattle. . In 1972a new wood fram, steel clad 50 X 75 barn was built with free stalls and bunk feeders, and a 20 X '70 ft cement slab silo was erected. In 1955 a machine shed was built Just west of the main barn. The red brick house apparently built in two stages to accomodate Emerson _ Elliott and his wife, Minnie Firby and a part for his motherin 1897, had two i big bay windows at the south and one at the east. The Williamson Bros. Ile- I Pyred the one at the east. The Elliotts installed bathroom supplied by lead lined storage tank at the north end of' the hall, which was removed by the _ Buchners in 1950. Elliotts installed electricity in 1915 or 16 and later on had an electric hot watertank. Natural gas was installed in 1959 by the J Williamson Bros., replacing wood stoves and electric hot water. In 1945 pressure system was installed. The house was heated with wood stoves and fur- nace with ceiling registers to heat the upstairs until 1965, when a gas fired F. hot water heating system was installed by the Buchners. A dumb waiter in the ', b e pantry helped to keep food cool when it was lowered to the cellar, In 1951 When Keith and Florence were married, the house Was then divided north and i, south and kitchen cupboards were built in the south half) the Same year. In i 1955 the washroom at the north was built on and cupboards for kitchen in the I?, Old pantry. The sunporch was built on to the east in 1955. Bathroom was in- "ut.: stalled in the south half in 1958. Three windows and one door were replaced by large picture window in the west Wall of' the north half in l968. The bathroom in north half was re= modelled in 1972. T The well at the back of the house was covered over and the large spruce ', hedge at the east of the house removed. 7 The frame house was moved to this property from lot 25, after the purl , fl",'j),ictr-jt'j by Emerson mlliott. A section at the north east was built on at this i, 'imeo E or, Iri 1/r)(rbC) a bathroom was installed, a room built on t/rie1 "nirrulclrri,iirsrre ir). ides and aluminum sr-Cd-i-rise:, f-rirji. windows but on in lwgdo