Name/Title
The Moore store and Post Office, GrassieEntry/Object ID
P2000-01-13-30Description
Circa 1908. The hamlet of Grassie at Mud Street and Woolverton Road, was named for blacksmith George Grassie who came from Scotland.
In this era, Grassie was a busy Grimsby Township community. From 1895 Grassie was a stop on the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo railway allowing locals to ship cattle and produce, and passengers to travel to Hamilton and Buffalo instead of having to first travel to Grimsby.
At one time there were three stores, a flour and feed mill, an implement shop with a dance hall and this post office and general store run by James Oscar Moore between 1903 and 1923. After the sale of his store, the Moore family moved to Grimsby and lived at 11, Kidd Ave, Kerman Ave and then12 St Andrews Ave.
In the photo (L to R )are Mr & Mrs Moore, Mary Furler with the Moore daughters Treva [later 1.Mrs Wm.Shafer, then 2. Mrs. Howard Inglehart] and Gladys [Mrs Roland Merritt].
Mary Furler worked at the Moore store and post office for a number of years. In 1915 she married Alfred Bingle and for a time they farmed their property at Con 5, Lot 16, North Grimsby Township - (Woolverton & Kempt Rd.)
The post office was called "Grassie", but other directories referred to it as "Grassie's" or Grassie's Corners.Context
Post Office and Store, Grassie, OntarioCollection
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