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James Osborne, a moulder at Isaac Mather’s foundry in Markham Village, purchased Village Lot 11, Block D, Plan 18 from William Stark in 1833. He sold the property to Joseph Henderson at a significantly higher price in 1842, indicating that a major improvement had been made, which was likely the construction of this two storey brick double house. The Henderson family remained the owners until later in the 19th century. This property is associated with Terrance McKenna, a school teacher. He was the teacher of an early Common School on Washington Street, where he was noted in a report dated 1834. McKenna never owned this property. He did own a frame house on Lot 7, Block D to the south from 1848 to 1852. He may have been a tenant of the Osborn or Henderson family before buying a property of his own. By the time of the 1861 census, Terrance McKenna had moved to Brampton where he was the clerk of the Divisional Court. Dr. Russel Teft, a veterinarian, purchased the property in 1892. He served as reeve of Markham Village in 1900 and again from 1911 to 1912. Robert Quantz, a shoe-maker lived in the south half of the double house. |