Salford in Oxford County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Lydia Chase Ranney
Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 28, 2024
1. Lydia Chase Ranney Marker
Pioneer school teacher
Lydia Chase Ranney
1801- 1901
Wife of Hiram Ranney
Journeyed from Massachusetts, USA to Oxford County 1834.
The first school teacher in Oxford County to receive a legislative grant. Building was located one block west.
The first maker of cheddar cheese in Canada.
Interred Harris Street Cemetery West Oxford Township
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1834.
Location. 42° 59.826′ N, 80° 49.733′ W. Marker is in Salford, Ontario, in Oxford County. It is on Salford Road 0.1 kilometers west of Plank Road (Oxford Road 19), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 383908 Salford Road, Salford ON N0J 1W0, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Southwest Ontario Area and in Southwestern Ontario. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Ruperts Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 16 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Aimee Semple McPherson 1890-1944 (here, next to this marker); The Big Cheese, 1866 / Le Gros Fromage, 1866 (approx. 4.3 kilometers away); Robert F. Gourlay 1778-1863 (approx. 5.2 kilometers away); First Cheese Factory/ La Premiθre Fromagerie (approx. 6.5 kilometers
this page online
Also see . . . Lydia Chase Ranney 1801-1901. Arriving in Dereham township, they stopped for a few days to rest at Mr. Peter Hagels, one mile north of Salford. Mr. Hagel persuaded them to stop here and establish their home in that locality. The principal object in this advice was to secure a woman of Mrs. Ranney's education and ability to act as teacher for his own and his neighbours' children who were growing up with no schooling. The neighbours soon erected a log school house and we are told that Mrs. Ranney rode on horseback to Hamilton to obtain a license to teach. She was the first teacher in Dereham to receive a government grant and the school opened with about sixty pupils, several of whom were over twenty years of age. (Submitted on July 4, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)
Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 28, 2024
2. Lydia Chase Ranney Marker (on the lower left)
3. Lydia Chase Ranney, aged 92
Source: Oxford County Archives (public domain)
4. 1857 map of Dereham Township, showing Dairy of 100 cows on Ranneys property
Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 208 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 4, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
