Elmgrove was known as “Elm Flats” because of its many elm trees. This area was settled in the 1830’s by settlers of English & Irish descent. The name was changed to Elmgrove in 1840. The settlers found much of the land swampy. The swamp extended . . . — — Map (db m272889) HM
T.P. Loblaw was born in Elmgrove, Ontario to William James Loblaw and Isabella Stevenson. Orphaned in his teens, he was raised by his Scottish-born grandparents, William and Elizabeth Stevenson, who lived in the farmhouse on this property. . . . — — Map (db m309124) HM
