Surveyed: 1832

Survey Type: Double front

First legal settler: 1831

Township history:

Cole, Jean Murray - Origins: the History of Dummer Township - Township of Dummer (1993) ISBN 0-9697481-0-8

Municipal records:

    There is a finding aid for the material at the Public Library in Douro.

Births 1875-1879, 1891-1922 PCMA: 90-030

Marriages 1875-1879, 1893-1895, 1896-1923 PCMA: 90-030

Deaths 1873-1879, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1896-1925 PCMA: 90-030

Assessment    1839-41 AO: MS16 reel 4

Census 1839-41 AO: MS16 reel 4

Assessment Rolls       1864, 1867, 1919, 1924-25, 1950-51 Public Library, Douro, Ont.

                                    1917 PCMA

Non-Resident Collector Rolls 1894, 1896, 1898-1912, 1919 Public Library, Douro, Ont

Lands Liable for Taxation (1866 Jan 1 and updated) This lists the first grantee for every lot. Public Library, Douro, Ont

Voters List 1957 TUA: 93-001-8

Dummer Municipal Telephone System Minutes 1924 Feb 22 to 1969 Aug 18 Public Library, Douro, Ont

Misc records Public Library, Douro, Ont

Tweedsmuir History (mostly around Dummer C3) PCMA: 92-0065

1834                moved from unattached to Northumberland Co

1838                moved to Colborne Dist

1840                North Riding, Northumberland Co

1845                North Riding, Northumberland Co renamed Peterborough Co

1849 Oct 6      Bylaw attaching Burleigh to Dummer (Cda Gazette 1849 p7387)

1863 Nov 18   Anstruther attached to Dummer & Burleigh (County Bylaw 228)

1864 Jun 24    Burleigh and Anstruther separated from Dummer (County Bylaw 238)

1998 Jan 1      amalgamated into Douro Dummer Twp