Henry Muir

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-261105
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland Presbyterian

Notes:

Waterloo's first school was built in 1820. It was built of logs and stood on rising ground on the south side of Church Street near King. It served the community for 23 years and was then removed to a site east of the present Collegiate and Technical Institute, on King Street, Kitchener, where it served as a residence for fifty years, being occupied by a colored family named Carroll for a long time.

Through the activity of the late Isaac E. Bowman, a member of the Park Board, the old schoolhouse was purchased and removed to Waterloo Park where it now stands....

Waterloo's second school was built of stone, in 1842, and was in use for about twenty years. It stood on the central school grounds, about midway between the present brick school and King Street. This was known as School Section No. 10, Waterloo Township. When Waterloo was incorporated as a village in 1857, it automatically became a village school....

Some of the teachers who followed Benjamin Burkholder in the stone school were: 1844, Amos Adams; 1845, John C. Herrington, John Holm; 1845-46-47, Moses Springer; 1848, William Wallis, George W. Eby; Mr. Eby continued until 1852, when John J. Bowman was appointed, giving way to Jacob Biedermann in 1853. J. Frederic Metzger was appointed in 1854, followed by John Wanless in 1855 the year the new brick school was built). He was joined in 1856 by B. Rothwell, Noah Cressman, John Walter, and Henry Muir, 1858, and these teachers seem to have carried on until 1857, when Waterloo was incorporated as a village, and the school was therefore no longer, School section No. 10.

In 1857, the school trustees were Hartmann Schnarr, Moses Springer, and Jacob Teuscher, secretary-treasurer; from 1857 to 1859, the teachers were John Walter, George Wilson and Henry Muir...

A Historical Sketch of the Town of Waterloo, Ontario by Clayton W. Wells, Waterloo County Historical Society, Annual Volume 1928