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Gervas Cornell, originally from New York State, came to the area around 1835 and bought 150
acres in Pickering Village in the early 1860s. The family moved into the existing house
(built by the Rogers family) and with some additions, the house still stands today.
When Gervas died in 1872, daughter Sarah and her husband moved in with their three children.
Sarah's son, James, would buy the Dunbar General Store in Pickering Village in 1912 and ran
the business until 1930. Gervas's son, Edward Cornell, built a brick house on what was then the
east part of the property, a house which stands today at 290 Old Harwood Ave.
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on behalf of the Ajax Community Archives. For more information
about either, please call Brenda Kriz at 905-619-2529 ext. 343.
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