Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham)
1832 - FARNHAM,

township, in the co. of Shefford, is bounded N. by the T. of Granby and the s angle of the S. of St. Hyacinthe; S. by Stanbridge and Durham; E. by the T. of Brome, and W. by the aug. to the S. of Monnoir. It is watered throughout by the first branches of the R. Yamaska. The land is of good quality, similar to that of Stanbridge though perhaps with a greater proportion of indifferent tracts; in the N.W. parts are wide-spreading swamps. - The best parts are timber principally with beech, elm and maple; on the marshy parts are usual inferior sorts. - Watered by large branches of the river Yamaska, on which are many corn and saw-mills. - Several roads cross in every direction. Along the banks of the streams are some good patches of settlements. Nearly all the land is granted. In 1798, Mr. Samuel Gale and others obtained a large portion and still continue the greatest landholders: in 1805, a grant was made to the family of the late Colonel Cuyler, and in 1809 the westernly part, being the "rest and residue of Farnham," was laid out and 10,176 acres granted to John Allsop, Esq. and others, his associates, who still retain the property. - Ungranted and unlocated 1272 acres.

Statistics
Population 835
Churches, Pro. 2
Curates 1
Schools 6
Villages 1
Corn-mills 4
Carding-mills 3
Fulling-mills 3
Saw-mills 13
Tanneries 1
Hat manufact. 1
Potteries 2
Potasheries 4
Pearlasheries 9
Breweries 1
Distilleries 2
Medical men 1
Notaries 1
Shopkeepers 3
Taverns 4
Artisans 18

A Topographical Dictionary of The Province of Lower Canada by Joseph Bouchette, Esq., London, 1832

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