Way Back Wednesday: The History of Mississauga’s John Street and Remembering Thayendanegea (John Jones)
John Street in Port Credit was laid out by surveyor Robert Lynn in 1835, and named for John Jones of the nearby Credit Mission Village. John, whose Indigenous name was Thayendanegea (or Tyantenagen), was the elder brother of Kahkewaquonaby (Reverend Peter Jones). Thayendanegea (1798-1847) and Kahkewaquonaby (1802-1856) were the sons of surveyor Augustus Jones and…