Gilbert Heron arrived from Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1834 with his wife Janet Sheppard, five children, and three grandsons. He purchased land from Braddish on Lot 18 along Kilborn Drive (Kilborn Park today). Heron’s sons gradually acquired land nearby.
About 1839 Gilbert and his then-wife Margaret Forrester, moved into a new estate on Lot 19 named “Logie”. Their stone house stands today at 2364 Briar Hill Drive (now 3 Garand Place) just north of Heron Road.north of Heron Road)
