Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1929-1982 (Production)
Niveau de description
Collection
Étendue matérielle et support
3 items
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Histoire administrative
Deseronto, Ontario was incorporated as a town in 1889. The settlement had become a village in 1871, known as Mill Point. It was given the name Deseronto in 1881, after Captain John Deserontyon, the leader of the 20 families who settled in the area as the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte in 1784.
Histoire archivistique
Originally donated to the Deseronto Archives by Bev Boomhour in June 2011.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Transferred to Community Archives in September 2016.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
1) ‘Souvenir and Programme’ of the 1929 Loyalist celebrations in Deseronto
2) ‘Deseronto is 100 Years Old this Year’ article from the Napanee Beaver, c. May 1971 (mentions Rathbun head office building as being owned by Redi-Heat appliance manufacturers, later by Dravo and "now empty")
3) ‘Deserontonian of the week’ newspaper article from the Napanee Beaver about Gerald and Kay Lott, owners of a Deseronto jewelry store from 1950-1982 (the approximate date of the article).