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- 8 Oct 1960 (Creation)
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1 mylar sheet 70 x 55.5cm
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John Thomas Ransom was born on August 25, 1889, to parents Giles Sanders Ransom and Margaret Wilson at York, Ontario. He married Lottie Ruth Long on March 19, 1912, at York, Ontario. He was a Provincial Land Surveyor active in Hastings County from the 1940s-1960s. His son, Thomas S. Ransom was also a surveyor in the local area. John Ransom died on October 13, 1962.
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Donated by Walter I. Watson, P. L. S.
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A certified reproduction of the "Elmwood Acres Subdivision of part Lots # 3 & 4, part of Birch Street...Town of Trenton, County of Hastings.” The area includes; Lots # 1 to 70, west of the Township of Sidney and east of Byron Street, being Lots on Elmwood Drive, Warren Road, Nelles Avenue and Birch Street. Surveyed by John Thomas Ransom, O. L. S. and signed October 8, 1960.
Donated by Walter I. Watson, P. L. S.
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