Sprague Family, Prince Edward County History
- CA ON00156 TR/2771
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- c. 1900
This file contains a newspaper clipping titled "The Sprague Family: How They Migrated From New York to Prince Edward".
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Sprague Family, Prince Edward County History
This file contains a newspaper clipping titled "The Sprague Family: How They Migrated From New York to Prince Edward".
The Vandervoorts of Sidney Township
This file contains a copy of a school project written by Scott Randolph from Foxboro Sr. Elementary School. It is titled "One Hundred and Eighty Years of Service" The Vandervoorts of Sidney Township and contains information about the genealogy of the Vandervoort Family commencing in 1784 with Peter Vandervoort.
The Intelligencer : early history
File contains an Ontario Intelligencer article dated 14 June 1924 concerning the establishment and early history of the Weekly Intelligencer [later Ontario Intelligencer]. This issue of the newspaper is available online at https://archive.org/details/intelligencer-june-1924/page/n85/mode/2up . Also present is a typescript genealogy of the family of George Benjamin who started the newspaper in 1834. The genealogy was prepared by Ruby Milburn, granddaughter of George and Isabella Benjamin.
A History of H. Corby Distillery Ltd.
A short local history of Henry Corby and the Corby Distillery, taken from the Nick and Helma Mika book 'Belleville Friendly City', 1973.
Mika, Nick
Madoc : Hannah family genealogy
File contains a typescript extract from the Hastings County Court Registry Office concerning the ownership of a piece of land in Madoc Township, granted to C. Gordon Hannah in 1861. The lot is not identified, but information from the land index maintained by the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre suggest that it is lot 24 in the seventh concession of Madoc Township.
This fonds contains 22 folders. It consists of A. McLean Haig's biographical data which includes a brief summary of his life. The second folder contains his incoming correspondence which includes letters from: Assistant Deputy Minister of national Defence James A. Sharpe; a copy of a letter forwarded to Haig from C.C. Wimperly of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to Mr. A.B. Sprague; two letters between Wimperly and Haig, one with statistics concerning Northumberland and Durham Counties, the communities of Campbellford and Seymour, and the former District of Newcastle; one from A.R. Wilson, the Belleville Superintendent of the Canadian National Railway; one telegram and one business card congratulating Mayor Haig on his election in 1962 from Quebec Premiere Jean Lesage – in the telegram, it is interesting to note that Lesage is spelled Lesarge; a letter from Trans-Canada Air Lines and Air Canada Vice President Howard Cotterell with a small picture sent from Cotterell to Haig from the air carrier's annual report; a letter from CNR Rideau Manager Keith Hunt that had a piece of the rail-track from Pinnacle Street in Belleville enclosed with it after the line had been pulled from the ground in 1964; and three Christmas cards received from constituents.
The are also pieces of Haig's outgoing correspondence including: four pieces of correspondence to CNR the St. Lawrence Region Vice President, W.H. Kyle and Belleville Superintendent A.R. Wilson respectively; and a letter thanking Premiere Lesage – again spelled Lesarge, for his congratulations on winning the 1962 Belleville municipal election.
There is a folder of his municipal papers consisting of: newspaper clippings; a press release from Postmaster M.A. Murray; a program from the opening of the new wing of the Belleville General Hospital in 1956; and a report on major accomplishments achieved by the Haig administration between 1960 and 1963 prepared by City Manager J.R. Reynolds. Additional folders in this fonds include: one folder of federal government papers, nine folders containing copies of his addresses and speeches; one folder of speeches given by other people that the Mayor kept; a folder with copies of the report of the Willmott Royal Commission which looked into the McFarlands hockey team scandal and the City Auditor's report of 1959; one folder of military related documents; one folder with items pertaining to the history of Belleville and Thurlow; a file with printed jokes and other items that Haig found humourous; one folder labeled miscellaneous by the original record keeper; and the contents of a scrapbook.
Haig, A. McLean
This file contains a booklet with the rules and regulations of the Cemetery (published 1992), along with a promotional leaflet, a copy of the program from the 125th anniversary celebration (June 1997) and a rate sheet from 1997.
The file contains 30 documents: deeds, mortgages, insurance certificates and receipts. Names included in the documents are: D.M. Defoe, James Weir, William Vance, Samuel Vance, N.S. Apple, John Goodfellow, Philip Shannon, Joespeh Weir, Alex Roberts, Robert Arkles, Emery Arkles, William Climpson, Peter Merrills, C.J. Pope, J.S. McKeown, Hugh Erwin Weir, Angus Martin, Farley.
The Wanamaker fonds consists of textual records and graphic materials of genealogical histories of various families. The fonds also contains records, brochures, pamphlets, publications, books, and other textual records from towns and cities throughout Ontario, predominantly from the Quinte Area and Hastings County.
Genealogical family research names:
Wanamaker, Castello Loral Roy
Quaker Cemetery Huntingdon (Moira) Baker Family
This file contains 4 clippings pertaining to the Quaker Cemetery located in Moira.
Mullett, John & Family : pioneers of Prince Edward County
File contains a newspaper article from The Picton Gazette concerning the life of the family of John Mullett, an early settler of Prince Edward County who established the Morocco Leather Company in Picton ca. 1833 on the site of the present Glenwood Cemetery.
Correspondence of the Little and King families of Milltown
Letters written by members of the Little and King families of Tyendinaga Township and Fulton, New York. Includes some family history information, a postcard of Stirling and a photograph of Edith Roulston, taken in 1960.
Office and personal letters and memos of Senator William Fraser.
Fraser, William Alexander
Kerr and Yourex family materials
Collection includes: Second World War photograph album of Gerald Mutton, assorted diaries, textbooks, letters, postcards, two sketchbooks, autograph books, school-related materials, certificates.
Kerr, Edmund
Part of Leona Riggs records
This series is composed of the following textual records and graphic materials created during the life of Dr. Lester David Riggs:
Riggs, Lester David
File contains writings by Violet Bowerman, 54 Crestview Ave., Belleville on her activities during the Second World War. The file also contains a copy of a book owned by her mother Violet M. Camken (died 1948) - "The Housekeeper's Companion" published by the Ladies Aid Society of Emmanuel Church, Belleville, 1933.
Bowerman, Violet Irene
Materials collected by Mary Lu Toms:
Toms, Mary Lu
Impressive Ceremony Marks Last Rites for Col. Vanderwater
A newspaper article about the funeral for Col. Roscoe Vanderwater.
Intelligencer
This file contains several newspaper articles about the death of Col. Roscoe Dudley Garfield Vanderwater (born 6 January 1889) who died on 13 January 1957. Articles contain detailed biography.
Papers of Loral and Mildred Wanamaker including Canada Post records (list of Belleville carriers) and supervisor bulletins, leases for Glebe Lands from Rev. John Grier and St. Thomas Anglican Church (1835-1871), voter's lists for Ameliasburg, 1965 and the Town of Trenton, 1909, and 15th ALI band program at Belleville, 1896.
Wanamaker, Castello Loral Roy