File contains extensive typescript notes transcribed by Gerry Boyce from newspaper, archival and secondary sources concerning recruitment of volunteers, and military action in the Rebellion of 1837. Also present are mimeographs of two essays concerning Hastings County connections and military contributions to the defence of Upper Canada during the Rebellion.
Boyce, Gerry
Hastings North Township History general info
File contains a copy of “In Those Days: A History of North Hastings and of South Nipissing,” compiled by Alexander W. Smith, Inspector of Schools at Bancroft. Also contains photocopies of newspaper articles about historic Belleville.
Smith, Alexander W.
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
Hastings Land Registry materials
This collection contains three volumes and a bundle of deeds and mortgages relating to properties in Hastings County.
Hastings County Land Registry Office
'Hasty-Pee's' Colour Presentation 1964
File contains a printed booklet entitled “Presentation of Colours to the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment by the Honourable W. Earle Rowe, P.C.” 17 May 1964. Also present are the following printed booklets: The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Canada : a short history / by Lt. Col. K.D.H. Willcocks, ca. 1967; Guide for Officers: The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, n.d.; The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Canada : Customs and Traditions of the Regiment / by Lt. Col. K.D. H. Willcocks, 1968. File also includes newspaper articles concerning the presentation of colours on 17 May 1964, and a printed poster of the colours of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment.
Research notes on James A. Faulkner and William E. Tummon
Three files of research materials, including:
1) Copies of newspaper articles about Dr. James Albert Faulkner (1877-1944), physician and Medical Officer of Health for Thurlow Township, Minister of Health in the Ontario government from 1934 to 1937, with notes for a talk about Faulkner delivered at the Hastings County Historical Society public presentation on 19 February 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Albert_Faulkner
2) Copies of newspaper articles mentioning William Ernest Tummon (1879-1960), Councillor and Reeve for Huntingdon Township and Member of Parliament for Hastings South from 1925 to 1935. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ernest_Tummon
3) Text and copies of slides for a talk about Sir Gilbert Parker given by Trevor Parsons at Hastings Manor in Belleville in July 2017.
Parsons, Trevor R. J.
Veterans, 1812-1815 : list of pensioners surviving in 1875
File contains typescript and manuscript lists of veterans (pensioners) of the War of 1812, surviving in 1875. Also includes an original printed and manuscript Canadian Registration Board registration card for William Edgar Harvey, Trenton, 1918.
Photographs of various buildings in Hastings County
Warren Marrow, Sandi
House of Refuge and Industrial Farm (Hastings County)
A booklet of rules and regulations governing the Hastings County House of Refuge and Industrial Farm. 12 pages.
Reproduction of R. G. Dun Mercantile Agency Reference Book for Hastings County, 1902
Part of County of Hastings records
Photocopy of a 1902 directory of businesses in Hastings County.
Hastings County Council Centennial – Tweed 1949
File contains two programs from the Hastings County Centennial celebration in 1949 at Memorial Park, Tweed.
Booklet "Over the Hills of Hastings"
This file contains a booklet titled "Over the Hills of Hastings" published in 1923 with the intent to bring attention to the advantages of Hastings County. It contains a brief history of the county, also featuring natural resources in the area, a description of the townships within the county and of Belleville and includes a map of Hasting County .
Map of City of Belleville and Principal Buildings
Part of Map collection
A map of Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario and its principal buildings. Produced c. 1878. Scale: 13 chains to an inch. Photocopied from Hastings County Directory at the Archives of Ontario (D-1).
Map of Belleville Harbour Flood Limits and Dredging
Part of Map collection
A map of the Bellleville Harbour, in July-August 1880, featuring harbour dredging, flood limits of 1879; Flint & Holton's saw mill; Mill Island; Grand Junction Railway. By E. de Bouchinville. Scale: 400ft : 1 inch (original).
de Bouchinville, E.
Belleville and Bay of Quinte depth chart
Part of Map collection
Reproduction made in 1976 of an 1875 map of the Belleville Harbour in Bay of Quinte. The map features major streets, buildings and depth readings of travelled waters. Surveyed by F. M. Hamel, C.E. Drawn by J. M. Faga. Scale: 1:6000.
Hamel, F. M., C.E.
Part of County of Hastings records
Digital copy of 1886 Directory of the Counties of Frontenac, Hastings, Lennox, Addington, Prince Edward
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.
Part of an unpublished history of Ontario breweries, covering breweries in Hastings County.
Mannen, Doug
File contains two newspaper clippings concerning the death and commemoration of Hastings County Clerk-Treasurer, Earl .S. Denyes.