MacMillan Family : Huntingdon Township
- CA ON00156 TR/2372
- File
- 1790-1907
File contains a brief typescript history of the family of Hugh and Christine Cameron MacMillan whose descendants settled near Ivanhoe in Huntingdon Township.
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MacMillan Family : Huntingdon Township
File contains a brief typescript history of the family of Hugh and Christine Cameron MacMillan whose descendants settled near Ivanhoe in Huntingdon Township.
Lt. Col. Elijah Ketcheson, Hastings Militia
File contains manuscript and typescript transcripts of an 1880 newspaper article concerning the life and career of Colonel Elijah Ketcheson who commanded the 4th Company of the Hastings Militia at Carrying Place and Trenton during the Rebellion of 1837.
File contains original Crown Grant to Ruliff Ostrom fro 400 acres, lots 7 & 9, 2nd Con. Rawdon. Registered 1796. Deed issued 1809.
Lt. Col. Elijah Ketcheson : military commissions
File contains a typescript , and duplicate manuscript list of military commissions held by Lt. Col. Elijah Ketcheson, 4th Regiment Hastings Militia ca.1812-1848. The list is transcribed from excerpts of newspaper articles ca. 1880 concerning the life of Lt. Col. Ketcheson.
File contains a newspaper clipping entitled “Religion in pioneer days,” by Viva Richmond Graham, concerning early Protestant churches in Prince Edward, Lennox and Addington and Dundas Counties in the period 1815-1882.
Newspaper : Kingston Chronicle
File contains several microcopied editions of the Kingston Chronicle. 1810-1845. Articles concern topics including contracts for the Marmora Iron Works 1822 and the election of the Belleville School Board in 1816.
Mining : Marmora Iron Works, 1823
File contains a typescript brief biography of Charles Hayes who was an early promoter of iron ore mining and smelting in Blairton, near Marmora, Ontario.
[This is the text of a plaque erected in Marmora by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board, Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario. For more on the location of the plaque, see https://hastingshistoricalplaques.ca/regional-maps/marmora-ironworks-1823/92 .]
Newspapers in Belleville : early history
File contains a newspaper article entitled “Journalism in Belleville,” which recounts the history of several early newspapers in the city including the establishment of the Weekly [later Ontario] Intelligencer in 1834.
Ontario Archives : Toronto Directories
File contains a printed announcement of the acquisition of five early York and City of Toronto directories 1833-1876 by the Archives of Ontario.
File contains a typescript brief history of the life of the Honourable Edmund Murney, member of the Provincial Legislature of Upper Canada and Canada West during the period 1836 to 1857. Also contains a newspaper article from The Ontario Intelligencer, 13 August 1964 concerning the Murney-Faulkner [Falkiner] House, West Bridge Street, Belleville. Includes a reprint of a drawing of the home.
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.
Newspapers: Intelligencer advertisements, 1834-1876
File consists of photocopied advertisements from the Weekly [later Daily] Intelligencer, 1834-1876 including employment ads and listings of rates for advertising in the paper in 1876.
Hastings Militia : list of officers inspecting, 1836-1910
File contains a manuscript list of names of inspecting officers of the Hastings Militia from 1836 to 1810 by company/battalion.
Rebellion Losses Claim #107 : James B. Mitts
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government by James B. Mitts ca. 1845 for conveying prisoners in 1837.
Rebellion, 1837 : militia order to Capt. O'Brien re: the late Capt. McNabb
File contains a manuscript order from Col. William Coleman to Capt. O'Brien concerning the conduct of military funeral services for the late Captain McNabb, who died as the result of an accident on December 19, 1837.
Rebellion Losses Claim #70 : Joseph Canniff
File contains a manuscript statement and claim submitted by Joseph Canniff [in 1845?] for damages arising from his imprisonment from December, 1837 to January, 1838 and from February to May, 1838.
Rebellion Losses Claim #109 : David Willcox
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government by David Willcox ca. 1845 for conveying a prisoner to Kingston in 1837.
Rebellion Losses Claim #105 : Henry Gordinaire
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government by Henry Gordinaire ca. 1845 for 6 days duty and the provision of livestock to the militia in 1837.
Rebellion Losses Claim #106 : John Larroy, Sidney
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government by John S. Larroy ca. 1845 for services rendered in arrests in 1837.
Rebellion, 1838 : medical certificate of H. Alkenbrack
File contains a manuscript medical certificate of unfitness for military duty for Henry Alkenbrack, authorized at Belleville, Dec. 4, 1838, by G. Ridley, Surgeon.