Madoc Platoon, 155th Battalion, 1915-1918
- CA ON00156 TR/1860
- File
- 1915-1918
File contains a newspaper article from the North Hastings Review August 16, 1956 concerning members of the Madoc Platoon , 155th Battalion, during World War One.
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Madoc Platoon, 155th Battalion, 1915-1918
File contains a newspaper article from the North Hastings Review August 16, 1956 concerning members of the Madoc Platoon , 155th Battalion, during World War One.
File contains manuscript probate documents relating to the estate of Henry Le Vesiconte [Levisconte], Captain in the Royal Navy and later gentleman farmer, and a manuscript last will and testament of Sarah Le Vesiconte, widow of Henry Le Vesiconte, 1856. Also contains a typescript excerpts from the Diary of Captain Le Visconte recounting his voyage to Belleville from England and describing conditions in Belleville upon his arrival in 1835.
Ontario Historical Society Records, Vol. LI, #4, 1959
File contains a print copy of Ontario Historical Society Records, Volume LI Number 4. This issue includes information about John Rolph, political reformer who was aware of the Upper Canada Rebellion; an 1837 letter from Government House, Toronto; Catholic Missionary Labours on the Lake Superior Frontier, 1667-1751; the Diary of Henry Ransford; Four Canadian Soldiers that Fought in the American Civil War; and functions and operations of the Historical Branch.
Ontario Historical Society Records, Vol. L, #3, 1958
File contains a print copy of Ontario Historical Society Records, Volume L Number 3. This issue includes information about Samuel Bealy Harrison, a political reformer; the Midewiwin, Ontario's first Medical Society; History of Froomefield, Moore Township; The War of 1812; Horse Thieves, Pirates and Witches; and minutes from the annual meeting.
History books : review of local interest, Kingston and Fort Frontenac
File contains a newspaper review of a documentary history of Kingston in the period from 1760-1812. Also contains a review of a documentary history of Fort Frontenac (later Kingston) in the period 1673-1758.
Hendrick, Col. M.J., U.S. Consul, banquet menu 1908
File contains a program and menu for a Complimentary Banquet to Colonel M.J. Hendrick at the Hotel Quinte in Belleville in 1908. There are also two blank military air letters.
Hawley, Sheldon – oath of allegiance, 1842 & family history
File contains Sheldon Hawley's oath of allegiance to Queen Victoria in 1842. There is also Hawley family history collected in 1962 about Sheldon Hawley's military career as Captain in the War of 1812, his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel during the Rebellion of 1837-38, and his life in Trenton.
Hay Bay Church, 1947, service & article re Sir J.A. Macdonald & church
File contains newspaper clippings from 1947 about the Hay Bay Methodist Church and other stories from the Hay Bay area, including where Sir John A. Macdonald grew up a child and a Loyalist family, with one child (John Roblin) having been shot in the knee during the American Revolution, he later fought and was killed in the War of 1812; Mr. Roblin's widow later owned grist and lumber mills.
Huntingdon; Ontario Intelligencer clipping, Mar. 22/32; Local men who served in W.W.I
File contains a newspaper clipping about the men from Huntingdon who served in World War One.
Hubbs, Benjamin H. : discharge, 1851
File contains a manuscript discharge of Benjamin H. Hubbs from militia duty due to a medical problem.
File contains two letter to Lieutenant Colonel Ponton in 1896, one is from J.C. Holden agreeing to sell his land on Dundas Street to be used by the 15th Battalion.
File contains newspaper clipping about various Belleville residents and their hobbies/collections: Percy Gelsthorpe builds steam engine train models, Charles Morton took up whittling during retirement, and Wayne Hustins has a collection showing the rise and fall of the Nazis Empire.
Digital copy of photograph of Henry Thompson of Belleville
Digital copy of a photograph of Henry Thompson, member of the 49th (Belleville) Regiment during the Fenian raids of 1866. His entry in the Canada General Service Medal Register, 1866-1870 (RG 9, II, A 5 Vol. 4 at Library and Archives Canada) is available online at http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&id=e008681734
Information provided by donor about this individual:
Born 1 May 1835 In Wexford Ireland
Arrived in Canada 1851
First daughter born Aug 1862
Served in military June 1866 Fenian Raids
Found on the 1871 Census in Thurlow
First wife Ann Casey died 1 Feb 1875
Married Mary Frances O'Conner 16 May 1876 in Belleville
Found on the 1881 census in Thurlow
Found on the 1891 census in York West,
Found on the 1901 census in Toronto Juction
Found on the 1911 census in York South
Died 6 March 1914 at home 2119 Dundas Ave (St) W
File contains the draft copy of an invitation to a ball at the Belleville Armouries held by the Publicity Committee of the County of Hastings Development Association on 2 May 1919. There are also newspaper clippings about a Peace Assembly at the Armouries and an article about German objections of Peace Treaty. There is also 1961 census data for Hastings South.
Hastings East District Women's Institutes books of remembrance
Books of remembrance. One records the names and dates of death of Women's Institute members of the branches at: Roslin, Plainfield, Phillipston (Bethel) Zion, Quinte, Carmel, Cannifton, Melrose, Foxboro, Tyendinaga East, Moira, Chapman's, Parkdale, Lonsdale and Marlbank (1925-2013). The other is a scrapbook with photographs and brief biographies of men who had enlisted for the Second World War in the areas covered by the Women's Institute branches of: Melrose, Phillipston (Bethel) Zion, Plainfield, Quinte, Roslin and Tyendinaga East (May 1944).
Hastings East District Women's Institutes
Hastings County Council “50 Yrs Ago” 1910 (1911)
File contains a newspaper clipping printed in 1961 titles “50 Years Ago”, discussing events that occurred on November 14th, 1911; including: a fire at the Victoria Hotel in Belleville, census results for Hastings County, and Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Stewart turning over command of the 15th Regiment to Major Lorne W. Marsh.
Hastings County : donations, Tecumseh Monument, 1871
File contains a manuscript resolution of the Municipal Council of the County of Hastings approving a financial contribution toward the erection of a monument honouring Tecumseh, Shawnee war hero of the War of 1812. Also contains a printed subscription list of the Tecumseh Memorial Fund Committee.
File contains a letter to the Belleville Warden in 1862 regarding a public meeting held the night before by the Mayor to discuss the suffering of the British Operatives and to think of a way to provide them with relief.
File contains information about the Halliwell family, who served with the Belleville Company in the Northwest Rebellion in 1885, and Colonel Halliwell's life in Hastings County until 1900.
File contains newspaper clipping about the Hasty Pees' Lieutenant General Howard D. Graham and his retirement from the Canadian Army.