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Deseronto Cemetery Company materials

  • CA ON00156 DA 2008.07
  • Collection
  • 1888-1977

Deseronto Cemetery Company out-letter book (some entries too faint to read), 1888-1898
‘The Cemetery Lot Book’ List of cemetery lot numbers (1-900) and the price per lot, [1888]
Deseronto Cemetery Company ledger. Includes names of stock-holders, lists of expenses and lots sold (by date), 1888-1907
Deseronto Cemetery Company ledger, including plot-owners’ names and some addresses. Front board detached (has printed schedule of fees attached to it from 1 June 1930), 1928-1954
(2008.07/1) Deseronto Cemetery Company journal of receipts and expenses from 1 June 1928 to 27 Feb 1950
(2008.07/2) Deseronto Cemetery receipts and disbursements from 1 Jan 1950 to 5 Feb 1960
(2008.07/3) Deseronto Cemetery receipts and expenditure, 24 Jan 1966 to 4 July 1977

Deseronto Cemetery Company

Economic Development publications for Deseronto, Ontario

  • CA ON00156 DA 2016.03
  • Collection
  • 2001-2012

Materials relating to economic development in Deseronto, including a feature in ‘Great Lakes Cruiser’ magazine, August 2001; Land inventory and promotional materials about the town, 2003; Downtown Revitalization Project handouts, 2007; 2012 Naylor’s Theatre historical fundraising calendar (annotated by Town’s Edge B&B).

Vandervoort family collection

  • CA ON00156 DA 2015.16
  • Collection
  • 1917-c.1930

Scans and digital photographs of images relating to Dr Elgin Vandervoort and his family, taken from an album belonging to his family and loaned for the purpose. Include pictures of May Vandervoort and her husband, Hugh Rothwell, who met her when he was installing electricity to Deseronto. They married on September 1st, 1917 in Deseronto.

Materials relating to the Hill, Powless and Smith families of Deseronto and Tyendinaga

  • CA ON00156 DA 2015.19
  • Collection
  • 1892-1918
  1. Photo of Lucinda Hill wiith her children (from left): Susan, Elizabeth and James, and her grand-daughter, Elsie (Elizabeth's daughter). Lucinda was born on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in around 1843, the daughter of Isaac and Catherine Hill and she married another Isaac Hill. By the time of the 1871 census she was a widow, living with her three children (Elizabeth, 10, James, 8 and Susan 5) in the household of her nephew, William Claus. Elsie was 15 at the time of the 1901 census, when she was living in Deseronto, Ontario with her mother and grandmother. In the photograph, she looks about five or six years old, which would date the portrait to around 1892. The photo was taken by Herbert A. Osborne, who was active in Deseronto in the mid-1890s. The image has damaged edges and is broken into two pieces.
  2. Mounted photograph of the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer and the Manse in St. George Street, Deseronto, Ontario. Taken by James Fairbairn, photographer (born 1866) in around 1910.
  3. Photo of Deseronto High School
  4. Photo album – none of the images identified. Inscribed “To Lizzie from a little fried Weber Featherstonhaugh Deseronto Ont”
  5. Bible
  6. Bible
  7. Martine’s Handbook of Etiquette
  8. Common Sense in the Household
  9. Searchlights or Light on Dark Corners
  10. The Victory Readers Book I
  11. Pocket Ready Reckoner
  12. Photograph of Cyril W. Bird [married in Belleville 1891, evangelist – died in Africa, 12 Feb 1896]
  13. Letter from James Hill to his sister, Susan Maracle, 1904
  14. Various loose papers: permit to leave Canada for William Smith, 1918, Christmas Card, newspaper cuttings of marriages and obituaries; ‘In Memoriam” 1898 publication on the death of Frederick Sherwood Rathbun; instructions on removing afterbirth from cows[?]; marriage certificate for William Smith and Lydia Claus, 1902; stub of marriage certificate of David Powliss and Harriet Baptiste, 1917; embroidery reading “Thou Art my Hope”

Osborne, Herbert A.

Digital copies of materials relating to Dr John Maracle Kenwendeshon

  • CA ON00156 DA 2013.01
  • Collection
  • 1880s-2013

Digital materials relating to Dr John Maracle Kenwendeshon:

  1. 1880s photo of Lillian Maracle, Kenwendeshon’s daughter. Lillian married John Stewart.
  2. Letter from John Stewart II written while in Deseronto
  3. Photo of Bert Maracle and Edna (Hill) Maracle
  4. 1953 letter to Lillian from the London Library Museum
  5. Oct 12, 1953 notes by Lillian Maracle about Dr Kenwendeshon
  6. Note from Bert Maracle to Lill[ian] about not calling on the Gray Lady
  7. Memories of visiting Deseronto written in an email by John Stewart II’s son, John Stewart III
  8. Photograph of marriage certificate of Lillian Maracle and John Ross Stewart
  9. Photograph of newspaper articles about the marriage of Lillian and John Ross Stewart and about Stewart’s theatre business
  10. Notes by Karen Lewis of the Kanhiote Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory Public Library on Dr. Kenwendeshon’s life, January 2013

Digital copies of badges and postcards

  • CA ON00156 DA 2013.04
  • Collection
  • 1906-c.1975

Scanned copies of Deseronto Police and Deseronto High School patches, with 13 postcards of Deseronto scenes and buildings.

Materials transferred from Deseronto Town Hall

  • CA ON00156 DA 2007.05
  • Collection
  • 1889-1956
  1. Printed ‘Rules of Order of the Municipal Council of the Town of Deseronto’ 18 Feb 1889
  2. Printed pro-forma for a certificate of public recognition by the town of Halifax for service in the Second World War (with pencilled alterations to make reference to Deseronto instead), 1945
  3. Printed booklet on ‘The Future of the Liberal Party’, address by Brooke Claxton, Minister of National Defence, 4 Aug 1948
  4. Auditor’s report on road expenditures for the Town of Deseronto, 1949
  5. Edition of ‘Roads and Road Construction’ journal, March 1951, Vol. 29, no. 339
  6. Leases between the Town of Deseronto and the Deseronto Lions Club (of the Skating Rink) and Deseronto Boating Club (part of the old saw mill property), 1953-1954
  7. Published report by the Select Committee on Indian Affairs on ‘Civil Liberties and Rights of Indians [Indigenous People] in Ontario’, 19 Mar 1954
  8. Letter from J.D. Lee and Company to the Deseronto Medical Officer of Health, Dr W. H. Duffett, with two copies of blueprint relating to modifications to the septic tank of the Deseronto Public School, 4 Dec 1956

Town of Deseronto

Digital materials relating to the McGreer family of Deseronto and Napanee

  • CA ON00156 DA 2013.07
  • Collection
  • c.1900-1973

PDFs of:

  1. McGreer family history by Eric McGreer of Calgary, Alberta, November 1973
  2. Family tree report on the descendants of Daniel McGreer (1719-1805) of County Antrim, Ireland

8 low-resolution JPEGS of McGreer family members, St. Mark’s Church exterior and bayview of Deseronto:

  1. Aunt Annie Mrs Thomas Stanton (born Anne Portt, lived 1837-1918, her mother was Mary Anne McGreer) ,Mr & Mrs Egar
  2. Aunt Annie Mrs Thomas Stanton Mrs Egar
  3. Aunt Rose Mrs Thomas Stanton Aunt Annie
  4. Deseronto Church [St. Mark's Anglican]
  5. Mrs Thomas Stanton
  6. Nephews and Nieces of Mrs Thomas Stanton 1882
  7. Stanton McGreer and Mrs Thomas Stanton abt 1910
  8. View of Deseronto

Digital copies of materials relating to Harty Wilson Morden

  • CA ON00156 DA 2014.17
  • Collection
  • 1917-1919

Copies of textual materials relating to Harty Wilson Morden, a First World War veteran born in Deseronto: a letter of recommendation written by Morden about Barry Barnes’ father (Morden’s batman) and copies of British Army materials relating to Morden.

Marilyn Cole collection

  • CA ON00156 DA 2008.11
  • Collection
  • 1898-1985

Collection comprises:

  1. The Tribune, Dec 2 1898, report on death of F. S. Rathbun [very fragile]
  2. The Tribune, Nov 27, 1903, report on death of E. W. Rathbun [torn and defaced with blue crayon]
  3. Copy of Town of Deseronto deed granting the Long Dock and Ottawa Dock at Mill Street to the Deseronto Boating, Gun and Rod Club, Sep 26, 1957, with rough sketch of property
  4. Summary of 1966 census of individuals in Deseronto, by age
  5. Napanee Beaver, Nov 30 1966 (coverage of elections and death of Wilfred Hill, 47)
  6. Napanee Beaver, Dec 7 1966 (coverage of election of Dorothy McCullough, first woman councillor in Deseronto)
  7. Napanee Beaver, Jun 7 1967 (photo of Muriel Andrew’s painting of the ferry and bridge, on display in Deseronto Public Library, with Mrs Barney Thompson, Mrs Blake Moore and Mrs Jean Griffiths)
  8. 1967 Special Centennial supplement [toNapanee Beaver?] on the history of Deseronto
  9. ‘Centennial News’ vacation issue by Lake Ontario Development Council, covering ‘7 Holiday Regions’, 1967, 12pp.
  10. Napanee Beaver, Jan 10 1968 (includes details of Deseronto Council committees)
  11. Printed 1968 Deseronto Voters’ List
  12. Napanee Beaver report on Naylor’s Theatre, Apr 28 1971, 1p.
  13. The Quinte Scanner, Jun 16 1971, 100th birthday Deseronto special edition
  14. The Intelligencer, Nov 9 1982 (report on Roger Cole’s election as Mayor of Deseronto)
  15. Napanee Beaver, May 11 1983, report on Camps Mohawk and Rathbun, using information from J. Allan Smith, with photos
  16. Napanee Beaver supplement, 1983, based on 1967 version, published for Summer Parade in Deseronto
  17. Napanee Beaver, Dec 18 1985, including articles on Denny Tompkins’s plans as Mayor of Deseronto and article on Liva Grass of Tyendinaga, who campaigned for non-status Indians to regain their status

Cole, Marilyn

Fleming family collection of Ivanhoe materials

  • CA ON00156 2020-057
  • Collection
  • 1905-c.1910
  1. Record of sales made at William Clements' general store in Ivanhoe, Ontario, with name of customer, item purchased and price of item, 8 July 1905 - 3 October 1906
  2. Reproduction photograph of C.P.R. station at Ivanhoe, Ontario, c.1920
  3. Photocopy of page of information about the Ivanhoe General Store, taken from Ode to Ivanhoe by Janice Fleming , 1983

Clements, William

Collection of canning company record books

  • CA ON00156 2020-091
  • Collection
  • 1911-1928

Collection of account books, primarily relating to Hastings County canning companies:

  1. Frankford Canning and Preserving Company Limited

    1. Record book (incorporation, by-laws, register of directors and shareholders), 1911-1912
    2. Minute book, 1911-1917
    3. Invoices issued, 1922-1923
    4. Unpaid invoices, 1922-1923
  2. Foxboro Canning Company Limited

    1. Record book (incorporation, by-laws, register of directors and shareholders), 1912-1917
  3. Trent Valley Canners Limited

    1. Record book (incorporation, by-laws, register of directors and shareholders), 1913-1914 [insect damaged]
    2. Minute book, 1913-1917
  4. Barr Registers Limited [Trenton]

    1. Register of sales and payments, 1920-1924
    2. File of correspondence concerning claim for non-payment against W. R. & K. Morrison of Cleveland, Nova Scotia, 1924-1928

Quinte Women of Distinction research collection

  • CA ON00156 MG 636
  • Collection
  • 2002

Biographical notes and photographs relating to the Belleville and Hastings County individuals covered by the book Quinte Women of Distinction. Files relating to women of Prince Edward County were donated to the archives there.

Files are present for the following women:

  • Muriel Andrews
  • Mary Graham Archibald
  • Pearl Brant
  • Mary Baldwin Breakenridge
  • Emma Connor
  • Mary Conner Deacon
  • Olive Delaney
  • Flora MacDonald Merrill Denison
  • Eva Grace Curitis Dyer
  • Hazel Farley
  • Philippa Faulkner
  • Phoebe Sawyer Clement Flint
  • Ada Alfaretta Funnell
  • Ella Gardener
  • Marvel Garrett
  • Annetta Green
  • Martha (Mattie) Hardinge
  • Fanny McCrae Hutton
  • Jane Clement Jones
  • Alison Kuglin
  • Nellie Ryerson Ludgate
  • Jane Davidson Marshall
  • Lily Farlardeaugh Boyington Mathieson
  • Effie Alice Matthews McCabe
  • Martha Ostrom McIntosh
  • Dorothy McKinnon
  • Nellie Merry
  • Polly Kruger Meyers
  • Susanna Moodie
  • Joy Nichols
  • Lillian O'Connor
  • Jenny O'Hara Pincock
  • Leona Kathleen Riggs
  • Mary Elizabeth Schuster
  • Jessie Barbara Tuite
  • Catherine Chrysler White
  • Bea Williamson
  • Marian Wilson
  • Letitia Creighton Youmans
  • Diane Karis Zegouras

Canadian Federation of University Women - Belleville and District

Materials collected by Lois (Kelly) Hicks

  • CA ON00156 2020-097
  • Collection
  • 1935-2000

Various publications:

  1. Music and libretto of The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan, abridged and simplified by W. Norman Grayson, c.1935
  2. Belleville Centennial Souvenir Guide and stickers, 1978
  3. Program for graduation at Quinte Secondary School, 1983
  4. Convocation program at Loyalist College, 8 June 1985
  5. Program for graduation at Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, 30 October 1987
  6. Convocation program at Loyalist College, June 2000
  7. Dinosaurs Downtown program for exhibit at Century Place by Research Casting International, presented by Glanmore-Hastings County Museum, 1996

Hicks, Lois Marilyn

Mackenzie Bowell family scrapbooks

  • CA ON00156 TR 3374
  • Collection
  • 1890-1954

Three scrapbooks relating to Mackenzie Bowell and his descendants.

Bowell, Louisa Mahamah

Hastings County Historical Society textual records collection

  • CA ON00156 TR
  • Collection
  • 1787-2010

This collection comprises some 4,400 vertical files of materials gathered by the Hastings County Historical Society. They cover a wide range of subjects and were received from a variety of different sources, not always recorded.

The collection includes original materials, newspaper clippings, secondary histories and copies.

Hastings County Historical Society

Framed items from Belleville Council Chambers

  • CA ON00156 2021-002
  • Collection
  • 1977-2010

Framed items removed from Belleville City Hall Council Chambers during renovations in January 2021.

  1. Framed reproduction of a photograph of members of the last council of the Town of Belleville, 1877
  2. Letter from the First Clerk Assistant of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario certifying that a photocopy of the Act for the Incorporation of the Town of Belleville as a City was a true copy of the act of 2 March 1877, 24 June 1977 [2 copies]
  3. Framed reproduction of the City of Belleville armorial bearings, 8 January 1982
  4. Frame containing four photographs of the former City of Belleville Council Chambers, 1987 [Note that this item was returned to City Hall for reframing and display in the refurbished Council Chambers on 24 August 2021.]
  5. Framed photograph of Queen Elizabeth II donated by Lyle Vanclief MP, c.1990
  6. Framed photograph of Prince Philip donated by Lyle Vanclief MP, c.1990
  7. Framed photograph of Governor General Ramon John Hnatyshyn donated by Lyle Vanclief MP, c.1990
  8. Framed registration of armorial bearings in the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada, 1 May 1992
  9. Framed photograph donated by the City of Lahr, August 2009
  10. Framed photograph of Queen Elizabeth II, 2010

City of Belleville

Memoirs by Rose and Richard Gosse

  • CA ON00156 2011-45
  • Collection
  • c.1980

Self-published family memoirs:
1) Papa Was A Preacher by Rose Gourlay Gosse
This volume describes the life of the writer's father, Reverend John J. L. Gourlay, who worked in Dauphin and Thornhill, Manitoba; Lloydminster and Namao, Alberta; Leed's Village, Quebec; Lunenburg, Stormont, Lancaster, Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie and Trout Creek, Ontario.
2) I'm a Newfie, And That's No Joke! by R. E. Gosse
A memoir of life growing up in Petites, Newfoundland.

Gosse, Rose Maud

Collection of medals and pins

  • CA ON00156 2012-35
  • Collection
  • c.1900

Seven pins and medals, some associated with the Independent Order of Foresters.

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