File contains wedding and obituary announcements, as well as a tax receipt for the Town of Belleville (1875) and personal accounts booklet. Donated by Maud Reeves of Belleville 1960.
File contains a copy of the newspaper article detailing the wedding of Iola Vera Riggs to Ronald Struan Lewis on 18 Jun 1913 in Belleville, Ontario. The files also contains a copy of a newspaper article about Leona Kathleen Riggs (niece of Iola Riggs) and her aspirations as a singer.
File contains an engraved funeral card announcing the death of, and the January 1, 1901 funeral service for Edward Roblin, of Roblin's Mill, Ameliasburg Township.
File contains a typescript last will and testament of Alexander Robertson, dated 12 August 1884. Also present are : a typescript memorandum of accounts claimed on the estate of Alexander Robertson, 28 February 1888; a manual statement of value of rental properties in 1881 and correspondence concerning valuation and taxation on properties connected with the Robertson Estate in 1900.
File contains typescript and manuscript correspondence, deeds, writs of summons and mortgages relating to the estate of Alexander Robertson, Belleville.
File contains an original newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer, dated 25 May 1933 about the death of Lester Ross and Catherine Badgley, last of their generation of the descendants of Zenas Ross, U.E. File contains a biography of Zenas Ross (circa. 1750) and his descendants.
This file contains a clipping of the obituary for former county Sheriff, Thomas William Solmes. He was appointed Sheriff in October, 1947. He died at the age of 69.
This file contains a newspaper article clipping by Viva Richmond Graham. this article about the correlation between the first settlers in Ontario, and the naming of new settlements, in the early years of the region surrounding the Hastings County.
File contains a newspaper article titled "Robt. Tannahill Widley Mourned; Prominent Citizen, Former Bank Manager, Dies in Toronto". It is the obituary for Robert Tannahill, born in Montreal and lived in Belleville.
File contains original copy, dated 10th November 1899 of a Mortgage Sale for a farm in Thurlow owned by Robert Vanallen; notice of public auction held 9th December 1899.
This file contains a hard cover book, written by John Brett McGeachie, of the Brett Family History & Genealogy. Walter Brett (1836-1917) for whom Brett's Lake, Lots 86-87, East Side, Hastings Road Survey, Tudor Township was named, letters written between 1871-1909. Also letters written from Curtis Brett to his son (1775-1780) and Walter Brett's letters.
Personal papers of Edith Nicholson - mortgage and financial papers. Edith Nicholson lived at 164 Victoria Avenue in Belleville. The file also includes a copy of a letter from Charles Wilson of United States of America offering "real counterfeits" for sale. There is a newspaper article from April 1898 with details of Charles Wilson's arrest and trial. The article also explains the letter.