Sidney Township 200th Anniversary
- CA ON00156 TR/3613
- File
- 1990
This file contains a copy of the Souvenir Programme "Ecumenical Church Service" and Newsletter from Sidney Township's 200th Anniversary (1790-1990).
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Sidney Township 200th Anniversary
This file contains a copy of the Souvenir Programme "Ecumenical Church Service" and Newsletter from Sidney Township's 200th Anniversary (1790-1990).
Part of Lewis Zandbergen collection
Various items related to Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario:
File contains a typescript letter from Olive Delaney, Belleville Public Library to Mary Plumpton, Hastings County Historical Society, dated 28 February 1969 inquiring for information regarding Dr. James Merritt, a physician who testified at the trial of the alleged assassins of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, and who was a probable resident of Sidney Township in his youth.
File contains a newspaper article that features the history of the Ketcheson family farm and cemetery in Sidney. The farm had been in the family since the early 1800s.
Sidney Township - Historic Highlights 1790-1967
File contains two copies of a booklet titled "Historic Highlights The Corporation of the Township of Sidney 1790-1967" written by J.B. Harder, Clerk of Township of Sidney, assisted by Thelma B. Harder.
File contains: a copy of a motion dated 3 May 1791 naming the persons appointed to serve as Town Officers; a copy of the programme from the opening of the "Sidney Township Centennial Hall and Municipal Offices" dated 17 June 1967; a letter addressed to Mr. G. Boyce (Hastings County Centennial) from C.S. Chard with some memos of the area.
Cheese industry clipping : Mrs. John Reid
File contains a one page clipping from the Canadian Doctor, December, 1966 concerning financial operations of "The Front of Sidney" Cheese Factory ca. 19th century.
Chard, C. S. Stirling : 1st school, wooden pumps
File contains three typsecript pages by C.S. Chard concerning the first school house in Stirling, ca. 1820s, and an account of a wooden pump shop which operated near Stirling from 1875 to 1887.
Cheese factories : history by Mrs. Roy Bush
File contains a newspaper article on the history of cheese-making in Hastings County particularly the Shamrock Cheese Factory, Sidney Township.
File contains a publication from the Moira River Conservation Authority, titled “Progress and Achievements 1947-1962; a newspaper article from the Intelligencer dated January 20, 1965 with a photo of the County Warden; a publication from the Corporation of the Township of Sidney, Historic Highlights 1790-1967
Chard, C. S. Stirling : "The Money Hole"
File contains a typescript page of recollections by C. S. Chard concerning "The Money Hole," Sidney Township and its connections to early trade with local Aboriginal Peoples. Also contains one typescript page of related correspondence from C.S. Chard.
Taxidermist - Mrs. Fred Wallis
File contains newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer dated 5-April-1962 titled "Sidney Township Woman Ardent Wild Life Photographer But She Can Also Make Wolf Hunter's Trophy Look Alive"
Ketcheson, Elijah; reunions & birthdays
File contains information about Col. Elijah Ketcheson (b. 1793) of Sidney. There are also newspaper clipping about the Ketcheson family reunion in 1962 in Tweed and Fred A. Ketcheson celebrating his 90th Birthday. There are two invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Boyce for the Ketcheson family reunion in 1959 and 1961, as well as information about the family reunion in 1964.
The file contains a writing by Edgar S. Vandewater born in Sidney Township 1876, titled "Belleville as I remember it in the 1890's", dated 1953 and published in the Ontario Intelligencer 31 October 1953. There is also a letter from Richard Moran, great-nephew of Edgar with a brief genealogy.
File contains a photocopy of a newspaper article from The Daily Intelligencer, dated 1-August-1925, titled "Beginnings of Sidney, Thurlow; Romance, Fact, Strangely Mixed Sidney Led Municipal Ventures".
Ketcheson family; funeral cards
File contains the funeral cards for Everett Ketcheson (b. 1891, d. 1914) and Edward Ketcheson (b. 1832, d. 1915). There is also a book published in 1958, “The Ketcheson Family”, a newspaper article from 1968 about Mr. and Mrs. Lawrenson L. Ketcheson celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, and an invite for the Ketcheson family reunion in 1965 at the Memorial Park in Tweed.
File contains manuscript and typescript copies of correspondence sent and received by Col. W. N. Ponton concerning the development of hydroelectric power on the Trent River. Also contains correspondence regarding the proposed electrification of the Belleville waterworks by the Trenton Electric and Water Company.
Sidney Township : miscellaneous social notes, by-laws, etc. 1909-1966
File contains a printed booklet entitled Township of Sidney, A By-Law Relating to Public Morals and Other Matters,” 1909; a Township of Sidney Financial Statement, 1965; and several newspaper clippings relating to Sidney Township Council meetings, 1957-1966, and miscellaneous engraved wedding and anniversary invitations.
McCurdy, Jonathan : deed of sale of livestock, 1887
File contains a manuscript deed of sale of livestock by Jonathan McCurdy, Sidney Township, 1887.
Ponton (family)
Sidney Township : River Valley and Oak Hills Community, history
File contains several manuscript letters, 1965-1967, from C.S. Chard, River Valley Women's Institute, to Gerry Boyce, President of the Hastings County Historical Society, concerning the history of the River Valley and Oak Hills community ca. 1910-1967; a five page genealogy of early settler families in River Valley and Oak Hill; and a manuscript essay on the history of River Valley ca.1881-1959 by Mrs. Roy Bush, Stirling. Also present are several newspaper clippings concerning meetings of the River Valley Women's Institute, 1960-1964.
Boyce, Gerry