- CA ON00156 TR/1085
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- [1965]
File contains photocopied typescript notes on the history and development of Detlor and surrounding district by Mary J. Hennessy, Detlor and L'Amable Women's Institute.
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File contains photocopied typescript notes on the history and development of Detlor and surrounding district by Mary J. Hennessy, Detlor and L'Amable Women's Institute.
Photocopies of newsletters for the Gay and Lesbian community
Newsletters published in Belleville, Ontario:
McInroy Family, Huntingdon : genealogy
File contains a printed spiral-bound booklet entitled “The Descendants of Alexander and Grace McInroy, early settlers of Hastings County-Ontario Canada,” compiled by Robert Dean Sherry, great great grandon of the couple, Also present is a supplement to the genealogy produced by Robert Dean Sherry, 1973.
Sherry, Robert Dean
Memorial Books: Alice Joyce and William Joyce
The file contains funeral memorial books for Alice Gertrude Joyce (formerly Mays) born 2 Feb 1870, died 17 Sept 1958; William James Joyce born 18 July 1880, died 24 April 1966. Also newspaper obituary for George H. Harris (age 80) born 22 Sept 1895 husband of Argena Tousignant.
Marriage Certificate - William McCulloch and Rebecca Inglish
This file contains the original copy of the marriage certificate, dated 22 October 1846 for William McCulloch and Rebecca Inglish, married in Tyendinaga.
File contains a manuscript history of Glen Ross from its founding ca. 1859 as the settlement of Tupperville to ca. 1918, by Mrs. Arthur Pyear. Also present is a letter from Mrs.Arthur Pyear to Gerry Boyce, 3 June 1965 accompanying the history.
Boyce, Gerry
File contains extensive typescript notes transcribed by Gerry Boyce from newspaper, archival and secondary sources concerning recruitment of volunteers, and military action in the Rebellion of 1837. Also present are mimeographs of two essays concerning Hastings County connections and military contributions to the defence of Upper Canada during the Rebellion.
Boyce, Gerry
Hungerford Stoco Fair proclamation 1860
File contains a reproduction of a proclamation announcing the Village of Stoco will have a Fair or Mart twice a year, in May and October, starting in 1860. The proclamation was forwarded from the office of Sheriff J.W. Dunbar Moodie.
File contains the spring 1959 issue of the Dalhousie Review with an index card making special reference to mention of Susanna Moodie in an article entitled "The English Gentlefolk in the Backwoods of Canada," by Lloyd D. Scott. Also contains a 1969 newspaper clipping on Robert Burns.
Susanna Moodie & Catharine Parr Traill Stamp
The file contains information on the 50th anniversary of the National Library of Canada with a set of stamps from Canada Post featuring sisters Catharine Parr Traill (1802-99) and Susanna Moodie (1803-85).
File contains a manuscript motion of the Hastings County Municipal Council, October 1869 expressing the Council's regret at the death of Sheriff Moodie, with a manuscript letter from Susanna Moodie to the County Council of Hastings , 26 October 1869 expressing her thanks.
County of Hastings
Belleville Petitions – Catalogue 1849-51
File contains a catalogue of petitions from the town of Belleville, from c.1849-51, prepared by Gerry Boyce in 1958.
Boyce, Gerry
Belleville Petition to Form Fire Co. 1851
File contains petitions to form a fire department, including: William Rankin and 35 other residents from upper part of Belleville petitioning for independent fire department.
File contains a printed programme for the Old Home Week celebrations, August 1930.
File contains 'Souvenir Hotel Quinte' from 1895 and several pages from the June 1960 “Canadian Architects” magazine on a renovation of the hotel, donated by Tom Ransom.
Belleville, Advertising – Blotters, etc.
File contains 9 advertisement cards for various companies and products, including:
Entomology Laboratory, Biological Control Investigations, Canada Department of Agriculture
Published brochure on the work of the Entomology Laboratory and its history in Belleville, with typescript notes on the staff of the lab and the layout of the building that were prepared for a tour of the facility in 1956.
Handwritten notes on the papers were by Gerry Boyce, who was reporting on the event for CJBQ radio.
Canada. Department of Agriculture
File contains newspaper clips on a fire at the Foley Foundry c.1960, fire at Holgate Mill c.1961, clip on the fires throughout c.1961 and the cost being $200,000 in damages, the study and practice routines of the Belleville fire Department c.1963, Rawdon farmer Robert Hoards shed and tractor burn in fire c.1966, Capt. S.Pomeray retires after 46 years of service c.1965, Davids Furniture fire c.1968, Moira Furniture destroyed in fire c.1969, Mrs. William Withers and her four children die in Nova Scotia fire c.1969, Bob Edwardson is made fire Chief of Belleville c.1969, former Belleville fire Chief Gerald Leo O'Brien dies c.1969, fire Chief T.E.Porte and other Belleville firefighters honoured by Mayor Russell J. Scott c.1969, Ted Porte retires after 50 years of service with the Belleville fire department c.1969, and other miscellaneous newspaper clips on Belleville area fires c.1960-69.
Belleville Civil Defense 1961 & 1957
File contains a newspaper clipping c.1957 about the “Sputnik” passing over Ontario, and a newspaper clip from 1961 about the Fullers, a Belleville family, constructing a fallout shelter on their Fifth Street property (article available online at https://archive.org/details/intelligencer-november-1961/page/n62/mode/1up ).
Belleville Council directory 1964
File contains a copy of the Belleville 1964 directory.