Simpson, Margaret - Petitons 1816 for town lots
- CA ON00156 TR/2743-1
- File
- 1816
Reproductions of petition letters from 1816, regarding lots. Sourced from Library and Archives Canada (1960).
Simpson, Margaret
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Simpson, Margaret - Petitons 1816 for town lots
Reproductions of petition letters from 1816, regarding lots. Sourced from Library and Archives Canada (1960).
Simpson, Margaret
Canada to proclaim Victoria as Queen, 1837
File contains an original printed poster announcing a procession on 9 August 1837 to mark the proclamation of Victoria as Queen.
Mounted clippings with drawings of Belleville institutions
Three mounted newspaper clippings with printed illustrations of Belleville institutions:
Also a reproduction of HC01468 (view of Bridge Street West in 1840). This item was originally donated to Glanmore National Historic Site by Edith Clapp in March 2015 (as 005.502.005).
Thurlow : Plan of Town lots in Canniffton, 1849
File contains a copy of a sketch of town lots in Thurlow by Joseph Canniff in 1849. Also present are several photocopied survey maps by lot of Thurlow Township, ca. 1878.
Taylor, William J. Property and Account Book
Account and property book for William J. Taylor of Belleville. Includes account for Mr. William Baker for clothing, tea, cheese, etc., 1851-1853; assessed values of properties on Ann, William, George, Dundas (north side), Hotel Streets plus some sales and trades of lots.
Hastings County Council Papers; Reports of County Surveyors 1855
File contains an 1855 letter from provincial land surveyor John Haslett to verify work has been done to allow for a road from the townships of Sidney to Thurlow.
The photographs include members of the Smith family. Some were taken in Napanee, Belleville, Brighton and Deseronto, Ontario, others in Watertown and Carthage, New York and Plainwell, Michigan.
Many of the photographs had become detached from the album and their captions. The names mentioned on the pages of the album (not all of them with associated photographs) are:
Irve Smith
E. M. F. Thibault
Samuel Smith
Jim Rattery
Robert Smith
Chas.
Annie Belton
Miss Roblin, Brighton, Ontario
Henry Ford, Watertown, New York
Bill Charnside, Watertown, New York
Fred Smith
Carol Jane 1946
Debo
Eliza & Frank Fulligar & Laura, Plainwell, Michigan
Dick Greene
Libbie & Henry Hawley & Bernice
Alice Campbell
Mrs Harrick
Joe Gonkins, Watertown, New York
Chas. Smith
John See & family
Bill Davison, Charlotte & Hugh
John Breeze
Sam
Neal Maloney
Irvine Smith
Fred Smith
Information from Eric and Linda Wilde shows that many of these individuals are descendants of Samuel See (1808-1854) and his sister Ann (1803-1871), who married Benjamin Smith (1808-1895). They were born in England and settled in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario.
Four photographs taken by Belleville photographers
Photographs taken by Belleville, Ontario, photographers.
Weese, Durwood Alexander
File contains a petition to the Councillors of Hastings County from the inhabitants of Dungannon and Faraday Townships concerning the division of the townships into three school sections. Also contains a directive from the Municipal Council, Hastings County concerning fencing in Dungannon and Faraday Townships.
Rutherford, Thomas : tax receipts and Mechanics' Institute and Library membership card
File contains City of Belleville printed tax receipts issued to Thos. Rutherford for various years, 1879-1891. Also present is a printed membership card for David Rutherford in the Mechanics Institute and Library, Belleville, 1878.
File contains a diagram of Lot 19 Con. I, Twp of Madoc, Co. Hastings. Shows plots and names of owners. Names include Griffin, Broad, Morrison, Ferguson, and Hobson.
Letters found in former Cronk property in Deseronto, Ontario
Letters found in the Cronk house.
1) Feb 1881 draft letter to Willliam Aull from his sister, Sarah Jane Cronk (wife of Reuben)
2 & 3) Two letters from E.G. Webb, postmaster of Elkland, Tioga County, Pennsylvania to Reuben Cronk, Chief of Police in Deseronto, re a fugitive staying in the town. 28 Jan and 21 Feb 1882
4) Nov 1882 letter to Reuben Cronk from J. N. Emerson complaining about boys interrupting rehearsals at the school in Deseronto
Cronk (family)
Marmora Gold Mining Company : gold shares, 1884
File contains two completed printed shares in The Marmora Gold and Iron Mining Company issued in 1883-1884.
Digital copies of photographs relating to the Poitras family of Deseronto
Scanned photographs and newspaper cutting relating to the family of John Poitras, who lived in Deseronto from 1875 to around 1896 and worked for the Rathbun Company as a superintendent.
Certificates from Tonic Sol-Fa College, London, for Joseph Canniff
Two certificates for Joseph Canniff:
1) Elementary certificated in musical memory in time, in tune and in sight singing, 1885
2) Intermediate certificate in reading music, writing it from ear, and of eligibility for an advanced choir, 1886
Tonic Sol-Fa College
Items found during the renovation of a house on Mill Street
1) Large family studio photograph showing a man, woman, four boys and a girl
2) W. E. Johnson of Picton studio photograph of three children: Hazel Annie Cole, aged 3 years and 5 months; Murney Nelson Cole, aged 1 year, 9 months; Edna Kathleen Cole, aged 6 months. Hazel was born July 27 1910 in Milford, Prince Edward County – dating the picture to late 1913/early 1914.
3) Felted piece of wood with memorial plaque ‘The Gates Ajar’ and the name ‘Eliza Dodge, 42 years, 4 mons, 14 days’
Cole (family)
Photograph of Louise Rathbun and genealogical information
Gagen & Fraser
Digital copies of photographs of Rixen family members
Copies of photographs:
Riel Rebellion, 1885: Midland Division
File contains photocopied manuscript lists of officers and soldiers of "A" and "H" Companies of the Midland Battalion of Infantry who served in the Northwest Rebellion in 1885. Individuals are listed by name, age, marital status, and place of origin in Hastings County. Originally part of the W. C. Mikel collection.
Scanned photographs and information on the Nealon family
Scanned photographs of Nealon family members (Denis, Jane, Margaret and Rose) of Marysville, Ontario, with four printed images of Denis Nealon and two pages of information about his father, Michael Nealon.