Belleville – An outline history
- CA ON00156 TR/0128-1
- File
- 1962
An outline of the history of Belleville, Ontario, published by the Hastings County Historical Society in 1962.
Boyce, Gerry
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Belleville – An outline history
An outline of the history of Belleville, Ontario, published by the Hastings County Historical Society in 1962.
Boyce, Gerry
Madoc : Hannah family genealogy
File contains a typescript extract from the Hastings County Court Registry Office concerning the ownership of a piece of land in Madoc Township, granted to C. Gordon Hannah in 1861. The lot is not identified, but information from the land index maintained by the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre suggest that it is lot 24 in the seventh concession of Madoc Township.
Elzevir Township Actinolite History
File contains a copy of a written history of Actinolite (Bridgewater) written by Lloyd 'Bud' Price and obtained by Gerry Boyce in 1964.
Price, Lloyd 'Bud'
File contains a written history of settlement and development of Elzevir and Grimsthorpe community, compiled in 1964 in response to a call for contributions to a history of Hastings County by the Hastings County Historical Society and the County of Hastings (Historic Hastings).
Huntingdon Township History of Ivanhoe: 1934; Early settlers; letter from B. Fleming
File contains the history of Ivanhoe, including the post office, religion, and early settlers.
Madoc Township : history of Bannockburn
File contains original and photocopied manuscript histories of the settlement and early development of Bannockburn including the lumbering and sawmilling industries. Includes a printout of a webpage on Maitland House (available on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20010805101431/http://casa-de.vrx.net/buildings/) and an article from the Fall 2019 Country Roads magazine about the conversion of St. Bartholomew Anglican Church in Bannockburn into a private home.
Indian: Mohawks History / Susan Claus
File contains a typescript history of the Mohawk of Tyendinaga 1784-1960.
Claus, Susan
Rawdon Township : diary of W. Hambly, 1793-1794
File contains a reproduction of a manuscript diary of W. Hambly, surveyor, for the period 6 December 1793 to 1 May 1794. The diary entries discuss the survey process in Thurlow, Sidney, Huntingdon and Rawdon Townships. Also present is a typescript transcript of the diary with an appended footnote section which contains a glossary of terms.
Carlow Township – 1866 field notes re crown lands & letter
File contains 1866 field notes of the Township of Carlow by Surveyor C.F. Aylsworth.
Carlow Township – pioneer land owners
File contains information of pioneer land owners and their families in Carlow Township.
Limerick Township : history / Mrs. Violet Carrol, St. Ola
File contains photocopies of typescript notes by Mrs. Violet Carrol, St. Ola concerning the geography, natural resources, settlement and agricultural and logging in Limerick Township (in response to a survey by Gerry Boyce for his book, Historic Hastings.. Also contains a manuscript letter from Violet Carrol to Carl Bateman, Clerk-Treasurer, Hastings County, concerning the history of Limerick Township.
Huntingdon Township History of Fuller
File contains a history of Fuller, in Huntingdon Township, by Mabel and Charles Irvine written in 1965.
Limerick Township : history since 1888 / Mrs. Thomas Ham
File contains a photocopy of a printed by law concerning animal control in Limerick Township, 1887. Also contains a photocopy of a printed article entitled History of Limerick Township since 1888, by Mrs. Thomas Ham, Steenburg, Ontario. First published in The North Hastings Review ca. 1955.
Indian claim : Foresters' Island
File contains a newspaper article concerning the Tyendinaga Mohawk claim to Foresters' Island in the Bay of Quinte, in 1968.
The Rollins Family History 1848-1960
File contains a booklet titled "The Rollins Family History 1848-1960" compiled by Mrs. Lillie Weese Hubble, Foxboro, Ontario. Published by the Hastings County Historical Society and printed by The Tweed News. The booklet contains family history and genealogy of the Rollins Family from Ireland to Ivanhoe.
Hubble, Lillie Alma
Carlow Township – history by Mrs. Marian Lavoy 1947
File contains a history of Carlow Township compiled by Mrs. Marian La Voy for the Carlow Women's Institute (W.I.) in 1947.
Jones, Mrs. Eliza, Deed of Land, Eliza Wife of Rev. Sept. Jones 1868
File contains a Deed of Land Sale between Agnes Fitzgibbon of Toronto and Eliza Jones of lots one and two on Bridge Street in Belleville, Ontario.
File contains a printed bulletin of the Departments of History and Political and Economic Science, Queen's University, entitled "Captain John Deserontyou and the Mohawk Settlement at Deseronto" by M. Eleanor Herrington. The bulletin was published in 1921 and recounts the history of the early settlement of Tyendinaga. Also contains a letter to the editor of the Ontario Intelligencer explaining the origins of Captain John Deseronto [Deserontyou's] name.
Herrington, Margaret Eleanor
John McLeod discusses life in Scotland, his experiences in World War I and his immigration to Canada.
McLeod, John
Rocco Campoli discusses his immigration to Canada and working for the Grand Trunk Railway, at farming and at the Canada Cement company.
Campoli, Rocco