- CA ON00156 TR/1085
- File
- [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.
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
Hastings North Township History general info
File contains a copy of “In Those Days: A History of North Hastings and of South Nipissing,” compiled by Alexander W. Smith, Inspector of Schools at Bancroft. Also contains photocopies of newspaper articles about historic Belleville.
Smith, Alexander W.
Belleville – 1789 to 1812 by Gerry Boyce “A settlement at Meyer's Creek"
Typescript draft of "A Settlement at Meyers' Creek" (Chapter 6 of Historic Hastings by Gerry Boyce), with annotations and suggestions by H. C. Burleigh.
Boyce, Gerry
Wilmot's plan of Belleville 1816
File contains Tom Ransom's transcript of Wilmot's notes on his survey of Belleville, including information on lot owners.
House of Refuge and Industrial Farm (Hastings County)
A booklet of rules and regulations governing the Hastings County House of Refuge and Industrial Farm. 12 pages.
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.
Booklet "Over the Hills of Hastings"
This file contains a booklet titled "Over the Hills of Hastings" published in 1923 with the intent to bring attention to the advantages of Hastings County. It contains a brief history of the county, also featuring natural resources in the area, a description of the townships within the county and of Belleville and includes a map of Hasting County .
Pier 31 and Neighbourhood - A Brief History
This file contains a booklet titled "Pier and Neighbourhood - A Brief History; On the shores of the beautiful Bay of Quinte", written by William S. Wills February 1996 and presented to the Hastings County Historical Society.
Wills, William Syms
The file contains 30 documents: deeds, mortgages, insurance certificates and receipts. Names included in the documents are: D.M. Defoe, James Weir, William Vance, Samuel Vance, N.S. Apple, John Goodfellow, Philip Shannon, Joespeh Weir, Alex Roberts, Robert Arkles, Emery Arkles, William Climpson, Peter Merrills, C.J. Pope, J.S. McKeown, Hugh Erwin Weir, Angus Martin, Farley.
Land records for Thurlow Township
Land records relating to the Leavens family.
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.
File contains a souvenir booklet published by the 1960-1961 Council of Tyendinaga Indian Reserve, Deseronto, that contains stories and photos of the local Mohawk people. The file also contains a brief history entitled "Mohawks of Tyendinaga Reserve" written by Susan Claus, as well as a copy of Gerry Boyce's chapter on the "Tyendinaga Reserve" from Historic Hastings, annotated by Leslie Claus.
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.
File contains biographical information of Anthony Burgess, an immigrant from Portugal who lived in Thurlow and was a sheep breeder in the 1870s.
Faraday Township: report of field notes, 1857-1867
File contains photocopied manuscript field notes by Quintin Johnston, Provincial Land Surveyor concerning resources and quality of land in Faraday Township in 1857. Also contains photocopied manuscript field notes concerning road and land surveys in Faraday Township as surveyed by Forneri and Kennedy, 1869-1870. Undated,[ ca. 1960s?] original manuscript notes containing excerpts of the aforementioned surveys are also present.