Sprague Family, Prince Edward County History
- CA ON00156 TR/2771
- Item
- c. 1900
This file contains a newspaper clipping titled "The Sprague Family: How They Migrated From New York to Prince Edward".
Sprague Family, Prince Edward County History
This file contains a newspaper clipping titled "The Sprague Family: How They Migrated From New York to Prince Edward".
The Vandervoorts of Sidney Township
This file contains a copy of a school project written by Scott Randolph from Foxboro Sr. Elementary School. It is titled "One Hundred and Eighty Years of Service" The Vandervoorts of Sidney Township and contains information about the genealogy of the Vandervoort Family commencing in 1784 with Peter Vandervoort.
Report on a tour of Western Canada
Report on a tour of Western Canada to study what the author describes as "the Oriental problem in Canada."
Smith, W. G. [William George]
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.
The Wanamaker fonds consists of textual records and graphic materials of genealogical histories of various families. The fonds also contains records, brochures, pamphlets, publications, books, and other textual records from towns and cities throughout Ontario, predominantly from the Quinte Area and Hastings County.
Genealogical family research names:
Wanamaker, Castello Loral Roy
Depth of the Moira River for Channel Plan
Part of Map collection
A map showing, primarily, the depth of the Moira River within Belleville, Ontario. Together with a written report, it proposed a channel to the New Ferry Slip. Major streets and some lots are also labelled. By John D. Evans, P.L.S. on April 28, 1881 or 1887. Scale: 66 feet : 1". Note the interesting colouring at dimmed edges.
Donated by the Col W. N. Ponton Estate.
Evans, John Dunlop, P.L.S.
Belleville and Bay of Quinte depth chart
Part of Map collection
Reproduction made in 1976 of an 1875 map of the Belleville Harbour in Bay of Quinte. The map features major streets, buildings and depth readings of travelled waters. Surveyed by F. M. Hamel, C.E. Drawn by J. M. Faga. Scale: 1:6000.
Hamel, F. M., C.E.
Files contains copies of newspaper notices from the 1800's regarding auction of property, notice to debtors, tender and sale of farm.
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).
File contains a number of documents and newspaper articles about the early history and settlement of Tyendinaga, including family names, buildings and industry.
File contains a copy of the Petition of the Inhabitants of Tyendinaga (from the Archives of Canada, Ottawa) dated 24 May 1832, to purchase settled crown land.
The file contains a newspaper article by A. Dempsey dated 30 April 1960, titled "Shannonville in 1830" giving a brief history of the settlement of the area and a clipping from Maclean's Reports about the Shannonville lease.
Intelligencer
File contains a number of documents and newspaper articles about the history and settlement of Tyendinaga.
Map of the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland
Part of Map collection
A "Map of the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland" published by the Copp Clark Co. Ltd. of Toronto in 1945.
The map served dual commercial and educational purposes. It advertises for a chocolate company with slogans and images: "Neilson's, The best chocolate bars in Canada [and] Neilson's Jersey milk chocolate - The best milk chocolate made." On the top right corner, an inscription writes that the map was for rural, underprivileged schools and was not to be removed from such locations.
Copp Clark Limited
Quaker Cemetery Huntingdon (Moira) Baker Family
This file contains 4 clippings pertaining to the Quaker Cemetery located in Moira.
Part of Map collection
1972 copy of an 1837 plan of 'Diseronca' (now Deseronto, Ontario), surveyed by G.J. Clapp on August 26th, 1837. The plan is Plan 43 of the plans registered in the Hastings County Registry.
The north-south streets shown on the right side of the map are, from right to left, First Street, Second Street, Third Street and Fourth Street. Near the end of Fourth Street a wharf is marked on the map. This is Culbertson's Wharf.
Clapp, Gilbert S. P.L.S.
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.