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
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
Thurlow – Land Settlement Neg. showing 1836 Mills
File contains a photo negative made c. 1958, of Thurlow Township c. 1836.
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 .
The collection contains materials relating to property on lot 26, concession 7 of Thurlow Township, Ontario first owned by John Latta:
Zoning plans of the City of Belleville
Two plans of Belleville (east and west) showing zoning categories for properties in the city, with lists of zoning by-law numbers and dates since 1977.
City of Belleville
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.
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
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]
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.