Family history of John McIntosh (1865 – 1925) and Henrietta Calder (1867 – 1950), immigrants from Scotland to Canada who settled in Belleville, Ontario.
Copy of McGeachie's book Bass Lake - Hastings County and correspondence between McGeachie and various authorities about the management of the McGeachie Conservation Area and his efforts to change the name of Steenburg Lake in Limerick Township, Hastings County, Ontario.
This collection comprises documents received in response to an Access to Information request addressed to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) by the Corporation of the Town of Deseronto, Ontario, in 2008. The request asked for copies of documentation submitted as part of the Culbertson Tract land claim of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and upon which the decision to allow the claim had been based.
The documents in this collection are all photocopies of materials located in public archives in Canada. The materials range in date from 1779 to 1959 and record the interactions between the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and the British and Canadian governments, in relation to lands, from the time of their departure from the Mohawk Valley to the mid-twentieth century.
Bargain and sale of part of lot 24 on the west side of Pinnacle Street and north side of Bridge Street in Belleville, Ontario from James Nosworthy, saddler and Harriet Clapham Nosworthy, his wife, to George Taylor of Sidney Township. Dated 7 May 1855.
Deeds and mortgages for property on South King Street, Trenton. Individuals mentioned include Mary Booth, Clarissa Nugent, Charles D. Taft and George Frost
Deeds and papers relating to part of lot 28 on the west side of Pinnacle Street in Belleville, Ontario.
Dates and parties: 1) 18 Jan 1886: Francis Marskeel to William Bleecker 2) 10 Feb 1886: William Bleecker to Thomas Bales Coombs 3) 3 Sep 1889: Thomas Bales Coombs and Ellen Coombs to Thomas Henry Adams 4) 1 Jun 1891: Thomas Henry Adams and Jane Ann Adams to David Matthias Rees 5) 15 Jun 1892: David Matthias Rees and Ruth H. Rees to Herbert Henry Booth 6) 1 Jun 1896: Herbert Henry Booth and Cornelie Booth to Evangeline Cory Booth 7) 22 Nov 1904: Evangeline Cory Booth to Thomas Bales Coombs
8) 17 May 1910: Notice that the parcel of land is held in trust for the Salvation Army 9) 19 Mar 1926: Declaration by John Noble, Secretary of the Governing Council of the Salvation Army, Canada East, that the Salvation Army had held the parcel of land undisturbed since 22 Nov 1904. 10) 28 Dec 1939: Plan by Fraser Aylsworth, Ontario Land Surveyor, of the lot on which the Salvation Army Citadel (later the Pinnacle Playhouse) was located on Pinnacle Street in Belleville
Eleven digital photographs of the demonstration at the railway lines in the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in support of the Wet'suwet'en protest against the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline through their territory.
Grant of three acres in Deseronto, Ontario, part of the territory of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, to the Board of the Deseronto High School (John Newton, Frederick Sherwood Rathbun, Thomas Roach, Arthur Stanley Valleau, Herbert Burt Rathbun and Thomas Hamlin Nasmith), for the sum of $2,500. A stamp on the reverse of the deed states that it was registered on 12 May 1965.
Two sets of microfiche: Bureau of Archives 1904 printed report of United Empire Loyalists losses enquiry and Ontario Archives land record index of names.
The collection reflects the publishing interests of Nick and Helma Mika. It comprises four main series: photographic files, reference files, printing process files and other materials. The collection is strong in local history materials, particularly relating to the history of the United Empire Loyalists, railways, and the city of Belleville.
Lower half of a memorial recording the sale of Lot 17 in Concession 1 of Hungerford Township from David Gardiner of to Thomas Goldsmith Gardiner, all of Whitby, for £50. The deed is instrument 1488 in Book L of the Hastings County Land Registry Office.
Photograph taken at John and Leatha Homan's farm on Harmony Road in Corbyville, Hastings County, Ontario. It shows Mike Stanko, a displaced person from Poland who came to Canada after the Second World War, and the Homan's son, Clare, next to a car.
Release from right of forfeiture to Herman Haffner concerning property in the broken front in front of the east half of Lot 13 in the First Concession of Sidney Township, Hastings County, south of the road from Belleville to Trenton. Dated 24 July 1935.
Also includes an unfranked envelope with a 30-cent Terry Fox Marathon of Hope stamp, issued in 1982.
1) Letter of attorney from Hugh Davis of Killyshandra, Ireland, to Francis Berry of Toronto, authorizing him to dispose of 100 acres of lot 20 in the third concession of Cavan Township, County of Durham, 18 February 1830 2) Bargain of sale of the said land to Barnard Quinn, 10 December 1830
Bargain and sale of part of lot 17 in the second concession of Percy Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, sold by Joseph Sparrow to Thomas Arthur of Seymour East Township, 5 June 1846.
