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- 5 Mar 1884 (Creation)
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1 Mylar plan (58 x 49cm)
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William Drewry was born on January 20, 1859, at Belleville, Ontario, to parents John Burnham Drewry and Glorianna Climie. He was apprenticed to Evans and Bolger in 1879 and qualified as an Ontario Land Surveyor (1882), and a Dominion Land Surveyor (1883). Throughout his career he surveyed with several government departments, railways and private firms. In 1884, he married Clare Lillian Hazard. He died on December 2, 1939 in Victoria, British Columbia.
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Donated by Walter I. Watson. Accession #2012-04.
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A certified reproduction of the "Plan of part of Lot # 2 in Concession 5, Thurlow Township, as subdivided for Harford Ashley and designated Factory Block.” Surveyed by William S. Drewry, P.L.S., and dated March 5, 1884.
This copy was made in 1972 of plan #234, as registered in the Hastings Land Registry Office.
Donated by Walter I. Watson, P. L. S.
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