Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 TSR/17
Title
Rawdon Township other records
Date(s)
- 1869-1995 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
15cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
(1858-1997)
Administrative history
The Township of Rawdon in Hastings County, Ontario, was incorporated in 1850. The village of Stirling was separated from the township in 1858 to become its own municipality. In 1998 the two amalgamated again to form the Township of Stirling-Rawdon.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records relating to Rawdon Township:
- Printed auditors' statements, 1873, 1874, 1914, 1935-1940
- Volume of declarations by Township officials: roadmasters, fenceviewers and poundkeepers, 1904-1928 [fragile]
- Bank books, 1931-1934, 1939-1940
- Poll books for 1938, 1949, 1957
- Bound insurance company report, including photographs of township properties, 1960
- Plans and correspondence relating to construction of new township offices, 1994-1995
- File of miscellaneous items, including cheque book stub, 1869 and correspondence with W. Bateman, Clerk, 1935
- Two volumes recording offerings from individuals at an unidentified church in Rawdon township, 1937-1943 and 1944-1946
- File of correspondence regarding the closure of a road on Lot 13, Concession 1, 1995