Records of Stirling-Rawdon.

All air surveys were published in 1982. Scale 1; 10,000. By the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Map base by Survey and Mapping Branch, Air Photography.

1) M470-2622. Rawdon Township Map # 10-18-2900-49050 showing areas of; the South West area of Rawdon Township, Concession 1 & 2 and Marsh Creek Watershed, Anson (Station) on the C. N. R. and part of Sidney Township, Concession 8.

2) M470-2623. Sidney Township, Map # 10-18-2900-49000 showing areas of; the Northwest area of Sidney Township being Trent River and Canal System including Wilson Island, Glen Ross, Richardson Cove, Heagles Island and South to Concession 6, Township of Sidney.

3) M470-2624. Sidney Township, Map # 10-18-2950-49000 showing areas of; Sidney Township, Concession 6, 7 and 8, Lots # 16 to 26, including part of Rawdon Creek, Oak Lake, Stirling Airfield..

4) M470-2625. Stirling, Map # 10-18-2950-4905 showing areas of; the Village of Stirling and surrounding area of Sidney & Rawdon Townships.

All air surveys were completed in 1984 and published in 1985. Scale 1 inch = 2000 feet. By the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Map base by Survey and Mapping Branch, Air Photography.

1) M470-2683. Stirling, Sheet # 1, 02-18-2960-49060 showing areas of; the Village of Stirling, Sidney Township Lot # 20, Concession 9, with Rawdon Creek along the Westerly section of the map.

2) M470-2684. Stirling, Sheet # 2, 02-018-2950-49070 showing areas of; the Village of Stirling, Lots # 18, 19, 20 Concession 9 of Sidney Township and Lots # 14, 13, 12 Concession 1, Rawdon Township.

3) M470-2685. Stirling, Sheet # 3A, 02-18-2960-49070 showing areas of; the Village of Stirling, Lots # 21, 22, 23 Concession 9, Sidney Township, Lot # 12 Concession 1, Rawdon Township. Also, the Mill Pond of Rawdon Creek on Lot # 10 & 11, Concession 1, Rawdon Township.

4) M470-2686. Stirling, Sheet # 3B, 02-18-2960-49070 showing areas of; the Village of Stirling, Lots # 21, 22, 23 Concession 9, Sidney Township, Lot # 12 Concession 1, Rawdon Township. Also, the Mill Pond of Rawdon Creek on Lot # 10 & 11, Concession 1, Rawdon Township.

5) M470-2687. Stirling, Sheet # 4, 02-18-2970-49070 showing areas of; the Village of Stirling and Sidney Township.

6) M470-2688. Stirling, Sheet # 5, 02-18-2960-49080 showing areas of; the Village of Stirling and Rawdon Township; Lots # 12, 11, 10 Concession 1.

7) M470-2689. Stirling, Sheet # 6, 02-18-2970-49080 showing areas of; the Village of Stirling and Rawdon Creek.

Five printed booklets of financial statements for: 1940, 1960, 1961, 1962, and 1963.

"The file contains the original documents from the 1800's:
1) 1830 Indenture - Christopher Lenox to John L.W. Meyers, mortgage to Edward Fidlar - Huntingdon Twp, Con 4., Lot 1, 100 acres
2) 1832 Sale - John L.W. Meyers to Jonathan Horton - Huntingdon Twp, Con 4., Lot 1, 100 acres
3) 1840 Certificate of Jonathan Horton, appointing Hiram Nelson
4) 1840 Certificate of Benjamin Ketcheson for Jonathan Horten
5) 1844 Sale - David Adams to John King Fairfield - Rawdon Twp., Con 4, Lot 3
6) 1855 & 1872 Deed & Release - Paul Kingston, Jonathan & Elijah Horton, Samuel Horton - Rawdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, 100 acres
7) 1894 Declaration - George Allan Kingston of Charles Kingston - Rawdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, 100 acres
8) 1903 Deed - Eliza S. McInroy to Alexander McInroy - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 1, 25 acres
9) 1915 Order & Letter - winding up estate of late Hiram Horton
10) 1944 Deed - Alexander McInroy to John & Eliza Matilda McInroy - Rawdon Twp., Con. 3, Lot 3; Rawdon Twp., Con. 3, Lot 4; Huntingdon Twp., Con. 7, Lot 15
11) 1952 Deed Frederick George Kent & wife Daisy Julia Kent to William F. Maynes - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 7, Lot 15; Stirling Twp., Baker Street lots
12) 1964 Deed - Corporation of Village of Stirling to Florence Laney - Stirling Twp., Emma Street lot
13) 1965 Mortgage - Florence Laney to George & Mary Hicks - Stirling Twp., Emma Street lot
14) 1965-1966 Tax Demands to Florence Laney - Stirling Twp., 30-Emma Street

The file contains a newspaper article from The Intelligencer, dated 14-Nov-2004, titled "Stirling train station was home; Ken was reared in era of steam". The article is about Ken Nunn who spent his formative years in the Stirling rail station, growing up in the apartments above the ground floor station. His dad was station master at the train station for more than 20 years.

Ledger of items bought at general store. Letter from donor explaining where he found it and who he is donating it to. 35 pages total.

File contains miscellaneous newspaper clippings about citizens of Stirling, Ontario c.1961. Including, but not limited to; John Wesley Morrison, Thomas Allan Eggleton, Thomas Patterson, William James Montgomery, Ewart Samuel Bailey, Waldo E. Rosebush, Ivan Sine, Charles Thompson and, Edmund Allan Carleton.

Compilation of photocopied pages of history books relating to the history of Stirling and Rawdon Township in Ontario. Includes pages from Hastings History; an article on Stirling's Loyalist Heritage by R. Wendell Camm; a printout of a page on Stirling-Rawdon history by Lewis Zandbergen from the Stirling-Rawdon website; various maps and family histories and unidentified publications.

File contains photocopied excerpts of the Hastings County Directory, 1860-1861, 1864-1865 listing residents of Stirling by occupation, and property location. Includes a photocopied newspaper photograph with identifications, of the members of the Stirling Cheese Board for 1894. Also present are four newspaper clippings on miscellaneous aspects of Stirling's history including a history of Corner Block, Stirling by Mrs. Roy Bush.

File contains two newspaper clippings regarding the celebration of Stirling's Centennial in 1958. Includes background on the early settlement of Rawdon Township ca. 1807 and the founding of Stirling. Also present is a mimeographed undated circular letter issued by the Hastings Historical Society, showing the cost of memberships possibly in the 1960s.

File contains 8 newspaper clippings on the preparations for and celebration of the 100th birthday of Stirling in 1958. Also includes a raffle ticket associated with the Centennial celebrations, two printed programmes, and a poster advertising events of August 3-6, 1858. Also present is a printed booklet entitled Stirling Centennial Souvenir, 1967 by Mrs. Ethel Luery and Mrs. Jessie Warren.

File contains a newspaper article from the Stirling News-Argus, 26 September 1957 concerning the events of the 1957 Stirling Fair, and an article from the Ontario Intelligencer, 21 September 1959 with photographs, concerning the 1959 Stirling fair and agricultural exhibits. Also present is an undated colour postcard reminder of an upcoming Stirling fair.

File contains 3 newspaper clippings regarding enrolments, and staffing at Stirling elementary schools and King George High School in 1957. Also contains a newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer, 2 October 1961 concerning the official opening of the Sidney-Rawdon District High School in Stirling.

File contains a one page printed completed letters patent form authorizing the establishment of semi-annual fairs in the Village of Stirling, issued by the Province of Canada, 15 November 1861.

File contains thirty-two miscellaneous newspaper clippings about Stirling, Ontario c.1956.

File contains two newspaper clippings regarding the destruction by fire on August 29, 1960 of the Rosebush Home, a pioneer dwelling constructed by Lewis Smith Rosebush on the Trent River, near Stirling, in 1841. The home had been converted to a fishing lodge and operated as the Rainbow Fishing Camp at the time of the fire.

File contains a newspaper article concerning the renovation and reopening of the Rylstone country store which was established by William T. Bateman ca. 1862.

File contains a newspaper clipping regarding underwater fishing activities by local skin divers Gary Cranston and George Woodhouse, Sportsmen Helldivers Club, in Oak Lake in July, 1959.