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- 8 Mar 1949 (Creation)
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1 plan on Mylar (73.5 x 57cm)
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John Thomas Ransom was born on August 25, 1889, to parents Giles Sanders Ransom and Margaret Wilson at York, Ontario. He married Lottie Ruth Long on March 19, 1912, at York, Ontario. He was a Provincial Land Surveyor active in Hastings County from the 1940s-1960s. His son, Thomas S. Ransom was also a surveyor in the local area. John Ransom died on October 13, 1962.
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Received from Walter I. Watson, surveyor, of Belleville, Ontario, in 2012.
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A certified reproduction of the "Subdivision [of] Lots # 1 to 7, east side Trent Street (formerly Walter Street). Lots # 1 to 9 west side of Delaney Street (formerly Henry Street). Lot # 6 and...Lot # 5, East side of Delaney Street (formerly Henry Street). Reg. Plan 219 Town of Trenton.” Surveyed by John T. Ransom, O. L. S. and signed March 8, 1949.
This copy was made in 1972 of plan #825, as registered in the Hastings Land Registry Office.
Donated by Walter I. Watson, P. L. S.
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