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- 26 Jul 1949 (Creation)
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1 plan on Mylar (79 x 52cm)
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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] Lot # 6 and part Lot # 5 east of North James Street, Lot # 7 and part of Lots # 5 and 6 west of Moira Street according to Reg'd Plan No. 103, Township of Thurlow.” The total area surveyed includes; North James Street (now Prince of Wales Drive) and east to Moira Street East, both sides of Elvins Street and Gardens. Surveyed by John T. Ransom, O. L. S. and signed July 26, 1949.
This copy was made in 1972 of plan #815, as registered in the Hastings Land Registry Office.
Donated by Walter I. Watson, P. L. S.
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