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- 24 Jul 1917 (Creation)
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1 plan on Mylar: 65 x 46.5cm
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John Henry Shaw was born in August of 1867, to parents Daniel and Jane, at Westmeath in Renfrew County, Ontario. He became licensed as an Ontario Land Surveyor and in 1900 he married Elizabeth Ann in Carleton County, Ontario. Throughout his career he worked for the provincial government surveying townships in Ontario and CNR lines.He died on May 12, 1922, at North Bay, Ontario, due to a case of chronic nephritis.
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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 Park Lot # 16, Reg. Plan 232, being part of Lot # 1 A, Concession 1, Township of Murray, now Trenton.” The area surveyed includes; Park Lot # 16, both sides of Edward Street and west of Sidney Street. Surveyed by John H. Shaw, O. L. S. and signed July 24, 1917.
This copy was made in 1972 of plan #490, as registered in the Hastings Land Registry Office.
Donated by Walter I. Watson, P. L. S.
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