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      Petition to the Postmaster General from the Village of Waterloo asking that the mail service between Preston and Berlin (Kitchener) be extended to include the Village of Waterloo.

      There are two articles in the Berliner Journal which are in German. Previous to 1950, the records include articles for the years 1866 - 1915; 1925; 1935; 1939; 1942; 1944; 1947. Photocopies for most articles are available.

      This abstract of title was written by Hiram Capron to trace the ownership history of Lot no. 1 on the Grand River in Paris, Ontario from 1798 to its current status in 1866. Prolific area landowners including Thomas Clark, William Dickson, and William Holme are listed as previous owners of …

      Canada’s first bicycle ride may have been in Cobourg Source: Unknown Acquired: October 17, 1990

      This handwritten abstract of title contains a brief transactional history of the ownership of the land which, at the time this was written in 1866, belonged to Hiram Capron.

      This is an Indenture of Bargain and Sale between William Downey of the Township of Onondaga and William Douglas. The original document was provided by Don Douglas during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall on January 14, 2012.

      This item is a mortgage agreement dated the 8th of January 1866 between William Douglas and John Duffy for one thousand seven hundred dollars for seventy-two acres of land with four equal installments of four hundred and twenty-five dollars with six percent interest.

      This item is an indenture of bargain and sale between William Downey and his wife Catherine Downey and William Douglas dated the 8th of January 1866 for three thousand two hundred and twenty five dollars for seventy two acres of land.

      SCOPE AND CONTENTS This series includes the original Act to Incorporate the College of Saint Jerome (Act of Incorporation) in the town of Berlin, Ontario which was assented to on August 15, 1866 and subsequent government Bills to enact changes to the name and organization of the School: a) Bill …

      Assessment rolls were created for every year for property tax collection.

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 18 Jan 1866, p. 2     Nassagaweya. DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN. - Died at Nassagaweya, County Halton, on the 10th instant, Mr. James Cargill, a native of Ballyhemlin, near Bushmills, Parish of Balleaugh, in the County of Antrim, at the advanced age of 104 years and some months. This old gentleman was ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 1 Feb 1866, p. 2     DEATH OF DAVID WILSON. The Era, of Newmarket, contains a notice of the death of Mr. David Wilson, of Sharon, at the ripe old age of 87 years. Mr. Wilson was a somewhat noted man, religiously, politically, and physically, and wielded considerable influence in favor of the ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 5 Apr 1866, p. 2     Memoir - Mr. Andrew Neilson, of Esquesing. The biographical is a species of literature in which every branch of the true Church of Christ is rich, generally written with melancholy pleasure, and read with interest and profit. All flesh is grass; fragility and brevity of ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 18 Jan 1866, p. 2     Oakville. Henry Wright was found dead on Saturday morning last, soon after having felled a tree on the farm of G. K. Chisholm, Esq. At an inquest held by Mr. Ogden, the Jury returned a verdict of accidental death. The deceased had been married about a month....

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 1 Feb 1866, p. 2     Nelson. BODY SNATCHING. - We hear that there is some suspicion from the appearance of the grave, that the body of Jas. Hudson, whose death by poison we recorded in our last paper, has been raised for the benefit of science....

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 1 Mar 1866, p. 2     FATAL ACCIDENT. - We have neglected to notice an accident which occurred on the 15th inst., at the Rock Cut about 2 1/2 miles above Georgetown, on the Grand Trunk. It appears that a gang of men were shoveling away the accumulated snow at the cut, with a hand car, …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 1 Mar 1866, p. 2     FATAL ACCIDENT. - We have neglected to notice an accident which occurred on the 15th inst., at the Rock Cut about 2 1/2 miles above Georgetown, on the Grand Trunk. It appears that a gang of men were shoveling away the accumulated snow at the cut, with a hand car, …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 3 May 1866, p. 2     Inquest We have obtained from one of the jury the following account of an inquest at Norval. On Monday the 23rd ult. the body of Mrs. R. Colgan, Inn Keeper Norval, was found under a barn between Norval and Ashgrove. It appears that the deceased and her husband led a …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 3 May 1866, p. 3     THE ROCKWOOD POISONING CASE. Further particulars have reached us concerning the recent poisoning case in the village of Rockwood, from which it appears that the father of the two victims, Mr. James Barrie, went to Dr. Pasmore's drug store on the Wednesday previous, to get some worm powder for ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 17 May 1866, p. 3     Nassagaweya. Fatal Accident. Yesterday afternoon we were shocked to learn that a serious accident had occurred to Angus Kennedy at his mills in Nassagaweya, lately Anderson's saw mill. It appears that Mr. Kennedy, who had a habit of adjusting his circular ...