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  • Steamboat
    Steamboat
    Image  Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)     Generic wooden engraving of a sidewheel, paddlewheeled steamboat used in advertisements
    Image  Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)   Generic wooden engraving of a sidewheel, paddlewheeled steamboat used in advertisements
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Steamboat
    Steamboat
    Image  Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)     This is linked to an advertisement for the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company which never owned a vessel of this type.
    Image  Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)   This is linked to an advertisement for the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company which never owned a vessel of this type.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Steamboat CHICAGO
    Steamboat CHICAGO
    Image  Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)     Wooden engraving of the Goodrich Transportation Company steamboat CHICAGO signed "Manz Chicago" used to illustrate the company's 1884 advertisement for passenger services between Chicago and Milwaukee.
    Image  Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)   Wooden engraving of the Goodrich Transportation Company steamboat CHICAGO signed "Manz Chicago" used to illustrate the company's 1884 advertisement for passenger services between Chicago and Milwaukee.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Erie Belle
    Erie Belle
    Image  Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)     While the volume was published in 1884, the tug ERIE BELLE exploded on 21 Nov 1883 in Kincardine while salvaging the schooner CARTER. This specific illustration was treated as a generic one in advertisements for coal dealers in the Polk directories.
    Image  Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)   While the volume was published in 1884, the tug ERIE BELLE exploded on 21 Nov 1883 in Kincardine while salvaging the schooner CARTER. This specific illustration was treated as a …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Steamboat
    Steamboat
    Image  Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)     Generic wooden engraving of a propeller-driven steamboat with an arch from the 1880s by A. Zeese & Company of Chicago for use in advertisements
    Image  Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)   Generic wooden engraving of a propeller-driven steamboat with an arch from the 1880s by A. Zeese & Company of Chicago for use in advertisements
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Anderson, W. R. and Anderson, W. R., Mrs. (Anniversary: 15)
    Anderson, W. R. and Anderson, W. R., Mrs. (Anniversary: 15)
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Flesherton Advance, 4 Dec 1884, p. 8. Date of Event: 2 Dec 1884     News Items About sixty guests assisted Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Anderson to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of their wedding on Tuesday evening. The couple were recipients of innumberable congratulations, and many other tokens of esteem, including a beautiful dish in silver and crystal, presented ...
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Flesherton Advance, 4 Dec 1884, p. 8. Date of Event: 2 Dec 1884   News Items About sixty guests assisted Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Anderson to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of their wedding on Tuesday evening. The couple were recipients of innumberable congratulations, …
    Grey Highlands Public Library
  • Hunter, William (Anniversary: 50)
    Hunter, William (Anniversary: 50)
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Markdale Standard, 10 Jan 1884, p. 5. Date of Event: 29 Dec 1883     GOLDEN WEDDING - On the 29th of Dec., 1883, mr. William Hunter, aged 73 and his wife now 70 celebrated the fiftieth year of their married life surrounded by a large circle of sons and daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grand children and great grand children. The marriage ceremony was ...
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Markdale Standard, 10 Jan 1884, p. 5. Date of Event: 29 Dec 1883   GOLDEN WEDDING - On the 29th of Dec., 1883, mr. William Hunter, aged 73 and his wife now 70 celebrated the fiftieth year of their married life surrounded by a …
    Grey Highlands Public Library
  • Letter from Alexander Thomson to His Family in Onondaga
    Letter from Alexander Thomson to His Family in Onondaga
    Image       This is a personal letter by Alexander Thomson sent to his family in Onondaga from a military camp in Toronto. The letter was written in 1884. The original picture was provided by Bill and Lorna Thomson during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall on January …
    Image     This is a personal letter by Alexander Thomson sent to his family in Onondaga from a military camp in Toronto. The letter was written in 1884. The original picture was …
    County of Brant Public Library
  • Deed of Land 1884 / Mortgage
    Deed of Land 1884 / Mortgage
    Text       Deed of Land describing the transfer of a parcel of land in Petawawa
    Text     Deed of Land describing the transfer of a parcel of land in Petawawa
    Petawawa Public Library
  • Lindsay Voters List 1884
    Lindsay Voters List 1884
    ImageGenealogical Resource       Click on the image to view the List.
    ImageGenealogical Resource     Click on the image to view the List.
    Kawartha Lakes Public Library
  • Bastedo, John T. & Mrs. (Anniversary: 50)
    Bastedo, John T. & Mrs. (Anniversary: 50)
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Canadian Champion, 20 Mar 1884, p. 3     ...
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Canadian Champion, 20 Mar 1884, p. 3   ...
    Milton Public Library
  • German Knitting Machine Patent awarded to William Williams Clay, 1884
    German Knitting Machine Patent awarded to William Williams Clay, 1884
    TextImage       This patent was granted to William Williams Clay, of the Clay & McCosh knitting mill, in 1884 by the Kaiserliches Patentamt of Germany. It appears to describe a machine for knitting mills. The text of this patent is in German. Page 5 includes a detailed set of drawings of the …
    TextImage     This patent was granted to William Williams Clay, of the Clay & McCosh knitting mill, in 1884 by the Kaiserliches Patentamt of Germany. It appears to describe a machine for …
    County of Brant Public Library
  • Chamberlain Ledger Book, 1882-1884
    Chamberlain Ledger Book, 1882-1884
    Text       Dr. Aaron Chamberlain was born in East Oakland, in the County of Brant, Ontario to Joel and Elvira Main Chamberlain on 7th October, 1829. Aaron attended the Michigan Medical College at the University of Michigan between 1864 and 1865, and the Victoria Royal Medical School in 1867. He would marry …
    Text     Dr. Aaron Chamberlain was born in East Oakland, in the County of Brant, Ontario to Joel and Elvira Main Chamberlain on 7th October, 1829. Aaron attended the Michigan Medical College …
  • Manita. A poem being an Indian Legend of Sturgeon Point, Ontario
    Manita. A poem being an Indian Legend of Sturgeon Point, Ontario
    Text       Click the image to view the complete book.
    Text     Click the image to view the complete book.
    Kawartha Lakes Public Library
  • McKinnon, John (Died)
    McKinnon, John (Died)
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Acton Free Press, 31 Jul 1884, p. 3     Obituary Notice. A friend of the late John McKinnon, Esq., of Nassagaweya, hands us the following particulars respecting him:- Deceased was one of the oldest settlers of the township, and was a man well-known as an intelligent, honest and upright resident. He was an elder of ...
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Acton Free Press, 31 Jul 1884, p. 3   Obituary Notice. A friend of the late John McKinnon, Esq., of Nassagaweya, hands us the following particulars respecting him:- Deceased was one of the oldest settlers of the township, and …
    Halton Hills Public Library
  • Dickson, Adam (Died)
    Dickson, Adam (Died)
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Acton Free Press, 25 Sep 1884, p. 2     OBITUARY. THE LATE MR. ADAM DICKSON. The subject of this sketch, as a man among men, may be said to have done no evil, and therefore left nothing of the kind to live after him. That expression may be recorded of his moral worth as a citizen, and that the …
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Acton Free Press, 25 Sep 1884, p. 2   OBITUARY. THE LATE MR. ADAM DICKSON. The subject of this sketch, as a man among men, may be said to have done no evil, and therefore left nothing of the …
    Halton Hills Public Library
  • Gerow, Julia Birch, Mrs. (Died)
    Gerow, Julia Birch, Mrs. (Died)
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Flesherton Advance, 29 May 1884, p. 5. Date of Event: 14 May 1884     Death of Mrs. Gerow The wife of Mr. George A. Gerow - son of Mrs. George Rutledge, Eugenia - died at her home, Fort Gratiot, Michigan, on the 14th inst. Speaking of the funeral of the deceased, the Port Huron Sunday Commercial says: The funeral of Mrs. Julia Birch Gerow …
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Flesherton Advance, 29 May 1884, p. 5. Date of Event: 14 May 1884   Death of Mrs. Gerow The wife of Mr. George A. Gerow - son of Mrs. George Rutledge, Eugenia - died at her home, Fort Gratiot, Michigan, on the 14th inst. …
    Grey Highlands Public Library
  • Buchanan, Henry (Died)
    Buchanan, Henry (Died)
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Flesherton Advance, 19 Jun 1884, p. 5. Date of Event: 13 Jun 1884     Death of Mr. Henry Buchanan On Friday morning last Mr. Henry Buchanan, of No. 6 Elgin street, Hamilton, passed away quietly to the invisible world, at the grand old age of 84 years. Deceased was born in Ireland in the year 1800. He came to this country in 1824, first …
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Flesherton Advance, 19 Jun 1884, p. 5. Date of Event: 13 Jun 1884   Death of Mr. Henry Buchanan On Friday morning last Mr. Henry Buchanan, of No. 6 Elgin street, Hamilton, passed away quietly to the invisible world, at the grand old age …
    Grey Highlands Public Library
  • Pearson, Annie E. (Died)
    Pearson, Annie E. (Died)
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Flesherton Advance, 11 Sep 1884, p. 5. Date of Event: 2 Sep 1884     Death of Miss Annie E. Pearson On Tuesday of last week, at the early age of 23 years, died Miss Annie E. Pearson, daughter of Thos. Pearson, Esq., of the Township of Artemesia. About two years ago deceased went to California. Something like ten months ago, while still residing in …
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Flesherton Advance, 11 Sep 1884, p. 5. Date of Event: 2 Sep 1884   Death of Miss Annie E. Pearson On Tuesday of last week, at the early age of 23 years, died Miss Annie E. Pearson, daughter of Thos. Pearson, Esq., of the …
    Grey Highlands Public Library
  • Hutchinson, Charles (Died)
    Hutchinson, Charles (Died)
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Flesherton Advance, 17 Jul 1884, p. 5. Date of Event: 23 Jun 1884     The friends of Charles Hutchinson were greatly shocked on hearing of his unexpected death. He left Cedarville in th latter end of May for Lake Superior. Soon after arriving there, he was taken sick with Diptheria. After a few days he seemed to be recovering; then got worse again; and …
    Genealogical ResourceNewspaper  appeared in Flesherton Advance, 17 Jul 1884, p. 5. Date of Event: 23 Jun 1884   The friends of Charles Hutchinson were greatly shocked on hearing of his unexpected death. He left Cedarville in th latter end of May for Lake Superior. Soon after arriving there, …
    Grey Highlands Public Library
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