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      An article about Laura Secord house and its history with black and white photograph of this building.

      Anne Helena Woodruff was born in St. Davids, on December 28, 1850, to William Henry Woodruff and Mary Delilah Secord. While living on her father's farm, she was active with the First Presbyterian Church of St. Davids, where she was organist and the secretary of the Women's Missionary Auxiliary. In …

      Newspaper photograph and article about Mrs. Mary Elizabeth MacQueen, religious women living in Toronto who knew Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II. At some point of her life she worked for Armstrong family. Newspaper clipping, on a page of scrapbook, measures 33 x 10 cm. Unknown publication. At the bottom …

      Newspaper clippings with black and white photographs of the Falls View Bridge in Niagara Falls after its collapse in 1938. Scrapbook sheets measuring: 24 x 25, 15 x 30 and 25 x 30cm.

      ARMSTRONG, Norman Alexander (1882-1957) was a prolific designer of residential and commercial buildings in the Toronto area. Born in Queenston, Ont. on 2 September 1882 he attended public and high schools in Niagara Falls and gained his knowledge of architecture with the Toronto architect J.W. Siddall. Upon his return from …

 Huggins, Jean A. E. (1895-1989), Family Herald and Weekly Star, September 1, 1948     Articles about a history of Larkin Farms in Queenston written by J. M. Huggins and published by local newspapers. Full titles: "New Farm Replaces Old. Changes in control have changed Larkin Farms to Old Meadow Farm, but many old retainers remain." Published by Family Herald and Weekly Star. October, 1948. …

 Tolan, Eva Elliott (1892-1967), The Niagara Magazine, Nov 1947     "Eva Elliott Tolan for many years was a writer for the Niagara Falls, N.Y, Gazette, and at present while acting as associate editor of the Niagara Magazine, operates her own business, Niagara Publishers, which turns out historical books and booklets and family Genealogies. Well-known among historical societies throughout Ontario, she …

 Petrie, Francis, Niagara Falls Evening Review (Niagara Falls, Ontario. Canada19141005), 24 Jan 1970     Article about Queenston history, particularly Laura Secord house.

 Bannerman, James, Maclean's Magazine, 5 Dec 1953, p. 28,29,41,42,44,45,46     An article about a visit of Charles Dickens in North America, published in Maclean's Magazine, December 15, 1953. In 1842 the novelist visited Niagara Falls and Queenston, among other places in Canada. p.8; ill.; size: 26.5cm x 35cm

 Phelps, Frances, St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada18910421), 22 May 1957     The property is located at 66 King Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

 Huggins, Jean A. E. (1895-1989), St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada18910421), 16 Mar 1953     Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston was funded in part by Queenston Women's Institute and Buffalo businessman John D. Larkin. It was opened in 1915 and stayed opened till 2010.

 Huggins, Jean A. E. (1895-1989), Niagara Falls Evening Review (Niagara Falls, Ontario. Canada19141005), 12 May 1965     Article about Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston with a photo of old school building -reproduction of an oil painting by Charles R. Kilkenny, a school principal between 1891 and 1919.

 Huggins, Jean A. E. (1895-1989), St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada18910421), 31 Mar 1954     Article about a hobby show held in Laura Secord Memorial School in Queenston in 1954

 Petrie, Francis, Niagara Falls Review, 1 Jun 1971     A Queenston landmark for more than 130 years is being demolished this week. This little "salt-box" cottage on the west side of Queen Street, between Partition and Dumfries streets abuts the Laura Secord homestead and is being demolished by the Laura Secord Candy Company in its restoration plans ...

 Fedor, John, Niagara Falls Review, 27 Jan 1972     Laura Secord. A national joke or a national heroine? The author of a new book on the famous Queenston lady -- after whom a candy empire was named -- set out to examine the Laura Secord story, a story that has remained undisturbed for years. What she found after separating …

 Petrie, Francis, Niagara Falls Review, 1 Aug 1970     Article about five famous "C" steamships of Niagara Navigation Company (later Canada Steamship Line) running across Lake Ontario from Toronto to Niagara. Two black and white newspaper photographs of Chicora and Cibola.

 Field, John, Niagara Advance (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada), 26 Jun 1975     Article about domestic life before World War I in Niagara region. It was based on interview with Mrs. Florence May who came to Canada from England. Newspaper photograph with caption: "Cooling off the hard way, Chris Toye, jumps from a tree at Navy Hall into the Lake. Temperatures in the …

 Yeo, Debra Ann, St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada18910421), 19 Apr 1989     Article about Jean Huggins (Mrs. A. E. Huggins), long-term resident of Queenston, and unofficial historian of the village, published in a local newspaper. Newspaper photograph with caption: "Jean Huggins, Queenston's unofficial historian, stands in front of Laura Secord Public School, where she taught during the 1920s. In her hands is …

 Huggins, Jean A. E. (1895-1989), Niagara Falls Evening Review (Niagara Falls, Ontario. Canada19141005), 16 Mar 1953     A article about a new addition opening at Laura Secord Memorial School at Queenston written by Mrs. A. E. Huggins, a former teacher at this school. Also, a programme of official opening ceremonies. Newspaper photos description: "The picture at the top above the two-room addition to Laura Secord Memorial School …

 Mullin Carolyn, Niagara-on-the-Lake Review Weekly ( Thomson Newspaper Company Limited), 19 Apr 1994     Woodruff-Rigby House was built in the village of St. Davids by Richard Woodruff (1784 – 1872), a merchant and political figure in Upper Canada Current address: 1385 York Road Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada