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      Esquesing Township Meeting poster. Reads: "Esquesing Township Meeting!! A requisition having been forwarded to me, signed by a number of Freeholders residing within this Township, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of erecting (by taxation or subscription) and determining the site of a Town hall, I hereby …

     

      This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library. Robert Rosebrugh's name is subject to many eccentric spellings. A notable alternate, used in this document, is Robert Roseburgh.

      This land indenture grants Robert Fisher and James Merchant Fisher a small plot of land located near lot 7 in Paris. A later deed, transferring ownership from Robert to his brother James, is also a part of this collection and is linked to on the right.

      This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library.

      This agreement documents Capron's sale of a strip of land to allow the Great Western Railroad Company to run a track on his property. He additionally sold a plot to allow for the construction of a depot, and agreed to construct a wooden fence along the length of this track. …

      The minister was John Oakley, Amanda's uncle, a Baptist minister. Amanda had been born in Waterdown, East Flamborough (Ontario) and John in Lewiston, New York. John Foreman was named for his father. After his marriage, he was a major in the American Civil War and moved his family west to …

      This indenture confers water privileges on the raceway located near William Street. The sellers are listed as Hiram Capron and his wife, Mary Capron, and the buyers as Hugh Finlayson, James Montgomery, and George McVicar, owners of a tannery.

      This is a minister's letter confirming the marriage of John Armour of the Township of Trafalgar and Ginetia Arthur of the Township of West Flamborough. The original document was provided by Al Robinson during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall on February 11, 2012.

      Jacob Cochenour was an early settler of Bullock’s Corners in the Township of West Flamborough. His father, Jacob Cochenour Sr., was an American who settled in this area in 1785 on 200 acres of Crown Land along the Spencer Creek.

      Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from the 14th day of June to the 18th day of September in the year of our lord 1841 and in the 4th & 5th years of the reign of our sovereign lady Queen Victoria. Being the first session of …

     

      Content of letter is Bishop Power instructing Rev. O'Dwyer on some parochial matters such as: dispensations for mixed marriages, payment for support of clergy, hearing confessions of women in his house and divisions of the diocese.

      Pastoral Letter from Bishop Power to the Brethren, regarding a Plenary Indulgence in the form of Jubilee, as proclaimed by Pope Pius IX.

     

      Item is a letter to the Reverend William McIntosh, informing him that he has received $4772 for the erection of a Catholic Church in or near Caledonia, the site of which Rev. McIntosh is directed to select.

      Item is a letter to the Reverend Mr. R. Mills, instructing him not to go to Brantford anymore and to refrain from corresponding with a certain Doyle family. His interference in their affairs was "improper, irregular, censurable and altogether uncalled for," says the Bishop.

      Item is a letter from Bishop Power to an unidentified French Bishop regarding his proposed trip to Europe to recruit clerics. He goes on to make an account of all the clerics under his authority and what positions they hold. Signed Michael, Eveque de Toronto.

      Letter to Rev. Angus Macdonell, in which the Bishop avails himself of Macdonell's offer of assistance by asking him to bring some questions to the attention of some members of Parliament. The first has to do with a bill before the Legislative Assembly in Upper Canada concerning religious societies. The …

      This Ledger offers a unique glimpse into how St. Paul's functioned as a parish in it's earliest years. Along with the usual things one would expect to find in a ledger, the book also contains information that will be of particular interest to family historians. At one time, it was …