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  • Receipt from the Cobourg and Peterborough Railroad to Henry Fowlds
    Receipt from the Cobourg and Peterborough Railroad to Henry Fowlds
    Imagecomment       "Cobourg & Peterborough Railway Company. Harwood Station, 20 November 1860. Received from Mr. Henry Fowlds in apparent good order, to be delivered at Cobourg subject to the Regulations established by Tariff. 220 bags flour and forwarded to Alex Pratt, Cobourg."...
    Imagecomment     "Cobourg & Peterborough Railway Company. Harwood Station, 20 November 1860. Received from Mr. Henry Fowlds in apparent good order, to be delivered at Cobourg subject to the Regulations established by …
    Cobourg Public Library
  • Church Being Rushed
    Church Being Rushed
    Imagecomment       St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Palermo, built 1845, is now being raised and a foundation will be built under it. Surrounding it is a quaint country churchyard in which tombstones bear the names of pioneer families of Palermo, sheltered by pine trees whose bare roots reach out like gnarled hands.
    Imagecomment     St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Palermo, built 1845, is now being raised and a foundation will be built under it. Surrounding it is a quaint country churchyard in which tombstones bear …
    Trafalgar Township Historical Society
  • Official Opening of Thomas A. Blakelock High School
    Official Opening of Thomas A. Blakelock High School
    Imagecomment       Official Opening of Thomas A. Blakelock High School, Thursday, Mar. 27, 1958. Thomas A. Blakelock Two feet of snow and biting wind greeted a Yorkshire lad of twenty-two when he stepped off the train in Toronto on a March day in 1906. Equipped with a kit of carpenter’s tools, ninety …
    Imagecomment     Official Opening of Thomas A. Blakelock High School, Thursday, Mar. 27, 1958. Thomas A. Blakelock Two feet of snow and biting wind greeted a Yorkshire lad of twenty-two when he …
    Trafalgar Township Historical Society
  • HMCS Oakville K178, Flower Class, Short Fo'c's'le Corvette - page 1 of 3
    HMCS Oakville K178, Flower Class, Short Fo'c's'le Corvette - page 1 of 3
    Imagecomment       Information bulletin on HMCS Oakville sinking U-94 - source unknown
    Imagecomment     Information bulletin on HMCS Oakville sinking U-94 - source unknown
    Oakville Museum
  • Corvette Oakville, story of the U-94 encounter
    Corvette Oakville, story of the U-94 encounter
    Imagecomment       Description of HMCS Oakville's action in the Caribbean, August 28, 1942.
    Imagecomment     Description of HMCS Oakville's action in the Caribbean, August 28, 1942.
    Oakville Museum
  • Certificate of Honour awarded to Paul Edgar Parkin by the citizens of Hamilton, Ontario for service in the Second World War.
    Certificate of Honour awarded to Paul Edgar Parkin by the citizens of Hamilton, Ontario for service in the Second World War.
    Imagecomment       Certificates were issued to Hamilton military personnel by the city of Hamilton in April 1940. The certificates, signed by Mayor William Robert Morrison, were also issued as pocket-sized replicas to be carried by the soldiers. The replicas were designed to act as identification as well as serving as a binding …
    Imagecomment     Certificates were issued to Hamilton military personnel by the city of Hamilton in April 1940. The certificates, signed by Mayor William Robert Morrison, were also issued as pocket-sized replicas to …
    Oakville Museum
  • Receipt from The People`s Market, Thessalon, 1961
    Receipt from The People`s Market, Thessalon, 1961
    ImageTextcomment       Some of the items purchased were 5 loaves of bread at .20 cents each, a 25 lb bag of flour for $2.19, 1 box of Corn Flakes for .36 cents and other items. This receipt can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Nesterville Women's Institute.
    ImageTextcomment     Some of the items purchased were 5 loaves of bread at .20 cents each, a 25 lb bag of flour for $2.19, 1 box of Corn Flakes for .36 cents …
    Thessalon Union Public Library
  • Mortgage Document between George F. Birley and William R. Baker, Paris, 1887
    Mortgage Document between George F. Birley and William R. Baker, Paris, 1887
    TextImagecomment       This 1887 document mortgages a plot of land held by George F. and Emma Birley for $2600 from William R. Baker, the mortgagee. The lot mortgaged is lots number 5 and 6 in the north side of Capron Street in Paris.
    TextImagecomment     This 1887 document mortgages a plot of land held by George F. and Emma Birley for $2600 from William R. Baker, the mortgagee. The lot mortgaged is lots number 5 …
    County of Brant Public Library
  • Land Indenture between John Bray and the Department of Indian Affairs, 1848
    Land Indenture between John Bray and the Department of Indian Affairs, 1848
    TextImagecomment       This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library.
    TextImagecomment     This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library.
    County of Brant Public Library
  • Land agreement with Great Western Railroad Company
    Land agreement with Great Western Railroad Company
    TextImagecomment       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. …
    TextImagecomment     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 …
  • People: Staff
    People: Staff
    ImageTextmysterycomment       This is a list of employees and their positions in Terrace Bay, date unknown. Townsite- Joseph Campbell, Bertold Geiger, John Winters, Arthur Gobeil, William Broome, William Smith, Fred Vantour and Leo Fudal. Service Department- Jack Thomas, Stan Hodgkiss, Harold Marsh, Bert Ratchford, John Graham, Margaret Wellings, Alex MacDonald, John Mikus. …
    ImageTextmysterycomment     This is a list of employees and their positions in Terrace Bay, date unknown. Townsite- Joseph Campbell, Bertold Geiger, John Winters, Arthur Gobeil, William Broome, William Smith, Fred Vantour and …
    Terrace Bay Public Library
  • List of Teachers of Middleport School
    List of Teachers of Middleport School
    ImageTextcomment       This is a list of the teachers who taught at Middleport School. The list was compiled after 1960. The original document was provided by Barry McBlain.
    ImageTextcomment     This is a list of the teachers who taught at Middleport School. The list was compiled after 1960. The original document was provided by Barry McBlain.
    County of Brant Public Library
  • Esther Marie Drinkwalter, Birth Registration. Daughter of Marens Drinkwalter and Mattie Goffield.
    Esther Marie Drinkwalter, Birth Registration. Daughter of Marens Drinkwalter and Mattie Goffield.
    TextImagemysterycomment       Year of birth not recorded on document. A researcher noted the following (on 14 January 2014): "I have her date of birth recorded as October 11, 1905 but have mistakenly not recorded the source." Document located in the Loose Copy Archival Storage Box (Letters, Marriages, Deaths, and other miscellaneous documents).
    TextImagemysterycomment     Year of birth not recorded on document. A researcher noted the following (on 14 January 2014): "I have her date of birth recorded as October 11, 1905 but have mistakenly …
    Cramahe Township Public Library
  • Indenture between John Langs and Elizabeth Daniels
    Indenture between John Langs and Elizabeth Daniels
    ImageTextcomment       An indenture between John Langs and Elizabeth Daniels dated the 21st of April 1854 for one hundred and forty-nine acres composed of lot number eight in the first range south of Ancaster road in the township of Brantford purchased for the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds.
    ImageTextcomment     An indenture between John Langs and Elizabeth Daniels dated the 21st of April 1854 for one hundred and forty-nine acres composed of lot number eight in the first range south …
    County of Brant Public Library
  • Grant of Dumfries Land to Thomas Gadd
    Grant of Dumfries Land to Thomas Gadd
    TextImagecomment       This grant from the Province of Upper Canada gives Thomas Gadd 446 acres of land in Paris (then the Township of Dumfries), north of Dundas Street. His land is described as bordering Capron's.
    TextImagecomment     This grant from the Province of Upper Canada gives Thomas Gadd 446 acres of land in Paris (then the Township of Dumfries), north of Dundas Street. His land is described …
  • Deed of Bargain and Sale, Joseph Keeler and Phares Miller, 19 February 1851
    Deed of Bargain and Sale, Joseph Keeler and Phares Miller, 19 February 1851
    TextImagecomment       A researcher submitted the following comment November 2014: "This document is dated 1851, not 1837. It refers to the land that is now occupied by 14, 16, and 20 King Street West. Phares Miller (1820-1898) was a wheelwright. The document makes reference to a dwelling recently built on the property …
    TextImagecomment     A researcher submitted the following comment November 2014: "This document is dated 1851, not 1837. It refers to the land that is now occupied by 14, 16, and 20 King …
    Cramahe Township Public Library
  • The Diary Entries & Family History of Henry Husband
    The Diary Entries & Family History of Henry Husband
    ImageTextGenealogical Resourcecomment       A printed version of Henry Husband's diary has been transcribed by his great-granddaughter Valerie Husband Brook and is available in the Oakville Room Reference Collection at Oakville Public Library Central Branch. The transcription is called "The Husbands of Halton" and is based on a diary and family history written by …
    ImageTextGenealogical Resourcecomment     A printed version of Henry Husband's diary has been transcribed by his great-granddaughter Valerie Husband Brook and is available in the Oakville Room Reference Collection at Oakville Public Library Central …
    Oakville Public Library
  • Notes about Cobourg History made by Michael Newton
    Notes about Cobourg History made by Michael Newton
    Imagecomment       07-02 Notes about Cobourg History made by Michael Newton Source: Michael Newton Acquired: Unknown
    Imagecomment     07-02 Notes about Cobourg History made by Michael Newton Source: Michael Newton Acquired: Unknown
    Cobourg Public Library
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