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Eva Cosens notebook - History of Eagle, Ontario
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ron Payne Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1950s
- Accession Number
- 2010-37
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 Sh3 B7 F7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ron Payne Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2010-37
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 Sh3 B7 F7
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1950s
- Series
- Ron Payne Collection - Eva Cosens Notebook series
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Eva Cosens (nee Thompson) was born in Harrow, Ontario to the late Lennox and Silina Thompson. She was a long-term resident of West Lorne, Ontario with her husband, Sydney Cosens, and was known locally for writing articles on community and historical affairs. She often signed her articles with the initials "ETC". She died on May 29th, 1968 in St. Thomas and is buried at the Colchester Cemetery in Harrow, Ontario.
- Scope and Content
- File includes handwritten notes taken from Eva Cosen's notebooks, including a history of "The Eagle's Nest" (now Eagle, Ontario), including information about its first church and school, the origin of the hamlet's name, Lindenman's Store, the Eagle Union Church, the blacksmith shop, and farm houses. Also includes a list of teachers at the Eagle School, from 1818 to 1920, and a list of soldiers from Eagle, who served in the First World War and Second World War. Also, a handwritten History of Eagle Schools, author unknown.
- Name Access
- Cosens, Eva
- Eagle (Ont.)
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