Eva Cosens notebook - Notes on the history of West Lorne, Ontario
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives169880
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ron Payne Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1940s
- Accession Number
- 2010-37
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 Sh3 B7 F9
- 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 F9
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1940s
- Physical Description
- 0.1 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 buriend at the Colchester Cemetery in Harrow, Ontario.
- Scope and Content
- File contains handwritten notes taken from Eva Cosen's notebooks about the history of West Lorne, Ontario. Includes information about its name origin as Bismark and Lorne, as well local businesses such as the A. McKillop and Sons Ltd. Saw Mill, the Seaman Kent Company, the Canadian Canners and the Milner Turn Goods and Handle Factory.
- Name Access
- Cosens, Eva
- West Lorne (Ont.)
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