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Genealogy Research - St. Peter's Anglican Church, Tyrconnell
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1828-2007
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F3
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1828-2007
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- 3 photographs
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes miscellaneous ephemera as well as photocopies and internet print-outs of reference material related to St. Peter's Anglican Church in Tyrconnell, of which members of the Pearce, Patterson, Backus and Storey families were instrumental in establishing, and where many members of the Pearce family attended and were married. Also contains photographic prints and the following original documents:
-Article of Agreement, 1828, in which Mary Storey, widow, grants ten acres of land in the Township of Dunwich to the Right Reverand Charles, on which a Protestant Episcopal Church be erected. The agreement also notes that John Pearce, Leslie Patterson, Stephen Backus and Walter Storey will jointly contribute to the construction of the church. Agreement is signed by John Pearce, Leslie Patterson, Stephen Backus, Walter Storey, George Crane, [J. Miles Farlands], Elizah Geoff, Albert Buckle, Isaac [indiscernible] and Thomas Matthews.
-Statement of transactions of John Pearce, Leslie Patterson and Stephen Backus as Trustees of the Episcopal Churchin the Township of Dunwich, circa 1832.
-Legal description of property for St. Peter's Cemetery, signed by Fred A. Bell, Ontario Land Surveyor.
-Correspondence sent to Reverand John E. Pearce from O.R. Rowley and A. Macleod Murray regarding the work and life of the Reverand Charles Stewart, dated January-February, 1928.
-Correspondence from James J. Talman, Assistant Librarian, The University of Western Ontario, addressed to John E. Pearce regarding Charles James Stewart.
-Booklet, "Duties and Responsibilities of Churchwardens", Diocese of Huron, 1896.
-List of receipts of St. Peter's Church for the year 1927.
-Statements of personal contributions to St. Peter's Church for the years 1929-1932.
-"Report of a Missionary Journey made by the Honourable and Reverance Charles James Stewart through Upper Canada in 1820", edited by James J. Talman, 1942.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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