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Curtis Family Land Records - Lot 3, Concession 8, Township of Yarmouth
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Don Cosens Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1873-1924
- Accession Number
- 2018-58
- Storage Location
- M21 26
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Don Cosens Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2018-58
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- M21 26
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1873-1924
- Series
- Don Cosens Collection - Carolyn Curtis records series
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Caroyln Curtis was a local artist reknowned for her water colour works, and for paintings and etchings of historic buildings in and around St Thomas. She was born in St. Thomas, Ontario in 1903 to James D. Curtis and Dora Ferguson Curtis. She attended Wellington Street Public School and the St. Thomas Collegiate Institute, from which she graduated in 1922. She graduated from Alma College in household science in 1924, and then enrolled at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Ontario, graduating in Commercial Art four years later.
After graduation, Carolyn taught handicrafts at various organizations including the YWCA, Girl Guide camps, and at Alma College. During the Second World War, she accepted work inscribing honour rolls and lettering for government issued documents. For many years, she also inscribed the names of Alma College graduates in script on their diplomas. She eventually developed an interest in black and white etchings and water colours, and pursued additional training. These styles became her signature work, and her greeting cards featuring her artwork became collectors' items.
Curtis died in 1995. Her work can be found in the Canada Council Art Bank in Ottawa, at the St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre and in many private homes.
Information summarized from the St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre's biography of Curtis.
- Scope and Content
- Land records regarding Lot 3, Concession 8, in the Township of Yarmouth. File includes the following items:
1. Deed, Margaret Davis (deemed to be of "unsound mind" and represented by Samuel Price) to Charles Ellwood, dated January 8, 1873, for the north half of Lot 3, Concession 8, in the Township of Yarmouth.
2. Mortgage, Charles Ellwood to John King, dated December 13, 1884, for the north half of Lot 3, Concession 8, in the Township of Yarmouth.
3. Conditions of Sale by Public Auction and Memo of Purchase, regarding Part of Block O in Lot 3, Concession 8, Township of Yarmouth within the City of St. Thomas, dated June 8, 1888 (The Elgin Loan and Savings Company vs. Charles Ellwood et al).
4. Deed, Joseph Cook to Samuel Day, for Lot 4, Block O in Lot 3, Concession 8, in the Township of Yarmouth within the City of St. Thomas, dated May 15, 1895.
5. Deed, Eliza Day et al to James D. Curtis, for Lot 4, Block O in Lot 3, Concession 8, in the Township of Yarmouth within the City of St. Thomas, dated August 6, 1910.
6. Mortgage, James D. Curtis et ux, to Eliza Day et al, for Lot 4, Block O in Lot 3, Concession 8, in the Township of Yarmouth within the City of St. Thomas, dated August 19, 1910.
7. Deed, The Trustees of the Centre Street Regular Baptist Church to James to Curtis and Dora Ferguson Curtis, for part of Lot 3 in Block O, on the west side of Southwick Street according to registered plan number 3 in the City of St. Thomas. Dated September 29, 1924.
- Name Access
- Curtis, Carolyn
- Website / Street View Notes
- link provides a contemporary view of this property, provided by Google Maps Street View. Accessed on March 30, 2021.
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