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Colour images of all the documents and books in the Burwell Family fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Date Range
- 2013
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F1
- Date Range
- 2013
- Scope and Content
- Cardstock of colour images of all the documents and books in the Burwell Family fonds. Also in this file is a CD containing images files of the Louisa Burwell portrait.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
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9 personal Burwell family member seals, each with initials, one is the Burwell family Coat of Arms
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- objects
- Date Range
- ca. 1900
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
Finding Aid for the Anderson Family fonds and Donald Hume Anderson fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2006
- Storage Location
- REF 34
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
- Storage Location
- REF 34
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2006
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Port Burwell Provincial Park fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Port Burwell Provincial Park fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1855-2005
- Storage Location
- C6 Sh3 B6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Port Burwell Provincial Park fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C6 Sh3 B6
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1855-2005
- Physical Description
- 9.5 cm of textual records
- 112 photographs : b&w
- 1 photograph : b&w, mounted on cardboard
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- 106 photographs (jpeg)
- 2 maps
- History / Biographical
- Port Burwell Provincial Park, located in the village of Port Burwell in Elgin County, was established in 1968 by Ontario Regulations as a recreational park and includes the area known as Iroquois Beach Provincial Park (1971-1986). The Port Burwell area also contains three other designated park areas administered by Ontario Parks: Beattie Access, John F. Pearce Provincial Park, and Port Bruce Park. Beattie Access, established in 1966, is in Aldborough Township and is classified as a day park. It contains the longest stretch of protected shoreline on Lake Erie,1157 feet. John F. Pearce Provincial Park was established in 1959 and has been classified as a nature reserve. Iroquois Provincial Park was established in 1971 as a recreational park and was amalgamated into Port Burwell Provincial Park in 1986. Port Bruce Park is not an official Provincial Park, but is operational for day use. The village of Port Burwell is located on the North shore of Lake Erie, and has a population of approximately 1000. Its main industries are tourism and commercial fishing.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records related to the history and operation of Port Burwell Provincial Park. It also includes operational records of Iroquois Beach Provincial Park, Beattie Access, Port Bruce Provincial Park and John E. Pearce Provincial Park. Fonds includes Superintendent’s Annual Park Reports, photographs, a history of Port Burwell, Park Information Guides, a plan of the park site, and a plan of one phase of land acquisitions in the park.
The fonds has been arranged into the following series:
- 1. History
- 2. Photographs
- 3. Superintendent’s Reports
- 4. Information Guides
- 5. Park Plans
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Parks
- Arrangement
- Series files for photographs arranged in numeric order based on the index provided. All other series files arranged by location, in alphabetic order, and then chronologically.
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Village of Port Burwell fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Village of Port Burwell fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1927-1997
- Accession Number
- 2003-20
- 2005-04
- 2015-03
- Storage Location
- R13 S1 Sh5 B8-9
- R13 S1 Sh6 B1
- R15 S1 Sh4-6
- R15 S2 Sh6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Village of Port Burwell fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2003-20
- 2005-04
- 2015-03
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R13 S1 Sh5 B8-9
- R13 S1 Sh6 B1
- R15 S1 Sh4-6
- R15 S2 Sh6
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1927-1997
- Physical Description
- 6 m of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Village of Port Burwell is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, at the mouth of Big Otter Creek in the County of Elgin. It was initially a police village within the Township of Bayham until it was incorporated in 1949.
- On January 1, 1998, the Village of Port Burwell amalgamated with the Township of Bayham and Village of Vienna to form the Municipality of Bayham.
- Scope and Content
- Consists of the following series:
- -Police Village of Port Burwell series, 1901-1948
- -Treasurer's series, 1949-1969
- -Council series, 1949-1997
- -Clerk's series, 1950-1997
- -*The Police Village of Port Burwell records series pre-date the incorporation of the Village of Port Burwell.
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.: Village)
- Access Restriction
- Provisions of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act apply
- Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically
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Abram Bond family Fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Abram Bond family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1836-1999
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh3 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Abram Bond family fonds
- Creator
- Abram Bond
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh3 B2
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1836-1999
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records
- 9 photographs : b&w
- History / Biographical
- Abram Bond was born on January 11, 1838. His parents were Thomas and Sarah Bond. His siblings were Harriet, Thomas, David, and Frances Ann.
- On May 22, 1869, he left London, England on the ship "American Union," and arrived in London, Ontario on July 8, 1869.
- Abram Bond married Elizabeth Ann (Edes) Nunn on August 24, 1872 in London, Ontario. Together they had seven children - Arthur, George, Emma, Fredrick, Charles, Rosa, and Thomas.
- The Bond, Nunn, Edes, and Geach families moved to Perry Township in the Perry Sound District in 1879 - part of the Free Grants and Homestead Act in Ontario.
- Abram moved to St. Thomas in 1887 and worked as a carpenter in the car shops for the Michigan Central Railway. He died on July 17, 1906.
- Scope and Content
- This fonds consists of various documents and photographs relating to Abram Bond and his family, including father-in-law John Edes and son Charles Abram Bond.
- The fonds is divided into the following series:
- 1. Correspondence (Abram Bond), 1869-1903
- 2. Travel Documents and Journal (Abram Bond), 1869
- 3. British Navy and London Metropolitan Police records (John Edes), 1836-1891
- 4. Photographs (Abram Bond family), 1881-1945
- 5. Legal Documents (Abram Bond family), 1868-1954
- 6. Miscellaneous records (Bond family), 1849-1999
- Name Access
- Bond, Abram
- Bond, Abram (family)
- Edes, John
- Bond, Charles
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Anderson Family fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Anderson family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- architectural drawings
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1877-1999
- Accession Number
- 2004-05
- 2015-53
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh3 P1
- C4 Sh5 P1-2
- C4 Sh6 B1
- C5 Sh2 B1-3
- C5 Sh5 B1-2
- C5 Sh5 B4-5
- C5 Sh6 B3
- C5 Sh6 B5
- C6 Sh1 B3
- M10e
- M5 S2 Sh1 B1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Anderson family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2004-05
- 2015-53
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh3 P1
- C4 Sh5 P1-2
- C4 Sh6 B1
- C5 Sh2 B1-3
- C5 Sh5 B1-2
- C5 Sh5 B4-5
- C5 Sh6 B3
- C5 Sh6 B5
- C6 Sh1 B3
- M10e
- M5 S2 Sh1 B1
- GMD
- graphic material
- architectural drawings
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1877-1999
- Physical Description
- 1.36 m of textual records
- 63 photographs : b&w and col.
- 4 photographs : b&w negatives
- 9 postcards : b&w
- 8 architectural drawings
- History / Biographical
- Since the mid 1890s, the Anderson family has been prominent in the social and commercial life of St. Thomas, Ontario, with extensive involvement in community fund raising and other philanthropic ventures, church activities, the arts, sporting events, and the operation of one of the city's iconic business establishments and principal employers, the Anderson Department Store.
Robert Marshall Anderson (1860-1940) came to St. Thomas in 1896 as the junior partner in a dry goods business and manager of the department store known as Northway and Anderson. In 1906 Anderson purchased his partner John Northway’s share in the company and established the family business known as the Anderson Department Store that dominated St. Thomas commercial life for much of the 20th century.
Building on his success as a businessman, R.M. Anderson soon gained prominence in the city's social and philanthropic circles. He served as President of the Elgin Patriotic Society from the time of its founding in 1914 until its disbandment in 1919. He was active in several civic building campaigns in St. Thomas, including those supporting the construction of Memorial Hospital, new buildings for the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A., and extensions for Alma College.
Mr. Anderson was also a devoted member of Knox Presbyterian Church in St. Thomas and served for many years on its board of managers. He was an avid amateur golfer and curler and was instrumental in establishing several golf clubs/courses in the St. Thomas area. He was a founding member and director of the Elgin Country Club in 1899 (later renamed Pinafore Park Golf Club), one of the few clubs formed in Ontario prior to 1900 still in existence. Also in 1899 R.M. Anderson married Katherine (Kate) Wegg, a lifelong resident of St. Thomas whose ancestors included some of the area's first settlers, the Duncombe and Wegg families.
Their son Donald Hume Anderson was born on April 14, 1910 and quickly absorbed his father’s passion for the sports of curling and golf. As a student at the University of Toronto (1928-1932), he was a member of the varsity curling team, and captain of the varsity golf team during his last three years. After completing his Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1932, he entered the family business and continued his secondary career as a recreational and highly competitive amateur sportsman who was instrumental in organizing both curling and golf at local, provincial and national levels.
D.H. Anderson was a sixteen-time Club Champion at the St. Thomas Golf & Country Club and served as the Club's President from 1951-1953. In 1990 he donated a portion of farmland for the construction of the Redtail Golf Course in Port Stanley, Ontario, where the Club House is named Anderson House to honour its benefactor. He served as a governor of both the Ontario Golf Association and the Canadian Seniors Golf Association.
D.H. Anderson was also a founding member of The St. Thomas Curling Club (formed in 1955), later served as Club President, and led the campaign to fund and construct the St. Thomas Memorial Community Centre Arena, which opened in 1956, providing St. Thomas curlers with six additional sheets of ice. The St. Thomas Curling Club has hosted or participated in many bonspiels at local, provincial, national and international levels. In 1961 a St. Thomas Curling Club team that included D.H. Anderson won the Governor General’s Cup, a feat repeated in 1970 by a Club team featuring his son, Bob Anderson. D.H. Anderson became a Vice-President of the Ontario Curling Association in 1968, and from 1971 to 1973 served as the Association's President.
Following his father's example, D.H. Anderson became an influential community leader and philanthropist. He was the founding president of the St. Thomas-Elgin Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society, the St. Thomas-Elgin Branch of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the St. Thomas Mental Health Care Association (subsequently renamed the Elgin Association for Community Living). He also served as president of the St. Thomas Board of Trade and the St. Thomas-Elgin Art Gallery Foundation, and was a director of the St. Thomas Y.M.C.A., the St. Thomas Industrial Board and the Elgin County Pioneer Museum. During the Second World War, he was Chairman of the Fundraising Committee of the St. Thomas Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society. He was often called upon to lead important civic building campaigns, including such initiatives as the construction of a new general hospital and the Public Arts Centre.
Like his father, D.H. Anderson was an extremely knowledgeable and widely respected collector of art, books, maps, furniture and other artifacts, especially those created in or relating to the local history of St. Thomas and Elgin County. His private collection was without equal in south western Ontario, and while much of the collection was sold at auction after his death in 2004, many items were donated to the St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre where they remain on display.
Donald Hume Anderson married Mary Catherine Morley, August 7, 1937. Their three children, Mary Catherine (Kate), Robert Morley, and Susan Elizabeth (Betsy) joined their father in running the store that bore their family's name.
Donald Hume Anderson continued to serve as President of Andersons Limited until the store closed in 1988. He died on February 6, 2004 at the age of 93.
- Custodial History
- The items and records comprising the fonds were originally in the custody of the Anderson family and were transferred to the Elgin County Archives in 2004.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists principally of records relating to the Anderson family's many athletic, philanthropic and community development activities and is of particular interest to those seeking information on the development of social-service organizations and institutions in St. Thomas, Ontario, and to historians and researchers generally concerned with museum administration, community development fundraising, and the organisation of golf and curling as amateur sports in Ontario.
Fonds also includes correspondence of Robert Marshall Anderson and Donald Hume Anderson with various soldiers from the St. Thomas area who served during the Boer War/South African War (1899-1902), the First World War (1914-1918), and the Second World War (1939-1945). These records will interest military historians and researchers concerned with how the experiences of war are described and remembered. The correspondence embodies the distinct perspectives on military service of the regular infantry soldier and the military physician.
Fonds also includes records acquired and maintained by Mary Morley Anderson during her service as an official with St. Thomas-Elgin Civil Defence.
Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1. Community Service
2. Curling
3. Golf
4. Photographs
5. War Correspondence
6. Mary Morley Anderson records
- Name Access
- Anderson, Donald Hume
- Anderson, Robert Marshall
- Art Gallery St. Thomas-Elgin
- Art Gallery Foundation of St. Thomas and Elgin
- St. Thomas Curling Club
- St. Thomas Golf and Country Club
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Business and Industry
- Finding Aid
- Finding Aid available in Reference Room - REF 34
- Related Material
- Anderson Department Store fonds
- Donald Hume Anderson fonds
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Axford Family fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Axford Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1921-2002
- Accession Number
- 2016-24
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh1 B6-7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Axford Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2016-24
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh1 B6-7
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1921-2002
- History / Biographical
- The Axford family originated in Hampshire and Wilshire, England. They settled primarily in yarmouth Township, Elgin County.
- Scope and Content
- This fonds is comprised of records created and collected by the Axford and Ewanick families, relating to the Axford family history, 1921-2002. Includes the following series:
- -Photographs, 1921-1947.
- -Publications, 1976-2002.
- Name Access
- Axford (family)
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Backus Family fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1825-1909
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh2 B4
- R8 S5 Sh3 B6 F1-5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh2 B4
- R8 S5 Sh3 B6 F1-5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1825-1909
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Backus family was one of several families that had obtained land from Colonel Thomas Talbot and settled in the area which quickly came to be known as Little Ireland (a namesake due to the Irish ancestry of the settlers).
- The Backus-Page House Museum is located within the grounds of the John E. Pearce Provincial Park, situated within a restored Georgian style house which was constructed in 1850. It is one of the first brick homes built in what would eventually become Dunwich Township.
The house was commissioned by Andrew and Mary Jane Backus. The property that Andrew built his house on was given to him by his grandmother, Mary Storey, who received her original land grant in 1809.
- Scope and Content
- Records created, collected and/or maintained by the Backus family of Dunwich Township. The fonds is comprised of the following series:
- -Land records series, 1825-1906.
- -Historical records series, 1877-1909.
- Name Access
- Backus (family)
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Backus Family fonds- Historical records series
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1877-1909
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh2 B4
- R8 S5 Sh3 B6 F5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh2 B4
- R8 S5 Sh3 B6 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1877-1909
- Series
- Backus Family fonds- Historical records series
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Historical records created, collected or maintained by members of the Backus family. Records include:
- -Illustrated Historical Atlas of Elgin County, Ontario by H.R. Page & Co., 1877.
- -"Biographical Sketches of Some of the Residents of Elgin County, ca. 1885.
- -Education Department, Ontario, High School Entrrance Examination in Literature, December Examinations, 1887. This examination copy belonged to Fannie Backus.
-"The Evening Journal, St. Thomas, August 29, 1896".
-an invitation to the Patterson, Pearce, Storey and Backus reunion, to be held at Port Talbot, July 14, 1909..
- Name Access
- Backus (family)
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Backus Family fonds- Land records series
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1825-1906
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh3 B6 F1-4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh3 B6 F1-4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1825-1906
- Series
- Backus Family fonds- Historical records series
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Land records created, collected or maintained by members of the Backus family. Records include:
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-Indenture (Bargain & Sale): from The Honourable Thomas Talbot to Stephen Backus and Walter Storey of the Township of Dunwich, December 1, 1825.
-Indenture (Bargain & Sale): from The Honourable Thomas Talbot of Port Talbot to Stephen Backus of the Township of Dunwich, August 1, 1826.
-Indenture (Bargain & Sale): from The Honourable Thomas Talbot of Port Talbot to Walter Storey of the Township of Dunwich, August 22, 1826.
-Indenture (Bargain & Sale): from Stephen Backus of the Township of Dunwich to Benjamin Willson of the Township of Yarmouth, August 1, 1837.
-Memorial of an Indenture (Bargain & Sale): from Stephen Backus of the Township of Dunwich to Benjamin Willson of the Township of Yarmouth, August 31, 1837.
- -Indenture and Sale: from Stephen Backus of the Township of Dunwich, to Robert Backus of the Township of Dunwich, August 23, 1852.
-Indenture: from Robert and Georgina Forbes Blackwood of Tyrconnell, Township of Dunwich, to Robert Backus of the Township of Dunwich, August 28, 1857.
-Indenture of Bargain and Sale between Stephen Backus of the Township of Dunwich, and Robert Backus of the Township of Dunwich, October 28, 1858.
- -In Chancery (Office Copy Decree, Notice and Master's Warrant), between George Macbeth, Plaintiff, and James Blackwood and Georgina Forbes Blackwood, his wife, Andrew Backus, Richard B. Nichol and Joseph Scott, defendents, October 20, 1865.
-Indenture between the Township of Dunwich and Robert Backus of the Township of Dunwich, February 22, 1870.
-Indenture (Deed of Land) between Robert and Jane Backus of the Township of Dunwich, and Frederick Henry Backus of the Township of Dunwich, July 2, 1889.
-Indenture (Deed of Land) between Jane Backus of the Township of Dunwich, and John Robert Backus of the Township of Dunwich, October 6, 1898.
-Release of Executor: John Robert Backus of the Township of Dunwich, to Jane Backus, October 6, 1898.
-Indenture (Statutory Lease) between Annie Francis Backus of the Township of Dunwich, and Frederick Henry Backus of the Village of Wallacetown, March 9, 1899.
- -Quit Claim Deed: Jane Backus of the Township of Dunwich, widow of Robert Backus, deceased, and Anna Francis Docker, of the Township of Dunwich, wife of Edward Docker, December 17, 1904.
-Lease from Edward Vernon Docker and Anna Frances Docker of the Township of Malahide to George Sidney Docker and Martha Docker, September 6, 1906.
-A listing of landholders for Concession 9, Lot 13. Dunwich, from 1821 to 1891.
- Name Access
- Backus (family)
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Burdick Family fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burdick Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1849-1972
- Accession Number
- 2006-18
- Storage Location
- R9 S5 Sh3 B6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burdick Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2006-18
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R9 S5 Sh3 B6
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1849-1972
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records and graphic material
- History / Biographical
- Bruce Lawrence Burwick was originally from Malahide, 1st Concession, near Lakeview Line. He died in 1986. Margaret is his second wife.
- Bruce's first wife Eula Kennedy, of near Calton. Bruce had twin boys from first marriage: Joe lives in London, Jim lives in Brantford. Margaret and Bruce had one daughter, Margaret, who lives in Kitchener.
- William Burdick was a Veterinary Surgeon in Malahide. He married Araminta Chute in 1894, in Malahide, 1st Concession. Araminta's parents were Richard and Elizabeth Chute/They lived in Chesaning, Michigan when first married, but returned to Malahide. William received veterinary training in Guelph
- Custodial History
- Bruce Lawrence Burdick acquired the material, his wife Margaret donated the material.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds is comprised of records created and/or maintained by members of the Burdick and Chute families of Malahide Township. The records are divided into the following series:
- -Correspondence, 1849-1970.
- -Genealogical records series, ca. 1879-1972.
- -Miscellaneous records series, 1897-1923.
- -Photographs series, 1898-ca. 1970.
- Name Access
- Burdick (family)
- Chute (family)
- Malahide (Ont. : Township)
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Burgess Family Fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burgess Family Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1816-1907
- Accession Number
- 2011-14
- Storage Location
- R2 S6 Sh2 B4 F1
- R2 S6 Sh2 B4 F2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burgess Family Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2011-14
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R2 S6 Sh2 B4 F1
- R2 S6 Sh2 B4 F2
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1816-1907
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Original deeds, mortgages and other documents relating to Lot 11, Concession 3, Yarmouth Township, 1816-1907.
- Name Access
- Yarmouth (Ont. : Township)
- Burgess (family)
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Cloes family fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Cloes family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1824-1998
- Accession Number
- 2003-28
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh2 B2 F6-14
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Cloes family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2003-28
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh2 B2 F6-14
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1824-1998
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- 13 photographs : b&w, some sepia toned
- History / Biographical
- O’Neal (O’Neil) Cloes (1792-1879) and Eunice R. Culver (Collver/Colver) were married in New Sarum, then Upper Canada, in 1821. They settled in Yarmouth Township, Elgin County. Cloes, a former resident of New York State, corresponded with various family members in different parts of Upper Canada and the United States. They had eleven children, the youngest surviving son, Lewis Cloes (b.1846) and his youngest son (of three); Floyd Cloes (b.1893) are the sources of most of the material in the fonds. The Cloes and Culver families were both large, and have a great number of descendants in the United States and Canada. Further biographical material, including a more detailed family history, can be found in Series 1 - Genealogy.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists largely of correspondence, including 20 letters received by O’Neal Cloes in the second half of the nineteenth century. Later correspondence between family genealogists and a number of family photographs and other documents including land and tax records and legal certificates are included. The fonds has been artificially arranged into the following series:
1. Correspondence, 1824-ca. 1898
2. Photographs, ca. 1860-1924
3. Personal Records, ca. 1916-1944
4. Genealogy, ca. 1976-1998
- Name Access
- Cloes (family)
- New Sarum (Ont.)
- Yarmouth (Ont. : Township)
- Arrangement
- Artificial arrangement imposed on material.
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Cox and Powles Family fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Cox and Powles Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1897-1978
- Accession Number
- 2021-08
- Storage Location
- M2 S1 Sh3 B6 F3-5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Cox and Powles Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2021-08
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M2 S1 Sh3 B6 F3-5
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1897-1978
- Physical Description
- 49 photographs
1 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The old home called "Sandymount" was the first brick house to be built on the London and Port Stanley Highway, between Middlesex County and St. Thomas. It is located at the top of the winding Sandymount Hill, on the east side of the highway, just north and west of the city. It was built in 1853, by Edward Rogers, great-grandfather of the later owners Misses Beatrice and Gladys Cox, and he named his homestead "Sandymount" after a summer resort on the Irish coast near Dublin. The property was the first to be acquired from the Crown in that area and was settled in 1836. The current address is 9592 Sunset Drive.
Eugene Cox (born 1865 and died June 20th, 1930) and Margaret Cox (born September 24th, 1871 and died September 17th, 1944) had three children: Herbert (born February 2, 1897and died in 1950), Beatrice Cox (born July 13th, 1899) and Gladys Cox (born 1902 and died in 1985).
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records relating to, created by, and/or collected by the Cox and Powles Family fonds, ca. 1897-1978. Includes the following series:
-Photographs series, ca. 1897-1953.
-Personal records series, 1914-1978.
- Name Access
- Cox (family)
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Edison family fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Edison family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- objects
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1812-1966
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh5 B5
- R6 S6 Sh4 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Edison family fonds
- Creator
- Edison (family)
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh5 B5
- R6 S6 Sh4 B2
- GMD
- textual records
- objects
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1812-1966
- Physical Description
- 58 cm of textual records
- 3 locks of hair
- 1 photograph
- History / Biographical
- The Edisons were a prominent family in the village of Vienna in Elgin County. They were United Empire Loyalists who left the thirteen colonies for Nova Scotia. John Edison and his sons Samuel Sr., Thomas, and Marshalis eventually settled in Upper Canada. They were later joined by his other sons Moses and Adonijah. John died in 1814. His son Samuel Sr. distinguished himself in the war of 1812, serving as a captain in the Middlesex Militia. Samuel Sr.’s first wife, Nancy Simpson, passed away in 1824. He later remarried Elizabeth Yokum Cook. In 1834 Samuel Edison Sr. and Jessie Smith helped found the town of Vienna. The name of the town was chosen due to Samuel Sr.’s Austrian ancestry. It was during this period that the Edison family switched from being staunch supporters of the conservative party to reformers. Samuel Jr, Samuel Sr.’s son from his first marriage, openly joined William Lyon Mackenzie during the 1837 Upper Canada rebellion. Samuel Jr. was subsequently forced to leave Upper Canada for the United States after the rebellion was put down. It was Samuel Jr.’s son, Thomas Alva Edison, who would bring worldwide fame to the Edison name as a great inventor. It is suspected that Thomas Alva visited his grandfather and other relatives in Vienna during his childhood, and he certainly remained in contact with them during his later years. Samuel Sr. died in 1865, and much of his land was given to his son from his second marriage, Charles Oscar. Charles was a farmer in Vienna who married Mary Ann Finch. Together the two had six daughters and two sons. Charles died in 1922 leaving his land to his wife and daughters. Mary Ann Edison passed away five years later in 1927.
- Custodial History
- The papers of the Edison family were originally donated to the Elgin County Library and were later transferred to the Elgin County Archives.
- Scope and Content
- The Edison family fonds is composed primarily of land indentures, mortgages, wills, and correspondence on matters pertaining to the family’s day to day business in Vienna. There are also graduation certificates, locks of hair, and a photograph in the fonds.
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
Samuel Edison Sr. Land Indentures, 1812-1861
Thomas Edison Land Indentures, 1830-1857
Simeon O. Edison Land Indentures and Correspondence, 1862-1872
Charles O. Edison Papers, 1860-1942
Charles Edison Family Papers, 1873-1966
Finch Family Correspondence and Indentures, 1851-1923
Michael/Frank Edison- Correspondence and Agreements, 1866-1911
J. Carruthers Correspondence, 1903-1922
- Name Access
- Edison (family)
- Vienna (Ont.)
- Arrangement
- Due to the disorganized state of the records they have been reorganized using an artificial arrangement scheme.
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Gordon F. Robertson family fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Gordon F. Robertson family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1943-1976
- Storage Location
- R3 S5 Sh5 B16 F8-17
- R7 S1 Sh5 B2
- R7 S1 Sh3 B1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Gordon F. Robertson family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R3 S5 Sh5 B16 F8-17
- R7 S1 Sh5 B2
- R7 S1 Sh3 B1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1943-1976
- Physical Description
- 60 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Gordon F. Robertson, his wife Ruth and their children operated a dairy and cash crop farm near Lambeth, Ontario on Lot 23, Concession 4, Delaware Township, Middlesex County from 1943 to ca. 1976. The dairy cattle operation was wound up and sold in 1971.
- Custodial History
- The fonds was donated to the Elgin County Library ca. 1999 and subsequently transferred to the Elgin County Archives.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of financial and dairy herd-management records relating to the operation of the Robertson family farm. The fonds is arranged in two series:
1. Dairy Herd Records, 1944-1972
2. Farm Account Records, 1943-1976
- Name Access
- Robertson (family)
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Farm life
- Farming
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Lemon Family fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Lemon Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1881-1981
- Accession Number
- 2012-26
- Storage Location
- R3 S1 Sh6 B6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Lemon Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2012-26
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R3 S1 Sh6 B6
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1881-1981
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of graphic material and textual records
- History / Biographical
- Cyrenius Oxford Lemon moved from a farm in Delaware Township to West Lorne in 1873, where he operated a bakery until his death in 1878. C.O. Lemon's son, Joseph T. Lemon, after managing a canning factory in Thamesville, opened a general store on Graham Street in West Lorne in 1911 with his son, Victor Earl Lemon, under the name J.T. Lemon and Son. V.E. Lemon served overseas in the First World War from 1916 to 1918, but returned in 1919 to operate the general store in West Lorne, selling dry goods, clothing and groceries. V.E. Lemon served as West Lorne Village Councillor in 1934 and as Reeve of West Lorne, 1938-1939. Ca. 1964 V.E. Lemon sold the grocery business, moved the dry goods business into the former grocery section of the store and leased the former dry goods section to the Government of Canada for the operation of the West Lorne Post Office. In January 1979 V.E. Lemon sold the business to Harry and Ria Van Dyk, but continued to operate the store until April 1979.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists primarily of photographs of the Lemon family and their friends in the West Lorne vicinity. There are also many photographs documenting the Lemon's Store in West Lorne. Fonds has been divided into the following series:
- -Photographs, 1881-1979
- -Historical Research records, 1904-1981
- -Correspondence, 1917-1979
- Name Access
- J.T. Lemon and Son
- Lemon (family)
- West Lorne (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Business and Industry
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Lunn Family fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Lunn Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1947-2003
- Accession Number
- 2016-25
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh1 B8 F1-5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Lunn Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2016-25
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh1 B8 F1-5
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1947-2003
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of rextual records
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Records relating to or collected by members of the Lunn family, and includes the following files:
- -Family records, 1947-1958
- -Independent Order of Odd Fellows records, 1963-2003
- -St. James Presbyterian Church, North Yarmouth Willing Workers Society, 1966-1970.
- -4-H records, 1971-1974.
- Name Access
- Lunn (family)
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McKay family/ Kenneth Weir McKay fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- McKay family/ Kenneth Weir McKay fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1819-ca. 1980
- Accession Number
- 99-18
- 2008-28
- 2013-23
- 2018-56
- 2019-09
- 2020-11
- Storage Location
- C10 Sh2 B1-3
- C10 Sh3 B1-5
- C11 Sh3 B3-4
- C13 Sh1
- C13 Sh2
- M10a
- M11
- M12
- M15
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- McKay family/ Kenneth Weir McKay fonds
- Creator
- K.W. McKay
- McKay (family)
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 99-18
- 2008-28
- 2013-23
- 2018-56
- 2019-09
- 2020-11
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- C10 Sh2 B1-3
- C10 Sh3 B1-5
- C11 Sh3 B3-4
- C13 Sh1
- C13 Sh2
- M10a
- M11
- M12
- M15
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1819-ca. 1980
- Physical Description
- 5 m of textual records and graphic material
- History / Biographical
- Kenneth Weir McKay was the longest serving Clerk of Elgin County. He served from December 15, 1882 until December 1, 1939, continuing the family’s connection to the office; his uncle, John McKay, was the first clerk and his father, William McKay, was the second. K. W. McKay was considered the leading expert on municipal government during his day, participating is several monumental initiatives such as the codification of the Municipal Act, the Assessment Act and the creation of the Ontario Good Roads Association. He furthermore founded and was the first editor of Municipal World magazine in St. Thomas. This magazine remains based in Elgin County and is a vital source of information on local government across Canada and abroad.
- K. W. McKay was on numerous committees and supported numerous causes including the Red Cross Society, St. Thomas and Elgin County Children’s Aid Society, Alma College Board, and Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute. His historical prowess was well established; he authored the chapter on local government in Ontario for the seminal national history Canada and its Provinces (1914) as well as several books and articles on local history.
- K. W. McKay was born to William McKay and Susan Sells of Southwold Township in 1862. He had an abiding interest in the family’s genealogy and organized many events and reunions at his home Selldon, Payne’s Mills (the ancestral home of the Sell’s family). This abiding interest is reflected in the fonds.
- Elgin County Council passed a by-law in 1939 declaring Mr. McKay Clerk Emeritus for the county. He died October 4th, 1941. A more detailed biography is contained in the publication Documenting Our Roots: A Sesquicentennial History of the County of Elgin, 1852-2002 available through the Elgin County Library.
- Custodial History
- Material (AN 99-18) was acquired through the Elgin County Library. Family records were accumulated by K.W. McKay. AN 2008-28 was donated by Ian McKay.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of records and photographs related to the McKay family, including the Sells and Bower family lines. The material covers the planning of the Sells family reunion at Selldon, various financial records and legal documents, K.W. McKay’s career as County clerk, newspaper clippings, Elgin County history and numerous Bower family photographs. The material has been arranged into the following series:
- McKay Family series, 1819-ca. 1980
- Elgin County History series, 1825-1969
- Miscellaneous series, 1832-1969
- Legal Documents series, [183-]-[186-]
- John McKay series, 1847-1876
- William McKay series, 1855-1882
- Sells Family series, 1857-1977 (predominant 1930-1939)
- Bowers Family series, [186-]-1952
- Photographs series, ca. 1885-1984
- Kenneth Weir (K.W.) McKay series, 1890-1942
- Name Access
- McKay, Kenneth Weir
- McKay, William
- McKay (family)
- McKay, John
- Sells (family)
- Bowers (family)
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