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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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Backus Family miscellaneous historical records
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1887-1909
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh3 B6 F5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh3 B6 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1887-1909
- Series
- Backus Family fonds- Historical records series
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Miscellaneous historical records that likely belonged to Backus family members. This file includes the following:
- -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-Page Home
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Wallacetown Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1993
- Accession Number
- 2003-16
- Storage Location
- R7 S5 Sh3 B3 F1 135
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Wallacetown Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2003-16
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R7 S5 Sh3 B3 F1 135
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1993
- Series
- Wallacetown Women's Institute fonds - Tweedsmuir History series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- Colour photograph of the Backus-Page House in 1993, located at 29424 Lakeview Line, Wallacetown, included in the Wallacetown Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History, Volume Five, page 135. The land was first acquired in 1809, and the house built in 1850. In 1965, the Page family that owned the house sold it to the Ontario Government, who converted it into the museum it is today.
- Name Access
- Wallacetown Women's Institute
- Wallacetown (Ont.)
- Backus (family)
- Subject Access
- Tweedsmuir Histories
- Website / Street View Notes
- https://www.elgincounty.ca/ElginCounty/CulturalServices/Archives/tweedsmuir/Wallacetown%20Vol%205/page%200125%20-%200129.pdf
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Backus-Page House Museum
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ron Payne Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1990s
- Accession Number
- 2010-37
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 Sh2 B4 F11 6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ron Payne Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2010-37
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 Sh2 B4 F11 6
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1990s
- Series
- Ron Payne Collection - Photographs series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- An unidentified individual posing in front of the Backus-Page House Museum building, before its restoration by the Tyrconnell Heritage Society in 1998.
- Name Access
- Backus-Page House
- Backus (family)
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Correspondence with Lois M. Scott
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ida Haggan fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1975
- Storage Location
- C10 Sh4 B5 F31
Illustration of Stephen Backus Residence
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Atlas Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1877
- Accession Number
- 2002-26
- Storage Location
- C5 Sh1 B3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Atlas Collection
- Creator
- H.R. Page & Co.
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2002-26
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C5 Sh1 B3
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1877
- Publication
- H.R. Page & Co.- Toronto, 1877
- Physical Description
- 1 illustration
- Scope and Content
- Illustration of Stephen Backus Residence. Concession 10, Lot 13, County of Elgin. This illustration is located in H.R. Page & Company's Historical Atlas of Elgin County, Ontario, 1877, page 31.
- Name Access
- Backus (family)
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Patterson, Pearce, Storey & Backus 200th Year Celebration records
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-2009
- Accession Number
- 2017-39
- Storage Location
- Box 119, File 1
- R5 S3 Sh3 B6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2017-39
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 119, File 1
- R5 S3 Sh3 B6
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-2009
- Scope and Content
- -an invitation to a commemorative picnic at John E. Pearce Park, July 1959, for the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Patterson, Pearce, Storey and Backus families.
- Certificates from Dalton McGuinty, Premier, Joe Preston, M.P., and Steve Peters, M.P.P. in recognition of the bicentennial of the arrival of the first families of the Talbot Settlement, 2009.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Patterson (family)
- Storey (family)
- Backus (family)
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Photographs
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ida Haggan fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Storage Location
- C10 Sh4 B2 F11
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ida Haggan fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- C10 Sh4 B2 F11
- GMD
- graphic material
- Series
- Ida Haggan fonds- Photographs series
- Physical Description
- 29 photographs : prints and negatives
- 1 postcard
- Scope and Content
- 4 negatives: Hankinson Family
- 3 negatives: Haines family
- 4 prints: Marr Family
- 2 prints: Mrs. Godfrey's pupils, Reunion of Mrs. Godfrey's class
- 9 prints and 1 negative: McDermand Family
- 1 print: Hilliard McConnell family
- 1 negative: Albert H. Backus
- 2 negatives: McConnell Farm
- 1 negative: Mary Eliza Timpany Heard
- 1 print: Residence of James Martin Sr.
- 1 postcard: Martin House (Beecher Sr. married Mrs. Jane Weaver Martin)
- 2 negatives: Mr. and Mrs. William McConnell
- 1 negative: Miss Huldah Weaver, Mrs. Tamar Weaver and Mrs. Robert Moore
- Name Access
- Hankinson (family)
- Haines (family)
- Marr (family)
- McDermand (family)
- McConnell (family)
- Backus (family)
- Heard (family)
- Weaver (family)
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Photographs
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ida Haggan fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Storage Location
- C10 Sh4 B2 F13
Photographs
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ida Haggan fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Storage Location
- C10 Sh4 B2 F15
Sarah Ann Backus notebook
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1911-1939
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B7 F15
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B7 F15
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1911-1939
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Miscellaneous records series
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- A notebook with handwritten notes by Sarah Ann Backus, wife of Thomas Leslie Pearce. Includes an account of her trip to Western Canada with her husband, Thomas, in 1911, when they visited their sons Walter and Leslie. When they returned home, their son Ernest had built his home where he was living with his wife, Alice Lisle Morris. Also includes an account of Sarah's trip to Western Canada in 1939.
- Name Access
- Backus (family)
- Pearce (family)
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W.I. Meeting at Backus Page House Museum
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Wallacetown Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 2010
- Storage Location
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F3 136
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