An article relating to the life of Colonel Thomas Talbot, from an unidentified newspaper (incomplete)
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130313
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1874
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F7
- 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 F7
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1874
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Associated Artifacts series
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130377
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- objects
- Date Range
- ca. 1800-1914
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F9
- C3 Sh5 B3
- C3 Sh6 B3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Elgin County Museum
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F9
- C3 Sh5 B3
- C3 Sh6 B3
- GMD
- objects
- Date Range
- ca. 1800-1914
- Scope and Content
- The associated artifacts include a portrait of Hannibal's sister Louis (1818-1834), his son's Albert's military service medals and calling card plate and a portable writing desk belonging to his father Col. Mahlon Burwell containing 9 seals and a silver box.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Books series
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130378
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1808-1931
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B3
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1808-1931
- Scope and Content
- This series is comprised of the following records:
- -Bible published in Philadelphia by Mathew Carey in 1808. The bible contains hand-written entries detailing the birth, death and marriage of all of the children of Mahlon Burwell and Sarah Haun.
- -Bible published in Buffalo by Phinnet and Company in 1859. The bible contains a series of hand-written entries detailing the births, deaths amd marriages of all the children of Hannibal Burwell and Laura Williams.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Burwell Bible
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130368
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1810-1879
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B3 1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B3 1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1810-1879
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- Burwell Bible, bound and bought in Philadelphia, 1808 by Mahlon Burwell. Probably purchased in 1810 at or near the time of his marriage. Entries include birth, death and marriage dates from 1783 to 1879.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Images
Burwell Bible
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130369
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1859-1931
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B3 2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B3 2
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1859-1931
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- Burwell Bible, published Buffallo, 1859. Probably purchased by Hannibal Burwell. Entries list all of the children of Hannibal Burwell, births and deaths, Includes listings extracted from the earlier Burwell Bible. The last entry is dated 1931. The Burwell crest is on the inside front cover.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Images
Burwell Family fonds
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130384
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- objects
- Date Range
- ca. 1800-1982
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Elgin County Museum
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1
- GMD
- textual records
- objects
- Date Range
- ca. 1800-1982
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records and objects
- History / Biographical
- The Burwell family emigrated to Upper Canada in the aftermath of the American Revolution, settling in the Niagara District in Bertie Township. A son, Mahlon Burwell, born in 1783, trained as a provincial land surveyor and came to Port Talbot in 1811 to work for the District's Crown Land Agent, Thomas Talbot. He surveyed most of the townships in the London and Western Districts and laid out the town plot of London. He was appointed to several key offices in the district including Registrar, was the Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions, the regional government of the day, and was elected several times to the Colonial Assembly. He was regarded as the region's contribution to the Family Compact.
- He married Sarah Haun in 1810 and together they had 8 children. Several of his sons rose to positions of local significance within their communities, including Isaac Brock Burwell of Caradoc, John Burwell of Port Burwell, a community founded by his father, Hannibal the creator of this collection and Hercules, who succeeded him as Registrar of Middlesex.
- Hannibal took over Mahlon's estate in Elgin County near Port Talbot and lived there with his family until 1871 when he moved the family to London. There he entered the city's elite, supporting the Church of England as had been the family's tradition. Hannibal's daughter Hannah married Rev. David Williams, destined to become the Bishop of Huron and the Archbishop of Ontario.
- Of Hannibal's sons, only Alfred E. is represented in this collection. He received his father's papers and associated artifacts which after his own death in 1943, passed to his niece Mary Gweno Williams (later Mrs. K. Boughner) and thence to her daughter, the donor, Rebecca Boughner.
- Custodial History
- Records were in the custody of Colonel Mahlon Burwell, ca. 1835-1846; from 1846-1886, to his son Hannibal Burwell; 1886-1943 to his son Alfred E. Burwell; 1943-1968, to his niece Mary Gweno Williams Boughner; 1968-2013, to her daughter Rebecca Boughner (the donor).
- Scope and Content
- The Burwell Family fonds is primarily comprised of the personal and buisness papers of Hannibal Burwell (1825-1886), his son, Alfred E. Burwell (1871-1943) and his daughter Hannah Alberta Eliza Burwell (1864-1929), later Mrs. David Williams.
- There are 20 related artifacts including two family bibles, a portable writing desk belonging to Hannibal's father, Mahlon Burwell (1783-1846), a prominent surveyor, Justice of the Peace and MLA, Albert Burwell's South Africa War medals and volunteer service medals and a portrait of Mahlon's daughter Louisa Burwell (1818-1834).
- The fonds is divided into the following series:
- -Associated Artifacts series, ca. 1800-1914
- -Books series, 1808-1931
- -Personal Documents and Ephemera series, 1810-1932
- -Financial and Real Estate series, 1861-1886
- -Correspondence series, 1863-1887
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
- Accruals
- It is unlikely that additional material related to Hannibal Burwell will be obtained. This collection represents the donor's entire holdings related to that side of the family.
Correspondence series
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130382
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1863-1887
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1863-1887
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The bulk of this series is comprised of letters received by Laura Burwell, Hannibal's widow, from the family's lawyers Street and Becher on issues related to the management of Hannibal's estate. Other letters of note include responses from the minister of Marine and Fisheries and the Post Masters General regarding patronage appointments.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Financial and Real Estate series
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130380
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1861-1886
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F3
- C3 Sh2 B1 F5-6
- C3 Sh2 B1 F8
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F3
- C3 Sh2 B1 F5-6
- C3 Sh2 B1 F8
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1861-1886
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of stock certificates, promissory notes and receipts and is organized into those categories. Significant items include records of contributions to the Diocese of Huron illustrating the Burwell Family's on-going support for the Church of England. Stock certificates from the Huron and Erie Savings and Loan (now Canada Trust) and the Carling Brewing and Malting Company, reveal how the family invested in the key financial and industrial components of London's late 19th century economy.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Four receipts for Hannibal Burwell, from the Church Society, Diocese of Huron, London
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130296
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- June 1, 1869-October 3, 1872
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F5
- 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 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- June 1, 1869-October 3, 1872
- Scope and Content
- The four receipts are dated as follows:
- -June 1, 1869
- -September 7, 1870
- -October 26, 1871
- -October 3, 1872
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
A letter from distant family in Bluffton Wells County, Indiana, to Hannibal Burwell, Port Talbot
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130287
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- July 1, 1870
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- July 1, 1870
- Scope and Content
- This letter is relating to family history. The letter is incomplete, but of much genealogical value.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
A letter from F. Franklin, Bank of Montreal, to Hannibal Burwell, Fingal, relating to the price of stock
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130288
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- March 10, 1871
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- March 10, 1871
- Scope and Content
- A letter regarding the drop in price of Hannibal Burwell's stock.
Personal Documents and Ephemera series
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130379
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1810-1982
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F2
- C3 Sh2 B1 F7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F2
- C3 Sh2 B1 F7
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1810-1982
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This series contains several genealogies as well as copies of instruments related yo a tract of parkland presented to the Town of London by Col. Mahlon Burwell including a plan of the park. This series also contains Hannibal Burwell's will, a motion to set costs relating to the estate of Hannibal's widow Laura, their 1852 marriage certificate and several clippings related to their daughter Hannah and her husband Rev. david Williams, Lord Bishop of Huron and Archbishop of Ontario.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Photograph of the Mahlon Burwell portrait painting
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130242
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1890
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F2 3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Creator
- Frank Cooper
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F2 3
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1890
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Mahlon Burwell portrait painting. The photograph was taken by Frank Cooper, Photographer, London. Also, a business card from Hugh P. McMillan, Ontario Department of Public Recoords and Archives, to Mrs. Boughner, stating that he is returning the photograph, since he has finished copying it.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Images
A promissory note to Hannibal Burwell from Henry Lumley
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130252
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- November 28, 1871
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F3
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- November 28, 1871
- Scope and Content
- A promissory note to Hannibal Burwell from Henry Lumley, for $116. Dated at Port Talbot, November 28, 1871.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Images
A promissory note to Hannibal Burwell from John Edgcombe
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130266
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- September 10, 1879
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F3
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- September 10, 1879
- Scope and Content
- A promissory note to Hannibal Burwell from Henry Lumley, for $149. Dated at Port Stanley, September 10, 1879.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Receipt for Colonel Burwell, from E.W. Gustin, Fingal
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130297
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- April 12, 1870
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F5
- 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 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- April 12, 1870
- Scope and Content
- Receipt for Colonel Burwell, from E.W. Gustin, Fingal, for $60.
Receipts to Hannibal Burwell from the Sustentation Fund, Church Society, Diocese of Huron, London
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130300
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- October 26, 1871-October 3, 1872
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F5
- 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 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- October 26, 1871-October 3, 1872
- Scope and Content
- Two receipts to Hannibal Burwell from the Sustentation Fund, Church Society, Diocese of Huron, London, in the amount of $5 each. Receipts are dated October 26, 1871 and October 3, 1872.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
A receipt to Hannibal Burwell from J.H. Graydon
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130299
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- September 18, 1872
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F5
- 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 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- September 18, 1872
- Scope and Content
- A receipt to Hannibal Burwell, the amount of $91 for lots, from J.H. Graydon, Solicitor for Vendor, London.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
A receipt to Hannibal Burwell from Sheriff Colin Munro
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130298
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- April 27, 1872
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F5
- 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 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- April 27, 1872
- Scope and Content
- A receipt to Hannibal Burwell from Sheriff Colin Munro, for $500 in stock from the Dominion Transportation Company, St. Thomas.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Seaham Lodge mortgage receipts
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130337
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- December 7, 1875- December 1, 1880
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F8
- 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 F8
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- December 7, 1875- December 1, 1880
- Scope and Content
- 15 receipts for Hannibal Burwell for interest due on Charlotte Robinsons' mortgage on the Seaham Lodge property, London. Signed by William Elliott. The invoices comprise the following dates:
- -December 7, 1875
- -May 11, 1876
- -December 1, 1876
- -June 1, 1877
- -December 1, 1877
- -June 1, 1878
- -December 3, 1878
- -June 2, 1879
- -November 29, 1879
- -June 1880
- -December 1, 1880