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- Archives of Ontario - Ministry of Natural Resources fonds, RG 1-470 4
- Archives of Ontario - Thomas Talbot fonds, F 501 20
- Burwell Family fonds 73
- Don Carroll Collection 1
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection 2
- Elgin County Photograph Collection 1
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection 10
- Elgin Historical Society fonds 3
- Hugh Sims fonds 1
- Ian D. Cameron Collection 3
- McKay family/ Kenneth Weir McKay fonds 9
- Reference Room Collection 9
5 promissory notes to The Sustenation Fund for The Church Society, Diocese of Huron
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130250
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- May 1, 1869
- 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
- May 1, 1869
- Scope and Content
- 5 promissory notes to The Sustenation Fund for The Church Society, Diocese of Huron. Signed by Hannibal Burwell, and dated at Port Talbot, May 1, 1869.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Images
9 personal Burwell family member seals, each with initials, one is the Burwell family Coat of Arms
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130371
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- objects
- Date Range
- ca. 1900
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Elgin County Museum
- GMD
- objects
- Date Range
- ca. 1900
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Images
"A Dream" by Sarah Burwell
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130232
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1810
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Creator
- Sarah Burwell
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F2
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1810
- Scope and Content
- A story written by Sarah Burwell, the mother of Mahlon Burwell.
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
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
An indenture between Hannibal Burwell and Solomon Barnhart regarding the lease of Lot 18, Concession 2, Township of Bertie
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130238
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- March 3, 1880
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F2
- 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 F2
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- March 3, 1880
- 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
"A Study in Transmigration"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130246
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1912
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Creator
- Author: J.P.S.
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F2
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1912
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Booklet containing a list of silverware
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives170287
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1927
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F11
- 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 F11
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1927
- Scope and Content
- A booklet with a handwritten inventory of silverware, presumably from the Burwell family. Includes some notes on origins, and how the silverware was dispersed to family members.
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.
A calling card for Mr. H. Burwell
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130240
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1880
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F2
- 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 F2
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1880
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Col. Mahlon Burwell Plaque Unveiled
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives140900
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Wallacetown Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 2002
- Storage Location
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F1 168
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F1 169
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F1 168
- R7 S5 Sh1 B1 F1 169
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 2002
- Publication
- 169a was posted on Facebook: March 20, 2019.
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Five colour photographs of a ceremony held to unveil a plaque at Col. Mahlon Burwell's grave at St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Dunwich, held May 22, 2002, included in the Wallacetown Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History, Volume Seven, pages 168 and 169:
- St. Peter's Church's Anglican Church [168a and 168b];
- Mayor Rien Van Brenk, left, and local historian Don Cosens [169a];
- The plaque unveiling ceremony [169b and 169c].
- Name Access
- Wallacetown Women's Institute
- Wallacetown (Ont.)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- St. Stephen's Anglican Church
- Subject Access
- Tweedsmuir Histories
- Website / Street View Notes
- Link directs to the source information for this image, from the Tweedsmuir book.
Websites
Images
Colonel Mahlon Burwell's home and registry office
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives46567
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1933
- Storage Location
- R7 S2 Sh3 B2 F7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R7 S2 Sh3 B2 F7
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1933
- Publication
- Published on the Archives' flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/5595567170/in/set-72157626317144417/.
- Scope and Content
- Colonel Mahlon Burwell's home and registry office. One of 50 original glass "lantern" slides created in 1933 by Rev. Canon Norman Morris as part of a project to document the domestic architectural heritage of West Elgin. Slides were originally shown as part of a presentation by Rev. Morris to the Elgin Historical Society, November 6, 1933 entitled "Old Houses of West Elgin." Most of the images were subsequently printed in the Elgin Historical Society publication "Houses of Elgin County: Houses of West Elgin", 1998. Published as item number 4 in "Houses of West Elgin" (Elgin Historical Society, 1998) p. 40.
- Name Access
- Elgin Historical Society
- Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute
- Morris, Rev. Canon Norman
- Burwell, Mahlon
Images
Colour images of all the documents and books in the Burwell Family fonds
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130229
- 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
Copy of Last Will and Testament of Hannibal Burwell
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130241
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- December 26, 1885
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F2
- 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 F2
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- December 26, 1885
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Correspondence from Street & Becher, lawyers, to Mrs. H. Burwell
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130293
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- August 24, 1886-August 20, 1887
- Accession Number
- 2014-09
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh2 B1 F4 3
- 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 F4 3
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- August 24, 1886-August 20, 1887
- Scope and Content
- Correspondence from Street & Becher, lawyers, London, to Mrs. H. Burwell, Seaham Lodge, London, relating to the estate of Hannibal Burwell. Comprised of six letters dated as follows:
- -August 24, 1886
- -August 27, 1886
- -June 23, 1887
- -July 16, 1887
- -August 9, 1887
- -August 20, 1887
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal
Images
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
Death Notice for Mrs. David Williams (nee Hannah Alberta Eliza Burwell), from the St. Paul's Cathedral Parish Magazine
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives130334
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Burwell Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- April 1929
- 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
- April 1929
- Name Access
- Burwell (family)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Burwell, Hannibal