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County Court Documents, 1856-1858.
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1856-1858
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B5 F15
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B5 F15
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1856-1858
- Series
- Ian D. Cameron Collection - Historical Records Series
- Scope and Content
- This file includes;
- -Loan from A.C. Quinby & Co. to Jon Slater, St. Thomas, 1855,; A.C. Quinby vs. Jonathon Slater, dated October 18, 1855.
- -Loan from J. B. Hart to Charles Courod, Yarmouth, dated December 1, 1856.
- -Loan from Jonson Smith to Charles (?), Temperanceville, dated Februrary 6, 1856.
- -Writ of Summons for Benjamin Franklin White vs. London and Port Stanley Railway Company, dated December 13, 1856.
- -Benjamin Franklin White vs. The London and Port Stanley Railway Company, filed January 30, 1857, dated January 13, 1857.
- -Loan from John M. to Mackay, dated January 20, 1857.
- -LP Railway vs. White, filed 21 January, 1857, dated January 21, 1857.
- -Loan from Messrs Roe & Brothers to Cornelius Coughan, St. Thomas, dated January 29 1857.
- -Tender for Gravel Road in Port Stanley, dated January 1857.
- -L & P.S. Railway Company vs. White, dated Febuary 5, 1857.
- -White vs. L & P.S. R.R., filed 10 Febuary 1857,dated 9 Febuary 1857.
- -White vs. L & P.S. Railway co., filed 1857.
- -Peter Walker of the Township of South Dorchester vs. Peter Roe, John Adolf Roe and Charles Roe of St. Thomas, dated 1857.
- -Robert Harrinaugh of Yarmouth area vs. E.E. Duncombe of St. Thomas, dated 1857.
- -Loan from Elisha Current to Smith, Bayham, dated January 12, 1857.
- -Tender for London and Port Stanley Gravel Road, signed Robert Hepburn, dated January 27, 1857.
- -Loan from James Haldeure(?) to Sparling, Montreal, dated Febuary 18, 1857.
- -Joseph Luke of St. Thomas vs. Joseph Phillip and George Phillip of St. Thomas. dated Febuary 1857.
- -Loan from Morland to McMerrighton, dated March 1857.
- -Chattel Mortgage from (?) of Port Stanley to John Smith of Port Stanley, filed March 31, 1857, dated March 16, 1857.
- -Loan from Davison, Routh & Arkell to H.N. Bews(?), dated October 1857.
- -James Witefield of St. thomas vs. Henry Henepsy(?) of St. Thomas, dated April 1857.
- -Loan from Joseph Conrad to G.M. Boggs, dated April 11, 1857.
- -William King Karnes and Archibald Harris of St. Thomas vs. John McNeil of Yarmouth, dated April 23, 1857.
- -White vs. London & Port Stanley R.R., dated July 7, 1857.
- -Account William Whalace to R. Philips & co. (??), dated 1858.
- -John Douglas of Vienna vs. John McCosland of the Township of Malahide, filed Febuary 26 1858, dated Febuary 25, 1858.
- -Chattel Mortgage from Francis F. Blackade of the Town of St. Thomas to William Lipsey of the Town of St. Thomas, dated July 8, 1858.
- -List of M. William Whales Expenses (??), dated 1858.
- -List of fees and paid fees (??), filed March 15, 1858, dated March 12, 1858.
- Name Access
- Temperanceville (Ont.)
- Port Stanley (Ont.)
- London and Port Stanley Railway
- London and Port Stanley Toll Road
- South Dorchester (Ont. : Township)
- Yarmouth (Ont. : Township)
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C.W. Ellis fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- C.W. Ellis fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- objects
- Date Range
- [190?]-1909
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh6 B1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- C.W. Ellis fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh6 B1
- GMD
- graphic material
- objects
- Date Range
- [190?]-1909
- Physical Description
- 263 photographs : b&w and col.
- 1 photograph album cover : 28 x 36.5 cm
- History / Biographical
- Calvin Winslow Ellis was born April 2, 1877 in Aylmer, Ontario, the son of Isaac Newton Ellis, a carriage maker, and Alma Jane (Calvert) Ellis. Ellis moved to St. Thomas, Ontario c. 1902. In 1906 he worked as an automobile agent. From c. 1913 to 1916 Ellis worked as operator and projectionist at the Star Theatre, 467 Talbot Street, St. Thomas. From c. 1918 until his death in 1935, Ellis worked as an electrical contractor (briefly partnering with Harry W. Beck in business as Ellis & Beck, Electrical Contractors, 12 Metcalfe Street, St. Thomas, c. 1920), electrician and (from c. 1927) proprietor of an electrical repair business at 1 White St., St. Thomas. He married Louise B. Ellis c. 1927. Ellis died February 6, 1935 and was buried in Aylmer Cemetery.
- Custodial History
- Part of the collection of the Elgin County Pioneer Museum, under accession number B.d.2 Transferred to the Archives from the Elgin County Museum in March, 2007.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs taken and/or collected by Calvin Winslow Ellis, St Thomas, Ontario, perhaps in his capacity as a member of the St. Thomas Camera Club. Fonds includes portraits and other images of Ellis' friends and family; landscape photographs showing various picturesque locations, primarily in Elgin County but also in the vicinity of Niagara Falls, Elora, Delhi and Elmira, Ontario; numerous images of civic buildings, public infrastructure, businesses, bridges, streets and private residences in and around St. Thomas, Ontario; several images documenting the property and activities of various railway companies, including the London and Port Stanley Railway Company, the Michigan Central Railway and the Pere Marquette Railway; several images featuring early automobiles; and numerous images showing various locations in and around Port Stanley, Ontario, including the village itself, its harbour, its rail yards, summer cottages, the waterfront, Orchard Beach and Hill Crest.
- Name Access
- Ellis, C.W.
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Port Stanley (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Camera Club
- London and Port Stanley Railway
- London and Port Stanley Toll Road
- Michigan Central Railway
- Michigan Central Railroad
- Pere Marquette Railway
- Subject Access
- Photography
- Automobiles
- Bridges
- Bridges- railroad
- Business and Industry
- Railways
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The King Bridge and L.P.S. Gravel Road, St. Thomas
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1909
- Accession Number
- 2013-11
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B5 F11
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- P 409
- Accession Number
- 2013-11
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B5 F11
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1909
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 d.p.i.
- Scope and Content
- Colour postcard with title The King Bridge and L.P.S. Gravel Road, St. Thomas. Image includes the King's Bridge over Kettle Creek northwest of St. Thomas, along what was known as the London and Port Stanley Gravel Road (now Sunset Drive/ Sunset Road), with the Great Western/Grand Trunk/Wabash Railroad trestle bridge in the background. Message verso by "L.O.W." [Louis Waite], 857 Talbot Street, St. Thomas, dated and postmarked March 10, 1909 at St. Thomas, and addressed to Mr. Art Adams, Aylmer.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- London and Port Stanley Toll Road
- Grand Trunk Railway
- Wabash Railroad
- Wabash Bridge
- Subject Access
- Bridges
- Bridges- railroad
- Roads and Highways
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London and Port Stanley Bridge
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- C.W. Ellis fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1905
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh6 B1 F31 1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- C.W. Ellis fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh6 B1 F31 1
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1905
- Publication
- Published on the Archives' flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/4330480532/in/set-72157623225446063/.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w, sepia toned ; 18 x 32.5 cm on sheet 27 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph showing a three-arch stone bridge on the London and Port Stanley Road. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages are visible on the bridge. A trestle bridge is visible in the background. Mounted on cardboard with the caption "London and Pt Stanley Bridge".
- Name Access
- Ellis, C.W.
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- London and Port Stanley Toll Road
- Subject Access
- Bridges
- Photography
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The London and Port Stanley Graveled Road
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Municipal World Inc. fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1905
- Accession Number
- 2006-11
- Storage Location
- R5 S1 Sh3 B3 F11
London and Port Stanley Road
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- C.W. Ellis fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1905
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh6 B1 F5 4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- C.W. Ellis fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh6 B1 F5 4
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1905
- Publication
- Published on the Archives' flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/4330429188/in/set-72157623225301303.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w, sepia toned ; 9.5 x 11.5 cm on sheet 27 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Landscape photograph showing pedestrians in a rural setting standing beside the London and Port Stanley Road. Mounted on cardboard with caption "L. & P.S. Road".
- Name Access
- Ellis, C.W.
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- London and Port Stanley Toll Road
- Subject Access
- Roads and Highways
- Photography
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On the P.S.L. Road
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- C.W. Ellis fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1905
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh6 B1 F38 1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- C.W. Ellis fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh6 B1 F38 1
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1905
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w, sepia toned ; 9.5 x 11.5 cm on sheet 27 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph showing an unidentified house on the London and Port Stanley Road. Mounted on cardboard with the caption "On the P.S.L. Road".
- Name Access
- Ellis, C.W.
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- London and Port Stanley Toll Road
- Subject Access
- Photography
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Scene on London and Port Stanley Road
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- C.W. Ellis fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1905
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh6 B1 F28 5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- C.W. Ellis fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh6 B1 F28 5
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1905
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w, sepia toned ; 20 x 25 cm on sheet 27 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph showing an unidentified bridge on the London and Port Stanley Road. Part of a house is visible in the background. Mounted on cardboard with the caption "Scene on L. and P.S. Road".
- Name Access
- Ellis, C.W.
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- London and Port Stanley Toll Road
- Subject Access
- Photography
- Roads and Highways
- Bridges
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Toll Gate, Port Stanley
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1895
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh3 B2 F44
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- P-44
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh3 B2 F44
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1895
- Series
- Ian D. Cameron Collection - Photographs Series
- Scope and Content
- Shows the toll gate on the London and Port Stanley Road, just north of Port Stanley, known as Robert Hepburn's toll gate, just north of the junction of Highway 4 and County Road 23, looking north (the gate was on the east side of the road) - the man shown may be Robert Hepburn, Agnes Hepburn's grandfather. File includes:
- glass-plate negative (composite image - also includes, top, the toll gate at the Catholic Church cemetery (now Holy Angels Cemetery, St. Thomas) looking north (the gate was on the west side of the road).
- glass lantern slide
- Name Access
- Port Stanley (Ont.)
- London and Port Stanley Toll Road
- London and Port Stanley Gravel Road
- Subject Access
- Tolls
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