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Account Book
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
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- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1921-1922
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh3 B7 1
Account Book belonging to John E. Pearce
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1939-1957
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh3 B7 2
Account Book belonging to John E. Pearce
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1928-1938
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh3 B7 3
Albert, Amelia and Bella Waddell
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1874
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 13
- 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 B5 F14 13
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1874
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sep ; 6 x 10 cm
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Susanna Moorhouse and James Waddell, Amelia Rosella Waddell was born on July 13, 1868 in Tillbury, Kent County and died on August 20, 1941. She married William Gardiner in circa 1893. Together they had two children, Ella Alberta and Minnie Etta.
Fraternal twins of Susanna Moorhouse and James Waddell, Albert Erastus and Bella Mabel Waddell were born on April 13, 1873 in Tillbury, Kent County. Albert died at the age of 21 on July 7, 1894 and was never married. Bella married Reuben A. Hill on October 20, 1897 and had three children, including Athur Sturgis, Euldene and Hazel Amelia.
- Scope and Content
- Portrait photograph of Albert, Amelia and Bella Waddell, circa 1874.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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Alison Pearce fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1807-2007
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5
- C4 Sh4 B6
- C4 Sh4 B7
- C1 Sh3 B7
- M19 25
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5
- C4 Sh4 B6
- C4 Sh4 B7
- C1 Sh3 B7
- M19 25
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1807-2007
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 14.3 cm of textual records
- 37 photographs
- 9 volumes
- 3 plans
- 1 postcard
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created or collected by Alison Pearce, mostly during her genealogical research project on the Pearce family, which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes records and photographs related the Pearce, Backus, Storey, Patterson and Goddard families of Elgin County. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
- 1. Pearce Family genealogy series
- 2. Pearce Family financial records series
- 3. Pearce Family legal documents series
- 4. John E. Pearce Provincial Park series
- 5. Correspondence series
- 6. Photographs series
- 7. Publications series
- 8. Miscellaneous records series
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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Alison Pearce Research - Talbot Settlement Bi-Centennial, 2003
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2003
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2003
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1.0 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes newspaper articles and miscellaneous ephemera, as well as photocopies and internet print-outs of reference material related to the Talbot Settlement Bi-Centennial celebration held in 2003.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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Amelia Waddell
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1871
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 12
- 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 B5 F14 12
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1871
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sep ; 6 x 10 cm
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Susanna Moorhouse and James Waddell, Amelia Rosella Waddell was born on July 13, 1868 in Tillbury, Kent County and died on August 20, 1941. She married William Gardiner in circa 1893. Together they had two children, Ella Alberta and Minnie Etta.
- Scope and Content
- Portrait photograph of Amelia Rosella Waddell, circa 1871.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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Backus family in front of residence
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1940s
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F2 1
Backus family residence, Chatham
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1940s
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F2 2
- 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 B6 F2 2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1940s
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Backus family residence near Chatham in Kent County, circa 1940s. Caption provided by the donor reads: "Backus house - southwest Chatham - Vicar Road. As it looked from photos left by family. Family is in 1903 Biographical History of Kent County."
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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Backus family residence, Chatham
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1990s
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F2 3
Catherine Moorhouse Wilson
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1875
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 6
- 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 B5 F14 6
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1875
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Katerhine Pearce and William Moorhouse, Catherine Jane Moorhouse was born on June 10, 1846 in Zone Township, Ken County and died in 1945. She married David Wilson on March 10, 1875 om Newbury, Mosa Township, Middlesex County. David was born on January 17, 1840 in London, Ontario and died on February 28, 1923. They had two children, including Mabel Elizabeth and Edna Priscilla.
- Scope and Content
- Portrait photograph of Catherine Moorhouse Wilson, circa 1875.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
- Related Material
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 7
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Correspondence and land records regarding Lot 11, Concession 10, Township of Dunwich
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- 1955-1960
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B7 F5
- M19 25
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B7 F5
- M19 25
- GMD
- textual records
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- 1955-1960
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - John E. Pearce Provincial Park series
- Physical Description
- 0.1 cm of textual records
- 1 plan
- Scope and Content
- File contains records relating to Lot 11, Concession 10, in the Township of Dunwich, County of Elgin, which was donated by the Pearce family to create the John E. Pearce Provincial Park. Includes the following items:
Correspondence, dated May 30, 1960, from E.P. Jamieson, Regional Supervisor, Department of Public Works to Mr. John E. Pearce regarding the return of documents including a deed and plan of the John E. Pearce Provincial Park.
Deed of Land, dated January 17, 1956, between John Edward Pearce & Nellie Jean Pearce, and Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario as represented by the Minister of Lands and Forests, regarding the transfer of ownership of Lot 11, Concession 10, Township of Dunwich.
Agreement betweent the Department of Public Works and John E. Pearce, dated October 25, 1960, regarding part of Lot 11, Concession 10, Township of Dunwich, lying west of John E. Pearce Provincial Park.
Plan showing John E. Pearce Provincial Park, situated on Part of Lot 11, Concession 10, Township of Dunwich, County of Elgin, dated December 8, 1955 (oversized location: M19 25).
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- John E. Pearce Provincial Park
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David Wilson
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1875
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 7
- 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 B5 F14 7
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1875
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Katerhine Pearce and William Moorhouse, Catherine Jane Moorhouse was born on June 10, 1846 in Zone Township, Ken County and died in 1945. She married David Wilson on March 10, 1875 om Newbury, Mosa Township, Middlesex County. David was born on January 17, 1840 in London, Ontario and died on February 28, 1923. They had two children, including Mabel Elizabeth and Edna Priscilla.
- Scope and Content
- Portrait photograph of David Wilson, circa 1875. Wilson was married to Catherine Jane Moorhouse.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
- Related Material
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 6
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Financial records
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1889-1920
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B7 F4
Floyd, Cora and Anna Banghart
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1898
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 16
- 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 B5 F14 16
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1898
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Adeline Frances Moorhouse and Lorenzo Banghart, Anna Myrtle was born on September 2, 1890 in Palmyra, Kent County and died on May 1, 1972 in London, Middlesex County, Ontario. She married Thomas Henry Marshall on September 29, 1915. Together, they had three children including Emma Louise, Charles Mounteer and Barbara Joan. Anna worked as a receptionist at Parkwood Hospital in London, Ontario.
The daughter of Adeline Frances Moorhouse and Lorenzo Banghart, Cora Hannah Banghart was born on June 19, 1896 in Palmyra, Kent County and died on April 28, 1997 in Gainsville, Florida. She married Ernest Osborne Hill on April 4, 1921. Together, they had four children, including Edward Arthur, John Melville, Eleanor Frances and Patricia Lou.
The son of Adeline France Moorhouse and Lorenzo Banghart, Floyd Ivan Banghart was born on August 28, 1892 in Palmyra, Kent County and died on March 30, 1961 in London, Middlesex County, Ontario. He married Ada Lillian Gardiner on June 4, 1923. Floyd was a pilot and trainer in both the First and Second World Wars.
- Scope and Content
- Portrait photograph of Floyd (at left), Cora (at centre) and Anna Banghart (at right), in circa 1898.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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Frances Moorhouse
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1870
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F14 10
- 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 B5 F14 10
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1870
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sep ; 6 x 10 cm
- History / Biographical
- The daughter of Katherine Pearce and William Moorhouse, Frances Moorhouse was born on January 14, 1838 in Zone Township, Kent County and died on March 29, 1911. She married John MacDonald on March 2 1869 in Euphemia Township in Lambton County. John was born in 1835 in East Tillbury and died in December 1897.
- Scope and Content
- Portrait photograph of Frances Moorhouse, circa 1870.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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From Almondsbury to Aylmer: The Pearce Letters
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2008
- Storage Location
- ECVF Box 290, File 4
- (M3 S1 Sh4 B6 F4)
Genealogy Research - Benjamin Willson
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2006
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F13
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F13
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2006
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes photocopies and internet print-outs of reference material related to Benjamin Willson, who was married to Sarah Storey.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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Genealogy Research - Colonel Leslie Patterson
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1850-2007
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1850-2007
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Colonel Leslie Patterson arrived to the Talbot Settlement alongside John Pearce and his sisters, Mrs. Storey and Mrs. John Pearce, in 1809. During the War of 1812, Patterson participated as a Private and was later promoted to Captain and Colonel. He was known for allegedly saving Colonel Thomas Talbot's life during the war.
He was married to Lydia Patterson and had nine children, including Mary, Hannah, Catherine Anne, Olivia, Frances, Lydia, Joseph and Walter. Leslie died in 1852 and is buried at St. Peter's Cemetery.
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes photocopies and internet print-outs of reference material related to Colonel Leslie Patterson. Also includes the following original documents:
-The Last Will and Testament of Leslie Patterson, circa 1850.
-Handwritten note delineating the familial relationships in the Patterson, Wilson and Backus families.
-Assignment of Mortgage, dated September 14, 1881, from Thomas Urquhart and William Joseph Moon, executors of the Last Will and Testament of Frances Patterson, to Alice S. Patterson.
-Copy of the Last Will and Testament of Francis Patterson, Township of Dunwich, dated July 15, 1881.
-Miscellaneous savings and shares certificates issued by the Canada Permanent Building and Savings Society to various members of the Patterson family, 1862-1888.
-Transcription of grave marker for Leslie and Catherine Patterson, which reads "Underneath Lieth the Remains of Leslie Patterson, and Cathrine his Wife; the former died January 26th Aged 71 years; the latter February 19th 1800 Aged 62 Years."
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
- User Comments
- In August 2022, Angela Foreman-Bobier stated the following on Disqus: "The Patterson's, Storey's, and Pearce's arrived in 1809, not 1803. 1803 is when Thomas Talbot arrived in Dunwich".
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Genealogy Research - Dale Warren Pearce
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2001-2007
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F15
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B5 F15
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 2001-2007
- Series
- Alison Pearce fonds - Pearce Family Genealogy series
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The sons of Lillian and George Seabury Pearce, Dale Warren Pearce was born on August 5, 1923 in Huron, South Dakota, and was Killed in Action on January 31, 1943 in Tunisia, North Africa. He was the great
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes photocopies and internet print-outs of reference material related to Dale Warren Pearce.
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
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