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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 land records
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1825-1837
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh3 B6 F1
- 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 F1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1825-1837
- Series
- Backus Family fonds- Land records series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- -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
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Backus Family land records
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1852-1858
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh3 B6 F2
- 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 F2
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1852-1858
- Series
- Backus Family fonds- Land records series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- -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.
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Backus Family land records
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1865-1899
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh3 B6 F3
- 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 F3
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1865-1899
- Series
- Backus Family fonds- Land records series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- -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.
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Backus Family land records
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1904-1906
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh3 B6 F4
- 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 F4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1904-1906
- Series
- Backus Family fonds- Land records series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- -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.
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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)
Less detail
"Biographical Sketches of Some of the Residents of Elgin County" (original)
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1885
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh2 B4 F1
- 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 Sh2 B4 F1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1885
- Publication
- Art Publishing Company, Toronto
- Series
- Backus Family fonds- Historical records series
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- History / Biographical
- "Robert Backus (1885)" is written on the title page.
- Scope and Content
- "Biographical Sketches of Some of the Residents of Elgin County" (original), published ca. 1885.
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Illustrated Historical Atlas of Elgin County, Ontario by H.R. Page & Co., 1877
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Backus Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1877
- Accession Number
- 2007-09
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh2 B4
- 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 Sh2 B4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1877
- Publication
- Toronto, Ont. : H.R. Page & Co., 1877
- Series
- Backus Family fonds- Historical records series
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- History / Biographical
- This copy was owned by Robert Backus. His name is written on the title page.
- Name Access
- Elgin (Ont.: County)
- Subject Access
- Atlas
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