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"A Guide to the Flora of Elgin County, Ontario"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1969
- Storage Location
- REF 10
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Creator
- Authors: William G. Stewart and Lorne E. James
- Description Level
- Item
- Library Catalogue Number
- LH
917.13
STE
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
- Storage Location
- REF 10
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1969
- Publication
- Catfish Creek Conservation Authority- St. Thomas, 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- An annotated list of ferns, fern allies, conifers, and flowering plants found growing without cultivation in Elgin County, Ontario.
- Subject Access
- Natural History
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Airey Correspondence
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1834-1857
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B3 F9
Amanda Graves (Irons)
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Graves Family Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1930s
- Accession Number
- 2021-41
- Storage Location
- M5 S2 Sh4 B8 F1 2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Graves Family Collection
- Creator
- Bradt Studio
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2021-41
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M5 S2 Sh4 B8 F1 2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1930s
- Series
- Graves Family Collection - Photographs series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sep ; 8.5 x 14 cm
- History / Biographical
- Amanda Mahali Irons was born on October 4, 1840 in her family's home on River Road, Township of Southwold. Her father was Samuel Irons, who was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was raised in slavery. He escaped to Niagara Falls, Canada, and eventually settled in St. Thomas. Here, he married Annie Leonard and they lived in a log cabin on River Road. They had ten children including Amanda, Samuel, George, James, Annie, John, Dan, Mary Elizabeth, Charlotte and Caroline.
Amanda married Lloyd Graves on August 19, 1868. Lloyd and Amanda had twelve children together: Oliver, Ernest, George, Walter, William, Emma, Hattie, Etta, Martha Jane, Frank, Bertha and Norman. They lived in a frame building on Concession 2, in the Township of Malahide. Around 1900, they moved their home to Mount Salem, and eventually built an extension.
Amanda died at the age of 99 in 1939. Along with her husband and ten of their children, she is buried in Dunboyne Cemetery.
- Scope and Content
- A photograph showing Amanda Graves (nee Irons). The reverse of the photograph has a Bradt Studio stamp, and the following handwritten message: “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. From Mrs. Graves [likely Amanda Graves].”
This photograph was given to Oral Babcock, who lived next door to the Graves family in Mount Salem.
- Name Access
- Graves (family)
- Mount Salem (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Black History
- Website / Street View Notes
- URL directs to a newspaper article published in 1934, in which Amanda Graves was interviewed.
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Army Reform, 1870-1881
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1868-1971
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B3 F5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B3 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1868-1971
- Series
- John Ker fonds- Airey Research Files series
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Extracts from books relating to Richard Airey's role in army reform during the period from 1870 to 1881.
- Name Access
- Airey, Richard
- Subject Access
- History
- Military
Less detail
Aspen trees in Vienna
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ross Andrews fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- December 1974
- Accession Number
- 2008-27
- Storage Location
- M1 S3 Sh6 B4 79
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ross Andrews fonds
- Creator
- Ross Andrews
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-27
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M1 S3 Sh6 B4 79
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- December 1974
- Series
- Ross Andrews fonds- Photographic negatives series
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w negatives ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm
- History / Biographical
- Ross Andrews was a photographer for the Tillsonburg News.
- Scope and Content
- Three photographic negatives of aspen trees in Vienna, in December 1974. An envelope with the identification of what is depicted in the negatives, is stored with the negatives.
- These images don't appear to have been published in the newspaper.
- Name Access
- Vienna (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Trees
- Natural History
Less detail
Babcock Family with Bertha and Norman Graves
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Graves Family Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1945-1946
- Accession Number
- 2021-41
- Storage Location
- M5 S2 Sh4 B8 F1 5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Graves Family Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2021-41
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M5 S2 Sh4 B8 F1 5
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1945-1946
- Series
- Graves Family Collection - Photographs series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- History / Biographical
- Llloyd Graves was born in Kentucky State, USA. His birth year is disputed. According to his tombstone, funeral card, obituary, and a 1934 newspaper article where his wife, Amanda Graves, was interviewed, he was approximately 104 years old at the time of his death in 1928, suggesting that he was born in 1824. However, census records vary; the 1861 and 1871 census records indicate he was born in circa 1837, the 1881 census indicates that he was born in circa 1836, the 1911 census indicates he was born in circa 1834, and the 1921 census indicates he was born in 1824.
Graves used the Underground Railroad to flee the United States from Cleveland, Ohio, where he boarded a boat that crossed Lake Erie and arrived in Port Stanley. He was later hired as a driver for Lindop's Grocer in St. Thomas and settled in a log cabin on River Road. According to his obituary, he worked as the caretaker of the Mount Salem church and school until a few months before his death in 1928.
He married Mary Irons and they had a daughter, Martha Ann. Mary died at the age of 28, when their daughter was three years old. After the death of his first wife, Lloyd married Amanda Irons on August 19, 1868. Martha Ann died at the age of 24 from tuberculosis.
Lloyd and Amanda eventually settled in Mount Salem and had twelve more children: Oliver, Ernest, George, Walter, William, Emma, Hattie, Etta, Martha Jane, Frank, Bertha and Norman. Lloyd died at the age of 104 in 1928 and his wife, Amanda, died at the age of 99 in 1939. Along with ten of their children, they are buried in Dunboyne Cemetery, Township of Malahide.
- Scope and Content
- A photograph showing members of the Babcock family with their neighbours, Bertha Craig (nee Graves) and Norman Graves. The following individuals have been identified:
Front row, from left to right: Oral Segui (nee Babcock) (1918-1998), in Oral's arms, Louis Segui (1940-2015), Paul Segui (1941-2021), Marjorie Crawford (nee Babcock) (1919-2017), John Segui (born 1942), and an unidentified individual.
Middle row, from left to right: Martha Babcock (nee Irish) (1865-1947), Bertha Craig (nee Graves) (1880-1969), Orvis Babcock, and Norman Graves (1887-1978).
Back row, from left to right: David Babcock (1924-2000), Mina May Babcock (1892-1966), unidentified, Stanley Babcock (1929-1999), and Oviet Babcock (1895-1965).
- Name Access
- Graves (family)
- Mount Salem (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Black History
Less detail
Bibliographical and Record Sources
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1961-1972
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B3 F6
"Bill Stewart: Botany" and "Hugh Sims: Ghost Towns of Elgin"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2003 (Originally broadcast in late 1970's)
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B7
Biographical and Genealogical Information
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1840-1972
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B3 F8
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B3 F8
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1840-1972
- Series
- John Ker fonds- Airey Research Files series
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Documents relating to the life and family of Richard Airey, including handwritten notes, letters and newspaper articles, compiled by John S. Ker in approximately the 1960s and 1970s.
- Name Access
- Airey, Richard
- Subject Access
- History
- Genealogy
Less detail
Birds of Elgin County: A Century of Change
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2004
- Accession Number
- 2013-14
- Storage Location
- REF 13
"Birds of Elgin County, Ontario"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1954
- Storage Location
- REF 10
"Botany"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1978
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B2
Calendar
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- [ca. 1970]
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B3 F4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B3 F4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- [ca. 1970]
- Series
- John Ker fonds- Airey Research Files series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- A chronology of the life of Richard Airey, including major events and correspondence, as well as a list of sources.
- Name Access
- Airey, Richard
- Subject Access
- History
Less detail
Crimea and After, 1851-1870
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1854-1969
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B3 F3
"Elgin Trees: A Guide to Heritage Trees in St. Thomas, Ontario"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2009
- Storage Location
- REF 23
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Creator
- Heritage Tree Committee
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
- Storage Location
- REF 23
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 1 brochure
- Scope and Content
- Identifies and describes the heritage trees of St. Thomas. Includes a hand-drawn map of St. Thomas, showing the location of the trees.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Natural History
- Trees
Less detail
Estate History
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1976-1977
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B1 F4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B1 F4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1976-1977
- Series
- John Ker fonds- Talbot Estate Historical Files series
- Physical Description
- 4.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains:
- -An essay on the life of Col. Thomas Talbot, by Rosemary McCallum, 1977.
- -A catalogue from an auction held at Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin, Ireland, May 1976.
- "Historical Notes on the Malahide House Estate and Port Talbot - St. Thomas Region," by George Thorman and Ralph Parker.
- Name Access
- Talbot, Thomas
- Talbot Estate
- Malahide
- Ireland
- Subject Access
- History
- Historic Sites
- Auctions
Less detail
Film crew in Port Glasgow
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ron Payne Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1998
- Accession Number
- 2010-37
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 Sh2 B4 F11 4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ron Payne Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2010-37
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 Sh2 B4 F11 4
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1998
- Publication
- Posted on Facebook: November 6, 2018
- Series
- Ron Payne Collection - Photographs series
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : col ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Unidentified individuals filming a scene in Port Glasgow. The individuals being filmed are dressed in period costume, likely reenacting the arrival of early Scottish pioneers in Elgin County for the film "The early Scots Pioneers of Lambton and West Middlesex", produced by the Petrolia St. Andrew's Society. The film was written by former MPP Ralph Ferguson and directed by David Rombout. It was released in 1998.
According to the video's catalogue record on WorldCat, the video examines the harsh conditions in Scotland after the battle of Culloden which led to the emigration of so many to Canada. It also re-enacts the hardships faced by the pioneers on the passage to, and after arrival in Canada.
- Name Access
- Port Glasgow (Ont.)
- Scotland
- Subject Access
- Pioneers
- Immigration
- Education
- History
Less detail
General Research
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1856-1962
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B3 F12
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- John Ker fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W5 Sh3 B3 F12
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1856-1962
- Series
- John Ker fonds- Airey Research Files series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Copies of book chapters relating to the Crimean War and the life of Lord Wolesley, collected by John S. Ker.
- Name Access
- Ker, John S.
- Airey, Richard
- Subject Access
- History
Less detail
Glimpses into St.Thomas Railway History Volume One: The Canada Southern Railway
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Date Range From
- Circa 1989
- Artifact Type
- Book
- Material
- Paper
- Storage Location
- 7-E-4 Ref. Material
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Artifact Type
- Book
- Description
- The book is titled "Glimpses into St.Thomas Railway History: The Canada Southern Railway" by Wayne Paddon. His signed by Wayne Paddon on the first page. Medium sized beige history book. Creasing near the spine of the book. Photo of a train on a bridge on the front cover.
- Material
- Paper
- Category
- Documentary
- Sub-category
- History Volume
- Accession Number
- 2018-57-5
- File Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Location
- 7-E-4 Ref. Material
- Date Range From
- Circa 1989
- Length
- 24
- Width
- 17.6
- Units
- cm
Less detail
Glimpses into St.Thomas Railway History Volume One: The Canada Southern Railway
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Date Range From
- Circa 1989
- Artifact Type
- Book
- Material
- Paper
- Storage Location
- 7-E-4 Ref. Material
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Artifact Type
- Book
- Description
- The book is titled "Glimpses into St.Thomas Railway History: The Canada Southern Railway" by Wayne Paddon. His signed by Wayne Paddon on the first page. Medium sized beige history book. Creasing near the spine of the book. Photo of a train on a bridge on the front cover.
- Material
- Paper
- Category
- Documentary
- Sub-category
- History Volume
- Accession Number
- 2018-57-5
- File Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Location
- 7-E-4 Ref. Material
- Date Range From
- Circa 1989
- Length
- 24
- Width
- 17.6
- Units
- cm
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