topic:"Land Settlement" found 10 records - Heritage Collections Elgin-St. Thomas

"A Lawyer Looks at Local History and Genealogy with Maps" by Duncan C. McKillop

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Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: Duncan C. McKillop Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: textual records

Date Range: 1987

Accession Number: 2015-54; 2016-20

Storage Location: C3 Sh4 B1 F3

Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: Duncan C. McKillop Collection

Description Level: Item

Accession Number: 2015-54; 2016-20

Storage Room: Archives Storage Rm. 105

Storage Location: C3 Sh4 B1 F3

GMD: textual records

Date Range: 1987

Series: Duncan C. McKillop Collection - McKillop Family series

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: A typed document titled A Lawyer Looks at Local History and Genealogy with Maps, written by Duncan C. McKillop in 1987. Includes information about property history, including the names and origins of Counties, Townships, Municipalities and Streets, the function of Land Registry Offices, Probated Wills and the Surrogate Court system and information about Colonel Thomas Talbot and the Talbot Settlement.

Subject Access: Land Records; Land Registry Office; Land Settlement; Lawyers

Correspondence series

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Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: Alison Pearce fonds

Description Level: Series

GMD: textual records

Date Range: 1812-1960

Accession Number: 2017-06

Storage Location: C4 Sh4 B7 F11; C4 Sh4 B7 F12; C1 Sh3 B7 4

Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: Alison Pearce fonds

Description Level: Series

Accession Number: 2017-06

Storage Room: Archives Storage Rm. 105

Storage Location: C4 Sh4 B7 F11; C4 Sh4 B7 F12; C1 Sh3 B7 4

GMD: textual records

Date Range: 1812-1960

Series: Alison Pearce fonds - Correspondence series

Physical Description: 0.4 cm of textual records; 1 volume

Scope and Content: Series contains original and copied correspondence relating to the Patterson family. Includes copies of letters sent to Leslie Patterson by Colonel Thomas Talbot (1812-1842), as well as a letter, dated July 25, 1830, addressed to Captain John Stephens from his nephew, Edward Matthews. Also includes a scrapbook, mostly containing copies of letters sent from Colonel Thomas Talbot.

Name Access: Patterson (family); Talbot, Thomas

Subject Access: Land Settlement; Correspondence

"County Maps: Land Ownership Maps of Canada in the 19th Century"

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Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: Reference Room Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: textual records

Date Range: 1976

Storage Location: REF 34

Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: Reference Room Collection

Creator: National Map Collection (Canada)

Description Level: Item

Library Catalogue Number: LH 971.01 MAD

Storage Room: Archives Reference Room

Storage Location: REF 34

GMD: textual records

Date Range: 1976

Publication: Ottawa: National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada, 1976

Physical Description: 1 volume

Subject Access: Land Settlement

"East Elgin County Homesteads"

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Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: Elgin County Map Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: cartographic material

Date Range: 2004

Storage Location: M8

Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: Elgin County Map Collection

Creator: Paul Anderson

Description Level: Item

Item Number: MAP 155

Storage Room: Archives Storage Rm. 105

Storage Location: M8

GMD: cartographic material

Date Range: 2004

Publication: Paul Anderson Rare Books and Maps, c2004

Publisher Series: "Ontario Homestead Maps" series

Physical Description: 1 map

Scope and Content: Assembled Map, taken from the "Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Elgin, Ont.: H.R. Page- Toronto, 1877" Includes Southwold (eastern portion), Yarmouth, South Dorchester, Malahide, and Bayham.

Name Access: Bayham (Ont. : Township); Malahide (Ont. : Township); South Dorchester (Ont. : Township); Southwold (Ont. : Township); Yarmouth (Ont. : Township)

Subject Access: Land Settlement

New Sarum - Aerial View, 1966

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Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1966

Accession Number: 2008-01

Storage Location: R4 S6 Sh5 B1 F56

1 image

Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds

Creator: St. Thomas Times-Journal

Description Level: Item

Accession Number: 2008-01

Storage Room: Archives Storage Rm. 105

Storage Location: R4 S6 Sh5 B1 F56

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1966

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.9 x 18.1 cm

Scope and Content: One black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published November 14, 1966. (56)

Name Access: St. Thomas (Ont.); St. Thomas Times-Journal; New Sarum (Ont.)

Subject Access: Newspapers; Land Settlement

Images

Port Talbot Period, 1847-1851

https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives168974

Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: John Ker fonds

Description Level: File

GMD: textual records

Date Range: 1841-1974

Accession Number: 2012-13

Storage Location: W5 Sh3 B3 F7

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 F7

GMD: textual records

Date Range: 1841-1974

Series: John Ker fonds- Airey Research Files series

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Copy of an "Indenture of Lease from the Hon. Thomas Talbot to James Braddon," witnessed by Richard Airey, 1848.; Copy and transcript of a letter from Richard Airey to his sister, Isabella, 1841.; Programme and script from the Old St. Thomas Church 150th Anniversary Celebration, 1974.; Handwritten note recording members of the Airey family buried in St. Peter's, Tyrconnel.

Name Access: Airey, Richard; Port Talbot (Ont.); Old St. Thomas Church; Dunwich (Ont. : Township)

Subject Access: History; Correspondence; Anniversary; Land Settlement

Profile Photographs, General Interest - Wayne Paddon

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Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic material; textual records

Date Range: 1951-1978

Accession Number: 2008-01

Storage Location: R8 S4 Sh4 B2 202

8 documents 5 images

Museum / Archive: Elgin County Archives

Part Of: St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds

Creator: St. Thomas Times-Journal

Description Level: Item

Accession Number: 2008-01

Storage Room: Archives Storage Rm. 110

Storage Location: R8 S4 Sh4 B2 202

GMD: graphic material; textual records

Date Range: 1951-1978

Series: St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds - Profile Photographs, General Interest file

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w, colour; 8 p. textual records

Scope and Content: Black and white profile photograph showing Wayne Paddon published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on October 31, 1959. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 202a); Colour profile photograph showing Wayne Paddon published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal ca. 1971. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 202b); Black and white profile photograph showing Wayne Paddon published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on December 13, 1975. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 202c); Black and white profile photograph showing Wayne Paddon published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on December 2, 1977. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 202d); Black and white profile photograph showing Wayne Paddon published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on May 19, 1978. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 202e); Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, August 2, 1951, describing Paddon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Paddon of St. Thomas, leaving the city to become assistant principal on the Ridgeway school teaching staff. (R8_S4_Sh4_B2_202a.pdf); Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, April 19, 1956, describing Paddon, a teacher at Balaclava Street Public School, being elected president of the Commercial League at the St. Thomas Public Golf Course for the 1956 season, succeeding Les Clibborn. (R8_S4_Sh4_B2_202b.pdf); Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, June 30, 1969, describing Paddon, head of the history department at Arthur Voaden Secondary School, being offered a graduate assistantship by the University of Toronto, allowing him to pursue an M.A. in history and educational theory. (R8_S4_Sh4_B2_202c.pdf); Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, January 10, 1970, describing Paddon offering further interpretation and analysis of the events surrounding Louis Riel and the Red River Rebellion of 1869. (R8_S4_Sh4_B2_202d.pdf); Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, ca. 1971, describing Paddon receiving his M.A. in Education from the University of Toronto. (R8_S4_Sh4_B2_202e.pdf); Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, December 13, 1975, describing Paddon publishing a book entitled "The Story of The Talbot Settlement 1803-1840: A Frontier History of Southwestern Ontario", considered the most definitive work on the subject at that time. (R8_S4_Sh4_B2_202f.pdf); Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, December 2, 1977, describing Paddon publishing a book entitled "Steam and Petticoats: The Early Railway Era in Southwestern Ontario 1840-1890", a sequel to his 1975 work. (R8_S4_Sh4_B2_202g.pdf); Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, May 19, 1978, describing Paddon being "roasted" at a farewell event at Arthur Voaden Secondary School. Paddon was to leave A.V.S.S. after 19 years to become vice-principal at Central Elgin Collegiate Institute. (R8_S4_Sh4_B2_202h.pdf)