Résultats

      Includes newspaper clipping and leaflet.

      Auction of farmland: part of lot 26, 7th concession, Whitby.

      "Cobourg & Peterborough Railway Company. Harwood Station, 20 November 1860. Received from Mr. Henry Fowlds in apparent good order, to be delivered at Cobourg subject to the Regulations established by Tariff. 220 bags flour and forwarded to Alex Pratt, Cobourg."...

      Ira A. Ferguson & Sabrina Edmonds December 30th 1869 Northumberland Co, Murray Twp. Witnessed by Phebe Edmonds & John Abernathy, Minister W. E. Norman – Methodist Episcopal

      This land deed between Neville Smith, his wife Martha Smith, and James Hitchcox, all of the town of Paris, transfers a portion of land in exchange for $875. The land is approximately 3/4 of an acre in lots 1, 2, and 3 on the south side of William Street.

      This 1865 land deed transfers a lot in Paris between Hiram Capron and Daniel O'Neail. The 18 acre lot comprises part of the northern section of lot 32 in the first concession of the Township of South Dumfries; in return, Capron received $1400.

      This 1864 crown land document grants a plot of land in Burford to Edward Harbin of Paris, in return for $650. The plot is described as being the west half of lot 17 in the second concession.

      Most of the writing on these pages is in the same pen and may have been done at once; the latest date with this pen is 1860. Some later entries, which go as late as 1864, have been written using a different instrument and may have been later updates to …

      Description: This short memorandum contains a brief timeline of Hiram Capron’s life to the time it was written. Capron was then 64 years old. He notes several setbacks in his affairs, and that his current financial situation is poor. It is written on the back of an insurance slip belonging …

      This brief note contains a listing of Capron’s land holdings in 1867 and an estimate of their values. He notes that “several small pieces of lots [are] not counted.” He valued his land at $77,300. The reverse lists the value of a number of bank notes.

      This is a handwritten manuscript of the codicil Hiram Capron added to his will, adding new provisions and changing some which existed in the original document. He revises his gift to his sons Banfield and William and makes more explicit arrangements for his wife and daughters. He also sets out …

      This abstract of title was written by Hiram Capron to trace the ownership history of Lot no. 1 on the Grand River in Paris, Ontario from 1798 to its current status in 1866. Prolific area landowners including Thomas Clark, William Dickson, and William Holme are listed as previous owners of …

      This handwritten abstract of title contains a brief transactional history of the ownership of the land which, at the time this was written in 1866, belonged to Hiram Capron.

      Proclamation designating the Union of Upper and Lower Canada with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, to become the Dominion of Canada. By Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

      This is an Indenture of Bargain and Sale between William Downey of the Township of Onondaga and William Douglas. The original document was provided by Don Douglas during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall on January 14, 2012.

      This is the certificate granting land to John Kirkby of the Township of Onondaga issued on February 14, 1862 by the Province of Canada. The original document was provided by Jim and Kathy Barton during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall on January 14, 2012.

      A list of registrations of marriages in Ontario, listed geographically that are on microfilm reels. The ones that are highlighted in yellow are ones that the library has in its collection that can be accessed in the library. The registrations of marriages span the years of 1869-1911 and 1920-1926.

      This is a letter regarding the public examination of the pupils attending Onondaga School in 1865. The original document was provided by Barry McBlain.

      A document of indenture between the heirs of late John Langs N. Langs (1st parts), E.R. Langs (2nd parts), W.W. Langs (4th parts) and S. Langs (3rd parts), Martha Millard, Elizabeth Woods, M. S. Langs, C.V. Langs, L. Langs and J Wedgwood Bowlby. Also Martin Millard and R. Woods to …

      A quit claim or Indenture agreement between Nelson Langs, his family, and John Wedgwood Bowlby dated the 23rd of December 1861 for land composed of lot number eight in the first range south of the Ancaster road in the township of Brantford containing one hundred and thirteen acres for the …