Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A2002.54 |
Title |
Grange family, 1840-1982, part 1 of 4: Guy Saunders fonds (3), A2002.54, Series 8. |
Date |
1950-2000 |
Description |
Guy Saunders fonds (3), A2002.54, SERIES 8: GRANGE FAMILY, 1840-1982, part 1 of 4. This series consists of primary sources, photographs, correspondence and family history records relating to the various Grange family members of Guelph: George John Grange (1808?-1876), Edward Alexander Andrew Grange (1848-1921), Mrs. E.A.A. Grange (nee Elizabeth ("Bessie") Kelso Murray Webster (1857-1930), George J. Grange (1871-date), James Webster Grange (1889-1910), Tony ("Tiny") Grange, date-date, Edward Rochfort Grange, (1892-date) and Maynard Grange (1894-1982). Subseries 1: Primary sources, 1840-1961. File 1a: George John Grange (1808?-1876), 1840-1870. Letters of attestation and certificates as listed: - Appointing George John Grange, Sheriff, District of Wellington, [signed] G.W. Arthur 15 Aug. 1840. - Letter attesting to the service "in a manner highly creditable to himself" of Lieutenant G.J. Grange, in suppressing the Rebellion in the London and Niagara Districts, [signed] Allan MacNab, 13 Aug. 1843. - Appointing Captain George John Grange to be Lieutenant Colonel in the 2nd Battalion of Wellington Militia, 27 May 1856. File 1b: - Letter addressed to George J. Grange, Sheriff Wellington District, Guelph, Canada West ... per mail steamer from Liverpool. From [illegible], Holywood [Scotland], 12 June 1849. - Two letters to Mr. Stone from Miss Thompson, 82 Upper Denbigh St., Belgrave Road, Pimlico [London England]; and also of: Walsted, nr. Lindfield, Sussex [England], regarding "old things being sent by Mrs. Grange's niece to some of her cousins" ... "for Mrs. Grange of Canada", 17-19 June 1851. - Letter to Mr. Conolly, from Geo. Grange, regarding his daughter Mary Grange, 13 May 1853. File 1c: Indenture, forming a co-partnership for land near the Town of Berlin [now City of Kitchener], and near the Town of Stratford [incomplete]. Crawford & Hagarty, Conveyancers &c, Toronto, C.W. George J. Grange, James Webster, Francis Shanly, 1854. File 1d: - Letter to A.T.H. Ball from Geo. J. Grange, Guelph, noting that "James Clark ... is a very steady, sober and honest man and well suited to take care of a farm, having done so in England, he leaves me not from any complaint I have against him, but from a misunderstanding during an attack of gout", 19 Sept. 1870. - Sale of Land on Dummer St., Toronto, George John Grange and his wife Mary Grange, to Christopher Cuthbert Baines, 3 Dec. 1870. File 2a: Edward Alexander Andrew Grange (1848-1921), 1874-1920. Letters of attestation and certificates as listed: - Letter certifying his character and professional abilities.. [signed] A. Smith, Principal, Vet College, Toronto, June 1874 - Letter of appointment as Lecturer on Veterinary Surgery in the "School of Agriculture" and "Experimental Farm", Guelph, 12 Jan. 1876. - Grant of patent for "Improvement in Balling Irons", includes sketch and description, Washington [D.C., USA], 8 July 1879. Appointment as Veterinary Surgeon in the 1st Provisional Brigade of Field Artillery, 27 April, 1881. - Appointment as Veterinary Inspector, for the District in which you reside [Guelph]. Toronto, 28 March 1882. - Certificate that Edward A.A. Grange has, for the past seven years, filled the position of Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery at the Ontario Agriculture College and Experimental Farm, 28 April 1882. - Acknowledgement of receipt of letter of resignation as Veterinary Surgeon to the Brigade and regret "... your intended removal to Philadelphia ...", 4 May 1882. - Letter testifying to the career and skills of E.A.A. Grange, noting he is "... no mere horse doctor, He was born and bred a gentleman ..." [signed] J.James Mills, President, Ontario Agricultural College, 6 May 1882. - Appointment as State Veterinarian, State of Michigan, 12 June, 1885. - Appointment as State Veterinarian, State of Michigan, 25 June, 1887. - Appointment as State Veterinarian, State of Michigan, 6 June, 1889. - Certificate of membership, United States Veterinary Medical Association, 16 Sept. 1890. - Appointment as State Veterinarian, State of Michigan, 12 June, 1893. - Appointment as Honorary Member, Westchester County Veterinary Medical Society, 27 March 1900. File 2b: "The Standardization of Veterinary Colleges in North America" by E.A.A. Grange, Toronto, Ont., 3 pages, ca.1908. File 2c: Booklet: Vestry Auxiliary Chapel of the Intercession Trinity Parish [New York] ... Members of Vestry Auxiliary lists E.A.A. Grange, 467 W. 164th St., 2 January 1908. File 2d: Letters and clippings as listed: - To "My dear Cousin" [name], from E.A.A Guelph, re winter in Canada, and his impending move to Philadelphia, 15 March [1882]. - Letter to Edward Grange to Guelph Canada [re-directed to Philadelphia; includes explanatory notes by GLS], from Aunt Sarah Slegg (nee French), 2 Sept. 1882. - Letter to Uncle Edward [E.A.A. Grange], re family history, from R.G.W. [Bob] Conolly, Canadian Bank of Commerce, 1897. - To [his wife] Mrs. E.A.A. Grange, from E.A.A. Grange, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA, 12 Sept. 1900. - To "my dear Ned", E.A.A. Grange, 467 West 164th St., New York, from D'Oyly Grange, Moffat House, Harrrogate [England], 21 Oct. 1907. - To [his daughter] Maynard Grange, John's Hopkins Sanitarium, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, from E.A.A. Grange, Toronto, 21 Jan. 1911. - To [his daughter] Maynard Grange, c/o Miss Burns, London, England, from E.A.A. Grange, Toronto, 10 July 1912. - To "my dear Teasy" [Mrs. Alfred Chapman Rolleston Saunders (1852-1938). Born Theresa Anne Webster, daughter of James Webster [Sr] and Margaret (nee Wilson)], from E.A.A. Grange, 34 Chicora Ave., Toronto; discusses his sister Ellen and relations Mrs. E.J. Burns, May Saunders, 26 Jan. 1920. File 2e: Red pocket notebook with title beginning "Class 1912-13 / Names of Officers and other notes re students of 1st - 2nd - 3rd years 1913-14 ...1914-15 ... 1915-1916 ...1916-1917". Index at front lists Officers and Year Committees, exam programme, reports and records, lecture notes also contains "Lectures on Veterinary Hygiene 17 Jan. 11 - 6 Feb 1920. File 2f: Six letters between his "niece" Miss Leta-Madoline Grange, [initially on letterhead of the Hotel Bristol & Annex] Houston Texas; includes letters returned to Dr. Grange. 1913-1914. File 2g: Ten b&w illustrations mounted on cardboard. Some identified: F.M. Bell-Smith, "Mount Victoria, Lake Louise"; Homer Watson, R.C.A., "The Stronghold"; Palmer, [cows] "Grazing"; [Wylie] Grier [portrait of a woman]; Harry Gregory [landscape]. Part of label on reverse "Mr. Grange / 644 Huron", ca 1912-1914. File 3a: - Mrs. E.A.A. Grange (nee Elizabeth ("Bessie") Kelso Murray Webster (1857-1930), 1872-1929. - 11 letters to "Bessie" from her mother, Margaret Webster, 'Netherbank' [Guelph] and 29 Green St., Guelph; 2 letters to Mrs. Grange, 467 West 164th St., New York; most letters undated; others 1872, 1875, [1901]. File 3b: 37 letters, mainly to "Bessie", Mrs. E.A.A. Grange, as listed, 1868-ca.1932: - From: [sister] Maggie Webster and [mother] Margaret Webster, Guelph [to E.K.M. Webster / J. Lamond Smith Esq., / Box 110 Niagara P.O. / Ontario [postmarked C.W.], 31 July 1868; - From [sister] Theresa Webster, Guelph, 17 Aug. 1868; - From sister, Agnes Webster, Guelph, 6 Sept. 1868; - From sister [Ti ..[name] Webster], 'Netherbank', Guelph, 11 March 1872; - Telegram to James Webster or Mrs. Webster - "Agnes ill. Mother come - bring Stones best port for me", H. Grange, Paisley [Ontario], 18 Dec. 1872; - From sister, Kate May Webster, Paisley [Ontario], 26 Nov. 187-; - From M.W. [Margaret Webster], Harriston, to Miss Bessie Webster, Netherbank, Guelph, 21 Aug. 1875. - From [name] Wurttemberger, Rosedale [Toronto], 12 Feb. 1879; - From sister, Kate McCaul, 56 Theodore St., [place], 16 Feb. 1879; - From brother, Charlie [Webster], Maple Creek, [Saskatchewan], 22 Aug. 1885; - From [Charlie Webster?] "The Peelers. N.W.M.P.", 3 verses and chorus [ca.1885]; - From Constance [name], Walkerton, 22 April [date]; - From [Harriet] L. Sniffin, [date]; - From sister, Agnes Grange, Paisley [Ontario] [date]; - From Maggie Webster, Guelph to Ned [E.A.A. Grange], 11 Dec. [date]; - From sister, Ada [Webster], Burnside, Guelph, 7 Aug. [date]; - From Trina [name], [on holiday], Lilly Brook Hotel [near Cheltenham, England; date]. - From [Robert] Webster, Chicago, to Ada [Baldwin], [re their mother's death], 23 Jan. 1906; - From [Robert Webster], Chicago [incomplete] to Ada [Baldwin], 4 Feb. 1906; - From Charlotte S. Chalmers, 3 St. Swithin St., Aberdeen, to Mrs. Baldwin, 4 Feb. 1906; - From Margaret D. Chalmers, Rothie Brisbane, Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, [Scotland] to Mrs. Baldwin [re death of her mother, Mrs. Webster], 7 Feb. [1906]; - From R. Webster, Banchory House, near Aberdeen [Scotland] to Mrs. Russell Baldwin, 76 Liverpool St., Guelph, 15 Feb. 1906; - From Margaret Dyce Stewart, Banchory House, Banchory Devenick [Scotland], 8 July 1909; - From E.M. Balmer, [teacher, Harbord Collegiate], 131 Grace St., Toronto, 4 Sept. 1910; - From Gertrude Lawler, [teacher, Harbord Collegiate], 435 Jarvis St., Toronto, 12 Sept. 1910 - [both re death by drowning of James Grange, son of Mr. And Mrs. E.A.A. Grange]; - From Maynard [Grange], 36 Norland Square, [London, England] to "Dear old Auntie" 10 Dec. [ca.1911]; - From Herbert F. Jones, Sandling Camp, Hythe, Kent, [England], to Mrs. Baldwin, 36 Lowther Ave., Toronto, 18 June [ca.1914-1918]; - From Harriet L. Sniffin, 28 Jan [ca.1918]; - From Margaret D. Chalmers, Ardbeck, Milltimber, Aberdeenshire, to Mrs. Grange, 93 Roxboro St. West, Toronto [3 letters, ca.1918]; - From Wm. D'Oyly Grange, 3 Clarence Drive, Harrogate [England], 18 Aug. 1921; - From Theresa A. Saunders, Balruddery, Guelph, 7 Nov. 1922; - From Margaret D. Chalmers, Ardbeck, Milltimber, Aberdeenshire, 3 Jan. 1924; - From Hugh C. Templin, Editor, The Fergus News-Record [re Webster family history], 25 Jan. 1924; - From Margaret D. Chalmers, Ardbeck, Milltimber, Aberdeenshire, 6 Jan. 1928; - From S.K. Webster, Mt. Possession, New Zealand, 1 Feb. 1929; - From S.K. Webster, 62 Heriot Row [Dunedin, New Zealand], 26 Nov.1929; - From Bessie [Mrs. E.A.A. Grange, nee Webster] to [her sister] "Teasy" [Mrs. Alfred Chapman Rolleston Saunders (1852-1938). Born Theresa Anne Webster, daughter of James Webster [Sr] and Margaret (nee Wilson)], [ca. 1932?]. File 3c: Cookbook, containing handwritten recipes. Includes list of pages and recipes and their authors; book is numbered from front to middle from both ends; GLS "from Grange (Toronto house) ... Perhaps Mrs. Edmund[sic] Grange (nee Webster). I think book is original or a copy of [an] other book", ca.1900. File 3d: Booklet of recipes in several hands; includes Apple Jelly, Ginger Wine (1836), Mulley Jelly, Cake, Cleaning Scarlet, Varnish, Loaf Cake, Westphalia Ham, Ointment, "For A Burn", Italian Cream, Black for Carriage Harness...ca.1900. File 4: George J. Grange (1871-date), 1903. Philippine Civil Service Board / Application For Examination. George J. Grange to write the exam for Veterinary Surgeon, 2 July 1903. File 5: James Webster Grange (1889-1910), 1902-1910. - Item 1: Handwritten note [born?] "James Webster Grange / 7am / 7th December 1889"; on reverse [baptized?]: "1st April 1899 / by the Rev. J.M. McGrath[?]";[from Webster pouch]. - Item 2: Stamps from United States, Canada, New Zealand, France, Spain, Germany, China, Sweden; on one envelope: James W. Grange 467 W. 1164 St., New York. Ca.1897. - Item 3: "David and Goliath". 3-page short story, signed James Grange, 18 Oct. 1902. - Item 4: Clippings reporting his death by drowning in Lake Simcoe, The Daily Mail and Empire [Toronto], 20 Aug. 1910; The Globe [Toronto], 22 August 1910. File 6: (Tony / Tiny) Charles Dawson Grange, (1873-1920), 1897-1920. 7 letters and 1 telegram as listed: - Letter to "My dear Pum" from your "loving nephew Tiny" [Grange], Coutts, Alberta, 4 April 1897. ["Pum" [or "Pummie"] may be Bessie Grange - see reference in letter of 29 Nov. 1905, below]. - Letter to "Grannie" from Dawson, [Yukon], 29 Nov. 1905. - Letter to Ningie from Dawson [Yukon] 4 Dec. 1907. - Letter to Maynard [Grange] from Seattle [Washington, USA], 19 Dec. 1915. - Letter to Maynard [Grange] from Seattle [Washington, USA], 31 Mar. 1920. - Letter to [his aunt] Bessie [Grange] from [his wife] Maude, 6 July 1920. - Letter to [his aunt] Bessie [Grange] from [his wife] Maude, [10 July 1920]. - Telegrams re death and funeral of Tiny Grange, 7-11 July 1920. File 7a: Edward Rochfort Grange, (1892-date), 1897-1963. Letters and certificate as listed: - Letter to "My dear Rochfort" [aged 6] from his grandmother [Webster?], 36 Lowther Ave., Toronto, 9 Jan. 1897. - Letter to "My dear Rochfort", Master E.R. Grange, 467 West 164th St., New York, from his grandmother M. Webster, 36 Lowther Ave., Toronto; enclosure to "Roch" from "your loving aunt Maggie [name], 9 Jan. 1904. - Certificate of Confirmation, Edward Rochfort Grange, in the Church of the Intercession [New York], 1907. - Printed illustration of students: "First Assembly in the New Building" Supplement to June Magpie. [Magpie was the student literary publication of DeWitt Clinton High School, then located in Manhattan. The suburb near 159 - 6th Ave. is now listed as Holtsville]. Photo: Jessie Taebor Feals[?] / 159-6th Ave. N.Y. ca.1910. - Letters to his mother, Mrs. E.A.A. Grange, 644 Huron St., Toronto, from "On The Train"; letterhead Balmoral Hotel Co. , Limited, Sudbury; Callander; letterhead Mackenzie, Mann & Co., Limited; Kells, P.O. [Nipissing] Ontario; letterhead Canadian Pacific Railway / en route - "North Shore of Lake Superior"; includes some sketches. 20 May - 3 August 1913; 30 April 1914. - Two matching, humorous, handwritten pages, from envelope "Maynard's Estate": "Notice" [begins: "To let, by the day, week or month. In a unique situation. A double bed sitting room - with use of bathroom. Board - sometimes speaks for itself ..."]. "Lost" [begins: "On, or about the 5th March 1917 during the period of the slight differences of the inhabitants of the continent of Europe ...King's Hotel; / Harlam"]. Ca.1917. - 2 telegrams: from naval representative, Ottawa, to E.R. Grange, 36 Lowther Ave, [Toronto]; from Rochfort [Grange] to Grange, 34c Chicora Ave, Toronto. Ca.1919. - 4 letters to Rochfort [2 signed Bessie M.L. [name?], others from Hilda Iredell[?], 7 Cumberland Terrace [London, England], and from Margaret[?] I. Stephens, New Hall, Dymchurch, [Kent, England]. Undated, and Sept-Dec. 1924. File 7b: Clippings regarding the founding of Ontario's first tree farm, in 1937, by E.R. Grange, P.Eng., The Evening Telegram, 28 April 1937; The Professional Engineer, 1953; The Globe and Mail, 29 Oct. 1953; Orangeville Banner, 5 Dec. 1963. |
Creator \ Maker |
Saunders, Guy LeFanu (Estate) [compiler] |
Item Name |
Application Appointment Article Booklet Certificate Cookbook Correspondence Deed Drawing Grant Indenture Newspaper Notebook Patent Recipe Record Group Stamp Telegram |
Person \ Organization |
Arthur, G. W. Baines, Christopher Cuthbert Baldwin, Ada Ball, A. T. H. Balmer, E. M. Balmoral Hotel Burns, E. J. (Mrs.) Canadian Field Artillery Canadian Pacific Railway Chalmers, Charlotte S. Chalmers, Margaret D. Clark, James Connolly Conolly, R. G. W. Bob French, Sarah Grange Grange, Agnes Grange, Bessie Grange, Charles Dawson Grange, D'oyly Grange, Edward Alexander Andrew Grange, Edward Rochfort Grange, George J. Grange, George John Grange, James Grange, James Webster Grange, James Webster Grange, Leta-Madoline Grange, Maynard Grange, Tiny Grange, Tony Grange, William D'oyly Harbord Collegiate Jones, Herbert F. Lawler, Gertrude McCaul, Kate McNab, Sir Allan Napier Mills, James Northwest Mounted Police Ontario Agricultural College Ontario Veterinary College Saunders, Alfred Chapman Rolleston (Mrs.) Saunders, May Saunders, Theresa A. Shanly, Francis Slegg, Sarah Smith, A. Smith, J. Lamond Sniffin, Harriet L. Stewart, Margaret Dyce Templin, Hugh C. Webster, Ada Webster, Agnes Webster, Bessie Webster, Charles Webster, Elizabeth Kelso Murray Webster, James Webster, Kate May Webster, Margaret Webster, Robert Webster, S. K. Webster, Theresa Webster, Theresa Anne Wurttemberger |
Place |
Aberdeen Berlin Callander Dawson Guelph Kent Lake Superior Maple Creek Michigan New Zealand Nipissing Paisley Sandling Camp Saskatchewan Seattle Stratford Sudbury Toronto Washington Wellington District Yukon Territories |
Subject |
Biography Depression Genealogy Military Portrait Railroad Social Life Wedding |
Year Range from |
1950 |
Year Range to |
2000 |
Accession # |
A2002.54 |
Containers |
MU 453 |