Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A2007.69 |
Title |
Eleanore Jane Smith, Palmerston, notebook, 1925-2000. |
Date |
1930-2006 |
Description |
SERIES 1: SMITH FAMILY DOCUMENTS, 1900-2006. Subseries 3: Eleanore Jane Smith (ca.1920-2006). - file 3: Notebook, 1925-2000. [Removed from 3-ring binder with cover label "Family History etc."; materials are stored in plastic sleeves] - sleeve 1: Birthday Evening Prayer; handwritten on reverse: "Eleanore J. Smith. To wish you a happy birthday. A. Donaldson, Cradle Roll Supt. Palmerston, 23 Feb. 1925. ph 23715: removed to photo collection. - sleeve 2: Poem, handwritten. "In Appreciation of Fine Service / To Eleanore J. Smith [signed] Harry Paikin, Chairman, The Board of Education for the City of Hamilton, 22 June 1977 [includes reference to ph 23721]. "Eleanore Smith and Ingrid Kastner". Handwritten copy of article which appeared in "The Apple", a periodical for elementary school teachers in the Hamilton Public School system, Oct. 1977. - sleeve 3: Wallace Township, 1861, 1871 Census. Entries for William Sommerville and family; Sommerville, B. in "The Legacy of the Adam Brown"; reference to Mrs. B. Somerville in Fergus News-Record, 25 Sept. 1884; references to W.H. White, banker, Palmerston; Craigleith Railway Station [Grey County north?]; letter to the editor signed Eleanore Smith, regarding a bookstore and the Sommerville / McMahon relations. - sleeve 4: William Thompson in Wallace Twp; Information sent to Ruth E. Ritchey re Watson relations; William Thompson; Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson; Members of the Thompson family; photocopy "Among the early settlers in Palmerston ..."; ...Descendants: Miss Ruth Elizabeth Ritchey; Arnold Ritchey Smith; Eleanore Jane Smith. - sleeve 5: Names from a Register at Paul's Anglican Church, Palmerston, 13 pages, 1875-1925; Pioneer Magazine and Ritchey newspaper clippings moved to Ritchey file; ph 23737: removed to photo collection. - sleeve 6: Gold mining in Ontario; Mayors of Palmerston; Trying to Revise Interest in Sunday Schools - C.B.L [radio], 28 Jan. 1998; Magazines [subscriptions?]. - sleeve 7: Books about Railways; Books by Ron Brown; Genealogical Books; Time Chart [from] One Dominion [by] George Tait; List of [teachers?] names, in two columns, numbered 1-48; list, Ontario Teachers Going On Exchange 1998. - sleeve 8: Advertisement, Hi-Fi Video / Video Sales & Rentals / 30 Elora Street, Harriston; Advertisement, Thistlecroft [near Harriston]. - sleeve 9: [Lists of members, occupations] Gordon Lodge #247 I.O.O.F., 6 pages; 4 pages; 5 pages; 6 pages; 5 pages + A-G. - sleeve 10: [Lists of members, occupations, Gordon Lodge #247 I.O.O.F.] H-Y. - sleeve 10a: Grand Lodge of Ontario Independent Order of Odd Fellows, this souvenir issued by the Grand Lodge of Ontario to Brother William Murdoch, admitted member of Gordon Lodge #247 Palmerston, 11 March, 1897. Toronto, 5 February 1898. - sleeve 11: Minto Births 1877; [reverse] letterhead Maubet Gem Jewellry / Palmerston. - sleeve 12: The Canning Family [9] pages; Councillors and Deputy Reeves 1851-1930, [Simcoe County?]; Boyle family; Gregg family, 4 pages. - sleeve 13: Tecumseh Twp., Names of a few Settlers; the Dillane family; includes tribute to Austen Kinsey Dillane, at his death 1959; Dillane family; Settlers in Tecumseh Twp., Simcoe County, before 1837, A-E. - sleeve 14: Richard Beasley, 5 + 2 pages. - sleeve 15: Types of Bridges; Bridges in Wellington County. - sleeve 16: The Timber Line; novelist Brian Moore (CBC interview 17 Jan. 1999); Aphrodesiacs [CBC radio?] 14 Feb. 1999; Renaissance of Root Cellars CBC "Fresh Air, 17 Oct. 1998. - sleeve 17: The Rain Drops and the Garden, 5 pages [children's story?]; The Discontented Maple Tree, 5 pages [children's story?]. - sleeve 18: Harrowsmith Country Life, pages 5-16, Feb. 2000 - includes article "Painted Plates"; "Enchanting Indoor Gardens, pages 69-71, Family Circle, 15 Feb. 2000. - sleeve 19: Toronto Trails; Allan Skeoch in search of the Mennonites' origins in Switzerland, CBC Radio, 12 Oct. 1998. - sleeve 20: "Let us make up a story about a young man named John Allen ..." 2 pages; 6 pages. History questions: September: Distribution and Survey; October - Before the Town was here ...; Wallace Township - list of names with Lot and Concession. |
Creator \ Maker |
Smith, Eleanore [compiler] |
Item Name |
Notebook |
Person \ Organization |
Beasley, Richard Boyle Brown, Ron Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Canning CBC Radio Dillane, Austin Kinsey Donaldson, A. Gordon Lodge #247 Gregg Hamilton Board of Education Hamilton Public School Hi-Fi Video Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I. O. O. F.) Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I. O. O. F.) Kastner, Ingrid Maubet Gem Jewellry McMahon Moore, Brian Murdoch, William Murdoch, William Paikin, Harry Ritchey, Ruth E. Ritchey, Ruth Elizabeth (Miss) Skeoch, Alan Smith, Arnold Ritchey Smith, Eleanore Jane Sommerville, William St. Paul's Anglican Church Thistlecroft Thompson, James Thompson, William White, W. H. |
Place |
Palmerston Wallace Twp. Elma Twp. Hamilton Grey County Simcoe County Tecumseh |
Subject |
Education Religion Genealogy |
Year Range from |
1930 |
Year Range to |
2006 |
Accession # |
A2007.69 |
Containers |
MU 655 |