Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A2004.48 |
Title |
Record Group - Mary Cavers / Annie Wilson, 1865-2000. -- 4 cm. |
Date |
1865-1999 |
Description |
The record group The Mary Cavers / Annie Wilson fonds consists of family histories, photographs, a medical notebook, and a collection of obituaries related to the lives of Mary Cadenhead Brebner Cavers (nee Lillie, 1850-1944) and her daughter Annie Lillie Wilson (nee Cavers, 1877-1965): SERIES 1: file 1: Alexander Lillie, appreciation, 20 Oct. 1893. One-page appreciation, addressed to Alexander Lillie, on his leaving the Township of Nichol; the authors also express "sincere regard for your daughter Mrs. Cavers and her family who have gone in and out among us so long"; signed William Singer, James Laing, Simon Murchison. file 2: Mrs. Cavers Nursing Book, 1897-1917. Begins March 1897. Chronological list of patients and charges; 1898 and 1899 list "Patients in House" and "Nursing Out" on separate pages; many entries list births and the name of the child; some deaths are listed. SERIES 2: Family histories, obituaries, death notices, announcements, 1888-2000. file 1: The Gray Family, genealogy, 1709-1907. "Copied from an account in 1957 by Annie Wilson". The families of Muir, Lillie, Colclough, Cadenhead and Linn were related to the Gray family. file 2: "The Cavers Family "told [ca.1957?] to Annie Cavers Wilson by Jessie Marshall"; date range 1827-1951. file 3: Muir / Cadenhead / Lillie genealogies, 1927-1956. [in the hands of Mary Cavers (nee Lillie) and her daughter, Annie Wilson (nee Cavers). file 4: Obituaries, death notices, announcements, 1888-1965. James Napier, at Aberdeen, Scotland. Fergus, 1888. James Ritchie, "at Mains of Leask, Slains [Aberdeenshire, Scotland; undated; he was the husband of Mary Muir (1826-1921)] Simon Murchison (1855[?]-1895) Alexander Lillie (1808-1896) [Hymn sheet; hymn composed by Rev. J.B. Mullan, corner stone, Melville Church, Fergus, 1899] Isabella Muir (1827-1922) Walter George Linn (1843-1925) John Alexander ("Jack") Wilson (1906-1930) Joseph Wilson (1872-1942) Mary Cadenhead Brebner Cavers (nee Lillie, 1850-1944) Annie Lillie Wilson (nee Cavers, 1877-1965) Annie Ford Allan (1878-1965) Marriage announcement: Marilyn Ann Bowman, Norwich, Ontario, to John Allan MacQuarrie, Fergus, 7 April 1958. file 5: "The Brass Candlesticks / William [and] Mary Cavers / The Muir Family / Our Lusterware" by Mary Lillie Barnaby Fountain, 1999. Includes details of the lives of Alexander Lillie (1808-1896) and his marriage in 1845 to Ellen Muir (1819-1850); their daughter Mary Cadenhead Brebner Lillie (1850-1944), married, in 1876, William Foster Cavers (1854-1881). Includes obituaries of Mrs. James Roy Skerritt (nee Dorothy Ewen, 1916-1999); Grace Ann Ford (died 2000). file 6: Garnet (Gary) Richard Johnston (1916-2000), clippings, Newspaper clippings and articles related to the life of Gary Johnston, plant breeder, most successfully of the Yukon Gold potato; includes obituary for his wife Elsie Mae Johnston (nee Barker, ca.1918-1999); includes information on the name Johnston. SERIES 3: Photographs, postcards, ca.1865-1940. Subseries 1: Photographs, ca.1865-1940 - ph 17847: Carte-de-visite. Ellen Lillie's girls: Jane (Jennie); Mary; Helen (Ellen). Identification from Mary Fountain's essay [above]. Photo: James Morton, Fergus. C.W., ca.1865. - ph 17848 / NA 4805: Copy print, tintype. Young woman standing, and man seated, tentatively identified as Mary Lillie [see Mary Fountain's essay [above], ca.1860. - ph 17849a: Mary Lillie. Identification from Mary Fountain's essay [above], ca.1871. - ph 17849b: Mary Lillie. [Identification by Mary Fountain]. Photo: W. Marshall, Guelph, ca.1871. - ph 17850: - ph 17851a: Cartes-de-visite. Isa Muir [Isabella Muir (1827-1922)], ca.1875. - ph 17851b: Tintype. Isa Muir [identification by Mary Fountain] and [Mary Lillie?], ca.1875. - ph 17852: Carte-de-visite. Brebner Cadenhead. Photo: Marshall, Guelph, ca.1875. - ph 17853: Carte-de-visite. George Cadenhead. Photo: T. Connon, Elora, ca.1875. - ph 17854: Carte-de-visite. Mary Cadenhead Brebner Lillie (1850-1954) [?with William Foster Cavers (1854-1881); they were married 1876]. Photo: F.A. Baker, St. Catherines, ca.1876. - ph 17855 / NA 4807: Copy print. Carte-de-visite. William Cavers with his wife Mary Cavers (nee Lillie). Photo: P.C. Noble, Fergus, ca.1880. - ph 17856: Carte-de-visite. Robert and George Glen. Photo: P.C. Noble, Fergus, ca.1880. - ph 17857: Cabinet Card. Robert Webster. Photo: W.L.H. Skeen, Colombo, Ceylon, 1886. - ph 17858: Cabinet Card. Camilla Margaret Alice Frood Webster, aged 3 years, 25 June 1889. Photo: Scowen & Co., Colombo, Ceylon, 1889. - ph 17859: Portrait, Joseph Wilson, ca.1890. - ph 17860: Mrs. Dance & Helen Blanchford [Dance] aged 3 months. Photo: James Walker, Fergus, 1901. - ph 17861: Mrs. Singer, ca.1900. - ph 17862: Mrs. Marshall and [infant] Cavers, ca.1900. - ph 17863 / NA 4806: B&w postcard. On front steps of frame house: Joseph Wilson (1872-1942), who ran the power plant for Dr. Groves, with his wife Annie Wilson (nee Annie Lillie Cavers, 1877-1965), and their son Jack [John Alexander Wilson (1906-1930); ca.1912. - ph 17864: Lawyer Wilson, Mrs. W. / Family, Mrs. Tim, Family / Mrs. Joe Wilson & Jack; ca.1912. - ph 17865: Lawyer Wilson & Family, ca.1912. - ph 17866: Allan, Douglas & Victor Wilson, ca.1912. - ph 17867: Mrs. Muir, Mrs. Brownridge, Elsie Muir, Helen and Doris Muir, ca.1912. - ph 17868: The Rock in the centre of river at Elora [Tooth of Time], ca.1912. - ph 17869: The Dam, high water, Elora, ca.1912. - ph 17870: Elora Low Bridge at high water, ca.1912. - ph 17871: Airplane at Elora Park, ca.1912. - ph 17872: Elora Front Street, ca.1912. - ph 17873: Tom Cadenhead's home, Three Hills [Alberta], ca.1912 - ph 17874: Aunt Jane [Cadenhead (nee Muir)] & Jeannie, ca.1912. - ph 17875: Glen's [family], Didsbury [Alberta; threshing], ca.1912. - ph 17876: Alexander ("Jack") Wilson (1906-1930), with Mary Cavers (1850-1944) and Lillie Jane Wilson (1903-1989), at corner of stone building, Aug. 1914. - ph 17877: Joe and Annie [Joseph Wilson and his wife Annie Lillie (nee Cavers)] To Grandma Cavers ... from Lillie and Jack [Wilson], Aug. 1914. - ph 17878: Jack Wilson [John Alexander Wilson (1906-1930)], in uniform, with rifle, ca.1915. - ph 17879: Jennie Dunbar; mounted in folder with glassine protective sheet. Photo: R.B. Kennedy, Guelph, ca.1915. - ph 17880: Geo. Glen, ca.1929. - ph 17881: Foot bridge, Belfountain, Aug.1929. - ph 17882: Foot bridge and entrance to Yellowstone Cave, Belfountain, Aug.1929. - ph 17883: Falls, Belfountain, Aug.1929. - ph 17884: [circular fountain] Belfountain, Aug.1929. - ph 17885: Top of Yellowstone Cave, Belfountain [Aug.1929]. - ph 17886: Mary Cavers and her daughter Annie Wilson (nee Cavers), in front of board and batten building, taken in Elora 1929. - ph 17887: Mary Cavers, in front of [same] board and batten building, in Elora 1934. - ph 17888: Mary Cavers, with gladiolas, ca.1940. Subseries 2: Postcards, 1917, 1918. Postcard addressed to Miss Lillie Wilson, Elora. - ph 17889: Colour postcard. Experimental Building, O.A.C., Guelph, Ont., Canada. From Mary McQueen, School for the Deaf, Belleville; [published by Valentine & Sons], 102,143; 5 Mar. 1917. Postcards addressed to Mrs. Joe/Joseph Wilson, Elora. - ph 17890: Colour postcard. Irvine River near Fergus [with cows]. Addressed to "Aunt Annie" from Myrtle [name], Fergus; regarding Aunt Lizzie Marshall, who was leaving the [Christmas] goose with Mrs. Cavers; 18 Dec. 1917. - ph 17891: Colour postcard. Elliot Memorial Home, Guelph Ont., Canada. Published by Valentine & Sons, 106 579; 18 Feb. 1918. - ph 17892: Colour postcard. G.T.R. Station, Guelph, Ont. Canada. Published by Valentine & Sons, 109 679; from M. McGregor, Guelph, 19 Aug. 1918. |
Creator \ Maker |
Johnston, Catherine [compiler] |
Creator \ Maker |
Wilson, Annie Cavers [Author] Fountain, Mary [Author] Cavers, Mary Cadenhead Brebner [Author] Morton, James [photographer] Marshall [photographer] Connon, Thomas [photographer] Baker, F. A. [photographer] Noble, P. C. [photographer] Skeen, W. L. H. [photographer] Scowen and Company [photographer] Walker, James [photographer] Kennedy, R. B. [photographer] Valentine and Sons Limited [Publisher] Wilson, Annie [Author] |
Item Name |
Record Group |
Person \ Organization |
Ontario Agricultural College Elliott Memorial Home Grand Trunk Railway Lillie, Alexander Cavers, (Mrs.) Singer, William Laing, James Murchison, Simon Gray Wilson, Annie Muir Lillie Colclough Cadenhead Linn Wilson, Annie Cavers Marshall, Jessie Napier, James Ritchie, James Muir, Mary Murchison, Simon Mullan, J. B. (Rev.) Muir, Isabella Linn, Walter George Wilson, John Alexander Wilson, Jack Wilson, Joseph Cavers, Mary Cadenhead Brebner Lillie, Mary Cadenhead Brebner Cavers, Annie Lillie Wilson, Annie Lillie Allan, Annie Ford Bowman, Marilyn Ann MacQuarrie, John Allan Fountain, Mary Lillie Barnaby Muir, Ellen Lillie, Mary Cadenhead Brebner Cavers, William Foster Skerritt, James (Mrs.) Ewen, Dorothy Ford, Grace Ann Johnston, Garnet Richard Johnston, Gary Johnston, Elsie Mae Barker, Elsie Mae Lillie, Ellen Lillie, Jane Lillie, Jennie Lillie, Mary Lillie, Ellen Lillie, Helen Muir, Isabella Muir, Isa Cadenhead, Brebner Cadenhead, George Glen, Robert Glen, George Webster, Robert Webster, Camilla Margaret Alice Frood Wilson, Joseph Dance, (Mrs.) Dance, Helen Blanchford Singer, (Mrs.) Marshall, (Mrs.) Cavers Groves, (Dr.) Wilson, John Alexander Wilson, Joe (Mrs.) Wilson, Lawyer Wilson, Allan Wilson, Douglas Wilson, Victor Muir, (Mrs.) Brownridge, (Mrs.) Muir, Elsie Muir, Helen Muir, Doris Cadenhead, Tom Cadenhead, Jane Muir, Jane Glen Wilson, Lillie Jane Dunbar, Jennie McQueen, Mary Marshall, Lizzie McMgregor, M. |
Place |
Nichol Twp. Fergus Belfountain St. Catharines Tooth Of Time Three Hills Alberta Colombo Irvine River |
Subject |
Genealogy Medical Bridge |
Photo, Map # |
NA 4805 NA 4806 NA 4807 ph 17847 ph 17847 - ph 17892 ph 17848 ph 17849 ph 17850 ph 17851 ph 17852 ph 17853 ph 17854 ph 17855 ph 17856 ph 17857 ph 17858 ph 17859 ph 17860 ph 17861 ph 17862 ph 17863 ph 17864 ph 17865 ph 17866 ph 17867 ph 17868 ph 17869 ph 17870 ph 17871 ph 17872 ph 17873 ph 17874 ph 17875 ph 17876 ph 17877 ph 17878 ph 17879 ph 17880 ph 17881 ph 17882 ph 17883 ph 17884 ph 17885 ph 17886 ph 17887 ph 17888 ph 17889 ph 17890 ph 17891 ph 17892 |
Year Range from |
1865 |
Year Range to |
1999 |
Accession # |
A2004.48 |
Containers |
MU 509 - OVERSIZED STACKS |