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Metadata
Accession # |
A2009.84 |
Title |
Marguerite Smith, Erin, prints, ca.1900-ca.1970. |
Description |
Letters, genealogy and photographs relating to the family of Berta Marguerite Smith. She was the daughter of John Robert Smith (1864-1942) and Ellen (nee Burt, 1867-1931). In 1889, John R. Smith purchased 43 acres SW 1/4 Lot 18, Con.6, Erin Twp., almost opposite Coningsby Post Office. The following year he married Ella Laura Burt and they raised four daughters Myrtle (1893-1957), Marguerite (1897-1991), Martha (1903-date) and Della (1905-1919). The girls attended Coningsby School, S.S. #5, at the corner of their property. In 1911 the family left the farm and John R. Smith appears on the census of that year as a labourer in Esquesing Twp., Halton County. Marguerite taught at Peacock School, Ballinafad, S.S. # 4, Erin Twp., from 1917 to 1922. The following year, in Erin Village, she married Peter Johnston Sinclair, a farmer; both list their religion as "Disciple". John R. Smith is later listed as a carpenter and contractor in Erin; and the name of P.J. Sinclair appears on a letterhead as a "dealer in fuel". - file 1: "The Genealogy of the Root Family" who came to Canada from Bucks County in Pennsylvania. Part I written by John H. Root, M.P.P. Part II researched and edited by Ariel Dyer. Compiled by D.N.R. [David Nicholas Root, born 1905], 14 + 46 pages; latest date 1975; the family of John Robert Smith is shown on p.22. Includes additional typed and handwritten notes (some on the reverse of letterhead: P.J. Sinclair / Dealer in fuel oil, farm gas, Erin). - file 2: Invitations, memorial card, 1907-1914. - Invitation. Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Peavoy, to the wedding of their daughter Nora to Malcolm Leitch, Coningsby, 16 Oct. 1907. - Memorial card. William Burt, who died aged 82 at Coningsby, 15 Feb. 1910. Funeral at the home of his son-in-law, John R. Smith, Lot 18, Con.6, Erin. - Invitation. Mr. and Mrs. H.R. McCutcheon, to the wedding of their daughter Mabel Jane to Duncan T. McDougall, 23 March 1910. - Invitation. Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Smith, to the wedding of their daughter Ella Gladys to William M. Macdonald, 24 June 1914. - file 3: Letters to Grandma and Grandpa, Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Smith, Erin, from Kathleen [Howse?], Beamsville, 19 and 28 Dec. 1926. - file 4: Photocopy, poem "The Old Homestead in Erin / The Stranger on the Sill..." [signed] Angus McLellan. - file 5: Photocopies of materials found in researching this family. - ph 30867: Family portrait; on reverse in very faint pencil "J.R. Smith"; the portrait at far left has been added; ca.1890-1895. - ph 30868 / ph 30869: Family portrait and postcard of infant Baby Kathryn and young boy, Donald; addressed to Mr. W.W. Burt, Brisbane, Ont., signed Ischah [name], [place] USA, 15 Feb. 1909. - ph 30870: Postcard of two women. "To Marguerite..., ca.1910. - ph 30871: Postcard of house, addressed to Miss Marguerite Smith, Georgetown, c/o J.R. Smith at Silver Creek ... from Uncle [Abraham Smith?] and Aunt [Hannah Smith, nee Robinson?], Minitonas, [Manitoba], 20 Dec. 1912. - ph 30872: 11 images of interior of house, thought to be that of J.R. Smith and his wife Ellen (nee Burt), parents of Marguerite Smith (1897-1981). - ph 30873: Portrait of Marguerite Smith. Photo: Spedding, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, ca.1916[?]. - ph 30874: Man, standing with four women, Hillsburgh, 5 June 1921. - ph 30875 / ph 30876: People and cars in front of church, now Hillsburgh Community Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 5 June 1921. - ph 30877: [Church of ----, Hillsburgh?] - ph 30878: Lawn bowling, Hillsburgh [?]. - ph 30879: Coningsby Post office. Frame building, next to stone building with detailed pointing, ca.date. - ph 30880: 2 women, standing next to the tombstone in Coningsby Cemetery, for Dr. Martha M. Smith (1865-1914), buried in India. - ph 30881: Ballinafad Baseball Team, 30 June 1923. - ph 30882: Parade, truck with lettering Mundell / Lumber. - ph 30883: Sinclair Feed Mill. |
Creator \ Maker |
Root, John H. [Author] |
Creator \ Maker |
Dyer, Ariel M. (Mrs.) [Author] Root, David Nicholas [compiler] McLellan, Angus [Author] Spedding [PHOTOGRAPHER] |
Item Name |
Prints Genealogy |
Person \ Organization |
Coningsby Cemetery Hillsburgh Community Christian Church Disciples of Christ (Christian Church) Ballinafad Baseball Team Mundell's Planing Mill Sinclair Feed Mill Root, John H. Dyer, Ariel M. (Mrs.) Root, David Nicholas Sinclair, P. J. Peavoy, A. S. (Mrs.) Peavoy, Nora Leitch, Malcolm Burt, William Smith, John R. McCutcheon, H. R. McCutcheon, Mabel Jane McDougall, Duncan T. Smith, J. H. Smith, Ella Gladys MacDonald, William L. Smith, J. R. Howse, Kathleen McLellan, Angus Smith, Marguerite Smith, Abraham Smith, Hannah Robinson, Hannah Burt, Ellen Smith, Ellen Smith, Martha |
Place |
Erin Hillsburgh Coningsby Beamsville Brisbane Michigan Georgetown Ballinafad |
Subject |
Genealogy Poetry |
Photo, Map # |
ph 30867 - ph 30883 ph 30868 ph 30869 ph 30870 ph 30871 ph 30872 ph 30873 ph 30874 ph 30875 ph 30876 ph 30877 ph 30878 ph 30879 ph 30880 ph 30881 ph 30882 ph 30883 |
Accession # |
A2009.84 |
Containers |
MU 918 STACKS |