Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A2014.104.5 |
Title |
Clark family of Puslinch Township records, 1862-1988. |
Date |
1862-1988. |
Description |
Clark family of Puslinch Township records, 1862-1988. Documents kept by members of the Clark family of Morriston in Puslinch Township. They include certificates, postcards, and local histories. - Item 1: Marriage Records, Morriston Evangelical Church; Handwritten transcription made by Marjorie Clark in 1980 at United Church Archives; lists marriages 15 Jul 1862 - 1 Oct. 1949. [The church has also been referred to as Mount Carmel Evangelical United Brethren Church] - Item 2: Baptism certificate of Josephine Magdalena Munch (born 1880, baptised 1881), donor's great-aunt on her mother's side, daughter of Henry Munch and Francis Bott of Morriston; issued at Church of Our Lady, Guelph, 01 Sept. 1944. - Item 3: Birth certificate of Benjamin J. Clark, born 05 Dec. 1906; issued 8 April 1967. - Items 4-6: Colour postcards received by Benjamin Clark, Morriston, when he was a small boy (born 1906); includes Christmas card from Mary Clark of Marlette, Michigan, Benjamin's Aunt Mollie, 22 Dec. 1910; card with text "Tell me again that you love me," from Edna Sinclair, a close friend of the Clark family, whose sister, Edith Sinclair was married to Donald Clark, Benjamin's uncle; and Christmas card from his public school teacher, Miss Ora C. Kaiser, 24 Dec. 1918. - Item 7: Morriston School, S.S. #8, Puslinch Township. 6-page history by Mina / Mrs. A.J. Heuther of Morriston; 2 typed copies; latest date 1937. - Item 8: The Schlegel House, Morriston; 2-page article, undated; originally appeared in the Puslinch Pioneer. - Item 9: Origin of the Name Badenoch. 3-page article, undated. - Item 10: Invoice and receipt of payment from J-W Electrical and Heating Service, Morriston. Principals were Jim Kitchen & Wayne Quinn of Morriston, two former employees of Crow's Electrical Service, Morriston, which had closed previously. Invoice dated 05 Sept. 1973. - Item 11: Puslinch Historical Society Calendar, 1988; includes illustrations of Aberfoyle Methodist Church, 1910; John A. Cockburn, hosting short course [on sheep], 1927; Gertrude Worthington, music teacher, on horseback, ca.1910; Barn raising at Sandy Fraser's, Lot 17, Front Concession 2, ca.1903; Sunday School picnic at Puslinch Lake, ca.1918; View of Crieff, ca.1912; Killean Post Office and General Store, ca.1869; Threshing at C.A. Gordon's Lot 21, Front Concession 7, late 1930s; Main Street, Morriston, pre-1900; Log house at Badenoch, mid-1800s; Christmas Drill, WW I at Township Hall, Aberfoyle, Moffat Cockburn, leader; and the Moses Byrne family and Martin Clifford, Lot 19, Concession 7, ca.1910. |
Creator \ Maker |
Clark |
Creator \ Maker |
Clark, Marjorie Heuther, Mina Puslinch Historical Society |
Item Name |
Baptismal Certificate Calendar Card Certificate Christmas Card Essay Invoice Marriage Register Postcard Receipt |
Person \ Organization |
Aberfoyle Methodist Church Aberfoyle Town Hall Bott, Francis Byrne, Moses Church of Our Lady Immaculate Clark, Benjamin Jacob Clark, Donald Clark, Marjorie Clark, Mary Clifford, Martin Cockburn, John A. Cockburn, Moffat Crow's Electrical Service Crows Electric Fraser, Sandy Gordon, C. A. Heuther, A. J. (Mrs.) Heuther, Mina J-W Electrical and Heating Service Kaiser, Ora C. (Miss) Killean General Store Killean Post Office Killean Post Office Kitchen, Jim Morriston Evangelical Church Morriston School Mount Carmel Evangelical United Brethren Church Munch, Henry Munch, Josephine Magdelena Puslinch Historical Society Puslinch Pioneer Puslinch Township Hall Quinn, Wayne S. S. #8 Puslinch Twp. Schlegel Sinclair, Edith Sinclair, Edna Worthington, Gertrude |
Place |
Badenoch Crieff Guelph Killean Michigan Morriston Puslinch Lake Puslinch Twp. |
Subject |
Architecture Christening Christmas Commercial Education History-local Religion Wedding |
Year Range from |
1862 |
Year Range to |
1988 |
Accession # |
A2014.104.5 |
Containers |
MU 1228 |