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Accession # |
A2019.107.1 |
Title |
Beatty family, Fergus, textual records, 1871 - 2002. |
Date |
1871 - 2002 |
Description |
Beatty family, Fergus, textual records, 1871 - 2002. [MU 1480] The documents listed below have been grouped by family and then listed chronologically. The acronym WGB refers to William George Beatty (1877-1957). Letters consist of one page, unless otherwise noted. If there is information on front and back, it will be listed as 2 pages. In file 8, the letters from WGB to his wife are particularly informative about goings-on at the company, activities of family and relations, and news of the Town of Fergus, (February-March 1946). File 1: George Beatty and Eleanor (Ellen), textual records, ca.1875. - Item 1: 1-page tribute to the life of George Beatty [1794-1875] "from the inside of a Book / Scripture Manual," ca.1875. File 2: Robert Beatty and Annie Beatty, textual records, 1907-1945. - Item 1: In Memoriam card, Robert Beatty, who died at Collingwood, 16 June 1907. - Item 2: Annie (Mrs. Robert) Beatty, of Alton, celebrated her 90 the birthday, 18 May 1945, Orangeville Banner, 24 May 1945. File 3: Norris family, textual records, 1888-1943. - Item 1: Marriage Certificate, Oliver O. Tower and Maggie O'Brien at Kansas City, 14 March 1871. - Item 2: Will of Charles B. Norris Sr., signed 31 December 1894 and attested 23 December 1895; at bottom, a note to E.A. Norris [Jr]. - Item 3: Memo re purchase by E.A. Norris of interest in a bond & lease, City Clerk, Kansas City, Missouri; E.A. Norris is listed as Deputy City Clerk, 20 June 1898. - Item 4: 2-page letter to Miss Jessie and Jeanie Norris, Chicago, from E.A. Norris. Kansas City, 19 July 1898. - Item 5: "The Courtship of Miles Standish," essay by Jeannie Norris, for Miss Morrison, Morse School, ca.1900. - Item 5a: Portion of a newspaper clipping associating Miss Ella Goudie with "An occasion of much merry enjoyment" by young people, ca.1900. [ADDED 3 OCTOBER 2019] - Item 6: 4-page promotional leaflet for performance at Kansas City [new] Convention Hall by pianist Ignace Paderewski, 17 March [1902? or 1913?] - Item 7: Kansas City Public Schools Teachers' Permit, issued to Jean Norris, 24 January 1907; the envelope is addressed to Miss Jean Norris, Manual Training High School, [Kansas City]. - Item 8: Letter and envelope to Mr. E.A. Norris enclosing a warrant for Jean Norris, "to the order of $45 in payment for services as substitute teacher at Manual Training High School, 15 February 1907. - Item 9: Programme, Recital by pupils of Lawrence W. Robbins; Misses Jean and Jessie Norris are listed, ca.1908; on the same page are newspaper clippings related to the death and funeral of Mrs. Jane Copson, mother of E.A. Norris. - Item 10: Business cards and Calling Cards: Mr. Ernest A. Norris; E.A. Norris / County Assessor / Republican Nominee for Re-Election, 3 November 1908; E.A. Norris / Candidate for County assessor for Jackson County, Missouri, 1 August 1916; Mrs. Joseph L. Fielding; John J. Stewart, given to W.G. Beatty. - Item 11: Announcement of the marriage of Mr. William G. Beatty to Jean Austin Norris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Norris, at Kansas City, Missouri, 4 August 1909; the couple are going to live in Fergus, Ontario. - Item 12: Programme, Piano Recital by pupils of Lawrence M. Robbins, 28 January 1910. Miss Jessie Norris and Mrs. Jean Norris Beatty are listed. - Item 13: 3-page letter to Mr. Wm. G. Beatty, from Charles Roth, Sloan-Norris Realty Co., Kansas City, 22 May 1911. E.A. Norris is Secretary & Treasurer of the Company. - Item 14: Letter to Mr. E.A. Norris, Kansas City, from Acme Coal Company, Acme, Wyoming, 25 October 1912. - Item 15: Letters of Administration, by Probate Court for the Estate of E.A. Norris, who died intestate, issued 10 October 1917. Includes list of disbursements, 17 May 1918. - Item 16: Obituary for Marguerite Norris Fielding who died 10 October 1929; she was daughter of the late Joseph L. Fielding and Mrs. Jessie Norris Fielding. - Item 17: Obituary for Mrs. Lizzie Norris Vandenburg, who died at Merriam, Kansas, 1 April 1933; Kansas City Star, 2 April 1933. - Item 18: Photocopy. Obituaries for Ernest A. Norris 5 October [1917] and Ella C. Norris who died 22 February 1936. - Item 19: Affidavit, by Jean Austin Beatty, regarding her parents and her birth date, 13 June 1886 in Kansas City, Missouri, declared 5 June 1936. - Item 20: Letter to Secretary to the President, The White House, Washington D.C., asking that the courtesies of the White House be extended to John P. Bramhall and to Mrs. Jessie N. Fielding, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 14 May 1940. - Item 21: Letter to Mrs. Jessie N.F. Gammage, Fergus, from the Bank of Canada, Public Debt Division, returning Letters Probate and Will (5 pages, two copies) re the Estate of Ella Cornelia Norris, late of the Township of Guelph, 9 September 1949. - Item 22: 2-page [incomplete] letter to Mrs. Jessie Norris, Guelph, from John P. Bramhall, Washington; on letterhead Piedmont Hotel, Atlanta Georgia. The page is headed "Norris Clan." The envelope is postmarked 13 December 1943. File 4: Rutherford family and family reunion, textual records, 1874-1949. - Item 1: In Memoriam card, Rebecca Stewart who died 28 October 1874, wife of James Rutherford. - Item 2: Newspaper clipping, Rutherford reunion held in Bolton, 2 July 1923. - Item 3: Invitation card and envelope to Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Beatty and Family, to attend the Rutherford Re-Union, to be held in Fergus, 1 July 1925. - Item 4: A.M. McKinley, "Fifty-Two Years a Teacher." 2-page article on Albert S. "Ab" Rutherford, The Bible Class Magazine, Vol.XXV [25], No.2, Toronto, 3 February 1933. Handwritten on cover: "Milton J. Beatty See page 11." - Item 5: 8 carbon copies of letters from W.G. Beatty to Rutherford relations, 7 April 1948-26 September 1949. - Item 6: [The fourth] "Rutherford Family Reunion Held In Fergus," Newspaper clipping, Bolton Enterprise, August 1949. - Item 7: 5-page list of names and addresses for Rutherford Reunion registrations; includes annotations in hand of WGB, 7 September 1949. - Item 8: Letter from Lillian Rutherford, Bolton, to Cousin Will [WGB], 27 September 1949. - Item 9: Letter from Elma Rutherford, Bolton, to Mr. Beatty [WGB] 29 September 1949. [The following added 1 October 2019] - Item 10: Family Record, made by Albert S. R. Rutherford and written by his daughter Lillian: 2-page list of Rutherford names with birth, marriage and death details, 1817-1926. - item 11: Correspondence and handwritten notes, 1948. - Item 12: Rutherford Reunion, Wednesday 7 September 1949 [2 copies, each with annotations] - Item 13: Rutherford Reunion Registrations, Wednesday 7 September 1949 [2 versions, 2 copies each; with annotations] - Item 14: Newspaper report and typed transcription from The Bolton Enterprise, August 1949. - Item 15: letters from E. Luella Rutherford, Toronto (24 July 1949) and Margaret Arlow, Woodbridge (20 November 1949). File 5: Matthew Beatty and Katherine Rutherford and family, textual records, ca,1930-1932. - Item 1: 7-page reminiscence (ca.1930) by John R. Beatty (1874-1936), son of Matthew Beatty and his wife Katherine (nee Rutherford). Note in the hand of WGB: "Dictated by Jack Beatty to his wife Lillian but never completed." [2 copies] - Item 2: 4-page Will of James A. Beatty (b.1879), City of Toronto, contractor, husband of Margaret Jane Beatty, 12 February 1932. He was son of Matthew Beatty and his wife Katherine (nee Rutherford). - Item 3: [Added 1 October 2019]. Industral & Hydraulic Structures / built by / Morrow & Beatty Limited / General Contracters / Peterborough, Canada 1909-1924. 47-page booklet with photographs and details of hydro-eletcric structures. Inside front cover, signed "Compliments Jas. H. Beatty." File 6: George and Martha Beatty and family, textual records, 1876-1940. - Item 1: Photocopy, Marriage Certificate, George Beatty, Village of Fergus and Martha Rutherford, Township of Albion, 18 January 1876. - Item 2: 1-page list with heading "The 1st Day Of October, 1883." It lists the names of pupils and their ages in three columns; includes Willie Beatty, aged 6 [WGB, born 1877] and Mabel Beatty, aged 7. - Item 3: In Memoriam card, Annie Luella Beatty, daughter of George Beatty, aged 11 months and 2 days, 1 March 1885. - Item 4: Certificate awarding a Commercial Certificate to William Beatty, Fergus, 21 October 1893. - Item 5: Certificate that William G. Beatty, Fergus, passed the Primary Examination, 8 August 1894; includes note re certificates, Junior and Senior Matriculation and university. - Item 6: 7-page letter to Mr. George Beatty, Fergus, from Martha [Beatty], Bloomingdale, 25 August 1900. - Item 6a: Letters from Willliam George Beatty and Milton Beatty to their parents, wishing them well on their Silver Wedding Anniversary, 17 January 1901. [Added 3 October 2019] - Item 7: Invitation to the wedding of Ethel Maude Elizabeth Beatty, the daughter to Mr. and Mrs. George Beatty to Rev. William Henry Sterne, 27 June 1911. - Item 8: Announcement of the marriage of Edith Beatty, niece of Mr. and Mrs. George Beatty, to Roy Balmer Liddy, Fergus 24 October 1914. - Item 9: Letters to Mrs. George Beatty re: George Beatty Estate, 26 December 1922 and 10 July 1923; includes account of George B. Thomson, funeral director, 25 July 1921. - Item 10: 4-page letter to "Dear Aunt" [Martha Beatty], from her nephew James Beatty, Morrow & Beatty Ltd., engineering contractors, Kapuskasing; he was the son of Matthew Beatty, 13 January 1923. - Item 11: 4-page Will, in triplicate, of Martha Beatty, [unsigned, undated], 1928. - Item 12: Royal Alexandra Hospital, invoice to Mrs. George Beatty, 5 November 1928. - Item 13: Dr. A. Groves, invoice to Mrs. George Beatty, 1 July 1930. - Item 14: Autograph Book, presented to Martha Beatty on her 80th Birthday by members of the Willing Workers' Bible Class, 10 April 1931. [Martha Beatty died 9 June 1940] - Item 15: 1-page list of those who sent flowers to the Late Mrs. George Beatty, 12 June 1940. - Item 16: Obituaries for Mrs. George Beatty (nee Martha Rutherford), Orangeville Banner, 20 June 1940; Toronto Globe and Mail, 28 June 1940. - Item 17: In Memoriam card for Milton James Beatty, who died in his 62nd year, 15 July 1940. - Item 18: Letter to Wilson & Wilson, Fergus, from W.H. Sterne for Mrs. Sterne, re amounts still to be paid from the estate of the late Martha Beatty, 25 November 1940. File 7: William George Beatty and Jean Austin Norris and family, textual records, ca.1903-1929. - Item 1: 3-page transcription of letters: to Will [WGB] from his sister Ethel, and her roommates at OLC [Ontario Ladies College], Whitby, 22-23 February 1903. - Item 1B: Ontario Ladies College / View Book, 24 pages; printed by Brigdens Limited, Toronto, 1924. - Item 2: Announcement of the wedding of Jean Austin Norris, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Norris, to Mr. William G. Beatty, at Kansas City, Missouri, 4 August 1909. - Item 3: Calling cards for Mrs. William G. Beatty, First and Third Thursdays, ca.1910. - Item 4: Birth Registration, Jean Marguerite Beatty, daughter of Jean Austin Norris and W.G. Beatty, born Kansas City, Missouri, 17 April 1911. - Item 5: William G. Beatty, expenses diary, 1916-1930; Includes notes on family births, marriages and deaths; 22 art purchases 1929-1932; includes 2 letters from Arthur De Casseres, art dealer, 8 March 1932, 26 March 1932. - Item 6: Card admitting Hon. Will Battey [Beatty] and wife to the reserved gallery, United States Senate Chamber, 26 September 1919. - Item 7: Fergus Board of Education, Members and Committees, 1921; Mrs. W.G. Beatty and Mrs. M.J. Beatty were members. - Item 8: The Opportunities and Difficulties of Women Trustees, 5-page speech by Jean Beatty, wife of W.G. Beatty, ca.1921. - Item 9: Letter to Dear Will [WGB] from his sister Ethel [Sterne, nee Beatty], Edmonton, Alberta, 4 July 1922. - Item 10: Letter Dear Daddy [WGB] from his daughter Jean [Beatty], 25 July 1921. - Item 11: Addressed to William Beatty, Announcement of the marriage Beatrice Olivia Monsted, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Winfield Monsted, to William Hugh Cartwright at New London, Wisconsin, 10 February 1928. ITEMS 12 TO 15 ADDED 1 OCTOBER 2019: - Item 12: Letter addressed To Whom It May Concern, stating that Mrs. W.G. Beatty has sung in the Melrose Choir for a year or more and commending her as a light soprano, from Scarritt, Scarritt & Jones, Kansas City, Missouri, 14 February 1910. - Item 13: Postcard addressed to Mr. W.G. Beatty reporting "Jean Marguerite came with Aunt Maggie to visit us this a.m. ..." postmarked Kansas City, MIssouri, 14 September 1914. - Item 14: Postcard addressed to Mr. W.G. Beatty from Ernest who writes [in the hand of his mother?] "Dear Daddy, We had a nice ride down to Guelph today ..." postmarked 23 July 1921. Item 15: Postcard showing "The Scout," Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, Missouri, addressed to Mr. W.G. Beatty, from Jean, his wife, who writes "Dear Will, This is the monument which always impressed you ... " postmarked Kansas City, 9 March 1928. File 8: William George Beatty and Jean Austin Norris and family, textual records, 1930-1949. - Item 1: 3-page letter to Mrs. Will Beatty / Jean and Family, from Beatrice Monsted, New London, Wisconsin, 17 September 1933. - Item 2: 3-page letter to Milton and Will Beatty / Dear Cousins all, from Mrs. S.B. Ross, Leonard, Michigan, 16 December 1937. - Item 3: 2-page letter to Jean / Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Ottawa, from Will [WGB], Fergus, 10 January 1938. - Item 4: Letter with enclosed leaflet, to Mrs. W.G. Beatty, from the Guelph Branch of The Canadian Red Cross Society, thanking her for her donation of blood, 4 October 1943. - Item 5: 4-page letter to Dear Will [WGB] from Dr. R. Pringle, New York, regarding his declining health and funeral arrangements; includes 1-page typescript of arrangements, 31 January 1944. - Item 6: Carbon copy of a letter from WGB to Mrs. Robert Beatty, Milton, regarding a sum of money in trust, 12 September 1945. - Item 7: Handwritten notes by Jean Austin Beatty[?]; lists of Christmas gifts[?] given or received, Christmas 1945. - Item 8: 2-page letter to Dear Jean / Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 4 February 1946. - Item 9: Letter to Dear Jean / Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 4 February 1946. - Item 10: 2-page letter to Dear Jean / Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 5 February 1946. - Item 11: 2-page letter to WGB, from Mr. Francis G. Strong, Strong & Company, Tenbury Wells, Worcester, England, 5 February 1946. - Item 12: 2-page letter to Dearest Mother [Mrs. WGB, from her daughter] Jean [Weafer, nee Beatty], 6 February 1946. - Item 13: 4-page letter to Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 8 February 1946. - Item 14: 2-page letter to Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 12 February 1946. - Item 15: Carbon copy of letter to Mrs. W.H. Sterne, Edmonton, from R.C.A.F Casualty Officer, regarding the burial of Flight Lieutenant John Rutherford Sterne, D.F.C., 13 February 1946. - Item 16: 2-page letter to Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 14 February 1946. - Item 17: 3-page letter to Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 15 February 1946. - Item 18: 2-page letter to Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 18 February 1946. - Item 19: 3-page letter to Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 19 February 1946. - Item 20: 2-page carbon copy of a letter to Dear Ellen / Mrs. C.F. Bishop [nee Beatty], Toronto from WGB, 20 February 1946. [A note in the hand of WGB indicates this copy was sent to Jean [Mrs. WGB]. - Item 21: Letter to Dear Will [WGB], from [his sister] Ethel [Sterne nee Beatty], Edmonton, 22 February 1946. - Item 22: 2-page letter to Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 27 February 1946. - Item 23: 2-page letter to Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 4 March 1946. - Item 24: 3-page letter to Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 7 March 1946. - Item 25: Letter to Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Miami, Florida, from WGB, 7 March 1946. - Item 26: Letter to Dear Will [WGB], from Dr. R. Pringle, New York, 11 March 1946. - Item 27: 2-page letter to Mrs. Robert Beatty, Alton, from WGB, 15 March 1946. - Item 28: 2 cards with headings "A.M. Schedule 3 March 1947," and "Morning Schedule 3 March 1947." The cards in the hand of WGB, detail the timing of exercises, washing, shaving, prayers, travelling to office. - Item 29: Card, with heading "Coal for houses," and birth information for Mother [Martha Beatty (nee Rutherford)] and Jean Marguerite Beatty, 1 April [1947?]. - Item 30: 2-page carbon copy (and copy) of letter to Dear Ethel / Mrs. W.H. Sterne [nee Beatty], from WGB, reporting on the funeral of Dr. Pringle, 10 May 1947. - Item 31: 2 letters (4 pages) to Dear Will [WGB] from Aunt Annie, Alton, 7 and 11 September 1947. - Item 32: 2 letters (2 pages) to Aunt Annie / Mrs. Robert Beatty, Alton, 11 and 13 September 1947. - Item 33: Canadian Pacific Telegram to W.G. Beatty, sending Christmas wishes from The Sternes, Edmonton, Alberta, 24 December 1947. - Item 34; Canadian National Telegram to Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Beatty, sending Christmas wishes from Albert and Jessie [Gammage], Miami, Florida, 24 December 1947. - Item 35: Canadian National Telegram to W.G. Beatty sending Christmas greetings from Mary and Bruce Carey, St. Petersburg, Florida, 24 December 1947. - Item 36: Carbon copy of a letter to multiple addresses, 11 March 1948, from WGB regarding the death of Aunt Annie (Mrs. Robert Beatty), Alton, 10 March 1948. - Item 37: Letter to Mrs. George Cameron, Orangeville from WGB, 13 March 1948. - Item 38: 3-page letter to Mrs. Claude Wilson, San Francisco, California, from WGB, regarding the death and funeral arrangements for Aunt Annie (Mrs. Robert Beatty), 13 March 1948. - Item 39: 4-page Agreement, William George Beatty and National Trust Company Limited re Jean Marguerite Weafer Trust, 23 June 1948. - Item 40: 3-page Agreement, William George Beatty and National Trust Company Limited re Melville United Church Trust, 23 June 1948. - Item 41: 2-page letter to Dear Will [WGB] from Will [Rev. William H. Sterne], Edmonton, Alberta, 27 June 1948. - Item 42: 3 pages (typed, one a "Codicil #1") and 1 (handwritten by WGB) regarding his spiritual beliefs and arrangements following his death, 13 August 1948. - Item 43: 2-page letter to Dr. E.A. Gammage, Miami, Florida from WGB, with enclosures: No.20 - Memorandum on Capitalism, 6 pages, 4 October 1948; No.21 - Just Ask, 2 pages, 1 June 1948; No.22 - To Become An Inventor, 2 pages, 14 October 1948; No.10 - How Far Can Freedom Go - Sermon by Dr. J. Wallace Hamilton, 5 pages, 8 February / 29 March 1948. - Item 44: Christmas card and 1-page letter to the Beatty cousins, from Dr. and Mrs. Adolphus J.W. Nixon, 12 December 1948. - Item 45: Canadian Pacific Telegram, to Your Household [WGB] from Ethel and Will [Sterne], Edmonton, Alberta, 24 December 1948. - Item 46: Private Receiving Station Licence, issued by the Department of Transport to Mr. W.G. Beatty, Fergus, 8 April 1949. File 9: William George Beatty and Jean Austin Norris and family, textual records, 1951-1983. - Item 1: 10-page Last Will and Testament of WGB, 18 January 1951; includes suggestions for changes in hand of WGB. [two copies] - Item 2: Canadian Pacific Telegram sending Christmas wishes to Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Beatty, from Mayme and Jessie [Gammage], Miami, Florida, 24 December 1951. - Item 3: Letter to Mr. G.E. Beatty from Clarkson, Gordon & Co., re "your father's will" [WGB], 4 March 1953. - Item 4: Letter to WGB from National Trust Co. Ltd., regarding his will (dated 18 January 1951 and Codicil dated October 1952), 17 September 1953. - Item 5: Letter to WGB from Fasken, Robertson, Aitchison, Pickup & Calvin, acknowledging receipt of Codicil, 28 September 1953. - Item 6: 2-page Third Codicil to the Will of WGB, 22 January 1954. - Item 7: Letter to Mr. George E. Beatty from Clarkson, Gordon & Co., re Will of WGB, 14 May 1954. - Item 8: 2-page Fourth Codicil to the Will of WGB, 20 July 1954. - Item 9: Card, with 3 entries: Original of Dad's Will is in his metal box at office vault. Key to this box is in my desk drawer, September 1954; Dad's Will is at Doug Wilson's - phoned Doug on 31 May [1955] to confirm this fact; Got Will from lawyer and put back in box in vault, 14 June 1955. - Item 10: 2-page handwritten notes regarding the Will and Codicils of WGB, 20 April 1955 - 25 October 1955. - Item 11: 1-page Fifth Codicil to the Will of WGB, 7 May 1955. - Item 12: 2-page Sixth Codicil to the Will of WGB, 25 October 1955. - Item 13: 25-page [incomplete] tribute by WGB to his mother, Martha Beatty (nee Rutherford), in "an attempt to record a few ... meanings the scriptures had for her," January 1957. - Item 14: Photocopy, death notice for W.G. Beatty, Fergus News-Record, 25 July 1957. - Item 15: Photocopy, "Leading Industrialist, Wm. G. Beatty, Dies Suddenly," Fergus News-Record, 25 July 1957. - Item 16: Letter to George E. Beatty, from Fasken, Robertson, Aitchison, Pickup & Calvin, regarding the Will of WGB, 9 September 1957. - Item 17: 2-page letter to G.E. Beatty, regarding the Estate of WGB and enclosing a 15-page Affidavit of Value and Relationship, 25 October 1957. - Item 18: Letter to Mrs. W.G. Beatty, from Fasken, Robertson, Aitchison, Pickup & Calvin, re Affidavit of Value and Relationship, 25 October 1957. - Item 19: Photocopy, "Mostly Gossip," mention of financial aid given to public works by WGB, Fergus News-Record, 3 April 1958. - Item 20: Identification card for (and signed by) Jean. A. Beatty, issued by the Ontario Health Insurance Commission, April 1972. - Item 21: Photocopy, naming of William G. Beatty Park, Fergus-Elora News Express, 5 July 1972. - Item 22: Letter to National Trust Co. Ltd., from Wolfe, Smith & Forster, re the Estates of William G. Beatty and Jean Austin Beatty, 13 May 1983. - Item 23: 1-page appreciation of the life of William George Beatty, undated. File 10: William George Beatty, poetry, 1938-1955. The poems were written by WGB and family members. - Item 1: Family Circle Rhymes, 54 pages, 15 December 1938-Christmas 1951. - Item 2: 1-page, 23 January 1942. - Item 3: 1-page, 30 September 1942. - Item 4: 2-pages, Christmas 1946. - Item 5: Good Old Limericks, 40 pages, collected by W.G. Beatty, 1951. [2 copies; each contains additions] - Item 6: 2-pages, Christmas 1955. [seem to be page 21, 22] File 11: W.G. Beatty home and Beatty / Fergus swimming pool, ca.1928-1946. - Item 1: Blueprint Survey of W.G. Beatty's Property / corner Bridge & St. David St., [Fergus], undated. - Item 2: "Proposed Swimming Pool for Boys Camp, under construction at Ponca City." Probably Ripley's "Believe It or Not" daily syndicated serial publication, ca.1928. - Item 3: Newspaper article regarding Beatty home renovation and swimming pool, Fergus News-Record, [21 June 1929]. - Item 4: "Fergus Boasts Many Beautiful Homes," illustration of home of Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Beatty, Guelph Daily Mercury, 24 October 1946. File 12: George Ernest Beatty and Martha Perrin and family, textual records, 1939; 1961. - Item 1: Quotation from Henry Ward Beecher, in envelope addressed to Ernest Beatty, [from Dr. Priddle?], undated. - Item 2: Photocopy, portraits and engagement announcement for marriage of George Ernest Beatty to Miss Patty Perrin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Perrin, 15 August 1939. - Item 3: 3-page address by Rev. Shaver at the funeral service for George Ernest Beatty, 12 April 1961. File 13: Jean Marguerite Beatty and Elmer Weafer and family, textual records, 1936-1998. - Item 1: Certificate of Marriage, Elmer Carroll Weafer and Jean Marguerite Beatty at Ogdensburg, New York, 5 December 1936. - Item 2: 3 newspaper clippings, photos of Capt. William G. Weafer, Guelph Mercury, 4 January, 18 February, 5 July 1967. - Item 3: Newspaper clippings, photos and announcements of wedding of William George Beatty Weafer and Sandra Marilyn Reynolds, at Melville Church, Fergus, 14 September 1968; Fergus News Record, 25 September 1968; Guelph Mercury 5 October 1968. - Item 4: Obituary for Elmer Carroll (Al) Weafer, died 6 January 1973; Toronto Globe and Mail, 9 January 1973. attached to letter below - Item 5: Letter to Jean [Weafer, nee Beatty], from Clair and Darlene St. Cyr, Perth, ON., 10 July 1996. - Item 6: The World Book of Weafers, published by Halbert's Family Heritage, 101 pages, copyright 1994. - Item 7: Obituary for Jean Weafer (nee Beatty), died 10 June 1998. File 14: Ellen May Beatty and Charles Bishop and family, textual records, ; 2002. - Item 1: In Memoriam Card for C.H. Brown who died 20 October 1888. - Item 2: "What Happened to Cornelius H. Brown as a soldier in the American Civil War, as far as can be inferred from a few original documents preserved by his descendants," ca.50 pages; date unknown. This text found within: "The C.H. Brown documents were analyzed and recorded as much as events could be inferred for the family by Roger Bishop. (He is the brother of Charles Bishop who married Ellen May Beatty.) Cornmelius Brown was Nana Beatty's Great Uncle - Grandma Norris' Uncle ... Family connection to Fergus Browns (Union Street)." - Item 3: In Memoriam card for Charles Falconer Bishop, 1915-2002. File 15: Milton Beatty and Mary Cassidy and family, textual records, 1940; 1973. - Item 1: In Memoriam card, Milton James Beatty, son of the late George and Martha Beatty, died 15 July 1940. - Item 2: 1-page, typewritten obituary for Milton Beatty, July 1940. - Item 3: Photocopy, newspaper obituary for Milton James Beatty, died 15 July 1940; Fergus News-Record, 18 July 1940. - Item 4: Marriage announcement, Mary Josephine Beatty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David B. Beatty of Tequesta, Florida, to William E. Smallfield, Toronto, at St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 26 June 1973. File 16: Ethel Beatty Sterne and Reverend William H. Sterne and family, textual records, 1942; 1951. - Item 1: Newspaper clipping, portrait and article "City Airman 'Gets' Ship;" P.O. J. R. Sterne of Edmonton, son of Mrs. and Mrs. W.H. Sterne, Edmonton; Edmonton [Journal], 29 June 1942. - Item 2: 7-page Order of Service, funeral service for Mrs. W.H. Sterne (nee Ethel Maude Beatty), 20 August 1951. - Item 3: 1-page handwritten "Copy of Clause in Ethel's Will reference House;" The property she describes was registered in the name of her brother, William George Beatty [undated]. File 17: Beatty family cottage, Gull Lake, Gravenhurst, Muskoka, 1927-2002. - Item 1: Diary for "Ne'er A Care," in the hand of WGB, 1927-1947. This document has been digitally scanned and transcribed. 120 pages [numbered by Archives staff] - Item 2: Newspaper clipping. "Canadian Industrialist Here For Vacation," Mr. and Mrs. WGB and family at "Ne'er-A-Care," on Gull Lake, Gravenhurst Banner, 23 July 1931. - Item 3: Guestbook. Begins 12 July 1939; last entry August 1963. - Item 4: Plan of Subdivision and Land Abstracts for property, Township of Muskoka, purchased by WGB and his wife, Jean Austin Beatty, 1 August 1940. - Item 5: Letters to Gravenhurst suppliers, McJannets Ltd., Passmores Meat Shop and Sloan's Restaurant, authorizing the purchases of his daughter, Betty, by WGB, 24 August 1944. - Item 6: Real Estate listing, with colour photos, for 2-storey "Olde" Muskoka cottage on Gull Lake, 9/12/2002. File 18: Games, ca.1890; 1914; 1933. - Item 1: "Here's a problem for the boys Wm. G and Milton ..." divide a farm equally among 8 heirs, [signed] George H. [Beatty], ca.1890. - Item 2: "Fine Feathers: A Bird of a Story." The blanks must be filled with the names of birds to make the story read logically; published by P.F. Volland & Co., Chicago, 1914. - Item 3: Toddy Puzzles and Magic Tricks For Boys & Girls, edited by Sam Lloyd, "The Puzzle King," 32 pages, 1933. - Item 4: Typewritten questions for word games: Musical Search; Soap; Tree Contest; Nut Contest; Rosebud; King Game. - Item 5: Newspaper clippings with game ideas. File 19: Greeting cards, and party invitation, 1923-1951. - Item 1: 2 Invitations [unused] to Halloween party. - Item 2: Invitation. "Don't tell there's a Halloween Party at Jean Beatty's. Come in disguise and bring this pass..." 31 October [1923?]. - Item 3: Valentine. To Jean Beatty from Virginia Dorman, ca.1923. - Item 4: Card. "To Mrs. W.G. Beatty ... Good for A Beatty [kitchen stove] from Will / Santa Claus / Your Will." Found with envelope Jean Austin / Christmas 1951." - Item 5: Envelope and card, with illustration "Wishing Well on W.G. Beatty property, Fergus, Ontario," undated. File 20: Beatty Lots in Belsyde Cemetery, 1930-1960. - Item 1: Receipt and diagram, Lots 483, 454, 447 and 418, Division "E" Belsyde Cemetery, 27 January 1930. - Item 2: Permission to Cousin Edith Liddy (nee Beatty) and family to use remaining spaces in the cemetery; signed W.G. Beatty and G.E. Beatty, 27 August 1953. - Item 3: Carbon copy of a letter to the Corporation of the Town of Fergus, instructing them to transfer Lots 454 and 483, Division E. Belsyde Cemetery, which Lots were held by the late William Goerge Beatty, [to be filled in and signed by] Executors, Estate of William George Beatty, June 1959. - Item 4: Letter (verging on illegible, hence multiple copies) to Fasken, Robertson, Aitchison, Pickup & Calvin, from Clerk-Treasurer, Town of Fergus re ownership of Lots 454 and 483, Division "E" Belsyde Cemetery, 3 June 1959. - Item 5: Letter to G. E. Beatty from Fasken, Robertson, Aitchison, Pickup & Calvin asking for a signature from Executors re Lots in Belsyde Cemetery, 4 June 1959. - Item 6: Letter to Clerk, Corporation of the Town of Fergus, from Mrs. Jean Austin Beatty and G.E. Beatty, regarding Lots in Belsyde Cemetery, 20 June 1960. - Item 7: Deeds to Lot 454 and Lot 483, Division "E," issued to Jean Beatty, 21 June 1960. File 21: Other Beatty families, - Item1: Announcement of the marriage of Loren Whitescarver to Hannah Olevia Beatty, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Beatty, at Monte Vista, Colorado, 15 September 1929; the couple are going to live in Pasadena, California. - Item 2: 2-page letter to Dear Bro / George Beatty, Pueblo, Colorado, from "Your Brother Henry," on letterhead of H.H. Hensel / Dealer in General Merchandise, Union Star, Missouri, 23 May 1931. Henry refers in his remarks to Edie (George's wife?) and May ("who is gone but not forgotten"). - Item 3: Receipt, signed by George H. Beatty of Amity Post Office, Missouri, acknowledging receipt by him and his sister Maggie Thompson, of cheques from the estate of the late Matthew Beatty, issued by Robert Beatty (Dealer in Grain and Machinery, Orangeville) and George Beatty, executors; witness Martha Beatty, Orangeville, 24 January 1889. [Added 3 October 2019] - Item 4: Christmas card, signed George H. Beatty, Ward No.11, State Hospital, Pueblo, Colorado, in which he reports "I am well physically and mentally and exceedingly happy these Christmas Days," undated. [Added 3 October 2019] - Item 5: Victoria College / Residences For Women, 15 pages. Inlcudes leaflet listing Rose Beatty, B.A. as a Don for 1935-1936. [Added 3 October 2019] File 22:The Beattys of Fergus, 61-page family history compiled by W. McD. Tait, 1963. [Added 3 October 2019] File 23: Beatty corrspondence and genealogy, 1982-2002. Includes letters to and from Jean Weafer; Pat Mestern; Betty Beatty; R.B (Bob) Sterne; Ellen Beth Gould; Carol Beatty; Edna (Kelley) Quelch; Sara Robb Brown; photocopy of portion of Albion Township (County of Peel), showing property owned by Rutherford and Beatty; includes Register Reports and Descendent Reports. [Added 3 October 2019] File 24: Genealogy sheets, some in the hand of WGB, some typed; created ca.1956, with details for the following families: Beatty; Rutherford; Norris; Cassiday / Cassidy; Potter; McGregor; Errington; Sterne; Cameron; Pardee; Sanders; Wilson; Weafer. Also, typed lists of descendents: Albert Stewart Rutherford and Hannah R. Tindale; Rebecca Rutherford and William McKinley; Fanny Ann Rutherford and Edwin Harrison; John and Martha Stewart; Dr. Samuel Stewart and Margaret Elizabeth McFarlane; Andrew Stewart; Robert Nelson and Elizabeth Hunter; Catherine Rutherford and Matthew Beatty; William James Rutherford and Mary Hamilton; Eliza Rutherford and Isaac Hudson; Samuel Dill Rutherford and Eliza Jane Harrison; James Rutherford and Rebecca Stewart; Martha Rutherford and George Beatty; Henry Adam Rutherford and Mary Cassidy; Robert John Rutherford and Sarah Dixon. [Added 3 October 2019] File 25: Photocopies of newspaper clippings, various; [STORED MU 1186 o/s]; formatted thus: MASTHEAD YEAR SUBJECT - Item 1: New York Herald, 1805. Newspaper articles pertaining to the American Civil War. - Item 2: The New York Herald, 1865. Articles relating the news of President Lincoln's assassination which took place the previous evening. - Item 3: The New York Herald, 1865. Bottom portion of article relating to the assassination of President Lincoln. - Item 4: New York Herald, 1865. Further articles relating to the assassination of President Lincoln. - Item 5: Marriage Certificate, 1871. Marriage Certificate for Oliver O. Tower and Maggie O'Brien. - Item 6: Letters Testamentary, 1889. Testimony as to the validity of Cornelius H. Brown's Last Will and Testament signed by the Clerk of the Probate court in Jackson Missouri. - Item 7: Toronto Daily Star, 1930. Family Form Graduation Combine. Three children of Rev. R.W. Craw of Lucknow United Church all graduated from the University of Toronto. Miss E.M.E. Craw, Walter B. Craw and Miss C. Helen Craw. - Item 8: The Gravenhurst Banner, 1931. Canadian Industrialist Here For Vacation. An article about W.G. Beatty's cottage Ne'er-A-Care and his guests. - Item 9: The Gravenhurst Banner, 1931. Summer Visitors Assist Church Services. Mrs. W. G. Beatty from Ne'er-A-Care sang a solo during the church service. - Item 10: Fergus News-Record, 1940. Death of Milton James Beatty. - Item 11: Fergus News-Record, 1940. Red Cross Notes item regarding the death of Milton James Beatty a member of their Advisory Committee. - Item 12: The Orangeville Banner, 1940. Fergus Loses Worthy Citizen. Mrs. George Betty Played Large Part in History of Town. - Item 13: New York Times, 1943. Standard' Roses Thrive. An article about rose trees. - Item 14: Fergus News-Record, 1943. Flt. Lt. John Sterne Reported Killed in Action. Flight-Lieut. Sterne is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sterne of Edmonton and nephew of William G. Beatty, president of Beatty Bros. Limited. His father manages the Edmonton branch of Beatty Bros. Ltd. - Item 15: Printer's sample of Christmas card, 1952. Handwriting on card is "Homewood Christmas 52 & Best Love Dad." - Item 16: Toronto Daily Star, 1955. Fergus Citizens Roll Out Red Carpet, Cheer Lustily and Present $1,000 to Shirley Campbell for Lake Ontario Swim. - Item 17: Toronto Daily Star, 1955. 5,000 Cheer Shirley Fete 'Try-Again' girl at Fergus Welcome. - Item 18: Fergus News-Record, 1957. Leading Industrialist, Wm. G. Beatty, Dies Suddenly. - Item 19: Fergus News-Record, 1957. Bottom portion of article relating the death of Wm. G. Beatty. - Item 20: Unknown, 1965. Various news dispatches relating to the American Civil War. - Item 21: Hand printed document, [undated]. What happened to Cornelius H. Brown as a soldier in the American Civil War as far as can be inferred from a few original documents preserved by his descendants, 8 pages. - Item 22: Fergus News-Record, [undated]. Advertisement for Beatty Bros. Limited. - Item 23: Guelph Daily Mercury, [undated]. Village has Fine Hospital. Perpetuates Memoirs of Dr. Abraham Groves. Founded by Medical Pioneer Hospital has splendid record. - Item 24: Guide to Health - The New Method Treatment, [undated]. Articles and advertisements relating to various diseases and health regimes. - Item 25: Recital Program, [undated]. Music recital program mentioning participants Jean and Jessie Norris. Also death notices for Mrs. Jane Copson mother of Mrs. E. A. Norris. [MU 1186 o/s] |
Creator \ Maker |
Gould, John |
Creator \ Maker |
Beatty, John R. Lloyd, Sam Beatty, William George |
Item Name |
Affidavit Agreement Announcement Autograph Book Birth Registration Blueprint Business Card Calling Card Card, Christmas Certificate Correspondence Diary Envelope Guest Book Halloween Card Inventory Inventory Invitation Invoice Letter List Marriage Certificate Memoranda Memorial Card Obituary Order Of Service Permit Plan Poems Portrait Program Programme Quotation Reminiscences Telegram Valentine Will |
Person \ Organization |
Acme Coal Company American Civil War Bank of Canada Beatty Pool Beatty, Annie Beatty, Annie Luella Beatty, David B. (Mrs.) Beatty, Edith Beatty, Eleanor Beatty, Ellen Beatty, Ellen May Beatty, Ethel Maude Elizabeth Beatty, George Beatty, George Ernest Beatty, George H. Beatty, George H. (Mrs.) Beatty, Hannah Olevia Beatty, Jack Beatty, James A. Beatty, Jean Beatty, Jean Austin Beatty, Jean Marguerite Beatty, Jean Norris Beatty, John R. Beatty, Lillian Beatty, Mabel Beatty, Margaret Jane Beatty, Martha Beatty, Mary Josephine Beatty, Matthew Beatty, Milton James Beatty, Robert Beatty, Robert (Mrs.) Beatty, W. G. Beatty, W. G. (Mrs.) Beatty, William George Beatty, William George (Mrs.) Beecher, Henry Ward Belsyde Cemetery Bible Class Bible Class Magazine Bishop, C. F. (Mrs.) Bishop, Charles Falconer Bishop, Ellen Bramhall, John P. Brown, Cornelius H. Cameron, George (Mrs.) Campbell, Shirley Canadian National Telegram Canadian National Telegraph Canadian Pacific Telegraph Canadian Red Cross Society Carey, Bruce Carey, Mary Cartwright, William Hugh Cassidy, Mary Clarkson, Gordon and Company Copson, Jane (Mrs.) Corporation of the Town of Fergus Craw, C. Helen Craw, E. M. E. Craw, Walter (Rev.) Craw, Walter B. De Casseres, Arthur Dorman, Virginia Fasken, Robertson, Aitchison, Pickup and Calvin Fergus Board of Education Fergus News Record Fergus Swimming Pool Fielding, Jessie Norris (Mrs.) Fielding, Joseph L. Fielding, Joseph L. (Mrs.) Fielding, Marguerite Norris Gammage, Albert Gammage, Jessie Gammage, Jessie N. F. (Mrs.) Gammage, Mayme Globe and Mail Gravenhurst Banner Groves Memorial Community Hospital Groves, Abraham (Dr.) Groves, Abraham (Dr.) Guelph Daily Mercury Halbert's Family Heritage Hensel, H. H. Kansas City Convention Hall Liddy, Edith Liddy, Roy Balmer Lincoln, Abraham Lloyd, Sam Manual Training High School McJannets Limited McKinley, A. M. Melville Church Melville United Church Monsted, Beatrice Olivia Monsted, John Winfield (Dr.) Monsted, John Winfield (Mrs.) Morrison (Miss) Morrow and Beatty Limited Morse School National Trust Company Limited Ne'er A Care Nixon, Adolphus J. W. Nixon, Adolphus J. W. (Mrs.) Norris, Charles B. Norris, Ella C. Norris, Ella Cornelia Norris, Ernest A. Norris, Jean Austin Norris, Jeanie Norris, Jeannie Norris, Jessie Norris, Jessie (Mrs.) O'Brien, Maggie Ontario Ladies College Orangeville Banner P. F. Volland and Company Paderewski, Ignace Passmores Meat Shop Perrin, Henry Perrin, Henry (Mrs.) Perrin, Martha Perrin, Patty (Miss) Piedmont Hotel Priddle (Dr.) Pringle, R. (Dr.) R. C. A. F. Reynolds, Sandra Marilyn Robbins, Lawrence W. Ross, S. B. (Mrs.) Roth, Charles Royal Alexandra Hospital Royal Canadian Air Force Rutherford Reunion Rutherford, Albert S. "Ab" Rutherford, Catherine Rutherford, Elma Rutherford, James Rutherford, Katherine Rutherford, Lillian Rutherford, Martha Shaver (Rev.) Sloan-Norris Realty Company Smallfield, William E. St. Cyr, Clair St. Cyr, Darlene Standish, Miles Sterne, Ethel Sterne, Ethel Beatty Sterne, J. R. Sterne, John Rutherford Sterne, W. H. (Mrs.) Sterne, William Henry (Rev.) Stewart, John J. Stewart, Rebecca Strong and Company Strong, Francis G. (Mr.) Thomson, George B. Tower, Oliver O. Vandenburg, Lizzie Norris (Mrs.) Weafer, Elmer Carroll (Al) Weafer, Jean Weafer, William G. (Capt.) Weafer, William George Beatty Whitescarver, Loren William G. Beatty Park Willing Workers' Bible Class Wilson, Claude (Mrs.) Wilson, Doug Wilson, Douglas Wolfe, Smith and Forster |
Place |
Alberta Albion Alton Bloomingdale Bolton Bridge Street California Chicago Collingwood Colorado Edmonton England Fergus Florida Georgia Gravenhurst Guelph Guelph Township Gull Lake Kansas Kansas City Kapuskasing Miami Michigan Milton Missouri Muskoka New York Ogdensburg Orangeville Pasadena Perth San Francisco St. David Street St. Petersburg Tenbury Wells Toronto Virgin Islands Washington Washington, D. C. Whitby William G. Beatty Park Wisconsin Worcester Wyoming |
Subject |
Biography Cemetery Christmas Commercial Education Family Life Genealogy Hallowe'en History-local Household Accounts Manufacturing and Trades Poetry Property Social Life Wills |
Year Range from |
1874 |
Year Range to |
2002 |
Accession # |
A2019.107.1 |
Containers |
MU 1480 MU 1186 o/s |