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Accession # |
A2010.179 |
Title |
Arthur Township land records and photograph, 1848-1930. |
Date |
1848-1930 |
Description |
Land records, legal documents, and photograph that had been kept in a lock-box by George Elliott (1905-1990) of Arthur Township, son of Andrew Elliott, and grandson of George Elliott. They cover the period 1848-1930. [ Records stored MU 1005 unless otherwise noted. ] SERIES 1: Photograph, 1930. [ STACKS ] - ph 34032: Wedding photo of George Donald Elliott and Winnifred Marie Lockhart, taken at the Samuel Lockhart family farm south of Kenilworth, Arthur Township, 1930. LR: Andrew Elliott, Eliza Elliott (nee McNab), George Donald Elliott (1905-1990), Winnifred Marie Lockhart (1905-2002), Rachel Lockhart (nee Howlett), and Samuel Lockhart. Win was Anglican and George belonged to the United Church. Photographer unknown. SERIES 2: Arthur Township deeds, 1848-1923. [ MU 1005 ] SUBSERIES 1: Lots East of the Owen Sound Road, 1848-1923. File 1: Lot 21 [second division] EOSR, 1848-1892. - item 1: Crown Grant to Thomas O'Donnel, yeoman of Arthur Township, 08 April 1848. - item 2: Statutory mortgage, James Davie Esq. of Guelph Township to mortgager Thomas Joseph Murphy, merchant of Arthur Township, 22 July 1865. - item 3: Land conveyance, Thomas Joseph Murphy, storekeeper of Arthur Township, and his wife Rosa Anna Murphy, to Timothy Horgan, innkeeper of Arthur, 01 Sep. 1867. - item 4: Mortgage, A.J.H. Ball, barrister of the Town of Galt, to mortgagers Timothy Horgan, yeoman of Arthur Township, and his wife Mary Horgan, 16 Nov. 1869. - item 5: Land Abstract, handwritten, to 26 Nov. 1869 at 10:00am. - item 6: Mortgage, Abram J.H. Ball, barrister-at-law of the Town of Galt, to mortgagers Timothy Horgan, yeoman of Arthur Township, and his wife Mary Horgan, 10 Jan. 1872. - item 7: Mortgage, Abram J.H. Ball, barrister-at-law of the Town of Galt, to mortgagers Timothy Horgan, yeoman of Arthur Township, and his wife Mary Horgan, 19 Feb. 1872. - item 8: Court Order and Decree, re. Abram T. H. Ball, Michael Horgan, and his wife Catherine Horgan (defendants) and Timothy Horgan (plaintiff), 02 Dec. 1872. - item 9: Mortgage sale conditions, "re. Horgan", for auction sale of this property that was to take place 20 May 1879 at Paisley's Hotel, Arthur Village; includes newspaper advertisement re. the auction of Lot 21 EOSR, Arthur Township, which notes that the property is comprised of 40 acres cultivated, 10 acres "well timbered with beech and maple", and includes a frame house and log stable; includes note from attorney Daviel S. McMillan of Guelph, confirming that the attached newspaper ad was from the Guelph Herald and published before the auction date. - item 10: Mortgage, Frederick Biscoe, barrister of Guelph, and Robert Grant "of the City of London, England a Major in Her Majesty's Corps of Royal Engineers and Deputy Assistant Adjutant General Trustees under the Marriage Settlement of Major Edward Osborne Hewitt R.E. and Catherine Mary his wife" to mortgagers Dennis Coffee Esq. of Guelph, and his wife Catharine Coffee, 20 June 1879. - item 11: Indenture of sale, Frederick Biscoe Esq. of Guelph, and Robert Grant of London, England "now a Lieutenant Colonel and formerly a Major in Her Majesty's Corps of Royal Engineers...", to Denis Coffee Esq. of Guelph, 21 Jan. 1882. - item 12: Indenture of Sale, David McLeod, yeoman of Arthur Township, and his wife Isabella McLeod, to Alexander McLeod, yeoman of Arthur Township, 04 March 1892. File 2: Lot 26 [first & second divisions] EOSR, 1923. - item 1: Rental agreement, Andrew Elliott, farmer of Arthur Township, leasing from George Cushing of Moose Jaw, SK, "the sole surving executor of the Estate of Jonah Langdon," deceased of Arthur Township, 06 Oct. 1923; Elliott had been renting the property since 01 March 1923, and this agreement reduces his rent because "since the commencement of the said tenancy year the bank barn on the said premises has been totally destroyed by fire...". File 3: Lot 18 [2nd & 3rd divisions] EOSR, 1905. - item 1: Declaration and release forms re. the Estate of Alexander McLeod, farmer of Arthur Township, died 09 May 1895; includes declaration by the Estate's administrator, James Albert McMullen of Mount Forest, solicitor for David McLeod of North Dumfries, Waterloo County, and release forms of the deceased's family: Janet McKenzie of Ballnoha by Fern, Ross shire, Scotland (sister of David McLeod), 1895; Christina Ross of Ballhaha by Fern, Ross shire, Scotland (sister of David McLeod), 1895; Margaret Bethune of Williamsburg, Vigrina, USA (sister of David McLeod), 1895; and Donald McLeod of Ballhaha by Fern, Scotland (brother of David McLeod), 1895. SUBSERIES 2: Lots West of the Owen Sound Road, 1848-1905. File 1: Lot 21 [4th division] and Lot 22 [1st div] WOSR, 1848-1905. - item 1: Crown Grant of Lot 21 to William Cushing, "an actual settler" and yeoman of Arthur Township, 25 May 1848. - item 2: Crown Grant of Lot 22 to William Cushing, yeoman of Arthur Township, 20 Nov. 1856. - item 3: Mortgage of Lot 22, Jane Porker, spinster of Toronto, to mortgagers William Cushing, gentleman of Arthur Township, and his wife Sarah Thompson Cushing, 18 Oct. 1880. - item 4: Mortgage of Lot 22, George McHardy, yeoman of Arthur Township, to mortgagers William Cushing, gentleman of Arthur Township, and his wife Sarah Thompson Cushing. - item 5: Deed of Land for Lots 21 & 22, heirs [Hartley, Waters, and Cushing families, all listed with their addresses and occupations] of William Cushing (died 19 Apr. 1893 and left instruction in his will), to George Cushing, farmer of Arthur, 13 Sep. 1895. - item 6: Declaration re. Lots 21 & 22, George Cushing, municipal clerk and farmer of Arthur Township, declares that he is the third son of William Cushing, municipal clerk of Arthur Township (died 19 April 1893), that he owes nothing to the heirs listed in William Cushing's will, that he is the grantee of the lands described in that will, and that Elisabeth Cushing (wife of George's grandfather John Cushing) died 29 July 1883 and there are no debts against her estate, 13 Nov. 1895. - item 7: Declaration re. Lots 21 & 22, George Cushing, re. his relataives, his father William Cushing's estate, and having watched his father throw his original Last Will & Testament in the fire, 18 Dec. 1895; includes copy of the will of William Cushing, dated 18 Jan. 1893. - item 8: Deed of land, re. Lots 21 & 22, Alfred B. Cushing, schoolteacher of the town of Essex, Essex County, and Samuel Waters, farmer of Arthur Township, executors of the will of William Cushing, grant the lots to George Cushing, farmer of Arthur Township, 10 Jan. 1896; 2 copies. - item 9: Mortgage re. Lots 21 & 22, James McMullen, broker of Mount Forest to mortgagers George Cushing, farmer of Arthur Township, and his wife Annie E. Cushing, 01 Nov. 1898. - item 10: Deed of sale re. Lots 21 & 22, George Cushing, merchant of Arthur Township, and his wife Annie E. Cushing, to Robert W. Morrison, farmer of Arthur Township, 26 Feb. 1900. - item 11: Agreement for sale of land re. Lots 21 & 22, Robert W. Morrison, farmer of Arthur Township, to George Cushing, merchant of Arthur Township, 29 August 1902. - item 12: Deed of sale re. Lots 21 & 22, Robert W. Morrison and his wife Margaret Morrison to George Cushing, farmer, 28 Feb. 1903. - item 13: Mortgage re. Lots 21 & 22, Robert W. Morrison, farmer of Arthur Township, to mortgagers George and Annie E. Cushing, 10 Mar. 1903. - item 14: Deed of sale re. Lots 21 & 22, George and Annie Cushing to Samuel Waters, farmer of Arthur Township, 15 July 1904. - item 15: Assignment of mortgage re. Lots 21 & 22, Robert W. Morrison, farmer of Adjala Township, Simcoe County, to Samuel Ewings, farmer of Mono Township, Dufferin County, 01 March 1905 [re. George Cushing mortgage]. - item 16: Indenture of sale re. Lots 21 & 22, Samuel Waters, farmer and widower of Arthur Township, to Andrew Thomas Elliott, farmer of Arthur Township, 15 April 1905. - item 17: Declaration re. Lots 21 & 22, Samuel Waters declares that he was the legal owner and has just sold the properties to Andrew T. Elliott, and that there were no outstanding taxes or liens against the property, save for one mortgage, 06 May 1905. File 2: Lot 24 [fourth division] WOSR, 1882. - item 1: Mortage, The Canada Permanent Loan and Savings Company to William and Sarah Cushing of Arthur Township, 17 Jan. 1882. SERIES 3: Correspondence and miscellaneous legal records, 1905-1926. [ MU 1005 ] - item 1: Declaration of George D. Forbes, manufacturer of Hespler, that he is the son of the late Robert Forbes of the City of Guelph, and formerly of Guelph Township, May 1905; re. a mortgage. - item 2: Last Will and Testament, and codicil, of George Brown Elliott, retired gentleman of Galt (died 23 May 1917), dated 19 June 1917; includes certification by John Hancock, notary public of Galt. - item 3: Letter from R. Galbraith, Public School Inspector for North Wellington, certifying that Miss Winnifred Lockhart "has taught successfully for the past two years in SS No. 5 Peel" Township, dated Mount Forest, 25 June 1926. |
Creator \ Maker |
Elliott, George [compiler] |
Item Name |
Agreement Court Order Crown Grant Declaration Deed Farm Lease Indenture Land Records Letter Mortgage Record Group Will |
Person \ Organization |
Ball, Abram Bethune, Margaret Biscoe, Frederick British Royal Engineers Canada Permanent Loan and Savings Company Coffee, Catharine Coffee, Dennis Corporation of the Township of Arthur Cushing Cushing, Alfred Cushing, Annie Cushing, Elisabeth Cushing, George Cushing, John Cushing, Sarah Cushing, William Davie, James Elliott, Andrew Elliott, Andrew Thomas Elliott, Eliza Elliott, George Elliott, George Brown Elliott, Winnifred Ewings, Samuel Forbes, George Duthie Forbes, Robert Galbraith, R. Grant, Robert Guelph Herald Limited Hancock, John Hartley Hewitt, Catherine Hewitt, Edward Osborne Horgan, Catherine Horgan, Mary Horgan, Michael Horgan, Timothy Howlett, Rachel Langdon, Jonah Lockhart, Rachel Lockhart, Samuel Lockhart, Winnifred McHardy, George McKenzie, Janet McLeod, Alexander McLeod, David McLeod, Donald McLeod, Isabella McMullen, James McNab, Eliza Morrison, Margaret Morrison, Robert Murphy, Rosa Anna Murphy, Thomas Joseph North Wellington School Area O'Donnell, Thomas Paisley's Hotel Porker, Jane Ross, Christina S. S. #5 Peel Twp. Thompson, Sarah Waters Waters, Samuel |
Place |
Adjala Twp. Arthur Arthur Twp. Dufferin County England Essex Essex County Galt Garafraxa Road Guelph Guelph Twp. Hespeler Kenilworth London Mono Twp. Moose Jaw Mount Forest North Dumfries Twp. Owen Sound Road Peel Twp. Saskatchewan Scotland Simcoe County Toronto United States Virginia Waterloo County |
Subject |
Architecture Education Fire Law Property Wedding |
Photo, Map # |
ph 34032 |
Year Range from |
1848 |
Year Range to |
1930 |
Accession # |
A2010.179 |
Containers |
MU 1005 STACKS |