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Accession # |
A2011.155 |
Title |
Fixter / Major family records, Eramosa Township, 1912-2006. |
Date |
1912-2006 |
Description |
Fixter / Major family records, Eramosa Township, 1912-2006. William Major (1896-1984) and his wife Margaret Pansy Alexandra Fixter (1902-1991) married in 1922, and farmed at Lot 13, Concession 5, Eramosa Township, the home of his father and mother, Frank and Isabelle Major. The children of William and Pansy were Frank "Stuart" Major (1923-2006); Jean Ramsay Major who married William Robert Jackson; Margaret Isabel Major who married Donald Leonard Parkinson; and George Herbert Major, who married Betty Noreen Crow. [MU 1048] SERIES 1: PRINTED MATERIALS, 1912-1972. - file 1: Pocket notebooks, 1912-1969. - Item 1: Pierce's Memorandum and Account Book, designed for Farmers, Mechanics and all people ... A present from the World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N.Y. and London, Eng. Includes numerous endorsements for "Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines" and calendars Sept. 1910 - Aug. 1912. - Item 2: "Join Our Christmas Club" in account with Bank of Hamilton; copyright Outcault A[dvertsing] Co., 1921. Contains schedules for saving 1cent/week to $20/week. - Item 3: Farm Hand Book 1948-1949 / Otaco Limited / Orillia, Ontario. Includes schedule of events at International Plowing Match, Lindsay, Ontario, October 1948; handwritten on cover: AGeorge Major, R.R. 1, Guelph. - Item 4: Imprint: AHarold Buchan / Rockwood, Ont. / Shur-Gain / Feed Service. Inside, blank pages; calendars for months July 1950 - June 1952. [Vinyl cover stored in Museum] - Item 5: Farmer's Pocket Ledger, compliments of Barron Farm Supplies, Guelph. Includes calendars for 1956, 1957. - Item 6: Firestone Farm Notebook, Rev.1-58; includes calendars for 1957, 1958,1959. - Item 7: Farmer's Pocket Notebook, compliments of Kirkwood Services, Erin. Includes monthly calendars Sept. 1967 - Aug. 1969. - file 2: Rural Mail Directory, South Wellington and District, May 1930; printed by Commercial Printing Co, Kitchener; includes advertisements, 58 pages. Lists households on routes: Acton, Alma, Ariss, Belwood, Breslau, Campbellville, Elora, Erin, Fergus, Guelph, Hillsburgh, Moffat, Orton, Puslinch, Rockwood. - file 3: Printed tags "SEIZED by Ontario Game and Fisheries Department / Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Form M37 / 3000, July 39." - file 4: Poster. Eramosa Plowing Match. To be held on the farm of John Alton, Lot 18, Con.6, Eramosa Twp., Wednesday 4 Oct. 1939. [STORED AC 39] - file 5: The Canadian Red Cross Junior magazines, 1944-1947. - Item 1: Vol.XXIII, No.5, May 1944, 24 pages. - Item 2: Vol.XXIV, No.5, May 1945, 24 pages. - Item 3: Vol.XXVI, No.1, May 1947, 24 pages; label on reverse: "Miss J.R. Major / S.S. 4 2 Eramosa / R.R. 1, Guelph, Ont." - file 6: The Motorist's Manual, 52 pages, distributed by the Motor Vehicles Branch, Department of Highways, Ontario, 1945. - file 7: [Ontario] Department of Labour / Vacation Pay / Stamp Book / Construction Industry..., 1944; issued to W. Major, R.R. 1, Guelph; includes 1 stamp for 50 cents; rubber stamp on back: "1945-1946 / Employment Period." - file 8: Voters' List for the Municipality of the Township of Eramosa, for the year 1948. 62 pages. On cover, in pencil: "W. Major." - file 9: Land of Plenty, published by the Farm Equipment Institute, Chicago, 1950; 64 pages; label: Mr. Wm. Major / R.R. #1 / Guelph, Ont.; imprint: A Harrison Motors / Your Friendly Allis-Chalmers Dealer / 73 Gordon Street Guelph. - file 10: Calendar, 1957; colour illustration of corn in foreground; cows grazing in middle ground; red barn and wood lot in background; with text: "George Major / Custom Baling - Combining / General Trucking / Fertilizer - Feeds / Phone Rockwood 56R13 / R.R. 1 - Guelph." - file 11: Shur-Gain, 1972. Imprint: "Harold Buchan / Feed and Animal Health Service / Mill 856-9912 - Res. 856-4496." His feed-mill and store was on the Main Street, Rockwood. SERIES 2: FRANK MAJOR (1861-1941), TELEPHONE MATERIALS, 1923-1935. The telephone materials came from the collection of Frank Major who lived at Lots 13 and 14 Con.5, Eramosa Twp. He was one of the early members of the Rockwood and Oustic Telephone Company [founded 1906 or1907], and was Secretary for many years. - file 1: How to Build Rural Telephone Lines, Sixth Edition, Northern Electric Company Limited, 51 pages, 1923. - file 2: Telephone and Supplies / T-3 Catalogue, Northern Electric Company Limited, 86 pages, 1927. - file 3: The Elements of Telephony / A series of letters, printed by the Engineering Department, Northern Electric Company Limited, Montreal. Issued monthly, 1 March 1927 - 1 August 1929. Includes half-tone illustrations and pen-and-ink sketches, diagrams. - file 4: Telephones and Telephone Parts Bulletin 100-E, The Automatic Electric Company Limited; 31 pages; includes price list1 June 1929., - file 5: Communication Aids to Business, ... Catalogue No. T-4, Northern Electric Company Limited, 20 pages, ca.1933. - file 6: Telephone Price List No.155, 1 Sept. 1934. - file 7: The Canadian Telephone Journal, Vol.1, No.11, March 1935. SERIES 3: FRANK "STUART" MAJOR (1923-2006), 1925-1977. - file 1: Cards, ca.1925-1977. - Item 1: Coloured postcard. A Joyful Easter. To Master Stuart Major, R.R.1, Guelph, "Love to my Dear Grand son for a Happy Easter / Grandma 1925." - Item 2: Coloured valentine. To Stuart Major From Ella McDougall. - Item 3: Linocut[?], black ink; text "A Merry Christmas To All;" on back page "S.M.." [Stuart Major]. - Item 4: Coloured postcard, Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada - 9 C.P.R. Photo. From Stuart [Major] to Mrs. William Major, R.R. 1, Guelph, 1951. - Item 5: Invitation to Mr. Stuart Major and Lady to attend the Christmas party of Cox Construction, at the German Canadian Club, Grange Road off Watson Road, [Guelph], 1977. - file 2: Stuart Major, School Report, S.S. #10 Eramosa Township, Margaret E. Thomas, teacher. Includes marks for each subject, Sr. III - Sr.IV, Sept.-Oct. 1934 - March 1936. Each report has been signed "Mrs. W. Major." - file 3: Favorite Drawing Book / Book No. 2; Inside front cover: "Stuart Major." Two studies in red, both loose, and one watercolour of flowers, signed: "Stuart Major / Sept 18, 1936." The book itself has been turned into a scrapbook of car advertisements, one dated 1935. - file 4: Chicago Vocational Training Corporation, 1951. - Item 1: Letter reserving space for six week course in Diesel and Automotive assembling in Toronto, 11 April 1951. - Item 2: Stuart Major, R,.R. #1, Guelph Student Examination Sheet, 3-25 May 1951; handwritten answers to lessons marked "Diesel," "Tune-up," "Overhaul". - Item 3: Certificate issued to Stuart Major for completing the course of training in Diesel & Auto Mechanics, 30 May 1951. [Circular felt insignia moved to Museum collection]. SERIES 4: FAMILY HISTORIES, 2005-2006. - file 1: The Scott and McKellar families: Descendants of James Scott and his wife Margaret Shaw, compiled by Betty N. Major, 2005. James Scott (1793-1863) and his wife Margaret (nee Shaw, 1794-1857) emigrated from Perthshire, Scotland to Puslinch in 1857, accompanied by their children John Scott (1829-1908) and Elizabeth Scott (1832-1919). John Scott married Margaret McPhatter and Elizabeth Scott married Alexander Smith McKellar. Both families farmed in Puslimch Twp., and subsequent generations were connected to the families of Fixter and Major. - file 2: Our Fixter Family: Descendants of William Fixter and his wife Martha Coville, compiled by Betty N. Major, 2006. William Fixter (1799-1859) and his wife Martha Coville (1791-1846) had, it is thought, nine children, all born in Lincolnshire, England. Their eldest son Thomas, born in 1818 came to Canada, married, and settled in London where he died 1882. Family of Thomas= brothers came and settled in the London, Ottawa and Oakville areas. Henry Fixter (1867-1952) came from his birthplace, Lincolnshire, to Canada and in the 1891 Census is shown working on the Stewart farm in Puslinch. He later worked on the Scott farm, and married their daughter Margaret Jane AMaggie@ in 1898. Their first child was born in Ottawa, but the three which followed were born in Puslinch. - ph 36543: Cabinet card of "Mr. and Mrs. Joe Black"; photograph by James Walker of Fergus, taken between 1897-1907. [Probably Joseph Black (1843-1914) and his wife Sarah (nee Wilson, 1840- 1911), East Garafraxa, who married 1864; lesser chance that it is Joseph McCune Black (1880-1932) and his wife Maud (nee Hanna, 1881-1966), East Garafraxa, who married in 1912]. - file 3: Research on Joseph Black, in dating this photograph. - file 4: List of suggested donations to the Wellington County Museum and Archives, with descriptions, provenances, sketches, some related to the above donation, 2011; six pages. |
Creator \ Maker |
Canadian Red Cross Society |
Creator \ Maker |
Chicago Vocational Training Corporation Commercial Printing Company Corporation of the Township of Eramosa Farm Equipment Institute Major, Betty (Mrs.) Major, Frank Major, Stuart McDougall, Ella Ontario Department of Highways Ontario Department of Labour Ontario Department of Game and Fisheries Otaco Limited Outcault Advertising Company Northern Electric Company Limited Automatic Electric Company Limited Thomas, Margaret Walker, James |
Item Name |
Account Book Book Calendar Catalogue Certificate Correspondence Directory Genealogy Invitation List Magazine Manual Notebook Postcard Poster Record Group Report Card Research Notes Stamp Album Tag, Identification Telephone, Book Valentine Voters List |
Person \ Organization |
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company Alton, John Automatic Electric Company Limited Bank of Hamilton Barron Barron Farm Supplies Black, Joseph Black, Maud Black, Sarah Buchan, Harold Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Red Cross Society Chicago Vocational Training Corporation Corporation of the Township of Eramosa Coville, Martha Cox Constructions Limited Crow, Betty Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines Eramosa Ploughing Match Firestone Tires Fixter Fixter, Henry Fixter, Margaret Fixter, Margaret Jane (Maggie) Fixter, Martha Fixter, Thomas Fixter, William George Major Custom Baling Combining General Trucking German Canadian Club Hanna, Maud Harold Buchan Feed and Animal Health Service Harrison Motors International Plowing Match Jackson, Jean Jackson, William Kirkwood Kirkwood Services Major, Betty N. Major, Frank Major, Frank (Stuart) Major, George Herbert Major, Isabelle Major, Jean Major, Margaret Major, William McDougall, Ella McKellar McKeller, Alexander Smith McKeller, Elizabeth McPhatter, Margaret Northern Electric Company Limited Ontario Department of Game and Fisheries Ontario Department of Highways Ontario Department of Labour Parkinson, Donald Parkinson, Margaret Rockwood and Oustic Telephone Company Limited S. S. #10 Eramosa Twp. S. S. #4 1/2 Eramosa Twp. Scott Scott, Elizabeth Scott, James Scott, John Scott, Maggie Scott, Margaret Shaw Shaw, Margaret Thomas, Margaret Wellington County Museum and Archives Wilson, Sarah World's Despensary Medical Association |
Place |
Acton Alma Ariss Belwood Breslau Buffalo Campbellville Canada Chicago East Garafraxa Twp. Elora England Erin Eramosa Twp. Fergus Gordon Street Grange Road Guelph Guelph Twp. Hamilton Hillsburgh Kitchener Lincolnshire Lindsay London Main Street Moffat New York Oakville Ontario Orillia Orton Oustic Ottawa Perthshire Port Arthur Puslinch Twp. Rockwood Scotland Toronto Watson Road Wellington South |
Subject |
Agriculture Animals Arts Christmas Commercial Education Fishing Genealogy Government Hunting Immigration Medical Museum Portrait Post Office Railroad Telephone Transportation Valentine |
Photo, Map # |
ph 36543 |
Year Range from |
1912 |
Year Range to |
2006 |
Accession # |
A2011.155 |
Containers |
AC39 MU 1048 Stacks |