Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A1987.54 |
Title |
Yeomans family records, Mount Forest, 1835-1943. |
Date |
1835-1943 |
Description |
The Yeomans family records consist of personal and business records of Mount Forest chemists, Lawrence H. Yeomans, and his son Horace Yeomans (1873-1968). Lawrence Yeomans established a drug store in Mount Forest in 1859, and later expanded it to include groceries and china. His son Horace ran a drug, grocery, and feed store until the 1940s. This collection consists of family photographs, newspapers [catalogued in separate record A1987.54], birth, marriage, and death records, and items relating to the Mount Forest Horticultural Society. Business records include account books, prescription books, deeds, and apprentice contracts. SERIES 1: Photographs See individual records for numbers ph 8310 - ph 8315. SERIES 2: Newspaper Collection. [ STACKS ] SERIES 3: Mount Forest Horticultural Society, 1876-1880. - item 1: Program, 1880; for Fall exhibitions of Mount Forest Horticultural Society. - item 2: Prize list, 1876; for Mount Forest Horticultural Society. SERIES 4: Horace E. Yeomans family documents, 1835-1943. - item 1: Marriage certificate, Thomas Stovel and Eliza Kemp, Mount forest, 18 February 1864. - item 2: List of births, marriages and deaths for Thomas Stovel / Eliza Kemp Stovel family, 1865-1899; 2 pages. - item 3: Account book of Horace E. Yeomans Drug and Feed Store in Mount Forest, listing expenditures for 1922 and 1930; also stock records for 1914-1928. [ MU 80 o/s ] - item 4: Birth record, Thomas Stovel born London, 22 Dec. 1835. - item 5: Affidavit certifying marriage of Thomas Stovel and Eliza Kemp at Mount Forest, Grey County, 18 Feb. 1864. - item 6: Wedding invitation, Fannie Stovel to Rev. McLeod of India, 12 Dec. 1899. - item 7: Memorial card for Reginald Stovel, infant son of Thomas and Eliza Stovel of Mount Forest, died 1887. - item 8: Memorial card for Ernest Stovel, infant son of Thomas and Eliza Stovel of Mount Forest, died 1878. - item 9: Memorial card for Arthur Stovel, elder son of Thomas and Eliza Stovel of Mount Forest, died 10 Dec. 1895. - item 10: Memorial card for Katie Stovel, daughter of Thomas and Eliza Stovel of Mount Forest, died 1896. - item 11: Memorial card for Thomas Stovel, Mount Forest, died 1904. - item 12: Memorial notice for Thomas Stovel of Mount Forest. - item 13: Memorial notice for Maria Watson, relict of late Stephen Kemp, Mount Forest, died 1905, aged 98. - item 14: Memorial card for Eliza Kemp Stovel, widow of late Thomas Stovel of Mount Forest, 1928 - item 15: Deed for Islands 27 and 27A on Lake Huron West, Bruce County, 1925; William Lewis Yeomans of Ohio and Horace Yeomans of Mount Forest, Ontario. - item 16: Deed for Islands 27 and 27A on Lake Huron West, 1912; John Reid of Bruce County and Horace Yeomans. - item 17: Indian land sale grant to John Reid of Bruce County by the Department of Indian Affairs for land set apart for use of Chippewa at Saugeen and Owen Sound, 1910. [ AC 24 ] - item 18: Letter to Horace Yeomans from D. B. Peck of Chicago, 1925; re: sale of land near Burnt Island, Bruce County. - item 19: Letter, 1943; R. Best, barrister of Bracebridge, Ontario, to E. Yeomans; re. ownership of Ensko Island. - item 20: Letter to Horace Yeomans from Indian Agents Office, Wiarton, 1913; re. ownership of Island 27 and 27A. - item 21: Apprentice contract, 15 Jul. 1895; Horace E. Yeomans, chemist, and apprentice William A. Corley of Mount Forest. - item 22: Apprentice contract, 10 Oct. 1919; Horace E. Yeomans, chemist, and apprentice James Marshall Schreiber of Mount Forest. - item 23: Apprentice contract, 20 Sep. 1923: Horace E. Yeomans, chemist, and apprentice Winfred Adair of Mount Forest. SERIES 5: Cartographic records [see record by map number] - item 1: MAP 674. SERIES 6: Lawrence E. Yeomans business records, 1859-1920. Subseries 1: Accounts, deeds, and prescriptions books, 1859-1920. - item 1: Account ledger, ca.1870-1879; includes 5 indices. [MU 80 O/S ] - item 2: Account ledger, 1891-1907 [MU 81]. - item 3: Account ledger, 1908-1920 [ MU 81 ]. - item 4: Prescription book, 1869-1872 [MU 81]. - item 5: Prescription book, 1875-1877 [ MU 81 ]. - item 6: Prescription book, 1877-1880 [ MU 81 ]. - item 7: Invoices, 1859-1872; 8 files [ MU 81 ]. - item 8: Deed of partnership, 23 Aug. 1901; between Lawrence Yeomans and Horace Yeomans, chemists; re. carrying on L. H. Yeomans Drug Store business on Main Street, Mount Forest [ MU 81 ]. Subseries 2: Apprentice contracts between Lawrence Yeomans, chemist, and his apprentices, 1887-1915 [ MU 81 ]. - file 1: John Woodward, Thurston, ca.1888. - file 2: Lewis E. Yeomans, 1891. - file 3: Certificate verifying above. - file 4: Albert Woods, Egremont Township, 1915. - file 5: Alpha Yeomans, Mount Forest, 1897. - file 6: Certificate verifying above. - file 7: Arch. McTaggart, Arthur Township, 1898. - file 8: W. Henry Corbett, Mount Forest 1907. - file 9: Arthur Mitchell, Arthur Township, 1903. - file 10: Arthur Pickering, Mount Forest, 1891. - file 11: Certificate verifying above. - file 12: Arthur Isaac, 1896. - file 13: H. R. Muir, Arthur, 1902. - file 14: George Snyder, 1897. - file 15: Richard Wood Reid, 1893. - file 16: William John Nichol, Mount Forest, 1889. - file 17: Robert Reid, Mount Forest, 1887. - file 18: Horace E. Yeomans, Mount Forest, 1895. |
Creator \ Maker |
Yeomans, Lawrence [compiler] |
Creator \ Maker |
Yeomans, Horace Eugene [compiler] |
Item Name |
Account Book Apprentice Contract Certificate Correspondence Deed Invitation Land Records Map Marriage Certificate Memorial Card Newspaper Prints Prize List Program Record Group Vital Statistics |
Person \ Organization |
Adair, Winfred Best, R. Corbett, W. Henry Corley, William A. (Billy) Department of Indian Affairs Horace E. Yeomans Drug and Feed Store Isaac, Arthur Kemp, Eliza Kemp, Maria Kemp, Stephen McLeod, (Rev.) McTaggart, Archibald Mitchell, Arthur Mount Forest Horticultural Society Muir, H. R. Nichol, William John Peck, D. B. Pickering, Arthur Reid, John Reid, Richard Wood Reid, Robert Schreiber, James Marshall Snyder, George Stovel, Arthur Stovel, Eliza Stovel, Ernest Stovel, Fannie Stovel, Katie Stovel, Reginald Stovel, Thomas Watson, Maria Woods, Albert Woodward, John Yeomans Drug Store Yeomans, Alpha Yeomans, Horace Eugene Yeomans, Lawrence Yeomans, Lewis Yeomans, William Lewis |
Place |
Arthur Arthur Twp. Bracebridge Bruce County Burnt Island Chicago Egremont Twp. Ensko Island Grey County India Lake Huron London Mount Forest Ohio Owen Sound Saugeen Twp. Thurston Wiarton |
Subject |
Commercial Education First Nations Funeral Records Medical Property Wedding |
Photo, Map # |
ph |
Year Range from |
1835 |
Year Range to |
1943 |
Accession # |
A1987.54 |
Containers |
AC24 MU 78 MU 79 MU 80 O/S MU 81 STACKS |