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1819-1970 (Creation)
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12 cm of textual records 2 albums 2 drawings : charcoal
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Joseph Walton (1772-1826) was the first settler of the Walton family to settle in Smith Township, Peterborough County in 1819. He married Hannah Stuart (1772-1861) and they had seven children: John (1797-1881), Nancy, Joseph (1913-1900), William (1814-), Matthew (1817-1902), Jacob (1820-1865) and Robert (1823-1904). The family farmed in Smith Township and eventually spread out across Canada and the United States. Verna Burgess is the granddaughter of Joseph Walton who married Sarah Jane Chalmers (1821-1875). Their daughter Emma (1861-1946) married Francis John Burgess (1861-1945) and they had four daughters: Lelia, Verna, Doris, and Helen. Verna became a high school Department Head and she sat on the committee (as representative of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation) to examine the need to have a non-sectarian degree-granting college, which would eventually become Trent University
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Fonds was in the hands of Verna Burgess, a descendant of the Walton Family.
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Fonds consists of photographs, two charcoal portraits, land documents and biographical information on the Walton family of Smith Township, Ontario. Also included are sketches of Lakefield, Ontario and other research material of Verna Burgess, a descendant of Joseph Walton.
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Fonds acquired from Margaret Heidemann in 1984.
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www.trentu.ca/library/archives/84-012.htm