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Archival description
Alton Family
Collection · 1771-1935

Collection consists of family photographs, one genealogical record book and one marriage certificate

Bates family bible fonds
Item · 1857-1898

The fonds consists of a family bible, belonging to George Bates and published in 1857. The bible includes a list of deaths and baptisms, including George and his wife Elizabeth, as well as their children.

Bates, George
Bodwell family fonds
Item · 1824-2023, nd.

The fonds consists of records related to the Bodwell family of Dereham Township, Oxford County. It is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Land Records
Series 2: Correspondence
Series 3: Photographs
Series 4: Newsletters
Series 5: Military
Series 6: Family histories
Series 7: Dereham Township
Series 8: Receipts

Bodwell family
CA ON00279 F01-S001 · Collection · 1856 [photocopied 198-?]-2005

This is a collection of material related to the life and work of Mother Ignatia Campbell which comprises two subseries. It includes several biographical chronologies and summaries of her work which were considered in the drafting of her profile in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography (University of Toronto Press). There are news clippings and photographs of the 1991 “People and the City” monument in London, Ontario which includes a depiction of Mother Ignatia Campbell. There is information related to the “Mother Ignatia Campbell Bursary for Women” introduced at Regis College, Toronto in 2005. There are genealogical research notes and correspondence about Mother Ignatia Campbell prepared by Sister Esther Bardawell. There are also several undated photographs of Mother Ignatia Campbell.

Hossack Family fonds
Fonds · 1850 - 1958

The fonds consists of property records and family history relating to the Hossack and Blakie families of Oxford
County and subsists of the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Property Records

  • Subseries A: Land Grants
  • Subseries B: Land Deeds
  • Subseries C: Mortgages
  • Subseries D: Property Abstracts

Series 2: Family History

  • Subseries A: Obituaries
Hossack (family)
Item · 1836, 1855-1986

The fonds consists of records related to the Minkler family, many who were born and/or lived in Oxford County, and is arranged into the following Series:

Series 1: Genealogical lineages

  • Minkler
  • Hyde-Sawyer
  • McDonald
  • Janes
  • Erskine
    Series 2: Correspondence
    Series 3: Photographs (Photocopies)
    Series 4: Miscellaneous
Luz, Jessie Elvira Minkler
Lawrence Family fonds
Fonds · 1820 - 1943

The fonds consist of records related to the history of the Lawrence family of Oxford County. They are arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Family History

  • Sub-series A: Genealogical Records
  • Sub-series B: Financial Records

Series 2: Correspondence

Members of the Lawrence family.
Marshall Dean family fonds
Fonds · 1868 - 2000

Marshall Blanchard Dean was an early physician in Fort William; his son Marshall Macdougall Dean had a career with the Canadian Coast Guard and a lifelong interest in history and genealogy. Collection includes correspondence, photographs, and research materials.

Item · 1905-2000

The fonds consists of photographs and corresponding records related to McCorquodale family picnics held in Oxford County between 1905 and 2000.

McCorqudoale family
Poulson and Peer Family
Collection · 1950-1960

Collection consists of 6 black and white photographs, 1 certificate, correspondence letters from Bardardos aftercare and genealogical notes all pertaining to the Poulson and Peer Family

CA ON00154 2017.15.1 · Item · 1817 - 1898

Item is family history page featuring the birth dates of various members of the 'Richard' family of Port Hope and Cobourg area from 1817 to 1898. This page is possibly from a family bible.

"Elizabeth and --- "
---- Richard born June 2nd 1817
Elizabeth Richard born Feb. 9th 1819
William Richard born April 7th? 1823?
Archibald Richard Dec 24 1825
Hugh Richard Sept 2 1828
Margaret Maria May 30 1831
Mary Morrison Richard Dec 21 1833

John Richard and Mary Yheu ?
children Thomas Francis Sept 22 1853
Elizabeth Richard Dec 26 1854
Cecilia Richard Feb 27 1856
Mary Josephine Richard Sept 29 1857
Harriet Richard October 27 1858
John Caldwell Richard May 20 1860
Robert William Richard March 9 1862
Stuart Grahame Richard March 6 1863
Francis Richard March 3 1865
William Albert Richard July 2 1868
Lovel Murray Richard March 2 1870
Margaret Richard 1872"

Collection · 1982, 2007

Two documents containing transcriptions and images of the Silver Islet Cemetery:
"Silver Islet Cemetery," Ontario Genealogical Society, 1982
"Silver Islet Cemetery," 2007.

Collection · 1813-2000

Records relating to the history of West Elgin. Included are:

  • Church deeds from the area
  • Account books for businesses and municipalities
    -Daily registers for schools in Aldborough Township
    -Land study plans and maps from the area
    -Photographs of local sports teams, families, buildings and events
    -Personal correspondence such as wedding and party invitations
    -Municipality records and repots for towns and villages in the area
West Elgin Genealogical and Historical Society