Fonds consists of graphic and textual records created and collected by Robertson Matthews as well as other family members. The fonds has been arranged in series determined by subject and form of record. Series include photographs, correspondence, diaries, engineering records, literary records, personal records, Matthews family legal records and Matthew H. Matthews records.
Matthews, Robertson, 1880 - 1972Peel, County of
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Fonds consists of records, including marriages, 1896-1918, of Mono Road Methodist Circuit (includes Albion West Methodist Circuit, Brown's Church in Albion Township, Mono Road now Mono Road Station, Caesar's Church in Chinguacuousy Township, Macville, Sandhill, Salem Church in Albion Township, Wilson Church in Caledon Township, Caledon East, Centreville), 1875-1923; records of Caledon East Methodist Circuit (includes Caledon East, Wilson's Church in Caledon Township, Centreville, Mono Road, Caesar's Church in Chinguacousy Township), 1898-1926; records of Caledon East Methodist Church, 1899-1923; fianancial statemetn of Caesar's Methodist Church in Chinguacousy Township, 1923-1924;records, including baptisms, 1904-1951, marriages, 1911 (North Bay), 1904-1951, burials, 1904-1951, of Mono Road Pastoral Charge (includes Mono Road Methodist Circuit, Mono Road, Macville, Salem Church in Albion Township, Sandhill), 1904-1951; records, including marriages, 1898-1930, of Caledon East Pastoral Charge (includes Caledon East, Caesar's Church in Chinguacousy Township, Mono Road), 1898-1948; records of Caesar's United Church in Chinguacousy Township (includes Caesar's Methodist Church), 1922-1946; records, including, baptisms, 1908-1968, marriages, 1909-1983, burials, 1908-1984, of East Peel Pastoral Charge (includes Caledon East Methodist Circuit, Caledon East Pastoral Charge, Caledon East, Salem Church in Albion Township, Sandhill), 1908-1987; records of Sandhill United Church, 1929-1961; records of Caledon East United Church, 1910-2007.
East Peel Pastoral Charge (Ont.)Fonds consists of records of Huttonville Methodist Circuit (includes Brampton Methodist Episcopal Circuit, Brampton West Methodist Circuit, Brampton, Huttonville, Churchville, Home Church in Alloa, Springbrook, Glen Williams), 1875-1907; records of Huttonville Methodist Church, 1885-1905; cemetery book of Home Methodist Church, Alloa, 1889-1920; cradle roll of Huttonville Presbyterian Church, 1907-1923; baptisms of Norval Pastoral Charge (includes Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, Cheltenham Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant United Church and Norval United Church, 1912-1937; records, including baptisms, 1917-1957, marriages, 1896-1970, burials, 1914-1959, of Huttonville Pastoral Charge (includes Brampton West Methodist Circuit, Huttonville Methodist Circuit, Huttonville, Churchville, Meadowvale, Home Church in Alloa), 1914-11971; records, including marriages, 1963-1979, burials, 1963-1977, of Huttonville-Norval Pastoral Charge (includes Huttonville United Church, Churchville United Church, Meadowvale United Church, Home United Church in Alloa, Norval United Church), 1962-1989; records, including baptisms, 1964-1969, of Churchville United Church, 1944-1969; records of Meadowvale United Church (includes Meadowvale Methodist Church), 1915-1988; records, including baptisms, 1926-1989, marriages, 1927-1988, burials, 1928-1987, of Home United Church, Alloa (includes Mount Pleasant United Church), 1926-1994; and records, including marriages, 1979-1987, of Huttonville United Church (includes Huttonville Methodist Church), 1922-1997
Home-Huttonville-Norval Pastoral Charge (Ont.)Fonds consists of records created or collected by members of the prominent Gordon family of Port Credit during the course of their personal and professional lives.
While the records span three generations of the Gordon family, the fonds centres on the personal and professional records of George W. Gordon. His records, as well as smaller bodies of records created by four of his children, Lillian, Rhena, Francis (Frank), and Douglas Wilden, came into the care of his granddaughter, Sandra (Gordon) Moore who partially organized them and conducted related family research. Moore’s own records and those of her ancestors have therefore been treated as an organic whole and no attempt has been made to split the body of records into separate fonds; however, series are described in terms of the family member to whom records pertain (see below for series listing).
George W. Gordon’s records include a substantial number of letters dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century from members of the Wingfield, Beamish, and Gordon family members and acquaintances, relating to daily life in small Ontario settler and farming communities such as Utterson, Allensville, Port Credit, Springfield-on-the-Credit (now Erindale) as well as larger centres such as Hamilton and Toronto. Some letters came from further afield in the North West Territories, England, and the US. Domestic and personal records collected or created by Gordon also include administrative records related to fraternal organizations (Masonic and Orange Lodges), household receipts, farming expense accounts and diaries, land and financial records, and various ephemera.
The fonds also contains a significant body of records emanating from George W. Gordon’s role as justice of the peace and magistrate for Port Credit, including marriage licence applications, administrative records related to the Toronto Hamilton Highway Commission, and police court records. The latter include completed forms such as summons, warrants, and complaints, correspondence and signed statements made in court relating to criminal charges and civil infractions.
Records created by Gordon’s children, Lillian, Rhena, Frank, and Douglas Wilden include correspondence, photographs, ephemera, family research, and professional records related to teaching. Lillian Gordon’s records include a significant amount of mid-twentieth-century correspondence with suitors located in Ontario, the US and Germany.
Sandra Moore’s records contain a substantial amount of family research, including correspondence with relatives and records offices in North American and the United Kingdom. Her records include extensive documentation of the Beamish family of which one branch settled in Springfield-on-the-Credit.
Fonds comprises the following series:
Series 1: Wingfield correspondence
Series 2: Beamish correspondence
Series 3: Gordon family correspondence
Series 4: George W. Gordon domestic and personal records
Series 5: Lillian Gordon records
Series 6: Rhena, Frank, and Douglas Wilden Gordon records
Series 7: Sandra Moore (nee Gordon) records
Series 8: Gordon family photographs
Series 9: Gordon oversize records
Series 10: Gordon professional records
Fonds consists of records of Carman Methodist Church, Clarkson, 1878-1923; records of Clarkson Community Church, 1918-1924; records, including baptisms, 1933-1989, marriages, 1919-1993, burials, 1948-2001, of Christ Church, Mississauga (includes Clarkson Community Church, Clarkson United Church), 1878-2006.
Christ Church (Mississauga, Ont.)Series consists of a watercolour painting, not dated, and a photograph of John Forster, ca. 1880.
Item is a mounted photograph of John Forster. The back reads "John Forster, father of Anson Green Forster, grand father of Anson H. Forster". John Forster was buried at Churchville Cemetery; see authority records for details.
Mair, Wm. RossFonds consists of circuit register of Grahamsville Methodist Circuit (includes Grahamsville, Ebenezer Church in Toronto Township, Stanley Mills, Smithfield), 1899-1907; Epworth League minutes of Grahamsville Methodist Church, 1918-1923; records, including baptisms, 1922-1936, marriages, 1902-1945, burials, 1922-1936, of Grahamsville Pastoral Charge (includes Grahamsville Methodist Circuit, Grahamsville, Palestine, Harrison's Church in Chinguacousy Township, Mount Olivet), 1902-1962; records of Harrison's Church in Chinguacousy Township (includes Harrison's Methodist Church), 1920-1956; records of Palestine United Church (includes Palestine Methodist Church), 1923-1962; records, including baptisms, 1954-1959, marriages, 1954-1959, burials, 1954-1959, of Grahamsville United Church (includes Grahamsville Methodist Church), 1883-1967
Grahamsville Pastoral Charge (Ont.)Fonds consists of records created and/or collected by members of the McMahon family (farmers and merchants situated in the Palgrave area of Albion Township). Records include journals, account ledgers, receipts, a family tree, and photographs.
File consists of a satirical newspaper called "The Growler". The title was apparently printed weekly on Saturday afternoons.
While the item lists "Quirk, Gammon & Snap" as its editors, it was a project of the Brampton Times editor and his son, George and Luther "Lou" Tye.
Fonds consists of the remaining minutes of the organization. Volume one covers the period of 10 Jan. 1890 to 16 May 1891, and volume two covers the period of 22 May 1891 to 20 Apr. 1894.
Sons of Temperance of North America. Summerville Division No. 298Fonds consists of Quarterly Offical Board minutes of Erin Methodist Circuit (includes Erin, Ballinafad, Coningsby, Belfountain, Cataract, Forks of the Credit), 1901-1925; records, including marriages, 1896-1950, of Erin Pastoral Charge (includes Erin Methodist Circuit, Erin, Hillsburgh), 1896-1950; records of Erin United Church, 1925-1937; records of Hillsburgh United Church, 1927-1978.
Erin - Hillsburgh United Church (Ont.)Fonds consists of records, including baptisms, 1902-1905, of Bolton Methodist Circuit (includes Albion Methodist Circuit, Bolton, Mount Hurst, Shiloh in Albion Township, Mount Pleasant, Castlederg), 1897-1925; marriage register, 1898-1916, of Bolton Methodist Church; records, including baptisms, 1912-1956, marriages, 1916-1943, burials 1912-1921, 1935-1952, 1956, of Bolton Pastoral Charge (includes Bolton Methodist Circuit, Bolton, Castlederg, Macville, Palgrave), 1906-1958; records, including marriages, 1944-1986, burials, 1956-1985, of Bolton United Church (includes Bolton Pastoral Charge), 1925-1987.
Bolton United Church (Ont.)Fonds consists of the records created by or maintained by the Brampton Board of Trade. It covers the period from 1909 to 1973, with a few items from the 1980s; there is a gap from 1919 to 1947, when the organization was inactive. Minute books contain director's meeting minutes, treasurer's statements, and annual reports. The fonds also includes scrapbooks, photographs, and certificates.
Brampton Board of TradeCollection consists of 287 post cards from communities throughout Peel, collected by Richard L. Frost. While assembled from a variety of sources by Frost as a private citizen, he was then the Chief Administrative Officer for the Region of Peel.
Specifically pictured in the selection are Alton, Belfountain, Bolton, Brampton, Caledon Township, Caledon East, Cataract. Cheltenham, Churchville, Clarkson, Cooksville, Dixie, Eldorado Park, Erindale, Forks of the Credit, Huttonville, Inglewood, Lorne Park, Malton, Meadowvale, Mississauga, Port Credit, and Streetsville. Limited postcards from outside Peel are included, showing Norval, Owen Sound, and Port Hope.
Item consists of a photographic postcard of the Dominion Building.
Atkinson Bros.Item consists of a postcard showing the school, inset. Front reads: "Dear Mary, Are you ever going to come back to Brampton? Really, I think it is time. You would hardly know the old town now, it has grown to [sic] much this summer, new houses are going up all over. I have been going to write to you this long time."