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CA BCHS BCHS102 · Fonds · 1783-1886

The fonds contains primary source information regarding James Pettes and his son James Nelson Pettes, including Deeds, Last Will and Testament and agreements.

Pettes, James Nelson
Williams family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS1028 · Fonds · [ca. 1860]-1973

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Williams family. The fonds contains the following series: Williams - Marriage Invitation for the Wedding of Laura Pearle and Mr. Maurice Bartlett Williams (1919); William's of Frost Village and Knowlton; William's of Sweetsburg and East Farnham; William's of Shefford, Fulford and Foster; John Sewell Williams Pedigree Chart; William's of Foster; and Williams - Foster Post Office (approx. 32 textual records).

Wheeler family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS1035 · Fonds · 1843-1979

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Wheeler family, starting with Austin Wheeler (1797-1866), married to Charlotte Sopia Knowlton (1806-1831) and Charlotte Miller (1815-1846). It includes personal documents, land transactions, financial documents and secondary source genealogical information. There are also many documents related directly to Julia Wheeler (1875-1962), daughter of Thomas Wood Wheeler (1830-1919) and Anna Duboyce (1833-1910), including correspondence and her poetry, and an audio cassette of an interview with Rhoda Wheeler Northrup entitled 'Mother Reminiscing about Aunt Julia'. The photographs depicts some of the Wheeler family, and a photo album owned by Rhoda Wheeler Northrup. An addition was made in 2023 consisting of 2.0 cm of textual records about the piece of land where the Wheeler homestead is located in Knowlton, and documents about successions and estates involving Thomas Wood Wheeler.

Josiah Pratt fonds
CA BCHS BCHS105 · Fonds · 1827-10-22 to 1827-12-14

The fonds consists of a statement of James Gillin before Jacob Cook, J.P, dated October 22, 1827, at Brome, a statement of Abijah Willard before Samuel Willard, J.P., dated December 1, 1827, at Shefford, a bailiff's warrant and discharge warrant, dated December 14, 1827, at Brome, and a letter to Samuel Willard, J.P., from Jacob Cook, J.P., dated December 14, 1827, at Brome.

Pratt, Josiah
Pagé Family Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS1068 · Fonds · ca. 1880-2003

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source information about the Pagé family, originally from Quebec City, who came to live in the Eastern Townships through Louis Gustave Pagé (1856-1948) and Élise Gingras (1854-1894). They had six children: two daughters and four sons. Henri-Arthur Pagé (1887-1929) and his wife Catherine Moquin (1890-1990) setlled in Knowlton, along with the youngest son Ernest Pagé (1894-1978), who became a well-known commercial printer after buying the business of Henry F. Smith in Knowlton. The fonds include documents and photographs inserted in a big photo album that was created by the children of Jean-Paul Pagé, son of Henri-Arthur, and Madeleine Vézina. It contains four generations of portraits of the Pagé Family and some documents about André Pagé, who was a missionary in Africa.

George Reed fonds
CA BCHS BCHS107 · Fonds · 1881-1891

The fonds consists of a deed from Gardner Kneeland to Hannah Arnitage, Wife of Geo. Reed, dated September 1, 1881, at Waterloo, an obligation and mortgage to Otis W. Hills, dated June 16, 1884, at Waterloo, and a commutation of interest and receipt, dated January 10, 1891, at Waterloo.

Reed, George
Lace Family Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS1078 · Fonds · [ca. 1880-1930]

The fonds consists of primary source information relating to the Lace family that lived in Foster. It includes framed portraits and a little photo album containing pictures of William Henry Lace (1864-1948) and Ruth Lucinda Whitehead (1870-1942) family, including John Edwin Lace (1897-1977) and Fred Ambrose Lace (1892-1959).

Hezekiah Robinson fonds
CA BCHS BCHS108 · Fonds · 1830/09/13

The fonds consists of a certificate from Rev. Richard Whitwell, as to the qualification as Magistrate, dated September 13, 1830 at Philipsburg.

Robinson, Hezekiah
Alice Maude Smith
CA BCHS BCHS1090 · Fonds · 1866-1938

The fonds contains primary and secondary source documents relating to Alice Maude Smith, born in Abercorn. The primary source documents are mostly family and professional photographs inserted in three photo albums.

Smith, Alice Maude
CA BCHS BCHS1092 · Fonds · 1949-1955

The fonds consists of primary source documents relating to the Sutton Farm Forum Association, a non-profit organization aimed to propose forum meetings and conferences about the agricultural world, for the farm owners of the Sutton region. The first board of directors included Maurice D. Hastings, Chairman; Lynn Reid, Vice-Chairman; G. F. Knights, Secretary-Treasurer; and Herbert McElroy, Secretary Assistant.

CA BCHS BCHS1093 · Fonds · 1955-2000

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source administrative documents relating to the Brome County Farm Forum Association. It includes the minute book (not bound) from 1955 to 1968, correspondence, financial documents, activity reports and printed handbooks.

Brome County Farm Forum Association
CA BCHS BCHS1094 · Fonds · 1949-1991

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source administrative records relating to the Brome County Cooperative Medical Service. This includes minute books from 1949 to 1986, correspondence, financial records, reports and medical claim forms [FULL RESTRICTION ON THIS FOLDER].

Nina May Pickel Owens Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS1097 · Fonds · 1876-2001

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents about Nina May Pickel, married to Owen Ernest Owens. The textual records contains personal and family documents but also documents about her professional career as a painter. The photographs include family portraits, some of them being ambrotype and tintype, and postcards.

Nina May Pickel Owens
Albert Bethune Carley
CA BCHS BCHS1098 · Fonds · 1915-1924

The fonds consists of two bulky souvenir albums containing primary and secondary documents relating to the period when Albert Bethune Carley was in Europe as a military volunteer during WWI and his return to Canada. It includes many military documents, invitations, events programs and an important collection of personal photographs and commercial postcards depicting places that A.B. Carley visited or scenes of the war.

Hazel Jones
CA BCHS BCHS1099 · Fonds · 1886-1977

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Hazel Jones of East Bolton. It includes mostly the collection of diaries that she wrote from 1910 to 1970, and photographs of her family, with children and grandchildren souvenirs.

Roswell Sargeant Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS110 · Fonds · 1806-03-06

The fonds consists of a commission as third Sergeant in the Militia dated March 6, 1806 at Bolton.

Sargeant, Roswell
Harris G. Shufelt
CA BCHS BCHS1100 · Fonds · 1889-[ca. 1950]

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Harris G. Shufelt of East Farnham. It includes family souvenirs kept by Mr. Shufelt, such as the diaries of Ruth Ingalls Brimmer, Mary Eliza Brimmer Collins and Harry Wyatt, and genealogical research documents written by his wife Carol McCaw Shufelt. The photographs contains many pictures of personal and professional activities of Mr. Shufelt, and an interesting photo album of the Shufelt, Collins and Brimmer family members, including many portraits done by John Austin Wheeler, as his wife was a Collins.

Edward Charles Gladding
CA BCHS BCHS1105 · Fonds · 1927-1929

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source information relating to Edward Charles Gladding, who came to Canada through the British Home Children program, and was shortly sheltered in Gibbs home in Sherbrooke. It includes a personal document and a photograph of him, and digitized copies of newspaper articles about his violent death.

Knowlton Grove Hotel Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS1106 · Fonds · [1930]-2000

The fonds consists of a souvenir folder created by Hugh McVittie of Ridgetown, Ontario, who came to stay at the Knowlton Grove Hotel during his childhood around 1940 to 1946. It contains information about the hotel, a hand drawn map of the different buildings and many photographs taken during that period. The Knowlton Grove Hotel used to be operated by the Knowlton Conference Association.

Jewell Family Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS1109 · Fonds · [1870-1890]

The fonds consists of photographs relating to the Jewell family of East Farnham and Iron Hill, most of them from Carmi Jewell and his wife Lucinda Courtney.

William Sergeant Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS111 · Fonds · 1803-04-20

The fonds consists of an agreement for arbitration, William Sergeant vs. John Mills, dated April 20, 1803.

Sergeant, William
CA BCHS BCHS1110 · Fonds · 1886-[ca. 1946]

The fonds consists of primary source documents relating to Rev. William Adolphus Fyles, son of Rev. Dr Thomas William Fyles and Mary Myers. It includes a biography of the man, perhaps handwritten by Viola Hurlbut Beaudoin, and photographs of W.A. Fyles and the Anglican Church of Iron Hill that was built by his father Rev. T.W. Fyles.

Bert Edwin Phelps
CA BCHS BCHS1114 · Fonds · [ca. 1914]-1978

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Bert Edwin Phelps, married to Gertrude Annie Wright. The textual records and photographs concerns his personal, professional and military life, including commercial information about the products that he sold on his farm in Foster, under the names "Sunset Farm" and "Rushbrook". The diaries cover most of his active life, from 1921 to 1978.

Capt. John Savage fonds
CA BCHS BCHS112 · Fonds

The fonds contains a booklet entitled "A Sketch of the life of Captain John Savage, J.P., first settler in Shefford County, 1792.", as well as, "The early history of St. John's Church, West Shefford, Que., 1821-1921". M. O. Vaudry, M.A. Also, additional papers available on microfilm, BCHS Archives.

Savage, John
George Sheldon fonds
CA BCHS BCHS115 · Fonds · 1864/08/09, 1865/10/17

The fonds consists of a deed from John Loukes to George Sheldon, from the Township of Brome, dated August 9, 1864 at Brome and a Deed from George Sheldon to Edward Patten, from the Township of Brome, dated October 17, 1865 at Brome.

Sheldon, George
William Shufelt Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS116 · Fonds · 1810-06-20, 1871-09-04

The fonds consists of a deed from Daniel Scott to William Shufelt, for one hundred acres in the Township of Brome, dated June 20, 1810 at Brome, and a Deed from Hon. A.B. Foster to Simon Shufelt, from the Township of Brome, dated September 4, 1871 at Knowlton.

Shufelt, William
Col. Jonathan Smith fonds
CA BCHS BCHS117 · Fonds · 1798/05/07

The fonds consists of a copy of a letter from Samuel Willard regarding the separation of Jonathan Smith, Jr., and his wife, sister of Samuel Willard, dated May 7, 1798 at Sheldon.

Smith, Col. Jonathan
Orlando John Soles Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS118 · Fonds · 1840 - 1902

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Orlando John Soles, and members of his direct family, such as his parents Charles Soles and Sophronia Westover, his wife Henrietta E. Dow, and one of their daughter, Sarah Ellena Soles.

Orlando John Soles
Artimas Stevens fonds
CA BCHS BCHS119 · Fonds · 1808/12/03

The fonds consists of an agreement by Joseph Morse to build a barn dated December 3, 1808 at Stukely.

Stevens, Artimas
Daniel Stone fonds
CA BCHS BCHS121 · Fonds · 1777-1845

The fonds contains primary source information regarding Daniel Stone, including deeds.

Stone, Daniel