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CA CAMAR FP005 · Fonds · 1852 - 2013

Ce fonds témoigne de la fondation de la paroisse, de l'érection de chemins de croix, de diverses bénédictions, de reliques, de la construction des bâtiments paroissiaux, des travaux de restauration patrimoniale et du déplacement de l'église, de la vente du presbytère et nous renseigne sur le territoire de la paroisse. Il fournit également de l'information sur l'organisation financière et le patrimoine de la paroisse, sur la création d'associations, sur la vie sociale ainsi que sur les activités paroissiales et pastorales. Le fonds se compose du décret d'érection canonique, des procès-verbaux de la Fabrique et des syndics, de documents financiers, des registres divers et des rapports annuels. Le chercheur consultera avec profit les cahiers d'éphémérides, les livres d'histoire, les cahiers d'annonces et prônes, les statistiques ainsi que le programme-souvenir du centenaire de Weedon. Le fonds contient également des documents relatifs à l'aménagement de l'église ainsi que des plans de l'église et du territoire. Des photographies, une fiche d'inventaire de l'église et des documents concernant les associations et les mouvements spirituels complètent ce fonds.

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CA CAMAR FP086 · Fonds · 1853 - 2015

Ce fonds fournit de l'information sur l'histoire et le patrimoine de la paroisse, sur l'évolution de son territoire et sur sa fermeture. Il témoigne de la construction et du déplacement de l'église, ainsi que de sa reconstruction suite à deux incendies. Le fonds nous informe également sur la gestion administrative et financière de la paroisse, ainsi que sur l'achat, la vente, la rénovation et l'entretien des ressources mobilières et immobilières. Il nous renseigne aussi sur diverses associations et mouvements spirituels et sur la gestion des ressources humaines. Le fonds se compose de décrets, correspondance, procès-verbaux, documents financiers, étude de faisabilité, rapports, coupures de presse et plans. Le chercheur consultera avec profit le cahier de chroniques, les comptes rendus des visites pastorales, la fiche d'inventaire de l'église et les photographies. On y retrouve également des bénédictions apostoliques et des documents relatifs aux 125e et 150e anniversaires de la paroisse.

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Weedon
CA ETRC P232-003-040 · File · 1861-[1989?]
Part of Société d'histoire et du patrimoine du Haut-St-François collection

The file contains source material on Weedon from 1861 to around 1989. It consists of censuses of Weedon from 1861 to 1891, histories and information of important commercial and residential buildings in Weedon, biographical information of frère Théode from Weedon and a publication list by the historical society of Weedon (société d'Histoire de Weedon).

Dominion Lime Company fonds
CA ETRC P227 · Fonds · 1875-1994, 2018

The fonds contains primary source information on the Dominion Lime Company in the Haut-Saint-Francois region (especially Dudswell) from 1875 to 1994, and in 2018. It consists largely of minutes, general financial ledgers, registers of shares and dividends, agreements, contracts, transfers, trademark documentation (certifications and renewals), correspondence, land surveys, lists of landholdings, a map, deeds of sale, leases, plans of property and machinery, inventories and production reports. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration and Management (1887-1896, 1923-1937, 1966, 1968), Financial Resources ([1890-1937?], 1966-1985), Legal Affairs (1875-[1907?], 1932-1975, 1990-1994), Buildings and Property ([1887-1970?]), Production (1944, 1975-1980).

Dominion Lime Company
Bargain
CA ETRC P005-002-001 · Item · 1882
Part of George Frederick Bowen fonds

The item contains information on Georges Frederick Bowen's professionnal life. It is a letter offering to bargain with another proprietor to solve a mistake made by the Municipality of Weedon, sent by the British American Land Company, represented by L.B. Langford.

Mining
CA ETRC P006-005-002 · File · 1888-1910
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file contains primary source information on Cecil H. Bowen's involvement in mining from 1888 to 1910 in Newfoundland, Brazil and the Eastern Townships. It consists of correspondence, prospectuses, accounts, sample analyses, geological reports, and accounts related to the Standard Pyrites Company, which operated a limestone and slate mine in Newfoundland in the 1890s and 1900s. It also includes the rules and regulations of the Pilley's Island (Newfoundland) Board of Health, of which C.H. Bowen was Chairman, correspondence and a travel visa regarding the operation of the Barcellos Gold Mines Ltd. in Brazil from 1889 to 1892 and correspondence and a map related to Cecil's mining rights in the Eastern Townships, particularly in the area of South Ham.
The Pyrites Company was a mining venture Cecil H. Bowen pursued with his brother, Francis (aka Frank) Arthur Bowen.

CA ETRC P998-2022-061-043 · Item · [ca. 1902]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

Family of Pierre Vachon (1853-1930) and Agnès Gosselin [1855-1942].
In the back, from left to right: Philomon, Clodomir, Laura, Roméo, Ludivine, Omer and Eméril.
In front, from left to right: Marie-Louise, Stanislas, Henri, Hercule and Marie-Anne.
In the center, Agnès Gosselin and Pierre Vachon.

The photo was taken on the front porch of the family's home.

Vachon family (Garthby)
CA ETRC P998-2022-061-029 · Item · [between 1905 and 1910]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

This picture shows one of Noël Lemay's brothers, his sisters and a sister-in-law.
In the back, from left to right: John Lemay, Donalda Lemay (Mrs. Carleton), Georgine Lemay and Mary Lemay (Mrs. Lapointe).
In front of John: Aimée Lemay (Mme Mercier).
In front, Victoria Desrochers (widow of Victor Lemay, Noël's brother) and Camille Lemay (Mme Valade).
In the center, between Victoria and Camille: Lydia Lemay (Mrs. Vincent).
They are wearing very nice clothes. The ladies' dresses are particularly elaborate. The Lemay sisters were talented seamstresses.

Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967
Wolfe County
CA ETRC P058-010-10 · Sub-series · 1908-1911
Part of Herbert Derick collection

The subseries contains information on the geography and architecture of Wolfe County from 1908 to 1911. It consists of postcards from Dudswell Junction, Marbleton and Ste. Adolphe.

Horse teadmill.
CA ETRC P998-2022-061-039 · Item · October 1909
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

Inscriptions on the back of the photo:
"Garthby west (sic) 1909 October.
Horse power used for sawing firewood. The work was done at Auguste Grenier's house. The house is in good condition, built by G. Father Félix around 1860.
From left to right: Lédonia Grenier, Auguste Grenier, Adolphe Coulombe, Géraldus Grenier, Hercule Vachon."
G father = Grand Father

Vachon family (Garthby)
CA ETRC P998-2022-061-001 · Item · [1909?]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

Item is a photograph of six people pictured in two cars. The cars are parked on a road with trees in the background. There are four people visible in the car on the left, and two people visible in the car on the right. The woman in the car on the right is Georgiana Lemay, Noël Lemay's sister. The cars both carry New Hampshire license plates, one of which was issued in 1909. The location of the photograph is unknown, though the New Hampshire license plates may indicate New Hampshire as the location.

Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967
CA ETRC P998-2022-061-025 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

Garthby baseball team and a Ford 1908 Model T.
The men are standing around the car or sitting in the car. One man holds a baseball glove and two others each hold a baseball bat. Some men are wearing jackets and ties.
Noël Lemay is sitting in the back of the car. He wears a mustache and goatee, drawed on the original photo.

Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967
CA ETRC P998-2022-061-009 · Item · [between 1915 and 1920]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

The main subject of this photo is the Garthby shipyard (now Beaulac-Garthby).
In the center left of the photo, a barge (a tugboat) under construction.
In the left background, the village sawmill. In the middle foreground, piles of boards. In the middle right, the village skating rink and on the far right, the train station.
In the background, on the right and in the distance, the house of the Vachon family.
In the foreground, on the left, inscriptions engraved on the negative: "Garthby, Que. Construction of barges at the shipyards". And on the right, still in the foreground at the bottom, the initials "NJL" for Noël Joseph Lemay.

Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967
"Central square" in Garthby
CA ETRC P998-2022-061-008 · Item · [between 1915 and 1920]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

On this photograph, we see to the right a vintage truck, parked on street side, facing left. On the side of the truck box, we can read "ELZ. COTE & "; the rest is outbound. On the left, the Beaulac hotel. In the middle, a man seen from behind, hands crossed behind and partially hidden by a fence in the foreground. In the lower left part is engraved by hand on the photo: "Garthby, Que. «Carré central» " and the initials of the photographer "NJL" for Noël Joseph Lemay.

Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967
CA ETRC P998-2022-061-042 · Item · [ca. 1915]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

On this picture, the house of Cléophas Grégoire and some people. From left to right: Léonida Bernier, Réjeanne Grégoire, Adrienne Grégoire, Marie-Anne Grégoire, Ernestine Bernier, Valérie Bernier, Adjutor Grégoire, Marie Marcoux with a child sitting on top of her (second wife of Cléophas Grégoire), Cléophas Grégoire and Amanda Lizotte (wife of Louis Tessier).

Vachon family (Garthby)
CA ETRC P998-2022-061-014 · Item · [ca. 1915]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

On this picture, the church and the presbytery of Garthby, photographed from St-Jacques street. The photographer is standing a little below on St-Jacques street which slopes down to the bottom of the village. The gaze is directed towards the north. The two buildings are seen from bottom to top, the presbytery on the left and the church on the right.
In the center, at the bottom of the photo, the inscriptions engraved on the negative of the photo: "Garthby, Que." underneath "Eglise et Presbytere" (sic), and at the bottom right, the initials "NJL" for Noël Joseph Lemay.

Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967
CA ETRC P998-2022-061-018 · Item · [between 1915 and 1920]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

The photograph represents "La Marine", a tugboat on Aylmer Lake. The shape of the hull is rectangular. It is topped by a cabin, which is itself topped by a wheelhouse. The front of the deck is clear. Three people can be seen standing there. Smoke is coming out of the chimney. A boat is attached behind.https://townshipsarchives.ca/image-18-3/edit#

Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967