Wolfe, County of
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The subseries file contains primary source information on the Bell Telephone Company of Canada in Sherbrooke in 1944. It consists of one telephone directory for Sherbrooke and vicinity, dated June 1944. It also includes information for Lennoxville, Asbestos, Ayer's Cliff, Bishopton, Black Lake, Bury, Coaticook, Compton, Cookshire, Danville, Disraeli, East Angus, East Broughton, East Hereford, Garthby, Inverness, La Patrie, Laurierville, Leeds, Lyster, Magog, Marbleton, Megantic, North Hatley, Plessisville, Richmond, Rock Island, St. Ferdinand de Halifax, St. Malo, Sawyerville, Scotstown, Thetford Mines, Victoriaville, Waterville, and Windsor.
Bell Telephone Company of Canada (The)Item is a photograph of Main Street, in Weedon, with people visible on the right and a view of Weedon Station.
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 CompanyOn this picture, Henri Vachon (1893-1970), Marie-Anne Grégoire (1895-1985) and their four children, sons-in-law and daughters-in-law. From left to right: Ric (Ulric) McKenty (1918-1979), his wife Gertrude Vachon ( 1919-1998), Jeannine Péloquin (1925-2018), wife of Daniel, Henri Vachon (1893-1970), Daniel Vachon (1920-1982), Marie-Anne Grégoire (1895-1985), Renaud Vachon (1922-1997) and his wife Doreen Leblanc (1921-2006), Gaspard Lemay (1917-2020) and his wife, Madeleine Vachon (1917-2004). The photo was taken in the family home in Beaulac-Garthby at 57 St-François Street.
Vachon family (Garthby)Part of the plan division register showing Dudswell Township, created circa 1860.
Part of the plan division register showing Weedon Township, created circa 1860.
In this picture, we see a large two-story pontoon — possibly the floating cottage of the Smith family. The first floor is closed and the second floor is partially open. The rear two thirds of the pontoon consists of a gallery topped by a roof. The front part of the second floor is partially closed. Some people can be seen there. At the front, a small bridge. A rowboat is moored along the pontoon; it is covered on almost all its length by a roof.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967National Topographic series map of Disraeli (original information dating from 1952) overlaid with information about possibilities for soil use derived from the Aménagement rural et le Développement agricole (ARDA) Québec Inventaire des terres du Canada (ITC), as of September 1969.
Government of Canada, Army Survey EstablishmentNational Topographic series map of Dudswell (original information dating from around 1952) overlaid with information about possibilities for soil use derived from the Aménagement rural et le Développement agricole (ARDA) Québec Inventaire des terres du Canada (ITC), as of September 1969.
Government of Canada, Army Survey EstablishmentThe file contains primary source information regarding the village of Garthby from 1920 to 1930. It consists of a hand-drawn plan of the village of Garthby, created by Gaspard Lemay in December 2002. It also consists of a list of the occupants of the homes in the 1920s based on the recollection of Gaspard Lemay.
Official photo of Henri Vachon during his election to the Quebec National Assembly in June 1956.
Vachon family (Garthby)In this photo, from left to right, Ric (Ulric) McKenty (1918-1979), Gaspard Lemay (1917-2020) and Daniel Vachon (1920-1982) in a rowboat on Lake Aylmer. Daniel rowing.
Vachon family (Garthby)In this photo, from left to right: Marie-Anne Grégoire (1895-1985), her four children, Renaud Vachon (1922-1997), Gertrude Vachon (1919-1998), Madeleine Vachon (1917-2004) and Daniel Vachon (1920-1982), and a family friend, Frances England.
The photo was taken on the Garthby wharf.
Agnès Gosselin ( (1855-1942) and Pierre Vachon ( 1853-1930), in their house.
Vachon family (Garthby)Pierre Vachon (1853-1930) and his wife, Agnès Gosselin (1855-1942). Photo taken in 1900.
Vachon family (Garthby)Official photo of Mrs. Marie-Anne Grégoire (1895-1985), used during the elections to the National Assembly of Quebec for which her husband, Henri Vachon (1893-1970), was a candidate of the Union Nationale, in June 1956, in the electoral division of Wolfe. Mr. Vachon was elected.
Vachon family (Garthby)In this photo, Henri Vachon (1893-1970) and Marie-Anne Grégoire (1895-1985) on October 30, 1916, their wedding day.
Vachon family (Garthby)This photo was taken on the evening of June 20, 1956, after Henri Vachon had been elected as the Member of the National Assembly for Wolfe County in the provincial election held that same day. Henri Vachon is standing in the back of a convertible car. His wife, Marie-Anne Grégoire, is standing beside him. The names of the driver of the car as well as a lady in the front passenger seat and a little girl between them are unknown.
Vachon family (Garthby)In this photo, Gertrude Vachon (1919-1998) is standing next to her father's car, a 1939 Chevrolet. The license plate of the car is dated 1939. The photo was taken on the grounds of the house of Henri Vachon and Marie-Anne Grégoire in Garthby (now Beaulac-Garthby).
Vachon family (Garthby)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)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)On this photo, Henri Vachon (1893-1970) and Marie-Anne Grégoire (1895-1985)'s children. From left to right: Gertrude (1919-1998), Renaud (1922-1997), Daniel (1920-1982), and Madeleine (1917-2004).
Vachon family (Garthby)On this photograph: the family of Pierre Vachon and Agnès Gosselin. Back row, from left to right: Roméo, Omer, Éméril, Clodomir, Philémon, Hercule, Henri and Stanislas. Middle row: Laura, Marie-Louise, Marie-Anne and Ludivine. Forward: Pierre Vachon and Agnès Gosselin.
Vachon family (Garthby)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
A tug with men and children on board. The clothes that some wear (coats and ties) lead us to think that the photo was taken on a Sunday.
A partial inscription on the port side of the boat: "5 B..".
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967In this photo, four tugs side by side. From left to right: the Marine, the C.C. Wilson, the McCrea and the Tobin. On the three tugs on the right, men who seem to be installed for photography. On the C.C Wilson, four men on top of the cabin and one sitting on the boat's chimney.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967In this photo, young girls dressed as angels on Corpus Christi. They are dressed in white clothes, a scarf around their head and wear wings. They look at the photographer, hands clasped and with a serious facial expression.
The young girls are installed on either side of a staircase leading to the gallery of Cléophas Grégoire's family house.
The gallery is decorated with fabrics that are hung in the middle of the roof of the gallery. The tissues unfold downwards to the left and to the right. They frame a temporary altar placed on the floor of the gallery. Under this altar, other tissues that descend in front of it.
At the top, where the fabrics deployed on the left and right are attached, an inscription in white letters on a strip of black fabric: " VENITE ADOREMUS". Above this inscription, a cross made with branches of fir or pine and three small flags on the left and two on the right.
Vachon family (Garthby)In this photo, the convent of Garthby (now Beaulac-Garthby). At the bottom, on the left, an inscription: "Convent".
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967