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1828-1899 (Creation)
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8 cm of textual records The material is in fair to poor condition.
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Daniel Clendenan, (1795-1866) was the son of Abraham Clendenan, a private in Butler's Rangers. He was married to Susan[na] [Albrecht] Albright, daughter of Amos Albright. Daniel and Susan[na] had twelve children and belonged to the Disciple Church. Before 1824, Daniel Clendenan purchased Part Lot 14, Concession 6, Louth Township, Lincoln County from the Bradt family. On this property he built a home and operated a blacksmith shop and also operated a lumber mill with William Jones. Daniel and Susan[na]'s youngest daughter, Sarah, married widower Andrew Thompson (1825-1901) in 1863. Andrew was the son of Charles Thompson and grandson of Solomon Thompson. Andrew had settled in the Wainfleet area in 1854 and owned a mill in Wellandport. Daniel Clendenan, in ill-health, passed ownership of Lot 14, Concession 6, Louth Township to his son-in-law Andrew Thompson in 1864.
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The fonds was in the possession of Ruby Thompson, great-granddaughter of Andrew Thompson. Upon her death the material passed to Marion Smith Egerter, her niece. In June 2004 Marion Smith Egerter donated the three volumes to Brock University Archives.
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The fonds contains three volumes. Volume 1, 1828-1846 is the account book of Daniel Clendenan of Louth Township, Lincoln County. Volume 2, 1850-1879, begun by Daniel Clendenan and continued by Andrew Thompson, includes accounts, diary entries and recipes. Volume 3, 1880-1899 is the diary of Andrew Thompson. Volume 3, the personal diary of Andrew Thompson, briefly notes the climatic conditions and the social happenings within the Clendenan and Thompson families and events and happenings in the vicinity. The fonds also includes two bound photocopies of Volume 3, 1880-1899.
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The fonds was donated in 2004 to Brock University Archives by Marion Smith Egerter.
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The diaries of Andrew Thompson have been transcribed and published by the Ontario Genealogical Society.
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A biographical sketch of Daniel Clendenan and Andrew Thompson was published in Page's Illustrated historical atlas of the counties of Lincoln and Welland, Ont.