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Kenneth Williamson fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1915-1994]

Fonds contains records created or collected by Kenneth McIver Williamson, who owned and operated local businesses and was also involved in municipal politics, serving as Reeve, Town of Aylmer from 1952-1956 and Warden, County of Elgin in 1954. Includes correspondence, prepared speeches, photographs, an architectural plan and letterhead.

Williamson, Kenneth M.
Kensington Club fonds
Fonds · 1945-1960

Fonds consists of a Tweedsmuir History which gives a history of Lawrence Station and surrounding area.

Kensington Club
CA ON00340 F1843 · Fonds · 1854-1884

Fonds consists of records, including baptisms, 1861-1879, of King Street Primitive Methodist Church (includes London Primitive Methodist Mission, Gore Church in London, Hamilton Road Church in London, Talbotville (now Talbotville Royal), London Primitive Methodist Circuit), 1854-1884

King Street Primitive Methodist Church (London, Ont.)
Fonds · 1914-2000

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by the Kingsmill-Mapleton Women's Institute. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-Meeting Programs series
-Minutes series
-Photographs series
-Tweedsmuir History series

Kingsmill-Mapleton Women's Institute
Fonds · 1931-2004

Records created and/or maintained by the Kiwanis Club of St. Thomas. Records have been divided into the following series:

  1. Special Events, 1931-2000
  2. Historical records, 1940-1990
  3. By-laws, 1941-2001
  4. Financial records, 1941-2004
  5. Reports, 1944-2003
  6. General correspondence, 1947-2001
  7. Newsletters, 1948-2004
  8. Membership records, 1949-2009.
  9. Minutes, 1952-2004
  10. Clubs, 1962-1966
  11. Service Projects, 1970-2001
Kiwanis Club of St. Thomas
CA ON00340 F1616 · Fonds · 1888-1924

Fonds consists of baptism records, 1891-1894, membership records, 1888-1914, Session minutes, 1888-1923, and Board of Managers minutes, 1887-1924, of Knox Presbyterian Church, Aylmer.

Knox Presbyterian Church (Aylmer, Ont.)
Fonds · 1907-2004

This fonds is comprised of records relating to the Knox Presbyterian Church in Belmont. Fonds is comprised of the following series:
-Annual Reports, 1907-2003
-Cradle Roll, 1938-1980
-History, 1939-1997
-Sunday School, 1940-1976
-Photographs, ca. 1950
-Programmes, 1997-2004

Knox Presbyterian Church (Belmont, Ont.)
Land Records series
Series · 1825-1906
Part of Backus Family fonds

Land records created, collected or maintained by members of the Backus family. Records include:
-Indenture (Bargain & Sale): from The Honourable Thomas Talbot to Stephen Backus and Walter Storey of the Township of Dunwich, December 1, 1825. -Indenture (Bargain & Sale): from The Honourable Thomas Talbot of Port Talbot to Stephen Backus of the Township of Dunwich, August 1, 1826. -Indenture (Bargain & Sale): from The Honourable Thomas Talbot of Port Talbot to Walter Storey of the Township of Dunwich, August 22, 1826. -Indenture (Bargain & Sale): from Stephen Backus of the Township of Dunwich to Benjamin Willson of the Township of Yarmouth, August 1, 1837. -Memorial of an Indenture (Bargain & Sale): from Stephen Backus of the Township of Dunwich to Benjamin Willson of the Township of Yarmouth, August 31, 1837.
-Indenture and Sale: from Stephen Backus of the Township of Dunwich, to Robert Backus of the Township of Dunwich, August 23, 1852. -Indenture: from Robert and Georgina Forbes Blackwood of Tyrconnell, Township of Dunwich, to Robert Backus of the Township of Dunwich, August 28, 1857. -Indenture of Bargain and Sale between Stephen Backus of the Township of Dunwich, and Robert Backus of the Township of Dunwich, October 28, 1858.
-In Chancery (Office Copy Decree, Notice and Master's Warrant), between George Macbeth, Plaintiff, and James Blackwood and Georgina Forbes Blackwood, his wife, Andrew Backus, Richard B. Nichol and Joseph Scott, defendents, October 20, 1865. -Indenture between the Township of Dunwich and Robert Backus of the Township of Dunwich, February 22, 1870. -Indenture (Deed of Land) between Robert and Jane Backus of the Township of Dunwich, and Frederick Henry Backus of the Township of Dunwich, July 2, 1889. -Indenture (Deed of Land) between Jane Backus of the Township of Dunwich, and John Robert Backus of the Township of Dunwich, October 6, 1898. -Release of Executor: John Robert Backus of the Township of Dunwich, to Jane Backus, October 6, 1898. -Indenture (Statutory Lease) between Annie Francis Backus of the Township of Dunwich, and Frederick Henry Backus of the Village of Wallacetown, March 9, 1899.
-Quit Claim Deed: Jane Backus of the Township of Dunwich, widow of Robert Backus, deceased, and Anna Francis Docker, of the Township of Dunwich, wife of Edward Docker, December 17, 1904. -Lease from Edward Vernon Docker and Anna Frances Docker of the Township of Malahide to George Sidney Docker and Martha Docker, September 6, 1906. -A listing of landholders for Concession 9, Lot 13. Dunwich, from 1821 to 1891.

Land Records series
Series · 1844-1934
Part of Ron Payne Collection

Series contains land records, including deeds and mortgages, mostly pertaining to property in the Township of Aldborough, County of Elgin.

Larry Broadbent fonds
Fonds · 1968-1986

Colour slides, ca. 1968-ca. 1986, showing Norfolk & Western, Canada Southern, Chesapeake & Ohio, and miscellaneous other railway cars, infrastructure and staff, most from St. Thomas and area, along with jpg/tiff format image files digitized from the original slides on a series of dvds.
Slides relate to the following subjects (from donor-supplied image folder labels):
Caso Canadian Assigned Locomotives
Caso Car Dept Employees
Caso CNCP Era
Caso Local Trains
Caso Loco Shop Detroit Switchers
Caso Loco Shop Employees
Caso Misc Employees
Caso Passenger [Trains]
Caso Run Though Trains
Caso St Thomas Loco Shop
Caso Train Trips
Caso Waycars and Misc
Caso Wrecks
Caso Trackage
[Chessie] Derailments
NW Wreck Simcoe [June 1975]
CO/CHESSIE: St. Thomas area; CASO: early years
CO/CHESSIE: St. Thomas area; CASO: later years
NORFOLK & WESTERN RR: St. Thomas area

Broadbent, Larry
Lemon Family fonds
Fonds · 1881-1981

Fonds consists primarily of photographs of the Lemon family and their friends in the West Lorne vicinity. There are also many photographs documenting the Lemon's Store in West Lorne. Fonds has been divided into the following series:
-Photographs, 1881-1979
-Historical Research records, 1904-1981
-Correspondence, 1917-1979

Lemon (family)
Letterhead series
Series · [ca. 1881-1969]
Part of Ron Payne Collection

Series contains letterhead, invoices and account statements from various businesses in Elgin County, with an emphasis on West Elgin. Series is arranged into the following files:
-Letterhead - West Lorne, Ontario businesses
-Letterhead - Eagle, Ontario businesses
-Letterhead - Rodney, Ontario businesses
-Letterhead - St. Thomas, Ontario businesses
-Letterhead - Miscellaneous businesses in Elgin County

Fonds · 1871-1892

Fonds consists of three accounts ledgers created and maintained by the Lyons Cheese Manufacturing Company in Lyons, Ontario.

Lyons Cheese Manufacturing Company
CA ON00340 F1901 · Fonds · 1907-1930

Fonds consists of one volume including Official Board minutes of Orwell Methodist Circuit (includes Orwell, Crossley-Hunter Church in South Dorchester Township, Kingsmill); contribution records of Lyon's Methodist Church, 1922-1925; contribution records of Lyon's United Church, 1925-1930

Lyon's United Church (Ont.)
Fonds · 1908-1990

Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Lyons Women's Institute, Lyons, Ontario. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1. Minutes, 1920-1979 2. Tweedsmuir History, 1908-1977 3. Miscellaneous, [195-?]-1990

Lyons Women's Institute
Fonds · 1945-1949

Fonds consists of correspondence received by Robert MacKenzie, primarily in response to an ad for farm labourers/managers which was posted in the Sunday Post (Scotland) on his behalf by John McGregor on February 13th, 1949. The original ad read:

"Here's A Chance! I am an emigrant who has been in Canada only a few weeks. A new store for feeding stuffs opened here the other day. They gave a free dance and 80 prizes. While I was at the dance I was approached by a farmer. He asked if I knew a young couple experienced in farming. He has two farms and would like to find a fully experienced young couple to run an 83-acre one. The farmer's name is -Robert Mackenzie, Edgeware Road, St Thomas, Ont., Canada -John McGregor, Dutton, Ontario."

MacKenzie, Robert
Maggie Moore Collection
Collection · 1887-1997

Collection consists of photographs, newspapers and other documents collected by Maggie Moore, predominantly relating to Shedden, Ontario.

Moore, Maggie