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1860 - 1961 (Creation)
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3 m textual & photographic records
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Administrative history
Scottish residents of Hamilton held their first St. Andrew's Day Banquet on November 30, 1835. The District of Gore St. Andrew's Benevolent Society was formed on December 29, 1835. This new society incorporated the previously existing United St. Andrew's Society of Ancaster, Dundas and Flamboro with the Scots from Hamilton. In 1836 the first officers were elected on St. Andrew's Day, 1836 for the Hamilton St. Andrew's Benevolent Society. Their original objective was the welcoming of Scottish immigrants to Hamilton and the providing of assistance to Scots and their dependents in need of temporary aid.
Custodial history
Donated by the society July 1995. The letter of donation specifies that two minutes books covering the period 1835, 1837-1860 "have been misappropriated. It is hoped that one day these books will turn up. If they do, they should be donated to the archives of the Hamilton Library.
Scope and content
Administrative File listing items donated and items retained:
Benevolence Ledger: 1926-1960
Minute Book: May 10, 1860 - February 2, 1886
Minute Book: November 30, 1886 - January 30, 1908
Minute Book: April 30, 1908 - October 17, 1934
Minute Book: November 1, 1935 - December 19, 1957
Record of Interments in St. Andrew's Benevolent Society Lot Burlington Cemeter, Hamilton: 1885-1961
[contains a Plan of the cemetery lot with names of those interred and a list of the officers of the St. Andrew's Benevolent Society for 1885-1886] The list of interments contained in this book gives some biographical information about the person and notes which section and which plot they are interred in.