Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County. Finding Aid - County of Hastings records (CH)

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1 Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Finding Aid - (CH) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) Printed: August 31, 2016 Language of description: English Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County 254 Pinnacle Street Belleville Ontario Canada K8N 3B1 Telephone: archives@cabhc.ca

2 Table of contents Summary information... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch... 3 Scope and content... 3 Notes... 4 Series descriptions... 4 CH/1, Minute books, CH/2, By-laws, CH/3 F , Assessment rolls, 1871, CH/5 F , Cash books, ; ; CH/6 F , Journals, CH/7/1 F , Council pay lists, CH/8 F , Tax sales, CH/10, Other minute books, CH/12, Photographs and negatives, CH/13, July 2016 accession, CH/13/1, Hastings County directories CH/13/2, Hastings County maps CH/13/3, Rules of Order CH/13/6, Hastings County Home account books CH/13/7, Hastings County auditor's reports CH/13/10, Canadian Almanacs CH/13/11, Hastings County bridge plaques CH/13/14, Belden Atlases CH/13/15, Wooden decorations Page 2 -

3 Summary information Repository: Title: ID: AO reference [alternative]: Date: Physical description: Language: Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County CH F (date of creation) 20 metres of textual records English Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note The County of Hastings was incorporated effective January 1, 1850 under the terms of Canada Statutes 1849, Chapter 78. Custodial history Hastings County records have come to the Community Archives in a number of accessions. Minute books and by-laws were transferred from the County offices in June Assessment rolls and financial records were originally passed to the Archives of Ontario in 1972 by the Hastings County Historical Society. These materials were returned to Belleville in Spring of A third group of more mixed records was retrieved from the attic of the Hastings County Court House in Belleville, Ontario, between 1993 and 1996 by members of the Hastings County Historical Society. Scope and content The include minute books, by-laws, records of committees, plans, submissions to Council meetings, records of the House of Refuge and Home for the Aged. Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 3

4 Notes Title notes Restrictions on access These materials are available for research. Other notes Publication status: Published Series descriptions Series CH/1: Minute books Date: (date of creation) Minutes of the Council of Hastings County and its predecessor, the District of Victoria. Physical description: 37 volumes of textual records Received from the County of Hastings 20 June CH/1/1 Item - Minute book (District of Victoria) CH/1/2 Item - Minute book (District of Victoria/ County of Hastings) CH/1/3 Item - Minute book CH/1/4 Item - Minute book Dec CH/1/5 Item - Minute book CH/1/6 Item - Minute book CH/1/7 Item - Minute book Jan Feb1896 CH/1/8 Item - Minute book Jun Dec 1903 CH/1/9 Item - Minute book Dec Jun 1908 CH/1/10 Item - Minute book Nov Dec 1913 Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 4

5 CH/1/11 Item - Minute book Jan Dec 1919 CH/1/12 Item - Minute book Jan Dec 1923 CH/1/13 Item - Minute book Jan Dec 1928 CH/1/14 Item - Minute book Dec CH/1/15 Item - Minute book CH/1/16 Item - Minute book Jan Jun1939 CH/1/17 Item - Minute book Dec Jan 1943 CH/1/18 Item - Minute book Jun Jan 1947 CH/1/19 Item - Minute book Jun Dec 1950 CH/1/20 Item - Minute book CH/1/21 Item - Minute book Jan Oct 1958 CH/1/22 Item - Minute book Dec Jan 1962 CH/1/23 Item - Minute book Feb Dec 1963 CH/1/24 Item - Minute book Jan Mar 1966 CH/1/25 Item - Minute book Jun Dec 1968 CH/1/26 Item - Minute book Jan Apr 1972 CH/1/27 Item - Minute book Jun Dec 1973 CH/1/28 Item - Minute book Jan Dec 1976 CH/1/29 Item - Minute book Jan Nov 1979 CH/1/30 Item - Minute book Dec Sep 1982 CH/1/31 Item - Minute book Nov May 1985 CH/1/32 Item - Minute book Jun May 1988 CH/1/33 Item - Minute book Jun Oct 1991 CH/1/34 Item - Minute book Nov Aug 1994 CH/1/35 Item - Minute book Nov May 1997 CH/1/36 Item - Minute book Jun - Oct 1997 CH/1/37 Item - Index to Minute Books 2, 3, and 4 c Series CH/2: By-laws Date: (date of creation) Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 5

6 By-laws passed by the Council of Hastings County and its predecessor, the District of Victoria. Physical description: 11 volumes Received from the County of Hastings 20 Jun CH/2/1 Item - By-law book CH/2/2 Item - By-law book CH/2/3 Item - By-law book CH/2/4 Item - By-law book Apr 1952 CH/2/5 Item - By-law book Apr Dec 1963 CH/2/6 Item - By-law book Jan Dec 1969 CH/2/7 Item - By-law book Jan Nov 1979 CH/2/8 Item - By-law book Jan May 1988 CH/2/9 Item - By-law book Jun Nov 1995 CH/2/10 Item - By-law book Jan Dec 1997 CH/2/11 Item - Index to by-laws c Series CH/3 F : Assessment rolls Date: 1871, (date of creation) These volumes are records of property values and the taxes levied on the owners of properties in Hastings County. They generally are arranged by township or municipality and record the name and occupation of the owner, the lot and concession number of the property, its value and the amount charged as tax. The townships and municipalities covered in these rolls are: This volume covers the following municipalities: *Bangor, Wicklow and McClure *Carlow *Deseronto *Dungannon *Elzevier and Grimsthorpe *Faraday *Hungerford *Huntingdon *Limerick *Madoc Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 6

7 *Marmora and Lake *Marmora village *Monteagle and Herschel *Rawdon *Sidney *Stirling *Tudor and Cashel *Tweed *Tyendinaga *Wollaston Note that from 1901 the assessment rolls are split across two volumes, with municipalities in the first half of the alphabet in volume 1 and later ones in volume 2. The alphabetical division between the two volumes is not the same in every year, so check the individual description to be sure of ordering the correct volume. Physical description: 35 volumes All volumes except the 1871 assessment roll were received from the Archives of Ontario in Spring The 1871 volume had remained in the custody of the Hastings County Historical Society. CH/3/1 TR Item - Assessment roll 1871 CH/3/2 Item - Assessment roll 1879 CH/3/3 Item - Assessment roll 1880 CH/3/4 Item - Assessment roll 1881 CH/3/5 Item - Assessment roll 1882 CH/3/6 Item - Assessment roll 1883 CH/3/7 Item - Assessment roll 1884 CH/3/8 Item - Assessment roll 1885 CH/3/9 Item - Assessment roll 1886 CH/3/10 Item - Assessment roll 1887 CH/3/11 Item - Assessment roll 1888 CH/3/12 Item - Assessment roll 1889 CH/3/13 Item - Assessment roll 1890 CH/3/14 Item - Assessment roll 1891 CH/3/15 Item - Assessment roll 1892 CH/3/16 Item - Assessment roll 1893 CH/3/17 Item - Assessment roll 1894 CH/3/18 Item - Assessment roll 1895 CH/3/19 Item - Assessment roll 1896 CH/3/20 Item - Assessment roll 1897 CH/3/21 Item - Assessment roll 1898 CH/3/22 Item - Assessment roll 1899 CH/3/23 Item - Assessment roll 1900 CH/3/24 Item - Assessment roll 1901 CH/3/25 Item - Assessment roll 1901 Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 7

8 CH/3/26 Item - Assessment roll 1902 CH/3/27 Item - Assessment roll 1902 CH/3/28 Item - Assessment roll 1903 CH/3/29 Item - Assessment roll 1903 CH/3/30 Item - Assessment roll 1904 CH/3/31 Item - Assessment roll 1904 CH/3/32 Item - Assessment roll 1905 CH/3/33 Item - Assessment roll 1905 CH/3/34 Item - Assessment roll 1906 CH/3/35 Item - Assessment roll 1906 CH/4/1 F Item - Non-resident collectors rolls, Huntingdon Township Series CH/5 F : Cash books Date: ; ; (date of creation) Physical description: 5 volumes These volumes were received from the Archives of Ontario in Spring CH/5/1 Item - Cash book CH/5/2 Item - Cash book CH/5/3 Item - Cash book CH/5/4 Item - Cash book CH/5/5 Item - Cash book Series CH/6 F : Journals Date: (date of creation) Physical description: 3 volumes These volumes were received from the Archives of Ontario in Spring CH/6/1 Item - Treasurer's journal CH/6/2 Item - Journal CH/6/3 Item - Journal of Road and C.M. Loan Fund accounts Series CH/7/1 F : Council pay lists Date: (date of creation) Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 8

9 Lists of County Councillors, with the number of days and distance travelled to meetings, and total amount paid. The councillors signed their names against the sums. Physical description: 1 volume This volume was received from the Archives of Ontario in Spring Series CH/8 F : Tax sales Date: (date of creation) Physical description: 2 volumes These volumes were received from the Archives of Ontario in Spring CH/8/1 Item - Tax sales CH/8/2 Item - Tax sales CH/9/1 F Item - Sundry works services book Series CH/10: Other minute books Date: (date of creation) Various minute books for Hastings County committees and the Richardson Gold Mining Company. Physical description: 5 volumes Received from the County of Hastings 20 Jun CH/10/1 Item - Minutes and by-laws of the 1867 Richardson Gold Mining Company CH/10/2 Item - County of Hastings Ways and Means Committee minutes CH/10/3 Item - House of Refuge Committee minutes Jan Oct 1950 Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 9

10 CH/10/4 CH/10/5 Item - Home for the Aged Committee minutes Item - Home for the Aged Committee minutes Subfonds CH/11: Hastings County materials from gaol governor's house Date: (date of creation) 1. County Council Records (including the council of the Victoria District, the name by which Hastings County was known from 1839 until the Baldwin Act replaced districts with counties, effective 1850) 1.1 Minutes (printed) A. Victoria District, 1843,1849 B. Hastings County, Index to written minutes 1.3 By-Law Compilations (printed), Reports and submissions to Council (includes some documents from 1837), Committee Minutes, County Clerk's Office 2.1 Correspondence/General files, Wardens' Banquets, Hastings County Court House and Administration Building, Quinte Area Emergency Measures Organization, Hastings County Patriotic Fund, Hastings Building Society, Erle Denyes Personal Papers, Miscellaneous, County Treasurer's Office 3.1 Financial Reports and tax sales A. Victoria District, B. Hastings County, Assessment Rolls, House of Refuge and Industrial Farm, Home for the Aged/Hastings Manor, Plans and Maps 5.1 Plans and specifications for the Hastings County Court Houses and Administration Buildings, Other plans, Maps, Other 6.1 Agricultural Committee, Agricultural War Committee, Belleville Suburban Road Commission, Letterhead collection, Philatelic collection, Cotton Union Jack Flag Physical description: 7m of textual records Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 10

11 These materials were retrieved from the attic of the Hastings County gaol governor's house in Belleville, Ontario, between 1993 and 1996 by members of the Hastings County Historical Society. Item - Finding aid to materials from 1993 Hastings County Gaol Governor's House Series CH/12: Photographs and negatives Date: (date of creation) Photographs of members of Hastings County Council for the following years: Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 11

12 There is also a photograph taken c.1961 of officials standing in front of 235 Pinnacle Street with a CJBQ radio microphone (52) and a 1988 photograph of the County Chain of Office (53). There is also a series of envelopes holding negatives dated (54), mainly of portraits of County Wardens and of the group photographs of County Council. Some include prints of the negatives. Other images include: 1964 "County Roads Committee" Smith, Mackay, Jerome, Gerrn, Hass, Sabine, Armstrong, Bird, Flynn 1964 "County Court Judges [Lennox & Addington ] 1965 "County Assessment" 1982 "Presentation of keys to rescue vehicles" 1986 "Field workers" S. Lowe, Eric Fry, L. Varon, E. Wickert, B. McPherson, L. MacDonald, T. Cassidy 1986 "Carl Bateman & Dorothy Bowen for Plough Match Brochure" 1989 "Warden's chain of office" 1993 [negative reproductions of earlier photographs] "Wardens from Sidney Township: Baltis Rose, S. T. Wilmot, H. G. Bleeker, Jas. Farley, J. S. Dench, J. A. Holgate, Chas. Ketcheson, Col. R. Vanderwater, Harleigh Hamilton, J. Fred Wilson, Lee Grills; also Henry Haryett of Carlow Township, Wm. R. Mather of Stirling Village, Robt. Lancaster of Dungannon, W. C. Farley of Thurlow, Wm. Rodgers of Rawdon; " Physical description: 50 photographs 84 envelopes containing negatives Transferred from Hastings County offices in July Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 12

13 CH/12/ Creator: Clarke, W. S. CH/12/ Creator: Clarke, W. S. CH/12/ Creator: Thompson, James CH/12/ Creator: Clarke, W. S. CH/12/ Creator: Clarke, W. S. CH/12/ Creator: Clarke, W. S. CH/12/ Creator: Clarke, W. S. CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 13

14 CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ Creator: Ruyg, Rene A. Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 14

15 CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/41 CH/12/42 CH/12/43 Creator: Ruyg, Rene A. Creator: Ruyg, Rene A. Creator: Ruyg, Rene A. Creator: Ruyg, Rene A CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ CH/12/ Creator: Jeffrey, F. Christopher CH/12/ CH/12/52 officials 1961 CH/12/53 Item - Hastings County chain of office 1988 Series CH/13: July 2016 accession Date: (date of creation) Printed materials, Home for the Aged/Hastings Manor account books, County roads scrapbook, Hastings County directories, three bridge plaques. Physical description: 60cm of textual records 2 maps 3 brass bridge plaques Access points: Buildings and structures (subject) Health and social services (subject) Community life (subject) Materials transferred from County of Hastings on 26 July Subseries CH/13/1: Hastings County directories Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 15

16 Date: (date of creation) Copies of the following directories: * (5) * (5) * (1) * (1) *1889 (5) Physical description: 18 volumes Subseries CH/13/2: Hastings County maps Date: 1869, 1968 (date of creation) 1869 map of Hastings County and towns of Belleville, Trenton, Madoc, Marmora, Tweed, Bridgewater, Stirling by John D. Evans road map of Hastings County. Physical description: 2 maps Note: 1869 map added to F map to be added to map collection. Subseries CH/13/3: Rules of Order Date: (date of creation) "Rules of order to be observed at the meetings of the municipal council of the County of Hastings" for: *1879 (2) *1909 (2) *1955 (1) *1980 (1) Physical description: 6 booklets Access points: Politics (subject) Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 16

17 CH/13/4 CH/13/5 Item - List of Wardens of Hastings County Item - Hastings County Centennial publication Subseries CH/13/6: Hastings County Home account books Date: , (date of creation) Expenditures at the Hastings County Home (later Hastings Manor). The volumes cover the following years: * * * Physical description: 3 volumes Access points: Health and social services (subject) Subseries CH/13/7: Hastings County auditor's reports Date: (date of creation) Printed auditor's reports for 1959 and 1960, including financial statement, minutes and by-laws for those years. Physical description: 2 volumes CH/13/8 CH/13/9 Item - Hastings County Roads Department Scrapbook Item - VHS video of Hastings County Administrative Building Creator: Heritage Belleville Subseries CH/13/10: Canadian Almanacs Date: (date of creation) Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page Canadian Almanacs for: 1914, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1937, 1944, Physical description: 7 volumes

18 Subseries CH/13/11: Hastings County bridge plaques Date: (date of creation) Brass plaques from the following bridges: *Red bridge, 1913 *Gordon bridge, 1918 *Queensboro bridge, 1927 Physical description: 3 brass plaques Access points: Buildings and structures (subject) CH/13/11/1 Item - Red Bridge plaque 1913 CH/13/11/2 Item - Gordon bridge plaque 1918 CH/13/11/3 Item - Queensborough bridge plaque 1927 CH/13/12 Item - 'The Road' proposal 1975 CH/13/13 Creator: Hastings County Historical Society Creator: Hastings County Museum Item - Newspaper clipping on Hastings County coat of arms Creator: Belleville Intelligencer Subseries CH/13/14: Belden Atlases Date: (date of creation) 30 Nov 1985 Three editions of the Belden Atlas for Hastings and Prince Edward Counties, two from 1878 and one from the 2010 reprint. The latter includes a print of an architect's drawing of the Hastings County Administration building at 235 Pinnacle Street, Belleville, Ontario. Physical description: 3 volumes 1 print Subseries CH/13/15: Wooden decorations Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 18

19 Date: c (date of creation) Two wooden finials in the shape of fleur-de-lys. Physical description: 2 wooden finials Transferred to the Community Archives in Summer Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Page 19