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Pagé Family Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS1068 · Fonds · ca. 1880-2003

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source information about the Pagé family, originally from Quebec City, who came to live in the Eastern Townships through Louis Gustave Pagé (1856-1948) and Élise Gingras (1854-1894). They had six children: two daughters and four sons. Henri-Arthur Pagé (1887-1929) and his wife Catherine Moquin (1890-1990) setlled in Knowlton, along with the youngest son Ernest Pagé (1894-1978), who became a well-known commercial printer after buying the business of Henry F. Smith in Knowlton. The fonds include documents and photographs inserted in a big photo album that was created by the children of Jean-Paul Pagé, son of Henri-Arthur, and Madeleine Vézina. It contains four generations of portraits of the Pagé Family and some documents about André Pagé, who was a missionary in Africa.

Abel family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS360 · Fonds · 2002

The fonds contains secondary source information on the Abel family, including a letter (BCHS) dated February 1, 2002.

Cooper Family Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS494 · Fonds · [ca. 1910]-2002

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the Cooper family, particularly the descendants of William Brill Cooper and Sarah Jane Davis who were born in Bolton.

Nina May Pickel Owens Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS1097 · Fonds · 1876-2001

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents about Nina May Pickel, married to Owen Ernest Owens. The textual records contains personal and family documents but also documents about her professional career as a painter. The photographs include family portraits, some of them being ambrotype and tintype, and postcards.

Nina May Pickel Owens
CA BCHS BCHS1093 · Fonds · 1955-2000

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source administrative documents relating to the Brome County Farm Forum Association. It includes the minute book (not bound) from 1955 to 1968, correspondence, financial documents, activity reports and printed handbooks.

Brome County Farm Forum Association
Knowlton Grove Hotel Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS1106 · Fonds · [1930]-2000

The fonds consists of a souvenir folder created by Hugh McVittie of Ridgetown, Ontario, who came to stay at the Knowlton Grove Hotel during his childhood around 1940 to 1946. It contains information about the hotel, a hand drawn map of the different buildings and many photographs taken during that period. The Knowlton Grove Hotel used to be operated by the Knowlton Conference Association.

Homer M. Blackwood
CA BCHS BCHS312 · Fonds · 1924-1999

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Homer Mitchell Blackwood, son of James Blackwood and Bertha May Tibbits. The textual records include documents about James Blackwood, Bertha May Tibbits and the private and professional life of Homer M. Blackwood. An important file concerns the death of Homer Blackwood in 1999. The photographs depict official and personal portraits of the Blackwood/Tibbits family.

Blackwood, Homer Mitchell
Aiken family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS363 · Fonds · [ca. 1966]-1996

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source information regarding the Aiken family, living in the Mansonville region.

Hon. Sydney A. Fisher Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS259 · Fonds · [186?]-1991

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the Hon. Sydney Arthur Fisher, who became member of Parliament from 1896 to 1911 for the Brome County, and Minister of Agriculture. He lived in a beautiful house beside Brome Lake, named Alva House.

CA BCHS BCHS1094 · Fonds · 1949-1991

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source administrative records relating to the Brome County Cooperative Medical Service. This includes minute books from 1949 to 1986, correspondence, financial records, reports and medical claim forms [FULL RESTRICTION ON THIS FOLDER].

William E. Pettes fonds
CA BCHS BCHS291 · Fonds · 1939-1988

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to William Edward Pettes (1885-1988), married to Lettie Mizener. The textual records concerns his career as the Quebec Central Railway Company and the numerous honors received on his 100th, 101th and 102nd birthdays.

Boright family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS416 · Fonds · [185?]-1985

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Boright family. The fonds consists of Boright family papers and an interesting collection of photographs, some of them dating back to the 1850's.

Mitchell family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS789 · Fonds · [ca. 1870]-1981

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source information regarding the Mitchell family. It includes documents and photographs relating to George Mitchell and Jane Armstrong descendants, and Malcolm M. Mitchell and Homer Acton Mitchell. The photo album is related to the Hagan-Mitchell family.

Jesse Pennoyer fonds
CA BCHS BCHS101 · Fonds · 1798-05-23; 1808; 1840-07-06; 1981

The fonds consists of a photostat copy of a letter to Nathaniel Coffin, concerning settlement in the Townships, dated May 23, 1798, a letter to Mr. Vaughan regarding cleaning the outlet of Brompton Lake dated July 6, 1840 and three newspaper articles on the activities of Jesse Pennoyer and his account of military events in 1813.
Also, a printed notice, dated December 15, 1808 - Executive Council Office Quebec by His Excellency, the Governor to all Applicants petitioning for grants of Waste Lands of the Crown should go before the commissioners appointed for the purpose and take the Oaths requested by His Majesty's instruction and receive the Certificate of having so clone - twenty-five commissioners are named for Lower Canada and among those listed we find:Henry Ruiter of Potton; Philip Ruiter of Missisquoi Bay; Philip Luke of Missisquoi Bay; Calvin May of Missisquoi Bay; Jesse Pennoyer of Compton; Patrick Conroy of Compton; Leon Lalanne of Shefford; and Gilbert Hyatt of Ascot.
Also, a printed notice - A Proclamation by His Excellency Sir J.H. Craig, Gov. of L.C., strictly forbidding all persons from cutting down the White Pines, or other Timber reserved for His Majesty's use within the Townships.
Finally, a letter from Paul Darisse, regarding the service de l'arpentage, written in reply to one from Marion Phelps, B.C.H.S., Knowlton asking for information on Jesse Pennoyer -in which he encloses a copy of a list from a notebook relative to surveys for the Crown Lands listing Townships or Lands surveyed by Jesse Pennoyer, dated April 2, 1981 at Quebec.

Pennoyer, Jesse
Hawley family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS641 · Fonds · [187?]-[1980?]

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the Hawley family. It includes textual records, a photo album and an oversized book about the Hawley family history, published in 1890, that incorporates handwritten genealogical information.

Wheeler family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS1035 · Fonds · 1843-1979

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Wheeler family, starting with Austin Wheeler (1797-1866), married to Charlotte Sopia Knowlton (1806-1831) and Charlotte Miller (1815-1846). It includes personal documents, land transactions, financial documents and secondary source genealogical information. There are also many documents related directly to Julia Wheeler (1875-1962), daughter of Thomas Wood Wheeler (1830-1919) and Anna Duboyce (1833-1910), including correspondence and her poetry, and an audio cassette of an interview with Rhoda Wheeler Northrup entitled 'Mother Reminiscing about Aunt Julia'. The photographs depicts some of the Wheeler family, and a photo album owned by Rhoda Wheeler Northrup. An addition was made in 2023 consisting of 2.0 cm of textual records about the piece of land where the Wheeler homestead is located in Knowlton, and documents about successions and estates involving Thomas Wood Wheeler.

McLaughlin Family Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS757 · Fonds · [185?]-1978

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the McLaughlin families, who came to live in West Bolton and Knowlton, all descendants of James McLaughlin and Elizabeth Andrew, coming from Argyll, Scotland.

Bert Edwin Phelps
CA BCHS BCHS1114 · Fonds · [ca. 1914]-1978

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Bert Edwin Phelps, married to Gertrude Annie Wright. The textual records and photographs concerns his personal, professional and military life, including commercial information about the products that he sold on his farm in Foster, under the names "Sunset Farm" and "Rushbrook". The diaries cover most of his active life, from 1921 to 1978.

Hazel Jones
CA BCHS BCHS1099 · Fonds · 1886-1977

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Hazel Jones of East Bolton. It includes mostly the collection of diaries that she wrote from 1910 to 1970, and photographs of her family, with children and grandchildren souvenirs.

Mizener family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS790 · Fonds · [186?]-1976

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Mizener family, including Karl A. Mizener.

Hinchinbrook Township fonds
CA BCHS BCHS160 · Fonds · 1975, 1797/10/04, 1797/12/20

The fonds consists of an extract from Minutes of Council ordering that William Waller have Lot No. 17 in the third Concession, a memorial of William Waller for an order to take the oath for Lot. No. 17 at October 4, 1797 at Quebec and a report of a committee of the whole Council on the Petition of William Waller dated December 20, 1797 at Quebec.

Hinchinbrook Township
Williams family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS1028 · Fonds · [ca. 1860]-1973

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Williams family. The fonds contains the following series: Williams - Marriage Invitation for the Wedding of Laura Pearle and Mr. Maurice Bartlett Williams (1919); William's of Frost Village and Knowlton; William's of Sweetsburg and East Farnham; William's of Shefford, Fulford and Foster; John Sewell Williams Pedigree Chart; William's of Foster; and Williams - Foster Post Office (approx. 32 textual records).

Nichols Family Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS812 · Fonds · 1859-1915; 1973

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the Nichols family of Potton Townships. They include documents, photographs and diaries of Joshua Levi Nichols, his wife Jemima Carter and their son George Nichols.

Nichols, Joshua Levi
Proper family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS865 · Fonds · 1827-1971

The fonds contains primary source information regarding the Proper family, including Peter Benjamin Proper, married to Sarah Traver, and their son Arthur Proper, married to Lillian Sears of Sutton.

Bates family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS388 · Fonds · [186?]-1969

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the Bates family of Sutton. The photographs are included in four photo albums. They include Bates, Robinson, Page and Mandigo family members. The albums were donated by Hazel Bates, daughter of Hiram Bates and Helen Robinson.

Norman Edson Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS219 · Fonds · 1910-1968

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Norman Edson. The textual records include many secondary source documents relating to the career of Norman Edson. The photographs are the most important documents in the fonds as they are original reproductions printed by the artist and given to different clients and friends. Some of the photographs are originals that he colorized and framed. He also wrote the title on the back of the pictures.

Norman Stewart Edson
James Moir Ferres fonds
CA BCHS BCHS043 · Fonds · 1849; 1852-06-26; 1901; 1962

The fonds consists of a Deed from the Crown for one hundred acres in the Township of Sutton dated June 26, 1852 at Quebec, two newspaper notices regarding Ferres involvement in the riots of 1849 first his charge, and secondly his discharge from Montreal goal, dated April 18, 1849 at Montreal, as well as an address given by J.P. Noyes K.C., before the Knowlton Reading Club of 1901 in which Noyes refers to the electing of Ferres as Brome County's first M.P. and a BCHS Column in the Eastern Townships Advertiser Nov. 29, 1962 in which Harry B. Shufelt writes on same subject.

Ferres, James Moir
Prime family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS864 · Fonds · [1870-1960]

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source information regarding the Prime family, particularly the two brothers Benjamin Worcester Prime and Thomas Merrell Prime who owned Prime Tavern. The photographs also includes pictures of the Prime Tavern and of Dr. Thomas Merrell Prime Jr.

Prime Family
Mills family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS787 · Fonds · 1857-1960

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source information regarding the Mills family.

Achilles family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS361 · Fonds · 1957-1959

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information concerning the Achilles family, including correspondence from Walter B. Smith to Mr. Shuffelt and from Michel Sarrazin to Mr. Smith. The fonds also contains an extrait from the Early Settlers of Brome County, P.Q., detailing the life of Charles Baum Achilles (1790-1835[?]) dated July 28, 1958, as well as brief genealogies of the Achilles family.