Archival ResourcesArchival Resourceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/11402024-03-29T00:56:43Z2024-03-29T00:56:43ZSnap-shots, Port ColborneWilliams, EdieCarl, Sharonhttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/183502024-03-21T17:47:24Z2024-03-21T00:00:00ZSnap-shots, Port Colborne
Williams, Edie; Carl, Sharon
Photo album and scrapbook containing many World War I era newspaper clippings and family photographs. The black and white photographs are of various subjects including the building of the Welland Canal, Niagara Falls, early aviation near Port Colborne, Nickel beach, homes in Port Colborne, and a photograph of an unknown engineer on the new Welland Canal. The photographs also include three individuals in black face.
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The album is attributed to the Reid family of Port Colborne. The 1921 Census of Canada lists a Reid family in Port Colborne living on Charlotte Street. Some of the homes in the background of the photographs appear similar to homes on Charlotte Street in 2024. At this time, it is unknown who the members of the family are.
The newspaper clippings are from the New York Times picture section, August-September 1918. The clippings show the Allied efforts in France, Italy and Palestine.
Photographs include family and friends of the Reid family of Port Colborne and include an engineer on the new [fourth] Welland Canal. Other locations include Niagara Falls, Nickel Beach, Port Colborne High School and various points along the fourth Welland Canal. Photographs include early aviation and a train wreck in Port Colborne, automobiles, family pets, bicycles, schools, early telephone switchboard, swimming, children’s picnics, Maple Leaf Mills, Welland Canal construction, cottages and beach images.
2024-03-21T00:00:00ZLicense to practice medicine in the Province of Canada, granted to Lucius Sterne Oille, 1858Head, Sir Edmund Walkerhttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/183402024-02-26T20:47:17Z1858-01-01T00:00:00ZLicense to practice medicine in the Province of Canada, granted to Lucius Sterne Oille, 1858
Head, Sir Edmund Walker
License to practice medicine in the Province of Canada, granted to Lucius
Sterne Oille, by Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor General of British
North America, 1858.
1858-01-01T00:00:00ZLand indenture - Nicholas Oile, Township of Pelham, and his wife Eve Oile to George Oile of Pelham Township, 1815http://hdl.handle.net/10464/183392024-02-26T20:47:37Z1815-01-01T00:00:00ZLand indenture - Nicholas Oile, Township of Pelham, and his wife Eve Oile to George Oile of Pelham Township, 1815
Land indenture, Nicholas Oile, Township of Pelham, and his wife Eve Oile to George Oile of Pelham Township, for 200 acres being, Lot 6 and 7, 1st Concession, Pelham Township, 1815.
1815-01-01T00:00:00ZPhotograph Album, 1906-1911Vrooman, Marjoriehttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/183382024-02-26T20:28:18Z2065-03-01T00:00:00ZPhotograph Album, 1906-1911
Vrooman, Marjorie
The pictures in the album were taken during the years 1906-1911. The first
part of the album is based in the Clyde area. Clyde is a village in the town of
Galen in Wayne County, N.Y. The village is located on the Clyde River
between Rochester and Syracuse. There is a Syracuse pennant in a couple of
photographs and the Parkside Restaurant is featured in one photo. A
photograph of “The old home” as well as the gates of a private garden show
an Italianate style home. The Vroomans resided on N. Park Street in Clyde.
“Five cents a ride – One of Clyde’s wonders” is written under a photograph of
the Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Trolley Station, Clyde, N.Y. Most of the
people in the pictures are identified by nickname or first name only. One of
the photographs is captioned “school days (book-worms) C.H.S.” The initials
probably stand for Clyde-Savannah High School. “Dr.” is the caption under a
picture of an older man. This is Marjorie’s father, Dr. Walter Roselle
Vrooman. Dr. Vrooman practiced dentistry at the Burton Block in Clyde. He
was born in Illinois, but his family moved to Canada where his father was
engaged in the mercantile business. Walter Vrooman was educated at St.
Catharines Collegiate. He graduated from Toronto Normal School and taught
in Ontario. He then went to Toronto University where graduated from the
Dental Department. He was 32 when he married Jessie and moved to her
hometown of Clyde. “Jessie” is the caption on a picture of an older woman.
Jessie Bender L’Amoreaux Vrooman was Marjorie’s mother. Included are
photos of the Clyde River and a bridge which is quite possibly the Clyde
Bridge.; “In the woods” is a photograph of two people and a dog. This was taken at
Wayne, Pennsylvania. “Bluff Hill” is also in Pennsylvania.
The next photos are taken in Niagara Falls, N.Y. and in Ontario. The Upper
Steel Arch Bridge can be seen behind the group in a couple of photos. The
girls are standing at Prospect Park, Niagara Falls, N.Y. as well as at “Prospect
Point” and “Brox Monument” [which is probably Brock’s Monument]. This is
unclear because we only see the cannons, not the monument. A picture of
Toronto University (where Dr. Vrooman studied) is also in this group of
photographs.; The group of photographs which follow, feature Loretto Convent (later
Loretto Academy) in Niagara Falls, Ontario. “Fair girl graduate” is a picture
of Rosina MacDonald. Students are tentatively identified in the Loretto
photos. The next page features Pachita [Losada?] and “Mary from Lundy’s
Lane” is possibly Mary Lundy. There are a few photos of Rosina MacDonald
(usually labelled as “Rose”) and “laughing Lillice” is possibly Lillice
Matthews. Other students include Neenah [Brady?], Rube or Ruby [Suttles?],
Rose Mudd and Hazel Freeman. One of the girls is posing in front of a news
stand/hand baggage check at Niagara-on-the-Lake. More personalized photos
include: Quirilo Losada, Ester Losada, Sister Constance and Rita [Coffey?]
with a teddy bear. Another page features Cecil [McLaughlin?], Sister Grace
and Sister M. Leocadia. Sister Leocadia was a music teacher.; Of note are the photos entitled “Larkins’” and “A sleigh-ride!” On February
17, 1909 some of the students went for a sleigh ride to St. Catharines. They
were met by Mrs. James McSloy (wife of James McSloy, President of the
Haircloth Company in St. Catharines) who sent them to the New Murray
Hotel for their dinner. They then proceeded to the Larkin house in St.
Catharines for an afternoon of music.; The next few photographs are taken at a park in Rochester, N.Y. and “Lake
Bluff”. These are photos of people enjoying themselves during the nice
weather.; In 1909, the girls are dressed in their school uniforms. Mary Maxwell and
Rita Coffey are included in the “Here we are” photos. Rosina MacDonald is
on the next page along with the view of the Loretto gate and the Niagara
River. The next page features a before and after look at the front of the
convent. The entrance was changed quite dramatically. On the following page
there are photos of Vivian [Spence?] and Peggy [Smith?]. Rosina MacDonald
and Sister Leocadia are on the page where we see the girls visit the
powerhouse by the Falls.; The captions on the next page are somewhat confusing and they include “A
house party from California” which just appears to be a group of people in the
woods and “Old McGill”. It is unclear as to whether the students are actually
at McGill University.; Some outdoor shots feature two of the girls killing a snake, a Sunday walk,
Sister Constance and Sister Leocadia. Bernice [Rochford?] and Dorothy
[Rochford?] are featured in the Easter vacation photographs. There is a
picture of part of the Business Class, but one of the faces has been removed.
The picture captioned “once upon a time” has also been removed.; The next set of pictures is called “Glen Haven Summer of 1910”. Glen Haven
is situated in the Town of Scott, Cortland County and the Town of Niles, in
Cayuga County, U.S.A. These photos were taken in the summer of 1910 and
1911.; Marjorie graduated from Loretto Convent in 1911 along with classmates:
Helen McCarney, Madeline MacMahon, Isabel Elliot, Jean Sears, Dorothy
Rochford, Elizabeth Cunningham, Edna Duffey and Florence Bowen.; In the next section of the album there are various headshots of people with no
captions. The last part of the album is called “Drift Wood: from the Mountain
Streams in the West”. Camp life is featured here at a place that Marjorie
refers to as “Camp Comfort”. One of the pictures is labelled “along the
Pacific coast”. There is also “a beach in January”. It is unclear where this
beach is located despite the ornate architecture which is displayed.
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