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E. V. Wetmore & Sons

  • CA PANB MC388
  • Fonds
  • 1892-1945, predominant 1930-1945

This fonds consists of business records for the stairbuilding business established by E. V. Wetmore in Saint John in the 1870s. It consists of a time book (1935-1938) that records the names of employees, the number of hours worked, and the wages paid; an account ledger (1930-1945) that records the names of the customers, their place of residence, the amount charged, and the method of payment (cash, cheque, contra account, note); and an 1892 catalogue for E. V. Wetmore & Sons. A pamphlet on curling and a programme for a dinner in honour of the 1938 Scottish curling team are also included.

Two photographs, one each of a group of men attending the 1930 Canadian Construction Association conference (Wetmore was president of the Saint John branch) and of a group of men in a school (ca. 1914), were transferred to the Photographic Section.

E. V. Wetmore & Sons (Saint John, N.B.)

John Fowler

  • CA UNB MG H 42b
  • Collection
  • 1875-1934

This fonds contains several items:

  1. Receipts, primarily from Flewelling companies located in Hampton, NB
  2. Assessment lists
  3. Revisors list for the parish of Norton, 1900

Fowler, John

John Hill

  • CA UNB MG H 49
  • Collection
  • 1855-1923

The items in this collection relate primarily to the Hampton, Kings County area of New Brunswick. The collection contains: 2 tickets issued to members of the Society of the People Called Methodists in September and December 1855; newspaper clippings, dated 20 December 1901, about Hampton, N.B.; letter from New Brunswick Department of Lands, dated 3 January 1923, containing information about early land grants near Hampton; a list of voters for the parish of Hampton, dated 1900; and 2 photographs, one each of a family group and rural scene.

Hill, John

Haney (Heine) genealogy

  • CA UNB MG H 139
  • Collection
  • 1984

This collection contains a single volume which was prepared by WIlliam Colbourne Heine and outlines the Haney (Heine) genealogy over eight generations.

It includes a brief description of the life of John Haney (Heine) as well as brief accounts of the lives of some of his descendants.

Haney (Heine) family

Nelson Arnold

  • CA MNBM ID1680
  • Fonds
  • 1857-1892

This fonds consists of a notebook belonging to Nelson Arnold, 1857-1884. It includes financial records, election returns of the Dominion election of 1887, notes on deaths and Arnold family genealogy.

Arnold, Nelson

Allan H. Wetmore

  • CA MNBM ID2472
  • Collection
  • 1877-1934

The collection consists of the typescripts of 2 papers delivered by Wetmore, newspaper photographs, a legal document, and printed material about the metric system. One of the papers, delivered to the Fortnightly Club in Saint John on 18 February 1934, contains a wealth of information about buildings (architecture) in Saint John. The other paper, delivered 4 May 1914 to the Saint John Board of Trade, discusses the advantages of the metric system. Copies of this paper may have been sent with the Saint John Board of Trade's resolution on adoption of the metric system to Dr. J.W. Daniel, M.P., and to the Inland Revenue Department and the Decimal Association in London, England.

There are also photographs clipped from the Saint John "Evening Times Globe", sometime in the 1930s, showing Breeze's Corner (location is present day Bank of Nova Scotia, Charlotte Street) as it appeared in the 1930s and during the 1880s.

There is a contract, 1877, between John Magee of Saint John and H.H. Bowie & Co. of Montreal, Quebec for the construction of a villa, of brick and stone, at Mecklenburg Terrace. The architects were Croff & Camp, of New York. Details of construction, materials, and costs are provided. A John Magee was living at 17 Mecklenburg Street shortly before the fire which destroyed much of Saint John in 1877 and he is likely the same individual.

There is a typed copy of an Act to amend the Weights and Measures Act, pertaining to the metric system. There is also a copy of the resolution adopted by the Senate of the University of Toronto, 12 November 1913, in support of the metric system A few letters (1914) addressed to Allan Wetmore from the Federal Government of Canada regarding the metric system are included in this collection.

The printed material includes a brochure (1907) printed for the Kennebecasis Steamship Company with route maps, timetables, prices and photographs (some by Erb & Son, photographers) of the scenery en route. There is also a large chart entitled, "A Popular Explanation of the Metric System of Weights and Measures," issued by the Decimal Association of London, England.

Wetmore, Allan Hudson

George Frederick Harding

  • CA MNBM ID46
  • Fonds
  • 1854-1907

This fonds includes two volumes: "Reminiscences and notes of a lifetime", 1854-1887; and a scrapbook, 1880-1907, regarding Saint John and New Brunswick issues, both created by George Frederick Harding

Harding, George Frederick

Upham Parish petition

  • CA MNBM ID2059
  • Fonds
  • 1854-1861

This fonds consists of a petition to the Lt. Governor and the government of New Brunswick.

Fonds contains:

Petition. -1854. - Request by Upham residents to alter shire or move it to location in or near Hampton Ferry

Upham Parish

Christ Church (Norton, N.B. : Anglican)

  • CA MNBM ID1762
  • Fonds
  • 1797, 1811-1922

This fonds consists of 2 file folders containing typewritten copies of records from Christ Church, Norton. Included are 3 volumes of vestry minutes, 1811-1922; record of marriages, 1896-1913; burials, 1845-1915; deed ,1797, and miscellaneous historical and biographical notes.

Christ Church (Norton, N.B. : Anglican)

Smiths Creek burying ground

  • CA PANB MC363
  • Fonds
  • Photocopied 1980

The fonds contains a copy of the deed from Samuel Gosline to the trustees of the public burying ground for the residents of Smiths Creek, dated 26 August 1850. Also included is a list of subscribers in connection with the clearing and fencing of the cemetery land (1853).

Smiths Creek burying ground (Kings County, N.B.)

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