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Nom de l'objet : Drawing
Titre : The First House Built in Milton Late Joseph Martin
Catégorie de l'objet : 8: Communication Artifact
Sous-catégorie de l'objet : Art
Discipline : Local History
Matériaux : Paper, ink, wood, plexiglass
Numéro de catalogue : 1975.1.2
Numéro d'accession : 1975.1
Date absolue : c.1860
Description : Hand-drawn sketch by artist Mary Shaw. Created in pen and ink with greywash added. Of Joseph Martin House in Milton. Signed by Mary Shaw in lower right corner. Hand titled by artist "The First House Built in Milton Late Joseph Martin".

Buff coloured paper. Sketch is in blacks and greys. A two-storey house with large double door, prominent chimney and 4 large windows or single doors. Trees are shown on the right hand side.

In a frame with 4 other sketches by artist Mary Shaw. Frame is dark brown wood with a buff coloured mat.
Commentaires : Mary Shaw was born on Aug 14, 1804, sixth daughter and eleventh child of General Aeneas Shaw first settler of York, member of Legislative and Executive Councils, Adjutant General of Canadian Militia and second in command in the War of 1812. She married a Mr. Roulston but died without issue. The sketches were drawn c.1860-1880 from trips taken with the Simcoes and her parents around Southern Ontario earlier in the 19th century. Titles, greywash and some details were added to the sketches circa 1880.
Fonctions : The artist, Mary Shaw, was born Aug 14, 1804, sixth daughter and eleventh child of the Honourable General Aeneas Shaw, an early settler of York, who was prominent in politics and military affairs in Upper Canada around 1812. Mary Shaw married a Mr. Roulston and died in 1895 without issue.

These sketches were made circa 1860-1880. The Shaws travelled a great deal with the Simcoe family throughout the country. The drawings became the property of Sir Alexander Galt, one of the Fathers of Confederation, and then were purchased from his grandson, Alex Galt by a Canadian philatelist. In 1974 Halton Region Museum acquired the sketches. Mary Shaw's work is invaluable in depicting early history.

Joseph Martin was born in Northumberland, England on Jan 29, 1818. Son of Jasper Martin (1797-1833) and Sarah Coates (1797-1820), Joseph went to Australia in the early 1850s in search of gold, where he married for the third time to Jane Maunder (1820-1903). Joseph and Jane had three children, two sons and a daughter. Joseph turned to farming in Australia and then returned to Milton about 1860 with his family.

In Milton he was a Town Councillor in 1861-62, 1864-65, 1869-74 and 1882. He assumed control of the mill from his brother Edward and John White on his return to Milton. He sold a large number of lots in the town.

Joseph Martin spearheaded the construction of the Main Street Town Hall. He gave the site in 1864 for the building and when bids for the construction seemed too high, he resigned his seat on Council and accepted the contract himself to build the building for $5,000.

Joseph Martin died on Dec 3, 1900 in British Columbia where he was living at the time and is buried there.
Longueur : 10.600
Largeur : 12.730
Unité de mesure linéaire : CM
Établissement : Halton Region Heritage Services 
Ville de l'établissement : Milton
Province de l'établissement : Ontario

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