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| Nom de l'objet : | Document |
| Titre : | Abstract Title |
| Numéro d'accession : | BR2013.2.25 |
| Date de début de production : | 1907 |
| Description : | A abstract land title from the Ontario Registry office, County of Peel, regarding the property describes as ' 3 Roads, 7.5 perches, part of Lot No. 6 in the 1st Range South of Dundas Street, Township of Toronto as described by miles and bounds in No. 11642'. It is printed on two large pages in handwritten black ink that is also marked with light red/pink lines. Has a small metal butterfly clip on the left hand corner to hold the pages together. The document outlines the owners of the lot starting from the Crown in 1821 and mentions various owners including Skynner, Magrath, Arthur B. Harris, Draper and Bunting. |
| Fonctions : | Land title abstract was produced in December 1907 and provided information on owners of land located on Lot 6, 1st Range, SDS in Toronto Township. Owners of such land included The Crown, William Proudfoot, Helen Adamson, Alexander Proudfoot, David and John Albertson, Joanna Skynner, Arthur B. Harris, Charles Jenning , Caroline Jarvis, James Robertson, William Jarvis Skynner, William Henry Draper, Ella Baswell, Minnie Gregg, Thomas Anderson Gregg, Frederick Fitzpatrick, Thomas A. Gregg, and Christopher E. Bunting.Item was kept by descendants of the Harris family and in regards to land that was owned by Arthur B. Harris and what is believed to be Magrath family.This paper, amongst others, was kept by Edith August Draper who was related to the Harris family through Annie Harris' marriage to Bevely Sayers; Beverly was Edith's nephew. Aunt Ede (c. 1859- 1941) was the granddaughter of Chief Justice William Henry Draper (1801-1877), had an illustrious career as a nurse and missionary. After attending nursing school at the Bellevue Hospital, New York, and working at the Illinois Training School for Nurses, she trained nurses for the Cook County and Presbyterian Hospitals in Chicago in the early 1890s. She worked in various parts of Canada before retiring in 1910 to live closer to her family in Erindale, Ontario. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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