Cannifton-Corbyville WI Tweedsmuir Community History Volume 1

Publication: Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON), [1964]-[1986]

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Cannifton-Corbyville Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 1

- John Canniff--Founder of Cannifton
- Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir Forward and biographical information
- Adelaide Hoodless biographical information and poem about her

Part 1: Historical Records

- Women's Institute Branch History: President, Secretary, and District Director listed for 1950-1986

- Community History
- CJBQ Transmitter, 1946
- Township of Thurlow Council, including Reeves from 1880-1966

- Farm Histories
- Jarrell Farm
- Windsor's Store/Post Office and Postmasters
- Centennial Farms: Hamilton, Easton, Farnham

- Village History
- Hotel in Corbyville, 1837
- Cannifton Scout Troop, 1911

- Church History
- Cannifton Church: 1852-1964
- Centennial Anniversary of Cannifton Church
- St. Mark's United Church, Cannifton: Opening and Dedication, June 11, 1978
- Bethany United Church History

- School History
- Cannifton-Corbyville School, S.S. No. 6, 1909
- One-room schools close in 1965 and in 1969, the Hastings County School Board came into effect
- S.S. No. 7 Thurlow
- The Old Oak Tree at Cannifton-Corbyville Schoolyard
- The Elm Tree, 1975
- Teachers that taught at S.S. No. 7 Thurlow, 1884-1964

- Industries
- Cannifton Grist Mill

- Cemetery
- Cannifton Cemetery

- Personalities
- The Last Canniff: Bertha Canniff Cole, 1881-1963
- Cannifton Homestead is one of the oldest in the Quinte Area

- Family Trees
- History of the Brenton Famiy, 1824-1958

- Armed Service Records
- Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
- Cenotaph at Cannifton

Part 2: Miscellaneous
- Wedding anniversaries:
- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bailey celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary, no date
- Mr. And Mrs. Albert Eves celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, 1975
- Violet and Wesley Reid celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, 1976
- Alice and Jordan Latchford celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, 1978
- Mr. and Mrs. Watson celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, 1972
- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, 1972
- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Farnham celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, 1972
- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walker celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, 1974

- 75th anniversary of WI, 1972
- 80th anniversary of WI, 1977

- The Corby Story
- Articles about Corbyville from the Belleville Centennial year, 1978
- Whisky production at Corby's
- Corby's Silo gives way
- Corbyville commissions local artist Paul Thrane to sketch the village, 1980
- Memorials and wedding anniversaries
- Quilted wall-hanging commissioned to represent Hastings County, 1984
- Dr. Jack Empson biography

- The First Twenty-Five Years of Cannifton-Corbyville WI, 1950-1975, including member biographies, bus trips, anniversary celebrations
- A Review of the Accomplishments of Cannifton-Corbyville WI for Twenty-Five Years, 1950-1975

Notes

1964-65 Curator: Mrs. William Latchford; Assistant Curator: Mrs. Alden Boyd
1965-66: Same
1966-67: Same
1967-68: Curator: Mrs. William Latchford; Assistant Curator: Mrs. Aldan Boyd; Committee: Mrs. May Palmer and Mrs. Ivy Meale
1978-69: Same
1970-73: Curator: Mrs Ivy Meale
1973-?: Mrs. Edna M. Welsh

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Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario

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[1964]-[1986]

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English

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Cannifton

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 44.20012 Longitude: -77.38277
Corbyville

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 44.21682 Longitude: -77.38277

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