Dewars WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 2 (1941-1980)

Publication: Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON), 1941-1980

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Text

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Scrapbooks

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This Tweedsmuir volume contains much of the same information that was in volume 1, with the farm and family histories much expanded.
- 4 maps (p.5) showing locations of schools, churches, store/Post Office and names of property owners for the years 1825-1900, 1900-1925, 1950, and 1990
- a short history of the WI branch and District Annuals held at Dewars; some photos
- history of churches
- Sand Point Orange Lodge history
- School history (SS #7 McNab)
- when hydro arrived in 1950
- Many farm, house, and family histories, with some photos. Includes Bahm, William Blackburn, John Caldwell, Stewart Carmichael, William Carswell, McVean, Crawford Dewar, Donald Dewar, Cameron, Hugh Lynn, Dodds, Dillon, Robert Lavallee, Lemmon, George McLean, MacMillan, Boyd, McNulty, Odber, Russett, Stevenson, Stewart, and Storie.
- Page 114 provides the 1945 100th anniversary celebration of the log barn built by Peter Campbell in 1845.
- Ottawa Valley Road map

Publisher

Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario

Dates

1941-1980

Subject(s)

Churches
Farms
Rural schools
Women's Institutes
Loyal Orange Lodge

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Dewars

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 45.48341 Longitude: -76.4827

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