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Charles Bickerstaffe and Norman Atwood indenture.

  • SCA272-GA293
  • Collection
  • 1669

Fonds consists of one indenture dated May 17, 1669 between Charles Bickerstaffe and his brother William, and Norman Atwood and his brother John.

Bickerstaffe, Charles

Haney, Haney, Kendall & Melville fonds : 2008 accrual.

Accrual consists of material relating to the activities of the Waterloo law firm Haney, Haney, Kendall & Melville under various former names (including MacGachen & Colquhoun, and Colquhoun & McBride), as well as material relating to the family history of some of the firm's members.

Includes mostly deeds of land, mortgages, declarations, and correspondence; a will, a marriage contract, a birth registration, an insurance policy, a grant of burial lot, and other documents are also present. Accrual also contains two auction sale posters. Most of the documents were created in the local area, and some were created in England and Scotland.

Several files contain deeds and mortgages for Lot 9 and part of Lot 10 in the village of St. Jacobs, showing transfer in ownership from Levi Cress to Christian Henrich in 1884, through several other parties, to John L. Horst and his wife Selina Horst in 1953. Several files also contain material relating to a Fred Kempf and his property in Elmira. Some of the documents seem to have been retained for their relation to personal or family business of members of the firm.

Haney, Haney, Kendall & Melville

R.A. Haney collection of legal instruments.

  • SCA244-GA246
  • Collection
  • 1738-1862

Collection consists of six British legal instruments, on vellum used by R.A. Haney when teaching law courses. Includes:

  • 1. Richard Knight and Elizabeth Collyer to John Hilde, assignment of lease of land, July 20, 1738;
  • 2. John Ball and Elizabeth Ball to John Hyde, partitioning of land, Dec. 23, 1754;
    1. John Ball and wife to John Hyde, assignment of land, Mar 14, 1757;
    2. George Elwes and John Elwes to Mr. George Lockett, reassignment of land, Apr 28, 1801;
    3. Benjamin Wall and Joseph Malden, lease, May 31, 1852;
    4. George Lockett to George Winter, reassignment of land, July 3, 1862 and George Winter to John Wright reassignment of land and John Wright to John Hyde reassignment of land.

Haney, R.A.

Haney, Haney, Kendall & Melville fonds.

The fonds consists of land transactions, mortgages, declarations, and power of attorney documents. Some seem to have been retained as they pertain to personal or family business of members of the firm, such as documents relating to the estate of Christian Kumpf, whose daughter married A.B. McBride.

Some documents relate to well known names in the history of the area, such as David Kuntz of Kuntz Breweries and John Hoffman, for whom a survey of Waterloo was done in 1855, Thomas Hilliard, Charles Noecker, Ford S. Kumpf, etc.

Evidence of printing activity is present in legal forms printed by local booksellers and stationers for the firm. The documents contain evidence of trades and occupations of the time, including marble cutter, tailor, hotel keeper, farmer, woolen mill employee, button turner, shoe merchant, cabinet maker, tobbaconist, cigar box manufaturer, brewer, pumpmaker, telephone agent, etc. Also interesting to note is the shift to the use of a typewriter and the appearance of a female employee described as a "stenographer." Interesting also is the relative level of literacy evident in the signatures of individuals, particularly those of husbands and wives, many of whom are represented only by their "mark."

Haney, Haney, Kendall & Melville

William Dickson collection.

  • SCA12-GA7
  • Collection
  • 1818, 1831-1834, 1839

Collection consists of seven legal documents regarding the sale of land in the Township of Dumfries in Southern Ontario.

Dickson, William

Deed of Bargain and Sale.

  • SCA23-GA13
  • Collection
  • December 12, 1834

Consists of a deed of bargain and sale on vellum. The deed, dated December 12, 1834, details a transaction between Vincent Dewell, and his wife Harriet, with Henry Smith regarding a plot of land in exchange for 50 pounds. The plot of land is identified as the west part of lot 29 on the 8th concession of Hope Township in Durham County, Upper Canada. Two red wax seals appear on the bottom right corner of the deed.

Dewell, Vincent

Receipt for Joseph Pettengall.

Consists of one receipt for twenty one pounds received from Joseph Pettengall as partial payment for 100 acres of land in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, on June 6, 1839.

Dickson, William

Breithaupt, Philip Ludwig (Louis)

Series consists of business records, correspondence and ephemera related to the life and activities of Louis Breithaupt and his family, first in Buffalo, N.Y. and then in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario from 1848-1881. The majority relate to the operation of his tanning business, and include account books, agreements, correspondence with family, friends, employees and business contacts, freight receipts, invoices, legal and tax documents. Included are records relating to Louis Breithaupt's tannery businesses in Buffalo and Berlin including documentation of his partnership and work with Jacob F. Schoellkopf. It also documents the sale of land by Jacob Hailer to Louis Breithaupt and Jacob Wagner and the subsequent legal documents necessary after Jacob Wagner's death. Includes financial records, agreements and records relating to property.

Also in the series are business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt including business and personal correspondence, statements of accounts, freight receipts, notes payable, ephemera, etc. The correspondence is in both English and German and it is evident that Louis was comfortable using either language. Correspondents include relatives and friends, like his mother Catharina, and friends and business contacts like Charles A. Ahrens in Berlin, Ontario, and from from Jacob Hailer.

Breithaupt Hewetson Clark family

Breithaupt property in Buffalo: land transactions and mortgage documents with Reuben B. Heacock.

File consists of material relating to the purchase of and payment for property in Buffalo, N.Y. Includes two land title search documents, one dated 1849 (for Reuben B. Heacock) and the other dated 1865. Includes the original mortgage document from R.B. Heacock, signed by Liborius Breithaupt, April 7, 1848, annotated with a list of payments made. Includes receipts for payments made from 1849 to 1856.

Breithaupt, Philip Ludwig (Louis)

Documents and Ephemera

Series consists of documents and ephemera related to members of the Bowlby, Davison and Hoffman family members. Included are clippings, correspondence, marriage certificates and report cards.

Bowlby, Davison, Hoffman Family

Ratz family fonds.

Fonds consists of textual materials created or accumulated by members of the Ratz family, primarily for the assessment and disbursement of the John Ratz and Ratz Brothers business estates. This include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, deeds of land and receipts.

Ratz Family

Indenture, Christian Schantz to Abraham Weber.

An indenture dated December 31, 1853 at Waterloo between Christian Schantz and Abraham Weber for 1200 pounds for 195 acres of land in the lower block of Waterloo Township. Also includes a short history by Harold Russell about the lands in Kitchener-Waterloo owned by the Schantz family.

Schantz Russell Family

Writ of replevin and penal bond.

  • SCA416-GA484
  • Collection
  • February 25, 1854

One broadside legal document for the recapture of an enslaved woman in Memphis, Tennessee. The writ of replevin and penal bond is by Sarah A. Hawthorn, by her next friend John Hawthorn. Next friend is a legal term for someone who appears in court in place of one who is not considered competent to do so. In this case, Sarah's husband John appeared on her behalf as Sarah, being a married woman, could not bring actions in Tennessee. The writ of replevin is filed against George W. Fisher who the Hawthorns claim was illegally holding an enslaved woman named Mary An. The writ also states that if the Hawthorns are found to be unlawful in their re-capture of Mary Ann they would pay a penal bond of $1,600.

Sims, Peter Harvey : Travers case.

Correspondence to Peter H. Sims from A. Millar, legal documents, and receipts all relating to action brought against Peter by creditors John Travers and Milton Cushing Schofield.

Sims family

Motz, John : deed of land.

File consists of a photocopy of one deed of land between John Motz and Eugene Funcken, dated January 21, 1876.

Motz Family

Dunke, Henry, estate : deed for sale of land in the Village of Elmira, Ontario from William Cavauagh and Adaline Cavauagh to Henry Dunke and related material.

Land deed registering the sale of a property in the Village of Elmira, Ontario from William Cavauagh and his wife Adaline Cavauagh to Henry Dunke on September 10, 1879. Also includes a description of property that Henry Dunke deeded to Henry Heimbecker in 1912, which contained a parcel of land originally purchased by Henry Dunke from William and Adaline Cavauagh in 1879.

Ratz Family

Motz, John : indenture.

File consists of a photocopy of one indenture stating that John Motz would pay Catherine Voisin 60$ per year. Also included is one item of correspondence explaining the indenture.

Motz Family

Sims, Peter Harvey : patent correspondence and legal agreements to and from Henry B. Weaver.

Correspondence and agreements relating to a U.S. patent issued to Peter H. Sims and Philip Hohmeier of Waterloo for improvements to a hot air furnace and the transfer of manufacturing rights to Henry B. Weaver of Blue Ball, Pennsylvania. In the first letter of May 6, 1886, A.M. Weaver asks about the "Balm of Life receipt" sent to her by Peter, but wants to know how many ounces of "oil of origanum" are needed.

Sims family

Abram Ball will.

  • SCA340-GA433
  • Fonds
  • June 14, 1887

One will for Abram Ball of Galt. Lists gifts of possessions and money to family members, as well as the Galt estate known as "The Cedars" (45 Blair Road) to his wife Julia Ball.

Ball, Abram

Concordia Club fonds.

The majority of the archives of the Concordia Club were destroyed either as a result of the ransacking of the club by the 118th Batallion in 1916, or as a result of the fire of November 17, 1971. As a result the earliest records of Concordia have largely been lost forever. A very small number of items can be traced back to the Concordia Male Choir (1873-1914). These take the form of two items of correspondence, programs for the "Sängerfests", clippings, and photographs. A small number of archival records also can be found which belonged to the "Deutscher Club, Kitchener" (1925-1930), and include a set of house rules, letters patent, and photographs. Some records from the 1930s have also been preserved to this day, and include artifacts, clippings, legal documents, a membership list, photographs, and programs of events. However, the majority of the materials date from the 1950s onwards. These materials document the history of the Concordia Club since the 1950s, and include artifacts, audiovisual material, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, financial records, legal documents, membership records, minutes of meetings, photographs, publications, and scrapbooks.

Concordia Club

Theatre contract.

  • SCA444-GA518
  • Collection
  • August 12, 1896

One theatre contract between Asa Steele and Robert B. Mantell for Asa to work beginning on August 31, 1896. Robert agrees to pay Asa $50 per week for her services at a theatre, opera house, or hall. The contact outlines the expectations for both parties as well as rules and regulations for the actor and how their pay may be docked if they break them.

Mantell, Robert B.

Birth, marriage, will and cemetery papers.

Birth, Marriage, Will and Cemetery papers related to Alfred Gofton and family. They include:
1. Birth certificate for wife Charlotte Braun;
2. Marriage certificate for Alf Gofton and Charlotte Braun dated June 6, 1923;
3. Will of Elizabetha Schneider dated Jan. 10, 1905 naming John Metz and Albert B. Schneider as executors;
4. Receipts for perpetual care at Mount Hope Cemetery from the 1930s

Schneider family

Estate of John S. Anthes.

File consists of material probably accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder and/or Martha Rieder in the process of settling the estate of John S. Anthes. Includes correspondence, statements of the estate, agreements, wills (plus copies) of John S. Anthes and Lydia Anthes, invoices and receipts, a statement of succession duty, ms. notes, ledger balances from the Anthes Furniture Company (1907, 1908), ts. notes from a meeting of executors, etc.

Correspondence is primarily among executors John C. Breithaupt and J.I. Frank Anthes; Peters, Brown & Co. accountants; Millar, Sims, & Gregory, barristers; Talmon Henry Rieder, and others.

Rieder and Anthes family

Felt syndicate.

File consists of material relating to a case brought by J.J. Westgate against Talmon Henry Rieder in 1911 regarding the consolidation of rubber companies, and material relating to the formation of a felt syndicate by Rieder, D. Lorne McGibbon of Montreal, A.J. Kimmel of Elmira, Ontario, and others. J.J. Westgate was connected in some way to the formation of the felt syndicate, possibly as a competitor.

Includes:

  • agreements regarding the felt syndicate;
  • correspondence;
  • manuscript notes;
  • a writ of summons and plaintiff's declaration (carbon copy);
  • the typescript statement of Talmon Henry Rieder;
  • a reprinted series of correspondence between McGibbon and Rieder (Sept. 1906 to May 1907);
  • financial statements of the Berlin Rubber Manufacturing Company Limited and of the Merchants Rubber Company Limited for 1907, 1908, and 1909; and
  • a machine print-out of several linear feet containing data about the production of footwear from several companies.

File also includes a letter regarding water rights at the rubber company in Granby, Quebec [probably unrelated].

Rieder and Anthes family

Canadian Suffrage Association letters patents.

  • SCA267-GA288
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1912

Fonds consists of two letters patents for the Canadian Suffrage Association. One is dated October 20, 1910 and incorporates Suffrage Headquarters Limited and the other dated April 12, 1912, incorporating the Canadian Suffrage Association.

Canadian Suffrage Association

Property : 610 Belmont Avenue, Montreal.

File consists of material relating to the purchase of the property and construction of the house at 610 Belmont Avenue in Montreal (City of Westmount), as well as the related mortgage and insurance. Includes correspondence, specifications for the house, receipts, manuscript notes, a deed of mortgage (copy), an agreement regarding a loan and repayment (copy), and by-law no. 229 regarding construction in the City of Westmount (copy).

Rieder and Anthes family

Estate of John S. Anthes : Anthes Furniture Company (file 1 of 2).

File consists of material probably accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder and/or Martha Rieder in the process of settling the estate of John S. Anthes, and in particular, the administration and eventual sale of the Anthes Furniture Company to J.H. Baetz and C.J. Baetz. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, agreements, financial statements of the Anthes Furniture Company (1915-1920), and the will of John S. Anthes.

Correspondence is among J.I. Frank Anthes, John C. Breithaupt, and Albert L. Breithaupt (executors), as well as Talmon Henry Rieder, Matha Rieder, the Baetz brothers, H. Milton Cook, and others.

Rieder and Anthes family

Estate of John S. Anthes : Anthes Furniture Company (file 2 of 2).

File consists of material probably accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder and/or Martha Rieder in the process of settling the estate of John S. Anthes, and in particular, the administration and eventual sale of the Anthes Furniture Company to J.H. Baetz and C.J. Baetz. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, agreements, financial statements of the Anthes Furniture Company (1915-1920), and the will of John S. Anthes.

Correspondence is among J.I. Frank Anthes, John C. Breithaupt, and Albert L. Breithaupt (executors), as well as Talmon Henry Rieder, Matha Rieder, the Baetz brothers, H. Milton Cook, and others.

Rieder and Anthes family

Wills.

File consists of the last will and testament of Martha Rieder (1934), and two copies each of the last will and testament of Talmon Henry Rieder, one dated 1917 and one dated 1921.

Rieder and Anthes family

Deed of land.

A reproduction of A deed of land from Pollock Manufacturing Ltd. to General Phonograph Corporation of Canada.

Electrohome

Correspondence : sale of Calgary property.

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence relating to the sale of Talmon Henry Rieder's property in Calgary (Lots 19 and 20, Block 96, Plan A.1) to Mrs. Rose Weiss. Correspondents include Talmon Henry Rieder, real estate agent John Nelson, H.W. McLean of McLean, Patterson & Broad, Barristers & Solicitors (Calgary, AB), solicitor Richard Bate, and others. File also includes a signed agreement between Talmon Henry Rieder and Rose Weiss, as well as an invoice, a receipt, and manuscript notes by Rieder.

Rieder and Anthes family

Motz, William John : partnership with William Daum Euler.

File consists of materials relating to the business partnership between W.J. Motz and W.D. Euler as well as materials created and accumulated by Euler. Includes shareholder information, clippings, legal documents, correspondence as well as materials about Euler including a statement regarding his will, and historical articles on Euler and the Record.

Motz Family

Legal documents.

File consists of a marriage certificate for Donald Grant Creighton and Luella Sanders Browning Bruce dated June 23, 1926, a 1949 last will and testament of Luella Bruce Creighton witnessed by Dorothy Forward and Mary Q. Innes, and a photocopy of a 1972 last will and testament of Luella Creighton.

Creighton, Luella Bruce

Deed of land.

A reproduction of A deed of land from Pollock-Welker Limited to Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited.

Electrohome

Sims, Harvey J. : agreement with Gay Estill Robb, James Kenneth, and William Harvey Sims.

Memorandum of agreement made June 22, 1944 respecting the will and assets of Harvey J. Sims in light of his impending marriage with Gay Estill Robb. This agreement is signed and sealed by all parties and witnessed; the attached will of the same date is signed and witnessed, two other notarized documents also signed and witnessed.

Sims family

Motz, Rose Huck : wills.

File consists of materials relating to the death of Mary Huck Motz. Includes two copies of her will, as well as a codicil to the will.

Motz Family

Land purchase.

Materials related to the land purchase of the lot for 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes related correspondence, deed, and invoices and cheques for land surveys, barrister services, and property taxes.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Related to home of Dr. W. G. Reive. 178 Claremont Ave. Kitchener. Lot purchased in 1950 w[ith] 2 parts. 1. W. Mitchell. 2. Snyder Estate (Waterloo Trust). 1953 side boundary alignment (Snyder, Reive, Gould).”

Reive Family

Clark Thornhill property : Purchase offer.

File consists of the correspondence and administrative records related to the purchase of land owned by Clare and W. Harold Clark, including the offer of purchase and a copy of the valuation of the property (or the Shepherd Estate). Included are sketches of a survey of lots 1, 2 &3 of the Clarks' property, reports about the land and the sale, a poster produced to advertise the auction sale of the Clarks' estate furniture, and a clipping reporting that a senior citizens' complex will be built on property adjoining Thornhill United Church.

Clark, Clara Evelyn

Ratz, Elmer, estate : indenture for sale of interment rights from the Corporation of the City of Hamilton to Emma Louise Ratz [nee Luebke] .

Indenture for sale of interment rights from the Corporation of the City of Hamilton to Emma Louise Ratz for a parcel of land in Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton, Ont. Emma Louise Ratz likely purchased this cemetery plot for the burial of her husband Elmer Ratz. Emma Louise Ratz was occasionally referred to as Emily.

Ratz Family

Macmillan of Canada.

File consists of correspondence, signed contract, royalty statements. The contract relates to Luella Creighton's editing of Canadian Democracy at Work, by George Greason and Roy C. King.

Creighton, Luella Bruce

Deed.

File consists of several different blank deeds (with dower, without dower, joint tenancy, house lease). File also includes a cancelled deed between the Westmount Construction Co. and John William McCallum of Kitchener.

Dixon, Ross

Financial.

Series consists of Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo financial records. Includes accounting records, budget information, fundraising campaigns and events records, donations and bequest records, legal documentation such as indentures, leases, agreements, plans and correspondence, and audits, taxes, business plans and mortgages.

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