Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 3 ½ acres in Lot no. 34 in the 3rd Concession of Wainfleet to W. H. Dickson

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 3 ½ acres in Lot no. 34 in the 3rd Concession of Wainfleet to W. H. Dickson, May 23, 1857.

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 3 acres in Lot no. 7 [?] in Grimsby to W. H. Dickson

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 3 acres in Lot no. 7 [?] in Grimsby to W. H. Dickson, May 23, 1857.

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 6 acres in Lot no. 9 in the 4th Concession of Caistor to W.H. Dickson [originally said S.D. Woodruff, but this was crossed out]

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 6 acres in Lot no. 9 in the 4th Concession of Caistor to W.H. Dickson [originally said S.D. Woodruff, but this was crossed out], May 23, 1857.

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 4 acres in Lot no. 18 in the 4th Concession of Humberland to W.H. Dickson

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 4 acres in Lot no. 18 in the 4th Concession of Humberland to W.H. Dickson, May 23, 1857.

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 4 acres in Lot no.1 in the 6th Concession of Grimsby to W. H. Dickson

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 4 acres in Lot no.1 in the 6th Concession of Grimsby to W. H. Dickson, May 23, 1857.

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 4 acres in Lot no.33 in the 4th Concession of Wainfleet to W.H. Dickson

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 4 acres in Lot no.33 in the 4th Concession of Wainfleet to W.H. Dickson, May 23, 1857.

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 7 acres in Lot no. 24 in the 2nd Concession of Caistor to W. H. Dickson

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 7 acres in Lot no. 24 in the 2nd Concession of Caistor to W. H. Dickson, May 23, 1857.

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 4 acres in Broken Front Lot no.3 in the 3rd Concession of Gainboro to W.H. Dickson

Certificate that Joseph Kingsmill, sheriff, has sold 4 acres in Broken Front Lot no.3 in the 3rd Concession of Gainsboro to W.H. Dickson, May 23, 1857.

Questions and answers of W. Joseph Smith, clerk of Grimsby

Questions and answers of W. Joseph Smith, clerk of Grimsby (2 pages, handwritten). These pages are stained and slightly torn. This affects a small portion of the text, 1830.

Examination of W. Joseph Smith, clerk of Grimsby

Examination of W. Joseph Smith, clerk of Grimsby (2 pages, handwritten). The pages are stained and torn. This affects the text slightly, 1830.

Broadside of a requisition to W. Woodruff from William W. Ball, John McBride, Robert N. Ball, W. Servos, Joseph Wynn and 150 other people for Mr. Woodruff to run as a Representative in Parliament

Broadside, 45 cm. x 30 cm. of a requisition to W. Woodruff from William W. Ball, John McBride, Robert N. Ball, W. Servos, Joseph Wynn and 150 other people for Mr. Woodruff to run as a Representative in Parliament. This is followed by a positive, and humble response from Mr. Woodruff, June 3, 1856.

Benjamin Woodruff Price Papers, 1851, 1853-1860, 1862-1863, 1874, n.d.

The fonds includes sixty two items of correspondence between Benjamin Woodruff Price, aka Woodruff, Ben or Uncle, and various family members, both immediate and distant cousins. Also included is business correspondence related to Price’s activities as a watchmaker and/or jeweler. Benjamin Woodruff Price was born in Thorold Township ca. 1831, the son of Joseph Price and Mary Smith. B.W. Price married Ella or Ellen McGlashan (1851-1906) ca. 1868. Price died between 1891 and 1901, his burial location is unknown at present. A watchmaker and jeweler, Price lived most of his life in Fonthill, Ont. He also included auctioneer, undertaker and photographer as some of his other professional activities. His siblings included David Smith Price (wife Isabella Ann), John Smith Price (wife Elizabeth Jane), and sisters Susan Page (husband Edward Rice Page), Jerusha Price, Mary Price and Martha W. Stone (husband Dudley Ward Stone). John Smith Price died 18 April 1860, leaving no descendents. It is likely that G.W. Stone was a nephew to B.W. Price, the son of his sister Martha W. Stone and her husband Dudley Ward Stone. Susan Page was a sister of Benjamin Woodruff Price. She was married to Edward Rice Page and they had at least two children, Joseph and Clayton. At the time of this correspondence they lived in Suspension Bridge, NY, now part of Niagara Falls, New York. Edward Rice Page’s occupation was listed as saloon keeper. The Price family appears to have had a very large extended family. This information was gleaned from the contents of letters of Maggie Tisdale, daughter of Ephraim and Hannah (Price) Tisdale, P.A. or Ann Morgan, [may also be Phebe Ann] of Newark, NY? and Marietta House of Bayham Township. DeWitt Higgins of Suspension Bridge, NY aka Niagara Falls, NY was an auctioneer, specialized in buying jewellery, watches, clocks, from individuals and reselling his product to others like B.W. Price.

Daguerreotype - Joseph Woodruff

Daguerreotype, 12 cm x 9 cm of Joseph Woodruff. The daguerreotype is slightly pitted and it is enclosed in a frame. This is accompanied by a note written by R. W. Band.

Indenture between George Upper and Joseph Augustus Woodruff

Indenture (vellum) between George Upper of Niagara to Joseph Augustus Woodruff of Niagara for the sale of the west half of lot no. 20 in the 2nd Concession in Nissouri. This was registered March 17, 1853 - instrument no. 113. December 1, 1852.

Indenture (vellum) between George Upper and Joseph Augustus Woodruff

Indenture (vellum) between George Upper of Niagara to Joseph Augustus Woodruff of Niagara for the sale of the east half of lot no. 28 in the 2nd Concession on Nissouri. This was registered March 17, 1853 in folio 128 - instrument no. 114, December 1, 1852.