Public Notices - Niagara Region collection

This is a collection of public notices posted by various villages, towns and townships in the Niagara Region. The notices alert residents to various civic events and initiatives.

School Board report, Bertie Township, January 13, 1848

Dexter Deverardo settled in the Niagara District around 1834. In 1842, he was elected to the District Council. He served in this position until around 1848, when he became Superintendent of Education for the Niagara District. He subsequently served as county Registrar (appointed in1852), Registrar of the Surrogate Court for Welland (1856), and served as county clerk until 1873.

Photographs of secretarial staff at Lightning Fastener, ca. 1935

Lightning Fastener Co. Ltd. was a zipper manufacturer located on Niagara Street in St. Catharines. It was founded by Gideon Sundback, the inventor of the modern fastener. Sundback was born in Sweden, but settled in the United States in 1905. It was here that he designed and patented a “separable fastener” in 1913. Although he lived in Hoboken, New Jersey, he decided to establish a manufacturing facility for his invention in Canada, choosing St. Catharines over other locations such as Fort Erie and Hamilton. At the height of its success, the company employed more than 500 people and produced more than 50 million zippers annually. Over time, the company had difficulty remaining competitive and was forced to close in 1981.

Ann Eliza Hepburne Rooth fonds, 1837-1897

Ann Eliza Hepburne was born in Chippawa, Ontario, in 1821, to William Hepburne and Susan Shannon. In 1842, she married William Anthony Rooth in St. James Cathedral in Toronto. They continued to live in different parts of the Niagara region, including Drummondville, Welland and Port Colborne. William was the editor and proprietor of the Drummondville Reporter, as well as an accountant and insurance agent, and later worked for the Customs Service in Port Colborne. He died in 1878, and Eliza in 1899. Both are buried in Drummond Hill Cemetery in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Order to create a General Board of Health in the Town of Niagara, June 25, 1832

In the early nineteenth century, a widespread outbreak of cholera occurred in continental Europe, eventually spreading to the British Isles. The disease subsequently spread to Canada as impoverished British immigrants seeking a better life arrived in the country. To help curb the spread of the disease, local Boards of Health were created.

Order to create a General Board of Health in the Town of Niagara, June 25, 1832.

In the early nineteenth century, a widespread outbreak of cholera occurred in continental Europe, eventually spreading to the British Isles. The disease subsequently spread to Canada as impoverished British immigrants seeking a better life arrived in the country. To help curb the spread of the disease, local Boards of Health were created.

Indenture between William Dickson [Jr.] and Robert M. Wilson, February 7, 1859.

William Dickson (1799-1877) was the son of the prominent Niagara businessman and politician William Dickson (1769-1846). William was educated in Edinburgh, Scotland, and settled in Galt, Ontario, upon his return to Canada. His father had business affairs in Dumfries and Galt, which he left in his sons charge when he retired to Niagara in 1837. William had an older brother, Robert, and younger brother, Walter, both of whom served in the Militia and became involved in politics.

Roberta "Bobbie" Styran fonds, 1707-2013, n.d.

Roberta “Bobbie” Styran was born and rasied in Fredericton, N.B. She graduated from McMaster University with a B.A. (1962) and M.A. (1964), before furthering her studies at the University of Toronto, where she received a Ph. D in History. From 1967 to 1978, she taught Medieval History at Brock University, where she developed an interest in the Welland Canal. She began a collaboration with Prof. Robert R. Taylor of the History Department at this time, researching the history of the Welland Canals. She later moved to Toronto and worked for the Ministry of Education, but returned to St. Catharines in 1988 to facilitate her work with Prof. Taylor. The two have co-authored several books, including The Welland Canals: the Growth of Mr. Merritt’s Ditch; Mr. Merritt’s Ditch: A Welland Canals Album; The Great “Swivel Link”: Canada’s Welland Canal and This Great National Object: Building the Nineteenth-Century Welland Canals. Bobbie travelled extensively, visiting many canal and industrial revolution sites in Great Britain and the United States. She was active in many canal associations, including the Canadian Canal Society (where she served as president and editor of the Society’s newsletter), the American Canal Society, and the Council of Inland Waterways International. She also helped to found the Welland Canals Preservation Association and organized and chaired the 2004 World Canals Conference at Brock University. In 2009, she received the W. Gordon Plewes Award from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, an award that recognized her services to Canadian engineering history.

Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society (PALS) fonds, 1954-2015, n.d.

Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society [PALS] held its first meeting at Brock University on June 21, 1976. Its first executive consisted of Robert Hoover, Rick Teather, Debbie Kehler and Bill Forster. Some objectives of the organization were "to seek the preservation of valuable farm areas from non-agricultural expansion and development and to foster development and support of federal, provinicial and local policy which will provide a secure financial future for farming." Gracia Janes and John Bacher are some of the organizations' well known advocates. The organization was active in raising public awareness of the issues surrounding encroaching development onto existing agricultural lands. The organization is still active today [2016] in educating the public and attempting to influence governments at all levels to protect valuable agricultural lands.

The story of the counties of Ontario /

Includes index.

“The Voiceless in Goan Historiography”

This essay was presented at the first Seminar on Indo-Portuguese History (ISIPH-I) organized in Goa by Rev. Dr. John Correia-Afonso, S.J. in November 1978. It represented a call for a critical revision of Goan historiography in the post-colonial era, following Goa's liberation and the 25th April 1974 change in Portugal. The essay was a sort of manifesto and definition of research plan for the newly established Xavier Centre of Historical Research. The article surveys critically the documentary sources little tapped until recently. Includes the first ever analysis of the records relating to the Pastoral Visits in Goa, a prized source of information for the socio-economic history of Goa in the 19th century.

Anàlisi dels aspectes mèdics de la mort violenta a Lleida a la Baixa Edat Mitjana: vol. 1

Aquest treball és el primer volum de la tesi presentada pel doctor Camps i Clemente, publicada pel Seminari Pere Mata per tal de donar-li major difusió. En aquesta tesi, l'autor estudia d'una forma extensa i profunda els episodis de mort violenta reportats a Lleida entre els anys 1308 i 1516. Els 342 procediments estudiats es guarden a la Paeria de Lleida i aporten dades sobre la realitat mèdico-sanitària i social de l'època baix-medieval.

Anàlisi dels aspectes mèdics de la mort violenta a Lleida a la Baixa Edat Mitjana: vol. 2

Aquí tenim el segon volum de la tesi del doctor Camps i Clemente sobre la mort violenta en el territori lleidatà durant els segles XIV i XV

Censura e Inquisición en las crónicas de Indias. De sus adversidades e infortunios

Desde su aparición hasta nuestros días, las crónicas de Indias han sufrido uncamino de infortunios. Entre los hechos que han contribuido a su escasa difusión,la falta de lectores o el poco reconocimiento, podemos destacar, en losprimeros siglos, la existencia del Tribunal Inquisitorial, las interferencias estatales en materia de Indias, la propia complejidad de las obras, las modas literarias, la rigidez de algún cura bien avenido con el poder, el temor a las copias y apropiaciones ilegales o las envidias y recelos entre los cronistas, ya fueran éstos laicos o religiosos (inquinas entre las órdenes). Asimismo, también las órdenes religiosas censuraban los documentos o textos de sus propios religiosos, cuando no encarcelaban a aquellos que sin su consentimiento habíanhecho públicas determinadas opiniones. Tal es el caso de «Motolinía», encarceladopor su propia orden, por haber escrito una Carta dirigida al emperador Carlos V contra Bartolomé de las Casas, sin previa autorización de sussuperiores...

Fray Toribio de Motolinía y la política colonial española: los Tributos y las leyes nuevas

La empresa providencial de la conquista y el recuerdo al buen caballeroy venturoso capitán, Hernando Cortés, conforman temáticamente la epístola proemial de la Historia de los indios de la Nueva España, de fray Toribio de Paredes, así como la historia de los pueblos precolombinos mexicas. Motolinía seguidamente pasará a arremeter contra los tributos que pesan sobre los indios. De esta manera, ya en el tratado primero, hará mención de las plagas que asolaron a las poblaciones amerindias tras la llegada de los españoles. A las tres primeras, la peste y el sarampión, las muertes ocasionadas por las guerras, y el hambre, llega la cuarta, esto es, la de los estancieros y negros que los conquistadores pusieron para cobrar los tributos. Así explica nuestro cronista el poder abusivo de tales hombres: «En los años primeros eran tan absolutos estos calpixques que en maltratar a los indios y en cargarlos y enviarlos lejos de su tierra y darles otros muchos trabajos, que muchos indios murieron por su causa y a sus manos, que es lo peor»...