Alexander Muir, Owen McMahon, Nathan Pawling and Richard Wood. John. Hindson was the village clerk. By 1872 the council
Title:
Port Dalhousie Municipal Records collection
Creator:
Village of Port Dalhousie
Dates of Material: Summary of Contents:
1863-1940, 1943, n.d. 1.1
RG 39 Record Group Number: Annual Report of the Water Works Section, 1921-1935
1.2
By-Law Record Book, 1863-1900 [fragile and poor condition, covers are loose as are many pages, several pages heavily damaged by water, rot and insect damage]
1.3
By-Law 531-634, 1926-1932
1.4
By-Law 600-708, 1930-1939 [excludes by-laws 631-634]
1.5
Correspondence, 1916, 1923-1926, 1938-1939, n.d.; includes Canadian National Railways
1.6
Housing Commission, 1919-1933 and Board of Health, 1923-1929 minute book
1.7
Minutes of the Relief Committee, 1932-1933; includes correspondence
1.8
Municipal Relief Committee account book, 1933
1.9
Municipal Returns – Debts, 1910, 1913-1930
1.10 Municipal Returns – Receipts, Disbursements, Assets and Liabilities, 1911, 1914-1919, 1922-1934 1.11 Municipal Returns – Statistics Assessed Values and Taxation, 19131934 1.12 Municipal Returns – Statistics from The Assessment Roll, 1913-1934 1.13 Municipal Statistics, 1922 1.14 Port Dalhousie School Trustees minute book, 1877-1921 1.15 Specifications and drawings for laying sewers – Port Dalhousie sewer system, [prepared by] Robert W. Angus, Toronto, 1921; includes correspondence 1.16 Treasurer’s Return, 1936, 1938-1940 1.17 Various Statements and Reports, 1911, 1918-1923, 1932, 1937, 1940, 1943, n.d.
1.18
Water Works correspondence, 1914-1917, 1919-1922, 1935, n.d.; includes handwritten notes
1.19 Public School Daily register for recording the attendance of pupils in Port Dalhousie, 1888, 1892, 1895-1911, 1913, 1915-1925, 1927-1928 [photocopy; location of originals is unknown] O.1
Register of marriages, 1933-1948 [Restricted]
1.20 Register of marriages, 1933-1948 [Restricted] O.2
Sign – Walking on streets in bathing suits only is strictly prohibited by order, Police Department, Village of Port Dalhousie, n.d. [2 copies]
O.3
Sign – Notice, Persons caught walking on the streets of this village in bathing costume will be prosecuted, according to law, The Village Council of Port Dalhousie, n.d. [2 copies]
O.4
Sign – Positively no parking from here to corner, by order, Police Department, Village of Port Dalhousie, n.d.
O.4
Sign – Notice, no dumping of garbage, cans or other refuse allowed here. Any person violating this order will be prosecuted. By order, The Village Council of Port Dalhousie, March 31, 1938
O.5
Sign – Village of Port Dalhousie, Municipal Voting to be held on Monday, January 3, 1944, dated at Port Dalhousie, Ontario, December 28, 1943 [3 copies]
1.21 Traffic regulations ticket, n.d. [2 copies] 1.22 Village of Port Dalhousie abstract statement of receipts and disbursements, 1943 Physical Description / Condition:
23 cm of textual records. Material is in fair to poor condition. Many items show paper loss from water, rot, and insect damage. Some copies of correspondence are on acidic paper. Oversize items are located in a separate large format storage box.
Other Notes:
Records include account books, annual reports, by-laws, correspondence, minutes and minute books, municipal returns, signage, specifications and drawings for sewers, treasurer's returns and vital statistics (1900-1905) for the municipal activities of the village of Port Dalhousie. Also included are correspondence and minutes and reports related to water works and sewer construction, housing committee minutes, public school daily register and trustees minute book, register of births, marriages and deaths. The public school register 1888-1928 [non-inclusive] is a photocopy, the location of the original is unknown. The minute book for the school trustees of the Village of Port Dalhousie (Grantham Township, Ont.) records the proceedings of meetings from January 1877-February 1921. Included is the tendering and purchase/building of a new school in 1877 as well as the hiring of personnel, i.e., principals, teachers, caretakers. Pages 393-400 contain the signed and sealed (wax) agreements for the principals and teachers. Names include: Denton, Gregory, Patterson, Julian, Robeson, Muir, Wood, Telford, Nash, Porteous, Grundy, McDougal, Johnstone, Berry, May, Rowe, Keyes. In 1955 this school was renamed McArthur Public School in honour of George A. Arthur, principal at the school from 1938 to 1947. Port Dalhousie owes its existence and growth to the building of the First Welland Canal, begun in 1824 and completed in 1829. The first families to settle around the Twelve Mile Creek lakefront entrance and shoreline were the United Empire Loyalists. One such United Empire Loyalist was Captain Peter Tenbroeck who in 1796 he received over 800 acres of Crown land which Port Dalhousie was later built on. On December 28, 1821, Jacob Tenbroeck, son of Captain Peter Tenbroeck, sold to Henry Pawling, 300 acres of land now in Port Dalhousie. The settlement was called 'Dalhousie' as early as 1826. It was not yet a port and was named after the Earl of Dalhousie, who was governorgeneral of Canada from 1820-1828. Application was made to the County Council and on October 30, 1862 the bylaw to incorporate the village was passed. Members of the first council were: Reeve John Lawrie and councillors Alexander Muir, Owen McMahon, Nathan Pawling and Richard Wood. John Hindson was the village clerk. By 1872 the council had begun to collect taxes for various purposes, such as street maintenance. The first schoolhouse, constructed of logs, was situated in the west part of the village on what used to be the Corbett farm. It was replaced by one on Dalhousie Avenue near Gertrude and then by a two room structure on Dalhousie near Elgin. In 1877 Port Dalhousie Public School was built and contained three classrooms which comprise the front rooms of the building. In 1881 an organ was acquired and the teaching of music begun. In 1920 a waterworks system was built which secured water from St. Catharines. In 1922 sewers were installed on Front, Lock and Main Streets and two years later extended to the entire village. Lock and Main Streets were the first to receive concrete pavements in 1923. Source: Abridged from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Dalhousie,_Ontario (October 29, 2009)
Location:
Brock University Archives
Source Information:
The traffic ticket was purchased July 2007 from G. Russell
Described by:
Debi Ridout / Edie Williams
Date:
October 29, 2009; April 2011
