Browse Items (4224 total)

Microfilm copy of an obituary in the Welland Tribune for George R.E. Burgar, considered Welland's oldest settler, May 23, 1890.

24-page booklet written by the Pelham Women's Institute titled "Tweedsmuir Village History," c. 1951. It concerns the history of Pelham and its citizens and institutions.

The second file is a typewritten manuscript with the same information,…

Black and white photograph of the three grand old men of Effingham, c. 1920.

Affectionately so called by the local citizens of Effingham's past, they are from left to right: William Norris (1842-1927), Peter Ward (1847-1924), George Beckett…

Black and white portrait of Taylor Beckett of Effingham, c. 1880.

Black and white photograph of Fred Beckett posing with his parents Taylor and Ella, c. 1915.

Black and white photograph of the Beckett family outside their home in Effingham, c. 1900. Fred Beckett is sitting in the middle at the front. Anna Beckett (nee Manson) is sitting front right.

Early Welland citizen Jacob Ryan recounts history of the area, from 1835-1911. Article from the October 24, 1911 edition of the Welland Telegraph.

In the article it states he was born in 1827 in Wainfleet, and moved to farmland on what was later…

Newspaper clipping about the early days of the telephone in Welland, written by George Sawle, as published in the Welland Tribune on February 23, 1957. Sawle includes personal reminisces in his history.

A brief history of the telephone in Welland, from 1877-1958. It was written by Bell Telephone Company's then-Public Relations Officer (for the Welland branch on Division Street) Jack Haskett.

The second file is a newspaper clipping from the…

A history regarding the Town Bell of Welland, as published in the Guardian Express on November 17, 1984. It turned 100 years old on November 19, as it arrived in Welland on November 19, 1884.

The article was based off research compiled by Welland…