Title: Bradburn family fonds

Creator: Thomas E. Bradburn

Dates of Material: 1850-1990

Physical Description: c. 3 feet

Scope and Contents:

Boxes 1-3
Series 1: Bradburn Family land records, [1850-1990], 1 foot

Box 1
1 Lot 6, S Charlotte W George #8 Louis Street
2 248-252 Charlotte #12
3 Lot 2 Hunter and Brock W George #17
4 Lot 2 S Brock W George #19 -1 Dr Sproule property 1887 sale papers
5 Lot 2 S Brock W George #19 -2
6 383 George Street #23
7 Lot 1 S Brock W George #24 -1
8 Lot 1 S Brock W George #24 -2
9 Lot 1 S Brock W George #24 -3
10 Lot 1 S Brock W George #24 -4
11 613-614 Union Street #25
12 N McDonnel W George 1 #29 Lots 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 Plan 38 Peterborough
13 658 Bethune Street #38 Lot 9 N Edinburgh W George
14 Lots 1 & 2 S Edinburgh W George #40 R Johnston papers
15 Park Lot 17 #46 Cook Farm property

Box 2
16 Bradburn Estate to Bradburn’s Ltd #48
17 641George Street #50 pt lot 1 N Edinburgh W George
18 599 Gilmour Street #55
19 Maurice E. Ketcheson #59 120 ; Parcel 59
20 Lot 6 n Perry W George #60
21 370-371 Mark Street #62
22 594 Aylmer Street #65
23 258 Prince Street #67
24 390-392 George Street #69 George and Hunter, se corner
25 King George and Park #73
26 140-144 Brock Street #177
27 Opera House Block Lease 1914-1935
28 Bradburn Opera Hall plans photos and negatives of original plans
29 Market Hall 1898
30 Bradburn Block
31 Bradburn Building history
32 Grafstein v Holme and Freeman
33 Nassau Mills

Box 3
34 White’s Deed, Park Lot Monaghan 1
35 White’s Deed, Park Lot Monaghan 2
36 White’s Deed, Park Lot Monaghan 3
37 White’s Deed, Park Lot Monaghan 4
38 White’s Deed, Park Lot Monaghan 5
39 Bell Telephone
40 390-392 George Street cf file 24, #69
41 Lot 10 n Dublin w George
42 Properties in Manitoba Quit claim deed from A. D. Benjamin & Henry Langley
43 Dominion Lands Grant Selkirk Manitoba, 1878
44 Winnipeg and Manitoba Land Titles
45 Allied Drugs and Bradburns
46 Port Hope property
47 Port Hope property
48 Victoria Hall Block, Cobourg
49 Rupert H. Bradburn
50 Real Estate values, 1904
Filed in Box 5
51 Indexed Ledger describing property transactions within the estate

Box 4
Series 2 Manuscripts
1 Linda Bradburn Estate
2 Linda Bradburn Estate
3 photo Linda Helm Bradburn & daughter
4 Thomas Bradburn Bible pages [genealogical file]
5 Biograph Program, Bradburn Opera Hall, c 1905,
6 Marriage certificate: Thomas Bradburn and Linda Helm, 1867
7 Thomas Bradburn passes business to T. Evans Bradburn and W. J. Mason, 1872
8 Christmas Card from Addie and Lizzie
9 3 cartes de visite from Bradburn Bible
10 Thomas Bradburn obituary, 1900
11 Sharpe Centennial Farm, 1974 history
12 Mrs H. I. Bradburn, photogravure print
13 G. N. Gordon on suicide of E. C. Ironsides
14 S. R. Armstrong plaque, 1940, photo 8×10, Herb Bradburn, S. R. Armstrong, and one other
15 Letter, Alex Macdonald to Herbert Bradburn, 1965, enclosing account of Macdonald family contribution to Quaker Oats
16 R. B. Bennett, Ottawa Citizen, 7 August 1930, clipping
17 Cyril Currier, clippings
18 Bradburn House, London Street, Peterborough
19 Bradburn Opera Hall letterhead

Series 3 Photographs
1 Peterborough Club pool room
2 Thomas Bradburn (2 photos)
3 R. C. Strickland’s Cottage 1897 with hunters identified
4 Hunting party at Strickland’s
5 Bradburn family photos ( 7 photos)
6 Bradburn Block after fire, framed by Roy c 1921

Box 7 (Mostly outxized photos)
7 Marriage , perhaps Thomas Bradburn and Lillian Helm
8 Peterborough Hockey Club, c. 1894. All players and managers identified. J. Hurley; G. A. Schofield; W. A. Sanderson; George Dixon; Lionel King; F. LeFevre; W. J. Montgomery; J. Parsons; Walter Phelan; W. O. Wonham.
9 Graduating Class, University College, University of Toronto, 1927. Photo includes H. I. Bradburn.
10 Toronto Chapter, Phi Kappa Pi, 1925-6, includes H. Bradburn.
11 Mount Lowe, California, Electric Railway souvenir. It appears this was built between 1892 and 1895. And the railway operated between 1893 and 1936. Bradburns may be in the photo.
12 Thomas Bradburn, bust c. 1890s
13 Peterborough City Council 1907; Mayor R. F. McWilliams; Geo. E. Elliott; W. W. Johnston; W. G. Morrow; H. Phelan; Geo. G. Tovey; A. A. McIntyre; Geo. Ball; R. H. Leary; G. H. Duncan; A. Stevenson; W. H. Bradburn; T. J. Wilson.

Series 4 Cumming family
1 Peterborough Daily Review, 31 January 1882, reprint
2 Peterborough Review, Liftlock edition, 9 July 1904 original (with xerox research copy)
3 William Cumming, 3 mss items, 1860, 1893
4 William Cumming and Elizabeth Moffat family register
5 Sir William Gordon-Cumming, clipping
6 Cumming family birth notices
7 Little Lake Cemetery
8 International Espionage Behind Edward’s Abdication, [1936], pamphlet
9 William Cummings, Assessment 1869
10 Duncan McLeod, election platform, 1886, with xerox research copy
11 Political cartoon on Oliver Mowat (with xerox research copy) c 1880

Series 5 Cumming family photographs
1 Eight photos
2 Chemong Lake photo album, 1911, plus 11 loose photos
3 Cumming family album, ffs 1-6
4 Cumming family album, ffs 7-13
5 Cumming family album, ffs 14-20
6 Cumming family album, ffs 21-26
7 Cumming family album, ffs 27-32
8 Cumming family album, ffs 33-38
9 Cumming family album, ffs 39-46

Oil Portraits [Kept separately\
a. This large oil portrait (25″ x 30″) formerly hung over the fireplace in a gilded frame, also donated to the TVA. The painting is of a young Mr Cummings, perhaps William. If the portrait is of William’s son, it is worth noting that Thomas Workman was an accomplished professional portrait painter whose studio for awhile was in the Bradburn Building at George and Simcoe. Further research needs to be done. The painting is stable, but has suffered deterioration over time because it was hung in the living room over the fire for many years. On reflection, the archivist believes this is a funeral portrait of the first William H. Bradburn who died 3 August 1869. This would be consistent with the family legend that the portrait hung over the family hearth.
b. William Cummings (1819-1890). This portrait compares favourably with photos in the Cumming family alburn.
c. Unidentified oil painting, c. 1870s, possibly of Thomas Evans Bradburn (1853-1933).
d. William Thomas Cummings (1849-?) Painting of someone in their 20s in the 1870s, and looks to have similar facial features to William Cummings.

Box 5
Series 6 William Helm family
1 William Helm Engineering Notebook A
2 William Helm Engineering Notebook B
3 Mrs Helm cook book
4 Mrs Helm recipes

Box 6
1 Family Bible
2 VHS – Falkner wedding, 21 August 1937
3 Family album (from which photos in series 5 removed)
4 Directory for 1857-58

Unboxed
William Helm plane. The history of this plane: “It was owned by William Helm who died in Peterborough in 1902. The plane was disposed of after his death. Some one carried it west to Los Angeles, California, and there it was purchaed in 1916 at auction by R. H. Bradburn, not knowing it to be at one time the property of his grandfather. Same was returned to Peterborough in July 1940.”

Books (transferred to Trent Valley Archives library)
Torontonensis 1927
Webster Dictionary
Webster International Dictionary
Shakespeare

Access Conditions:
Open to researchers.

Finding Aids:
Available on site, under preparation.

Accruals: None expected.

Custodial History:
The papers were donated to the Trent Valley Archives by Bill Bradburn (1941- ), businessman, Peterborough, 30 March 2007. The Bradburn Estate was created by Thomas Bradburn sometime between 1885 and 1900. The first Thomas Bradburn had been a general merchant in downtown Peterborough. However, the family shifted to real estate, and remained in real estate management confirmed with the creation of the family trust.
The real estate properties were numbered from 1 to at least 73, and that numbering system has remained to the present and incorporated into the organization of the current fonds. Other land records appear to be subsequent to the Bradburn estate and so have been added in the same land series.
The Bradburn Estate fonds contained documents that were related by marriage, but which in some senses could have been treated as separate fonds. We chose to treat them as sous-fonds, which we described as series 4, 5 and 6. Series 4 and 5, the Cummings family papers, were differentiated as series by media. The family photographic albums were placed in series 5. The Helm family papers were put in series 6.
The land records arrived in two metal strong boxes which have been retained. The land papers were kept in a numerical file and this numbering was retained. The numbers are valuable for cross reference to the real estate register which provides information about properties held.
The family collection includes papers related to the Cummings family and to the Helm family. We have treated these papers as series within the Bradburn family fonds rather than as separate fonds. We may revisit this decision.
Bill Bradburn, 20 July 2012,brought in three portraits which have been added to the fonds. It is believed that one is of William Cumming, one of Rupert Bradburn, and the other remains to be identified.

Biographical Sketch/ Administrative History
The Bradburn family was headed through successive generations by Thomas Bradburn; Thomas Evans Bradburn; William H. Bradburn; Herbert I. Bradburn; and William Bradburn. As well, the land papers contain properties related to Rupert Bradburn who was very interested in opera houses and theatres. The Bradburn Opera Hall, built about 1875, was the pride of Peterborough for 30 years, when the Grand Opera House was built. Rupert Bradburn and his family owned both for some years, and also theatres in Port Hope and Cobourg (Victoria Hall).
Thomas Bradburn (1819- 30 August 1900) was raised on the farm of his parents [Thomas Bradburn (1791-1875) and Sarah (d.1878)] and as a young man clerked for the Hon. John Simpson, Bowmanville. He came to Peterborough in 1842 to work with Oughtry Morrow. After Morrow’s death in 1848, Bradburn and Bell continued the business. The business was reformed as Bradburn and Mason, and later as Fair and Van Every until 1885. Thomas Bradburn married Jane Morrow of Peterboro in Toronto, February 1852, the Rev Mr Wilkinson presiding. Jan Morrow died 14 July 1861 and is buried in Dublin. Thomas Bradburn married Linda Helm ( -18 September 1926) of Peterboro, 2 July 1867, the Rev I. N. Johnston presiding. Thomas Bradburn died 30 August 1900, survived by three sons (Thomas E., William H., and Rupert) and two daughters. Gertrude died 30 July 1874.
T. Evans Bradburn (18 May 1853-16 November 1933 ) managed the Bradburn estate. He was a member of the City Council, Board of Education, the Reeve of North Monaghan, and the MPP for Peterborough West, 1905-1912. He married Kate Ormond 2 February 1875, in the Charlotte Street Methodist Church.
W. H. Bradburn (4 November 1855- 3 August 1869)
The third generation included:
William Herbert Bradburn (9 February 1870 -15 January 1942) W. H. Bradburn was an agent for real estate and investment. He was alderman, 1907, 1908, 1911, and mayor, 1912, 1913. He married 2 December 1897, Elizabeth (Bessey) Cumming (d 13 May 1939)
On 14 November 1894, Marion H. M. Bradburn married Fred D. Hewson ( – died 30 March 1903)
Charles Rupert Helm (known as Rupert) Bradburn, was active as a theatre owner and promoter and died at Los Angeles, 9 September 1939. Another Rupert Helm Bradburn died 28 April 1964, and is buried in Little Lake Cemetery.
Frank L. Bradburn (died 29 July 1951).
The fourth generation included:
Herbert Ian Bradburn (1904-1988) married Florence Beatrice Preston of Ottawa at Ottawa, 16 September 1933, the Rev Mr Hepburn, Anglican, presiding.
The fifth generation included William Bradburn (1941- ) and his wife Teresa.

William Helm (1822-1901) came from Cobourg to Peterborough about 1866 and operated a machine shop and foundry on Simcoe Street near Jackson Creek (now the site of the city bus depot) until 1876. After a few years in Gananoque, he returned to Peterborough. Helm was widely known, serving on town council, the Fire Brigade, the Board of Education, with the Mechanics’ Institute and the Masonic Order.
William Cummings (1819-1890), wagon maker, came to Canada from Balnain, Scotland, in 1843. He was appointed the first Town Constable, 1850, and then became the town collector.
In the 1861 census, William Cummings was listed as 40, his wife Elizabeth as 28, his mother living with them was 74. The children were William Thomas 12, Sarah Ann 10, Mary Jane 9, and Isabella 7.

Access Points:
Cummings family
William Helm
Helm family
Bradburn Opera Hall

File listing:

1 A 1 Lot 6, S Charlotte W George #8 1948 Plan Showing part Lot 6 West of George St South of Charlotte St, Instrument Pages from above lot, 1858 Bargain and Sale for Michael Bolton, Edinburgh Life and Bradburn (Declaration of Possession, 1896), Deed of Land between Patrick O’Mara and Thomas Cahill 1885, Deed of Land between William Harty and Michael Bolton 1867, Mortgage of Michael Bolton to Thomas Cahill 1862, Davidson vs. Irwin Common Plea Division 1889, Quit Claim Deed between William Harty and Michael Bolton 1874, Mortage Between Oclave Beauvais to Michael Bolton 1874, Mortgage between Anna Irwin 1885, Deed of Land Between Octave Beauvais to Anna Irwin 1883, Deed of Land Between Michael Bolton to Octave Beauvais 1874, Statutory Declaration of O’Mara, Bradburn, Tighe, Thompson, James Stevenson, Bernard Morrow, James English, Further Requisitions Answers for Parcels, Robert Davidson vs. Washington Irwin, William Irwin, Charles Irwin and Gordon Irwin (1888), Deed of Land Between William Harty and Patrick O’Mara 1885, Indenture Between Elias Burnham and Patrick O’Mara 1851, Deed of Land Between Thomas Cahill and Thomas Bradburn 1885
1 A 2 248-252 Charlotte #12 1975 Sketch Showing Part of Lot 8 and all of Part 9 North of Charlotte St and West of George St, Mortgage Between Thomas Bradburn and Matthew Boyce 1868, Description of Parcel 12, Indenture Between Thomas Bradburn and Robert Archibald Morrow 1865, Mortgage Between Bradburn Securities Ltd to Victoria and Grey Trust Company 1951, Statutory Declaration of Herbert Ian Bradburn 1951, Declaration of Possession Between Edinburgh Life and Bradburn 1896, Plan of Lot 9 North of Charlotte Street 1950
1 A 3 Lot 2 Hunter and Brock W George #17 Bargain and Sale Between George Barker Hall and Robert Roe 1846, Statutory Declaration by James Stevenson 1890, Abstracts for Parcels 21 & 22, Plan Showing Parcel 22, Plan of the South of Brock Street West of George Street 1943, Deed Between Robert Chambers to Robert Roe 1842 Signed by Hartley Dunsford, Deed of Land Between William J. Hall and Thomas Bradburn 1890 with Plans Attached, Deed of Land Between Isabella Rowe (Widow of R. Rowe) and W.J. Hall 1888
1 A 4 Lot 2 S Brock W George Sproule Papers #19-1 Sproule Declaration Regarding Posters 1887, Weekly Review Receipt, Peterborough Real Estate Investment Co Receipt 1884, Sproule Conditions of Sale and Declarations 1887, Notice of Exercizing Power of Sale Between the Peterborough Real Estate Company and George A. Cox 1887, Statuary Declaration of Thomas Chambers 1876, Memorial of Will of Michael Hanlon 1882, Notice to Incumbrancers Regarding George A. Cox 1887, Poster From the Review Printing Office Advertising the Sale of Above Property 1887
1 A 5a Lot 2 S Brock W George #19-2 #19-2 1 Memorial of Deed Between Robert Chambers to Michael Hanlon 1839 (Copy is 1882), Memorial of Deed Between the Hon. Rev Alex McDonnell to Robert Chambers 1839 (Copy is 1882), Memorial of Deed Between James Johnston to Mark Burnham 1865 (Copy is 1882), Memorial of Deed Between Wilson Conger to William Baxter 1854 (Copy is 1882), Memorial of Deed Between Jeremiah Collins to Thomas Collins 1864 (Copy is 1882), Memorial of Deed Between Mark Burnham to Elizabeth Girven 1865 (Copy is 1882), Bargain and Sale Between Mark Burnham and Maria Foster 1865, Mortgage Between William and Maria Foster and Rev. Mark Burnham 1865, Deed of Land Between John Girven to John Carnegie 1875, Mortgage Between John Carnegie to John Girven 1875, Deed of Land Between Elizabeth and James Girven to John Girven 1871, Quit Claim Deed Between James and Abigail Baxter to Luke A. Fisher 1877, Mortgage Between Minnie Fisher to Kath. Strickland 1876, Deed of Land Between Maria Foster to Minnie Fisher 1876, Deed of Land Between John Carnegie to Luke A. Fisher 1877,
1 A 5b Lot 2 S Brock W George #19-2 #19-2 2 Mortgage Between Luke A. Fisher to Andrew Dunlop 1877, Mortgage Between Minnie Fisher to Albert Hall 1877, Assignment of Mortgage Between Albert Hall to The Peterborough Real Estate Investment Company 1879, Assignment of Mortgage Between Katharine Strickland to The Peterborough Real Estate Investment Company 1879,Assignment of Mortgage Between Andrew Dunlop to the Peterborough Real Estate Investment Company 1879, Memorial of Deed Between James Morrow to Wilson Conger 1854 (Copy is 1882), Memorandum About Fence and Shed on the Mitchell Lot of Chambers Street 1884, Mortgage Between Robert Sproule and Sarah Haggart 1882, Assignment of Mortgage Between Sarah Ann Haggart to George A. Cox 1885, Quit Claim of Frances and Robert Sproule to George A. Cox 1886, Parcel 13(b), Power of Attorney Between Catharine Strickland to Roland Strickland 1896, Walsh vs Sproule 1896, Statutory Declaration Between P.R.E.I Company and Sproule 1896, Statement of Adjustments 1927
1 A 6 383 George Street #23 Parcel 23 Description, Declaration of Possession 1896, Mortgage Between Thomas Bradburn to William Mills 1881, Memorial of Will of William Nassau Bailey to Jane Bailey 1834 (Copy 1863), Probate of the Will of William Mills 1886, Statutory Declaration of Thomas Bradburn 1918, Requsition on Title for Parcel 2, Deed of Land Between The Peterborough Lumber Company to Bradburn Securities Ltd 1952 with Plan
1 A 7 Lot 1 S Brock W George #24-1 Deed of Bargain and Sale Between Robert Chambers to Robert Hunter 1839 (Original)
1 A 8 Lot 1 S Brock W George #24-2 Bargain and Sale Between Robert Williams Hunter to John Haffey 1846 (Original) Signed by Charles Rubidge
1 A 9 Lot 1 S Brock W George #24-3 Copy of Codicil to Wife of George Barker Hall 1858
1 A 10 Lot 1 S Brock W George #24-4 Deed of Land Between Patrick Haffey to Thomas Bradburn 1890, Statutory Mortgage Between Patrick Haffey to John Haffey 1866, Statutory Mortgage Between Patrick Haffey to Margaret Carew 1866, Statutory Declaration of William Hawkins Hall 1896, Affidavit of John Haffey 1870, Parcel 3 Answers to Requisitions, Deed of Land Between John Haffey to Patrick Haffey 1870, Deed of Land Between Robert Nicholls to Thomas Haffey 1870, Deed of Land Between John Haffey to Patrick Haffey 1866, Parcel 3 Abstract Ledger, Mortgage Between Patrick Haffey to Wickham
1 A 11 613-614 Union Street #25 Statutory Declaration of H.J. Wickham by Henry Wicklam 1902, Sale of George Read to Lasher – Declaration of George Read 1875, Deed of Land Between George Read to Eliza Lasher 1884, Quit Claim Deed Between Charlotte Powell to George Read 1884 Including Plan, Deed of Land Between W.H Bradburn to T.E. Bradburn 1910, Mortgage Between Eliza Lasher to George Read 1884
1 A 12 N McDonnel W George 1 (Lots 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 Plan 38 Peterborough #29 Plan of the Methodist Church Property George Street Peterborough (Original), Plan 38 on Linen Paper (Original), Deed of Land Between William Cluxton to Thomas Bradburn 1879, Deed of Land Between Catharine McMartin to Thomas Bradburn 1888, Deed of Land Between Catherine Kelly to Catharine McMartin 1884
1 A 13 658 Bethune Street #38 Mortgage Between Joseph Spencley to Thomas Bradburn 1855, Deed Between James Hall Sheriff to James Stevenson 1863, Statutory Declaration of Robert H. Smith to Joseph Spencley 1902, Parcel 49 Abstract, Sale of Bradburn’s Limited to Ada Jenkinson 1936, Deed of Bargain and Sale Between James Stevenson to Thomas Bradburn 1863, Plans
1 A 14 Lots 1 & 2 S Edinburgh W George #40 Crown Sale Grant to the Rev. Hartley Dunsford 1845 (Original), Bargain and Sale Between Mary Dunsford to James Dunsford 1862, Parcel 14 Plan, Answers to Requisitions, Parcel 14 Abstract, Will of James Hartley Dunsford 1844 (Copy is 1876), Mortgage Between Robert Johnston to John J. Lundy 1910, Mortgage in Fee Between Mary Dunsford to The President and Treasurer of the Colborne District Building Society 1853, Deed of Land Between John J. Lundy to Robert Johnston 1909, Crown Sale Grant to the Rev. Hartley Dunsford 1845 (Original), Mortgage Between Robert Johnston and the Farmers Loan and Savings Company 1880, Quit Claim Deed Between Robert Johnston to Thomas Bradburn 1883, Deed of Bargain and Sale Between the Ontario Bank to John James Lundy 1868, Deed of Land Between James H. Dunsford to John J. Lundy 1868, Bargain and Sale Between John J. Lundy to Robert Johnston 1872, Mortgage Between Robert Johnston to John J. Lundy 1872, Mortgage in Fee Between Robert Johnston and the Canada Loan and Savings Company 1876, Mortgage Between Robert Johnston and the Farmers Loan and Savings Company 1880, Mortgage Between Robert Johnston and the Canada Loan and Savings Company 1880, Deed of Land Between Robert Johnston to Thomas Bradburn 1883, Grant of Easement Between Elizabeth and J.A. Fife to Robert Johnston 1883, Deed of Easement Between Elizabeth Fife to Robert Johnston 1882, Statutory Declaration for John James Lundy 1893.
2 A 15 Park Lot 17 Cook Farm Property #46 Articles of Agreement Between Charles Cook to Robert Morris 1875, Bargain and Sale Between E. Chamberlain to Charles Cook 1870, Quit Claim Deed Between Robert Morris to Charles Cook 1876, Mortgage Between Charles Cook to Edmund Chamberlain 1872, Quit Claim Deed Between Thomas Bradburn to T.E. Bradbury 1903, Deed of Land Between William Bradburn to Thomas Bradburn 1879, Deed of Land Between Cook and Bradburn 1877, Plan Showing Park Lot 17 in Lot 13 in Concession 11 of North Monaghan 1943
2 A 16 Bradburn Estate to Bradburn’s Ltd #48 Deed of Land Between Thomas Evans Bradburn to Bradburns Limited 1913, Deed of Land Between Thomas Evans Bradburn to Bradburns Limited 1914, Deed of Land Between Elizabeth Bradburn to Bradburns Limited 1913
2 A 17 641George Street #50 Deed Between the Kingston Permenant Building Society to Peter O’Reilly 1861, Mortgage Between Thomas Elliott to Mary Jane O’Reilly 1876, Deed of Land Between Mary Jane O’Reilly to Thomas Elliott 1876, Quit Claim Deed Between Ann O’Reilly to Mary J. O’Reilly 1872, Probate of the Will of Peter O’Reilly 1876, John O’Donnell to Anne O’Reilly 1872, Deed of Land Between John O’Donnell to Anne O’Reilly 1872, Deed for Taxes For John O’Donnell 1869, Quit Claim Deed for Henry Lawson 1863, Mortgage in Fee Between James O’Reilly and the Kingston Permenant Building Society 1856, Deed Between James Hall (Sheriff) and Henry Lawson 1863, Crown Sale Grant to Mary Jane Redmond 1844 (Original), Statutory Declaration of A.P. Pousette to John O’Donnell 1902, Declaration of Bill Poster Regarding Elliott Estate Sale 1878, Mortgage Between Thomas Elliott to William Hall Trust 1877, Parcel 50 Abstract, Conveyance Under Power of Sale Between William Hall Protestant Poor Trust Inc to Thomas Bradburn 1889 with Plans, Declaration of Auctioneer Regarding Elliott Estate Sale
2 A 18 599 Gilmour Street #55 Invoice From Treasurer’s Office 1927, Deposit 1924, Plan 73 Peterborough, Deed of Land Between William Joseph Koster to Harry Florence 1924, Deed Between Alexander Runnit to Norman Lancaster, Statutory Declaration of W.J. Koster 1915, Deed of Land Between Vivian Lancaster to William J. Koster 1912, Plan For Lot, Mortgage Between Harry Florence to Thomas Mayne Hunter 1925, Mortgage Between Lottie Marjorie Koster to Thomas Mayne Hunter 1920, City Tax Invoice for 1920, Hudson Bay Insurance Company Invoice 1920, City Tax Invoice for 1927, Solicitors Abstract for 599 Gilmour Street, Mortgage Between William Joseph Koster and Mary Rork 1912, Statement of Securities of Mr. T.M. Hunter, Hudson’s Bay Insurance Documents
2 A 19 Maurice E. Ketcheson #59 Memorandum of Agreement Between M.E. Ketcheson and Mr. J. Henderson 1930, Quit Claim Deed Between Maurice Emery Ketcheson to Bradburns Limited 1930, Mortgage Between Maurice Emery Ketcheson to Bradburns Limited 1928
2 A 20 Lot 6 n Perry W George #60 Mortgage Between Mabel L. Spry and the Central Canada Loan and Savings Company 1922, Conveyance Between Thomas Evans Bradburn to Mabel Spry 1922, Deed Between Marion Helen Maude Robinson to Bradburns Limited 1931, Mortgage Between Jane Shannahan to Margaret Dixon 1885, Deed of Land Between Peterborough Town Trust to Jane Shannahan 1885, Mortgage Between Jane Shannahan to Jonathan Mann 1885, Release Between Patrick Shannahan to Jane Shannahan 1885, Declaration of Possession 1890, Statutory Declaration of Peter Connal 1895, Deed of Land Between Walter Paterson to Thomas Bradburn 1892, Deed of Land Between Alexander Paterson to Walter Paterson 1891, Deed of Land Between Jane Shanahan to Thomas Bradburn 1886
2 A 21 370-371 Mark Street #62 Statement of Adjustments, The Victoria Trust and Savings Company Lindsay Mortgage to Edward Holden 1935, Abstract Documents, Deed of Land Between Edward A. Holden to Bradburns Limited 1935, Deed Between Charles Daniel to Arthur Holden 1935
2 A 22 594 Aylmer Street #65 Statement of Adjustments, Requisitions on Title, Offer in Exchange Between William Wheeler to Bradburns Limited, Assignment of Mortgage Between William Tinker to William Tinker 1929, Mortgage Between William Wheeler to William Tinker 1928, Agreement Between William Tinker to William and Gertrude Wheeler 1928, Plan of Property, Deed of Land Between William Tinker to William and Gertrude Wheeler 1928
2 A 23 258 Prince Street #67 Mortgage Between Albert E. Rea to Thomas Donaldson 1926, Release Between Albert E. Rea to Thomas O. Donaldson 1928, Mortgage Between Midland Loan and Savings Company and T.O. Donaldson 1934, Statement of Adjustments
2 A 24 390-392 George Street #69 Quit Claim Deed Between the Toronto Savings and Loan Company to James Stevenson 1891, Deed of Land Between Elizabeth Best Chocolates Ltd to Douglas Joseph Lundy 1921, Mortgage Between James Stevenson to Jane Jackson 1862, Statutory Declaration of James Stevenson 1903, Deed of Land Between the Toronto Savings and Loan Company to Bertha Elliott 1904, Deed of Land Between Bertha Elliott to Thomas C. Elliott 1909, Final Order of Foreclosure Between the Central Canada Loan and Savings Company and Stevenson 1896, Mortgage Between James Stevenson to Nancy Newcomb 1862, Mortgage Between James Stevenson to the Bank of Montreal 1894, Agreement Between James Stevenson to the Central Canada Loan and Savings Company 1894, Statutory Declaration of Edward H.D. Hall 1903, Deed of Partition Between James Stevenson/Emma Stevenson/William Cluxton 1864, Will of Thomas Harper 1861, Mortgage Between Bertha Jane Elliott to the Bank of Montreal 1903, Deed of Land Between The Bank of Montreal to Bertha Elliott 1903, Property Plan, Deed of Land Between Bertha Jane Elliott to Thomas Charles Elliott 1912, Mortgage Between Douglas J. Lundy to Maude H. Wolff and Claire Desbecker 1922, Deed of Land Between George A. Cox to the Toronto Real Estate Investment Company 1886, Deed of Land Between William Cluxton to George A. Cox 1885, Indenture of Bargain and Sale Between Pheobe Walker/Jane Jackson and Nancey Newcomb to James Stevenson 1862, Mortgage Between James Stevenson to Pheobe Walker 1862, Assignment of Mortgage Between Richard Hall and Charles McGill to B.A. Jackson 1892, Assignment of Mortgage Between B.A Jackson to The Bank of Montreal 1895, Central Canada vs. Stevenson Judgement, Mortgage Between James Stevenson to Richard Hall 1891
2 A 25 King George and Park #73 Statement of Adjustments
2 A 26 140-144 Brock Street #177 Answers to Requisitions for Parcel 5, Statement of Adjustments, Plan, The Dominion Fire Insurance Company to Arthur Johnston 1942, Description
2 A 27 Opera House Block Lease Lease of the Opera House From 1914-1935 – The Peterborough City Trust and Bradburns Limited 1914
2 A 28 Bradburn Opera Hall plans Photos and negatives of original plans
2 A 29 Market Hall Market Hall Abstracts and Copy of Resolution
2 A 30 Bradburn Block Now and Then Newspaper Photos of Before and After Fire of 1918
2 A 31 Bradburn Building History Newspaper Articles, Expropriation Document, Minutes from Bradburns Limited re: Sale of Property
2 A 32 Grafstein v Holme and Freeman Grafstein v. Holme Judgement of 1958 – Silk Shop Money Found at 402-404 George Street
3 A 33 Nassau Mills Newspaper Article 1938
3 A 34 White’s Deed, Park Lot Monaghan 1 Receipt 1938, Subpoena Dennis Leahy vs Thomas Bradburn 1873, Judgement Dennis Leahy vs. Thomas Bradburn 1873, Various Receipts with the Name William White, Memorandum of Lands Sold and When Sold
3 A 35 White’s Deed, Park Lot Monaghan 2 William White Documents (Originals)
3 A 36 White’s Deed, Park Lot Monaghan 3 William White Documents (Originals)
3 A 37 White’s Deed, Park Lot Monaghan 4 Mortgage Between Richard Batten to William White 1858, Mortgage Between William White to Thomas Bradburn 1873, Bargain and Sale John Lillico to Thomas Bradburn 1856, Bargain and Sale Between William White to Thomas Bradburn 1862, Mortgage Between Elizabeth Long to Thomas Bradburn 1861, Deed From Chamberlain to William White 1856, Correspondence Between Thomas Bradburn and William White Regarding Wood, Horses, Indenture Between James Crow of Dummer and Thomas Crow and William Irwin 1857, Conveyance Between Richard Lillico to John Lillico 1854, Bond Between William Bell to the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada 1857, Affidavit of W. Sheridan 1863, Mortgage Between William White and Thomas Bradburn 1860, Bargain and Sale Between John Grant to William White 1860, Mortgage Between William White to Thomas Bradburn 1859, Assignment of Mortgage Between Thomas Barrie to Thomas Bradburn 1867
3 A 38 White’s Deed, Park Lot Monaghan 5 Indenture Between George Burney and William White 1856, Mortgage Between Patrick Pendergast to William White 1860, Agreement Between Thomas Bradburn and William White, Farm Lease Between Thomas Bradburn to William White 1863, Lease of Agreement Between William Bell to William White 1860, Bargain and Sale William Grant to William White 1860, Mortgage Between George Burney to Thomas Bradburn 1856, Mortgage in Fee Between William White to Thomas Bradburn 1862, Mortgage Between William Bell to the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada 1857, Mortgage Between Thomas McSherry to Thomas Bradburn 1866, Agreement Between Thomas Bradburn and William White 1863
3 A 39 Bell Telephone Correspondence Between Bell Telephone and Bradburns Limited
3 A 40 390-392 George Street Direction in the Matter of a Purchase by Bradburns Limited From D.J. Lundy Estate 1938, Mortgage Between Douglas Lundy to Maude N. Wolff and Claire Desbecker 1923, Correspondence Regarding Douglas Lundy Estate, Assignment of Mortgage Between Maude N. Wolff and Claire Desbecker to the Toronto General Trusts Corporation 1938, Statement of Adjustments, House Lease Between the Toronto General Trusts Corporation and Lundy to the Robert Simpson Company Limited 1937
3 A 41 Lot 10 n Dublin w George Conveyance Between John Donaldson/John Clifford to Thomas Bradburn 1875, Mortgage Between John Clifford to Thomas Bradburn 1878, Mortgage Between John Clifford to the London and Canadian Loan Agency Company 1877, Assignment of Mortgage Between William H. Moore to William Outenson 1876, Mortgage Between John Clifford to John James Lundy 1876, Mortgage Between John Clifford to W.H. Moore 1876, Release of Dower Between Spowers Graham to John Clifford 1871, Mortgage Between John Clifford to Robert Graham 1869, Abstracts, Memorial of Deed for James Nowten to Henry Graham 1852, Bargain and Sale Nowten to Graham 1852, Bargain and Sale Between Henry Graham to Robert Graham 1867, Deed of Land Between Robert Graham to John Clifford 1869, Certificate of Probate for John Clifford, Statutory Declaration of William Clifford 1902, Plan Showing Part Lot 10 1941, Offer to Purchase Between Bradburns Limited to H.C. Robertson, Statement of Adjustments
3 A 42 Properties in Manitoba Quit Claim Deed from A.D. Benjamin to Thomas Bradburn 1886
3 A 43 Dominion Lands Grant Dominion Lease Grant to Washington Lynn 1878
3 A 44 Winnipeg and Manitoba Land Titles Transfer of Land Between Lottie Davis to William Herbert Bradburn 1916, Manitoba Certificate of Title Between Thomas Evans, William Herbert and Rupert Helm Bradburn 1903
3 A 45 Allied Drugs and Bradburns Statement of Adjustments, Statutory Declaration of Possession 1918, Insolvent Act of 1875 in the Matter of James O’Neill and Richard O’Neill of Montreal and the Firm of J&R O’Neill 1877
3 A 46 Port Hope Property Description of Music Hall Block, Description of St. Lawrence Block, Sale of Opera House and St. Lawrence Block 1897, Requisitions, Plans of Port Hope Property, Abstracts, High Court of Justice in the Matter of the Music Hall Block and St. Lawrence Block Copies of Afadavits 1883, Insolvent Acts of 1875 in the Matter of J&R 1883, Discharge of Mortgage Between David William Dumble to James and Richard O’Neil 1912, Lease Between George A. Cox to John Owen 1890
3 A 47 Port Hope Property Description of Music Hall Block, Bill of Complaint Between J&R O’Neill and Charles Holland, Bridget Doran, Mary Doran, James Walsh and Mary Ann Walsh, Mortgage Between J&R O’Neill to the Misses Dorans 1869, Notice of Motion, Plans, Conditions of Sale 1897, Discharge of Mortgage Between David William Dumble to James and Richard O’Neill 1912, Statutory Lease Between Messrs J&R O’Neill to W.H. Morris 1870, Requisitions, Declaration of David Smart 1883, Evidence From Books of J&R O’Neill 1883, Full Listing and Description of Rooms (extremely detailed) in the St. Lawrence Hall
3 A 48 Victoria Hall Block – Cobourg Description of Building for Purchase
3 A 49 Rupert H. Bradburn Assignment of Mortgage Between Rupert H. Bradburn to James R. Bradburn 1949, Assignment of Mortgage Between Bradburns Limited to Maude H. Robinson/Rupert Bradburn/Herbert Bradburn 1942, Assignment of Mortgage Between Thomas Evans Bradburn to Bradburns Limited 1914
3 A 50 Real Estate Values 1904 Listing of Values for Various Properties in Peterborough, Synopsis of Mr. Paton’s Valuations of Properties in Peterborough 1904
4 A 51 Indexed Ledger describing property transactions within the estate [Filed in Box 5]
4 B 1 Linda Bradburn Estate Cash and Expenditures 1926
4 B 2 Linda Bradburn Estate Will and Funeral Expenses
4 B 3 Photo Linda Helm Bradburn & daughter 1871
4 B 4 Thomas Bradburn bible pages Genealogical Info
4 B 5 Biograph Program, Bradburn Opera Hall, c 1905 Original
4 B 6 Marriage certificate: Thomas Bradburn and Linda Helm, 1867 Original
4 B 7 Thomas Bradburn passes business to T. Evans Bradburn and W. J. Mason, 1872 Newspaper Clipping
4 B 8 Christmas Card from Addie and Lizzie
4 B 9 3 carte de visites from Bradburn Bible
4 B 10 Thomas Bradburn obituary, 1900
4 B 11 Sharpe Centennial Farm, 1974 history History
4 B 12 Mrs H. I. Bradburn, photogravure print
4 B 13 G. N. Gordon on suicide of E. C. Ironsides Newspaper Clipping
4 B 14 S. R. Armstrong plaque, 1940, photo 8×10, Herb Bradburn, S. R. Armstrong, and one other Photograph
4 B 15 Letter, Alex Macdonald to Herbert Bradburn, 1965, enclosing account of Macdonald family contribution to Quaker Oats
4 B 16 R. B. Bennett, Ottawa Citizen, 7 August 1930, clipping
4 B 17 Cyril Currier, clippings
4 B 18 Bradburn House, London Street, Peterborough History and Photographs
4 B 19 Bradburn Opera Hall letterhead
4 C 1 Peterborough Club pool room Stratton and Bradburn
4 C 2 Thomas Bradburn (2 photos)
4 C 3 R. C. Strickland’s Cottage 1897 with hunters identified G.W. Hatton, W.H. Bradburn, Judge Ruddy, Percy Strickland, George Cochrane, H. LeBrun, W. Gould, J.H. Collins, F. Hooper, H.C. Winch, R.A. Morrow, Roland Strickland, H. Phelan
4 C 4 Hunting party at Strickland’s
4 C 5 Bradburn family photos ( 7 photos)
4 C 6 Bradburn Block after fire, framed by Roy c 1921
4 D 1 Peterborough Daily Review, 31 January 1882, reprint
4 D 2 Peterborough Review, Liftlock edition, 9 July 1904 original (with xerox research copy)
4 D 3 William Cumming, 3 mss items, 1860, 1893 Marriage Certificate Between William Cumming and Elizabeth Moffat 1860, William’s Baptism 1819
4 D 4 William Cumming and Elizabeth Moffat family register Genealogical Info
4 D 5 Sir William Gordon-Cumming, clipping
4 D 6 Cumming family birth notices Genealogical Info
4 D 7 Little Lake Cemetery Little Lake Cemetery Company Lot Deed to William Cumming 1857
4 D 8 International Espionage Behind Edward’s Abdication, [1936], pamphlet Pamphlet
4 D 9 William Cummings, Assessment 1869
4 D 10 Duncan McLeod, election platform, 1886, with xerox research copy Original
4 D 11 Political cartoon on Oliver Mowat (with xerox research copy) c 1880 Original
4 E 1 Cumming Family Photographs
4 E 2 Chemong Lake photo album, 1911, plus 11 loose photos
4 E 3 Cumming family album, ffs 1-6
4 E 4 Cumming family album, ffs 7-13
4 E 5 Cumming family album, ffs 14-20
4 E 6 Cumming family album, ffs 21-26
5 E 7 Cumming family album, ffs 27-32
5 E 8 Cumming family album, ffs 33-38
5 E 9 Cumming family album, ffs 39-46
5 F 1 William Helm Engineering Notebook A
5 F 2 William Helm Engineering Notebook B
5 F 3 Mrs Helm cook book
5 F 4 Mrs Helm recipes
6 G 1 Family Bible
S H 1 Oil portrait of young Mr Cumming Thomas Workman of Peterborough painted oil portraits in the 1870s to 1890s.