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McAlonan Family Fonds
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1cm of textual material.
112 photographs.
6 postcards.
1 copper engraving plate.
3 albums of family snapshots
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Samuel McAlonan, (1807 – after 1891) born in Ireland, immigrated to Canada. By 1866 he was settled in Yonge Township and married to ? Angus.
The children of Samuel McAlonan and ---- Angus were:
- Joseph McAlonan (31 Aug. 1866 – 24 Nov. 1935) born Yonge Twp. He was living with the Earl family near Seeley’s Bay in 1891. He subsequently went to the Department of Agriculture school to learn the cheesemaking trade. After graduating in 1911, he worked in Seeley’s Bay and eventually bought the Gilt Edge Cheese Factory on Main Street, and the large house adjacent at the intersection of Haskins Point Rd. He married Ellen Moroughan (12 Aug 1879 – 7 Dec 1957). Joseph was struck and killed by a car in 1935 while crossing the street in front of the cheese factory.
- Probably other siblings unknown at this time.
The children of Joseph McAlonan and Ellen Moroughan were:
- Vera Irene (31 May 1898 – 1981) trained as a nurse in Menominee, Michigan, married Stewart McConnell (1899 – 1953) from Montreal, where she lived much of her life. No issue. She returned to the family home before she died.
- Mildred Kathelene (18 July 1900 – 19--) married Robert Coleman who owned Coleman’s Hotel in Seeley’s Bay. They had one son: Jack Coleman.
- Joseph Edmond (3 July 1906 – 19--) married Violet Herrington, no issue. He lived in his father’s house in Seeley’s Bay all his life.
- Harold Bernard (28 Aug. 1908 – 19--) married Hazel Martin, daughter of Thomas and Emma Martin who lived on Big Hill Rd. He played hockey on the championship teams in 1930, 1931, and 1932. He followed his father in the cheesemaking trade, and carried on the business after his father was killed, living in the family home.
- Marjory Ellen (27 May 1911 – 1970?) never married. Worked in Kingston, returned to the family home before she died.
The only child of Bernard McAlonan and Hazel Martin was:
Eldon McAlonan (28 July 1928 – 13 Sept 2002) married Shirley Montgomery (born in Winchester, living in Gananoque when married). No issue.
Custodial history
Material was donated by Shirley (Montgomery) McAlonan because there were no McAlonan heirs. the accrual 2011-016A was subsequently given to by Shirley McAlonan to Danny Roantree who sent it to the archives by Keith Sly
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Fonds consists of material generated by Joseph McAlonan and other members of the McAlonan family.
Copperplate engraving for wedding invitation, Vera Irene McAlonan to Stewart Hunter
McConnell, 1934
Family Bible
Newspaper clippings re: Joseph McAlonan’s death, 1935
Two Cheesemaker’s Certificates, Joseph McAlonan, 1911 & 1932
Poem, Joe McErdy for Mother
Two Individual Liquor Permits, 1953-1956
Railway pass, Lyndhurst to Brockville, 1919
1 photograph, Seeley’s Bay Public School, 1935
15 photographs, various family photographs
39 photographs, various family photographs
45 photographs, various family photographs
9 photographs, First World War soldiers
6 postcards, Seeley’s Bay Hockey Club and Seeley’s Bay locations
3 photograph albums, various family photographs.
Sweet’s Food Market, Seeley’s Bay, Ontario. Calendar 1972 with illustration of Seeley’s Bay by
Trudy Doyle.
Sweet’s Food Market, Seeley’s Bay, Ontario. Calendar 1973 with illustration of Seeley’s Bay
Public School by Trudy Doyle.
3 photographs of the Seeley’s Bay Hockey Club, 1929-30, 1030-31, and 1931-1932; Ledger from the Gilt Edge Cheese Factory 1931-1945 (added 18 Sept 2014)
Accrual received Aug 20, 2015, consists of:
– mounted photo of the students of Seeley’s Bay Continuation School for 1936, no names.– school report cards for Eldon McAlonan 1936 and 1940. – mounted photo of Joe McAlonan (left) and another man operating a butter worker in the old cheese factory. Photo by Gilbert, Seeley’s Bay.– 2 snapshots of the old McAlonan cheese factory + 1 of 2 man leaning against a pickup truck by the loading dock of the cheese factory. – photo of the McAlonan house on Main St Seeley’s Bay. – photo of a man in a suit standing on a country road with farm buildings in the distance. – photo of the front of a garage with the name G E Graham over the door, signs advertising White Rose motor oil and a poster for James Auld. – photo of the Gill Rapids Cheese Factory on Seabrook Rd. – photo of a huge log on sleighs pulled by a team of horses in front of the Dr Young house in Seeley’s Bay, inscription “Gordon Kenny driver”. – partial post card showing the Seeley’s Bay Hockey team of 1931-32. – small photo of the 3 silver trophies won by Seeley’s Bay Hockey Team in 1930 including the Stewart Cup, Gray Cup, and one other. – letter written on letterhead from Rideau Lake Inn, Seeley’s bay, by Bob Coleman, to his son Jack, about going into the army, Aug 1944. – Christmas card from Rev and Mrs. J A Wadell, The parsonage, Seeley’s bay 1917. – certificate of confirmation of Ellen Francis McAlonan, May 1916, at St Peter’s Church, Seeley’s Bay
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Accession Number: 2011-016
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