Collection 2019-026 - Robert Elliott collection

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Robert Elliott collection

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    2019-026

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    • 1868 - 1945 (Creation)

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    Family material collected by Robert Elliott and donated to archives 10 Oct 2019

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    2019-026
    Collection consists of:
    001 - Certificate for admission to Continuation School for Walter Elliott, July 15, 1919.
    002 - certificate of Apprenticeship as a machinist from Can. Nat. Railways to W. Elliott 1927
    003 – Certificate of Competency from Grand Trunk Railway System to Leonard Elliott for promotion to Locomotive Engineer, 1903
    004 – Marriage certificate Joseph Elliott to Charlotte Buck Jan 1, 1874.
    005 – Certificate or Letter of Commendation from Gananoque Grammar School headmaster J Lawton Bradbury to Miss Charlotte Buck, 1868.
    006 – Portable Engineers’ Certificate for Leonard C Elliott, 1932.
    007 – Discharge Certificate from Canadian Expeditionary Force to Leonard Clark Elliott, 1919 (water damaged, ink has run)
    008 – Discharge Certificate from Canadian Army to Leonard George Elliott, 1945
    009 – “The Veteran” magazine for January, 1919, Vol II, No. 2.
    010 – “The Veteran” Magazine for February 1919, Vol II, No. 3.
    011 – Certificate of Honour from Town of Brockville to Dvr. L C Elliott, 1918 (oversize)
    012 – Toronto Daily Star with headline “SURRENDER UNCONDITIONAL” May 7, 1945 (stored with commemorative newspapers Cabinet #2)
    013 – Recent photo of the former Elliott house on Hwy 2 near Wilstead (computer printed on paper)
    014 – Reproduction of a small section of Wallings Map naming the Elliott families in Lansdowne Lots 3 & 4, Con 1.
    015 - Membership booklet in the International Association of Machinists for W A Elliott, with payment stamps for monthly dues and record of payments for death and disability insurance from January 1927 to December 1931.
    016 - Charcoal portrait 16 x 20" of Joseph Elliott 1848-1916 marked "taken in 1888". Located in Map Cab 2, Drawer 4
    017 - Charcoal portrait 13 x 20" of a woman presumed to be wife of Joseph Elliott (Charlotte Buck) Located in map Cab 2, Drawer 4.

    Robert Elliott Accrual Wooden Box E 0148
    • A brass and glass box containing two agate-like stones,
    A George III coin 1790, may be gold,
    A Bank of Upper Canada one penny 1854,
    A Victor Emmanuel 5 cintesimi coin, n.d. visible,
    A 1989 Canadian cent,
    A 1909 Canadian cent,
    A 1926 British Farthing,
    A 1936 Canadian cent (no dot),
    A 1910 Canadian cent,
    A 1967 bronze token commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Confederation,
    A 1931 British Half Penny,
    A 1901 Straits Settlements (Malaysia) 5 cents,
    A 1919 Canada silver 5 cents,

    • A silver salt and pepper shaker set,
    • A May 1939 Royal Visit Commemorative cup,
    • A Marine Band harmonica and box,
    • A folding fan from the New York Restaurant,
    • Four silver serving spoons, 2 silver forks and 2 silver spoons,
    • Two silver scissors,
    • A agate-like stone with Vimy written on it,
    • A mechanical top without the key,
    • A wooden handled awl and a wooden handled cork screw,
    • A brass two-foot folding ruler (may be used in blacksmithing),
    • A miniature (14 cm)pipe wrench,
    • A gold tie pin with horse head,

    • Two leather patches,

    • Brass tube with threaded top,

    • Silver compact case,

    • Stone indigenous arrow head,

    • A brass button polishing guard,

    • An unopened seed package labeled Vimy 1917-2017,

    • A Programme from the Elliot Clan Gathering, 2017,

    • Assorted printouts of antique photos and memorabilia

    • A Union Jack flag,

    • A Red Ensign flag

    • A wooden pencil case containing –

    A gold-filled railway worker’s pocket watch, Waltham,
    A pair of metal-rimmed glasses,
    A broach photograph of a man,
    A pair of heart-shaped ear rings,
    A gold woman’s wrist watch,
    A metal token on which is written “Pontiac Chief of the Sixes”,
    Two miniature ivory elephants,
    A lapel pin inscribed with “Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire,
    One half of a set of metal cuff links,
    A lapel pin with the Canadian Coat of Arms,
    Five silver tea spoons,
    A tie tack with opal stone,
    A metal watch fob,
    A fired bullet,
    A metal oval tie tack,
    A metal lapel pin, two crossed cannons,
    A Pompeian brand brass lipstick tube,
    A miniature silver hand mirror,
    A metal men’s wrist watch,
    A folding one foot wooden and brass ruler,
    An ornate metal pendant with ram’s head and two dragons with precious stones,
    A metal dog tag, 1930, Brockville,
    A metal dog tag, 1952, Elizabethtown,

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