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Archive Record
Metadata
Item ID# |
AX2011.200.014 |
Title |
Bills, Invoices and Accounts |
Object Name |
Bill of Sale |
Dates of Creation |
1910-1918 |
Creator |
Esplen, Alexander Geddes |
Description |
Collection of invoices, bills and accounts, housed in envelopes bearing customer's name, from the A.G. Esplen Arkwright General Store around 1910 - 1918. The envelopes have a list of all the purchases, the total of the account, a record of money paid on the account and inside the folder are copies of the receipts for each purchase. Folders are for the following individuals - Stanley Porter - Abe Lyness - Mac Lang - Mike Lowe - Henry Lowe - Geo Langstaff - W.J. Langstaff - William Lambert - William Lind - Jacob Lowe - David Lind - Ladies Aid - Chas Kearns - James King - A.C. King - A.M. King - Francy King - William Kerr - Wilson Knows? - Frank King - Albert Kearns - Rev Far - James Fletcher - Minoe Fanst? - ? Foster - John Fair - William Gammie - Fred George - William Galliker - William Gordon - Elden Galliker - Earl Grant - J? Galliker - Gordon Greig - William Grant - Andrew Gammie - Robert Greig - John Geddes - Adam Geddes - Malcolm Galbraith - Robert Grange - J.D. Grant - David Gedda - John Geotz - Bert Galliker - William Hemstoch - Fred Horning - John Horning - John Hills - Robert Henderson - Harry Hammel - William Henry - John Hammel - John Humphery - Norman Hall - Geo Hooey - Barney Hicks - John Hackett - John Handbright - Robert Hanbridge - Chas Jackson - Thos Jacques - Thas Jaques and Harry - William Jacques - William Jamieson - William Esplen - A.J. Esplen - Geo Esplen - Wallace Esplen - Archie Esplen - A.C. ? - ArthurEsplen - Miss Esplen- Robert Esplen- Sandy and Archie Esplen- Mrs Esplen- Mac Esplen- William Esplen- John H Esplen- ? Crawford - Reggie Crawford - Thos Cann - John Cord? - John Corbitt - Church (Arkwright) - John Crawford - William Crawford - William Coffey - Thos Cann - Joseph Coleman - Maurice Crawford - Frank Cordick - William Cann - Church (Mount Hope) - Allen Crawford - Robert Cunningham - William Collard - Fred Coffey - Geo Collard - Sarah Cann - Emerson Cruikshanks - Same Crowe - William Davis - Thos Beatty - William Beatty - Geo Byers - Lillian Barber - Josh Brinkman - Walter Barber - Robert Byers - Joseph Byers - Matt Byers - Elmer Beatty - James Best? - John Best - James Brinkman - William Barelay - Joseph Best - Bert Byers - Mrs. Bettson - Chas Brinkman - Ada Beatty - Miss Burford - David Barclay - Robert Beatty - John J. Best - Fred Atkinson - Arran Council - Miss Franics Brown - Stanley Porter - Stanley Porter - Thos Humphery - George All? - Hyram Byers - Geo Alliss? - Thos Ash - John Atkinson - Mrs Alexander - and a piece of paper listing outstanding accounts |
Admin/Biographical History |
Two stores supplied the needs of settlers in Arkwright, Bruce County. W.F. Sithes owned and operated the store on the southeast corner for 50 years. Others who owned it include Mr. F. Atkinson, J. Brinkmans, Edward Stron gand lastly Orval Hopkins who purchased it during the 1930s, a few years before it was destroyed by fire. On the north side of the road east of the corner, Mr. Joshua McKim started a store that continued to serve the public into the 1980s. Some of the merchants of that store include Mr. A. Geddes Esplen, Mr. L.W. Scarrow, Mr. Herbert Miller, Mr. Bruce Tolton, Earl Strong, Gladys Spencer and George Pryor. |
Collection |
Esplen, Alexander Geddes fonds |
Level of Description |
Item |
Physical Description |
30 cm of textual records |
Places |
Arkwright |
People |
Barber, Lillian Barber, Walter Barclay, David Beatty, Etta Beatty, Robert Beatty, Thomas Beatty, William Best, John Brinkman, Charles Brinkman, James Brinkman, Joshua Brown, Francis Byers, Burt Byers, George Byers, Joseph Byers, Matthew Byers, Robert Cann, Thomas Cann, William Coffey, Fred Coffey, William Coleman, Joseph Collard, William Cordick, Frank Crawford, Allen Crawford, John Crawford, Maurice Crawford, William Crowe, Samuel Cruickshank, Emerson Cunningham, Robert Davis, William Esplen, Adam J. Esplen, Alexander Geddes Esplen, Archie Esplen, Arthur Esplen, George Esplen, John Esplen, Mac Esplen, Robert Esplen, Wallace Esplen, William Fair, John Fletcher, James Galbraith, Malcolm Galliher, Bert Galliher, William Gammie, Andrew Gammie, William Geddes, Adam Geddes, John George, Fred Gordon, William Grange, Robert Grant, William Greig, Gordon Greig, Robert Hackett, John Hall, Norman Handbige, Robert Hemstock, William Henderson, Robert Henry, William Hills, John Hooey, George Horning, Fred Horning, John Humphrey, John Jacques, Thomas Jacques, William Jamieson, William Kearns, Albert Kearns, Charles Kerr, William Lambert, William Langstaff, George Langstaff, Wilbert Lind, David Lind, William Lowe, Henry Lowe, Jacob Lowe, Mike Lyness, Abe Porter, Stanley |
Search Terms & Subjects |
Business General stores |