Collection search - Ruggles Wright Sr. and family fonds [textual record, cartographic material, architectural drawing]

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Ruggles Wright Sr. and family fonds [textual record, cartographic material, architectural drawing]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1851-1950.

Reference:

R7299-0-8-E, MG29-A59

Type of material:

Textual material, Architectural and technical drawings, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98204

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Ruggles Wright Sr. and family fonds
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Fonds includes:

3 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1851-1950.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

2 m of textual records.
22 maps
1 architectural drawing
1 photograph: col.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of the records of Hannah C. Wright (Mrs. Joseph Currier): correspondence and subject files, 1851-1902,; account books and notebooks, 1863-1901; receipts, 1863-1910; London and Canadian Loan Agency Limited, 1871-1885. The fonds also includes the records of Edward Van Cortland Wright: general correspondence and legal material, 1869-1908; mining properties, 1877-1912; heritage securities and mortgage Investment Association Limited court case files, 1976-1881; financial material, 1870-1902. Also included are the records of Frances Adelia Wright: subject files, general, 1884-1949; rental properties, 1895-1948; additional material, 1900-1950; and oversize material, 1901, 1915, 1939.

Fonds consists of maps of Ontario and Quebec, including maps of Ottawa and Pontiac counties and the Gatineau River. Also included are maps of northern Ontario andQuebec focusing on mining in the Rainy River, Sudbury, Temiskaming and Algoma areas. There are also other maps of Canada and the United States as well as one architectural drawing pertaining to the elevation of an unidentified mine frame.

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Wright Ruggles Sr. (family)

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Wright Ruggles Sr. (family) : Ruggles Wright Sr., the son of Philemon Wright and Abigal Wyman, was one of seven children. Ruggles Wright Sr. married Hannah Chamberlain and Rosina McDowell. From these marriages eight children were born including Hannah C. (1833-1901) who married Joseph Merrill Currier in 1868 and Edward Van Cortland (1835-1915) who married Francis A. Marston.

The Curriers built and lived in number 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, which they called "Garphwysfa." Joseph Currier, who was a lumberman of considerable wealth and a Member of Parliament, died of Tuberculosis in 1884. As the heiress to a great deal of the Wright property in Hull and Templeton Townships, Hannah maintained a handsome livelihood throught her efficient management of the rents and resources of her properties.

Edward Van Cortland Wright inherited timber properities in Pontiac and Outaouais Counties. After a discovery of valuable minerals on his lands in the 1870's, Edward became interested in mining and his subsequent ventures into the business often resulted in lawsuits and various otheir legal problems over land titles and mineral rights. Frances Adelia Wright (1865-1949), the daughter of Edward Van Cortland Wright, was one of thirteen children. She remained unmarried and lived with her sister Etta Muriel. She was principal executor of the estate of their aunt, Hannah Currier. Frances showed a keen interest in the history of her family as is evidenced by the many notes and historical memos in her papers.

See also: Gard, Anson A., Pioneers of the Upper Ottawa and the Humors of the Valley, Ottawa: Emerson Press, 1906.

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Textual and photographic material (Paper) The finding aid describes the volumes 1 to 14 at the file level. MSS1378 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003308.pdf

Cartographic material; architectural, technical drawing (Paper) Please consult lower level descriptions. An itemized listing is available. Wright Family 82302/557. (90: Open)

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General note:

Acquired in 1982 and 1984 from Mrs. J.B. Boudreau of Belleville, Ont. and Mr. Donald G. Wright of Fredericton Junction, N.B.

Related material:

For additional genealogical information on the Wright Family, see MG 25 G 221.
Subject heading:

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Hannah Wright - Finance, Personal, 1851-1901 E.B. Eddy Company, [1851-1902]

Joseph Merrill Currier - Finance, Personal, [1851-1901] Ivor Herbert, [1851-1902]

Hannah Wright - Estate, 1901 London and Canada Loan Company Limited, 1871-1885

Hannah Wright - Will, 1901 Edward Van Cortland Wright, 1868-1912

Wright family, 1851-1950 Burnt Island (Ont.), [1877-1912]

Bankruptcy, [1851-1902] Temiskaming Silver Galena Mine, [1877-1912]

Landowners - Quebec (Province), 1851-1902 Vermilion Lake (Ont.), [1877-1912]

Real estate management - Quebec (Province), 1851-1902 Lake of the Woods, [1877-1912]

Real estate management - Ontario, 1851-1902 Robert William Chapin, [1877-1912]

Households, 1863-1901 James Foley, [1877-1912]

Religious life, 1863-1901 Petroleum Oil Trust Ltd., [1877-1912]

Property tax, 1863-1901 Heritable Securities and Mortgages Investment Association Limited, 1876-1881

Taxation, 1863-1901 Edward Wright, 1876-1881

London and Canada Loan Company Limited - Stockholders, 1871-1885 Charles Wright, 1876-1881

Lumbering, 1868-1908 Frances Adelia Wright, 1884-1950

Mines and mineral resources, 1868-1908 Gatineau Boom Company, [1884-1950]

Business, 1868-1908 Philemon Wright, [18-]

Mining claims - Ontario, 1877-1912 Young Women's Christian Association, [1884-1949]

Land deeds, 1877-1912 Ottawa Ladies College (Ottawa, Ont.), [1884-1949]

Land sales, 1877-1912 Hull (Quebec), 1895-1948

Land tenure, 1877-1912

Law - Cases, 1876-1881

Rental housing, 1895-1948

Leases, 1895-1948

Tax assessment, 1920-1946
Source:

Private

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MG29-A59
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Textual records

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Finding aid box [FA 1378] 112

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Architectural: technical drawings

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Cartographic material

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