Collection search - John Ashworth and family fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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John Ashworth and family fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1713-1943.

Reference:

R3041-0-0-E, MG24-B164

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100707

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John Ashworth and family fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1713-1943.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

40 cm of textual records.
8 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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The fonds consists of textual records and photographs documenting John Ashworth and members of his family, including his wife, Julia Phillips; his father, John Ashworth; his mother, Sophia Louisa Caldwell and her relations, the Mompessons, the Lindsays and the Hetheringtons; his sister, Sophia Pipon; his son, John Pipon Ashworth and his daughter-in-law, Florence Evans. The papers are arranged into the following series, correspondence and related documents, 1799-1910; financial and estate records, 1713-1923; diaries of John Ashworth, 1844-1904; and newspaper clippings, 1836-1943.

The photographs depict views of John Ashworth's home, Belmont in Aylmer, Québec; group photographs of the Ashworth and Rockcliffe Fellowes families, Aylmer, Québec; Miss Julia Phillips, Ottawa Ontaio; and an 11.2 X 10.2 cm photograph of a portrait of John Gray.

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Ashworth (Family)

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Associated name: Ashworth, John, 1824-1906

Biography/Administrative history:

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Ashworth (Family) : John Ashworth Jr. (1824-1906), public servant, was appointed a cashier in the Post Office Department in 1844. He moved to Ottawa with the government in 1867, serving until his retirement in 1888. In 1906 he died at his home, Belmont Lodge, near Aylmer, Que. His father, John Ashworth Sr. (1790-1836) came to Canada from Lancashire, England and was Deputy Assistant Commissary General from 1814 to 1836.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid provides a detailed list of the correspondence and related papers, financial and estate records. MSS1048 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002754.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1976 from Mrs. J. Brian Ashworth of Aylmer, Que.
Subject heading:

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Business records - Quebec (Province), 1713-1943 Sophia Pipon [1713-1943]

Ashworth family, 1713-1943 Julia Philips [1713-1943]

Mompesson family, 1713-1943 John Pipon Ashworth [1713-1943]

Lindsay family, 1713-1943 Florence Evans [1713-1943]

Hetherington family, 1713-1943

Inheritance and succession - Quebec (Province), 1713-1943

John Ashworth - Diaries, 1844-1904
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1978-084 NPC
1979-003 PIC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG24-B164
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG24 B 164] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1048] 94

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs: Portrait drawing of John Gray: No reproduction permitted. Copyright unknown. Credit: National Archives of Canada. All other photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright expired. Credit: name of photographer / National Archives of Canada.

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