IONA The Iona Women’s Institute was established on June 16, 1909, making it the second oldest branch in the West Elgin District. The Branch had a large membership of about 50 until 1926 when Iona Station Women’s Institute was organized. Only one Tweedsmuir history was created by the Iona WI, being completed between 1962 and 1968. The cover was made from blue Morocco leather, designed by the curator, tooled by a resident of the St. Thomas Hospital and the gold-work by the assistant curator. The branch disbanded on November 14, 1989 after eighty years of service. This single volume contains a wealth of information on the oldest families of the Iona district, many with numerous photographs to support the histories. Church, farm, school, Institute activities and community histories are included, many with identified photographs |
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KENSINGTON CLUB (LAWRENCE STATION) The Lawrence Station Women’s Institute Branch was known as the Kensington Club. This branch was formed on July 6, 1909 and produced two volumes. While Volume One is available on microfilm in the Elgin County Archives for research purposes, unfortunately, the present location of the book itself is not known. Microfilm is not amenable to digitization, so we were not able to include Volume One in this project. While there are no photographs in Volume Two, it is a diverse collection of articles written about the history of the people and properties of the community of Lawrence Station. It features a reminiscence of the boyhood of Walter Lunn, born in the mid 1800's. |
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MIDDLEMARCH Middlemarch Women’s Institute was organized on February 26, 1918. They began their Tweedsmuir Book project in May, 1944 with a village history. The Middlemarch Women’s Institute branch covers the Talbot Settlement area, located three miles west of St. Thomas on the Talbot Road. |
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Vol. 2 Entitled “A Book of Lady Tweedsmuir’s Library”, this volume covers the property and house histories of Middlemarch and district to 1983. | ||
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PAYNE'S MILLS Originally formed on Feb. 21, 1946 when membership of the Talbotville branch (formed 1927) grew too large, Paynes Mills WI remained active until 2007. Community life in Paynes Mills is well documented in close to 300 pages of photographs, farm and family histories and much more. |
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RIVER ROAD
The River Road Women’s Institute was organized on April 21, 1921. The community of River Road is located in the Township of Southwold, “over Kains Hill in a southwesterly direction from St. Thomas….The name undoubtedly was given by the fact that the first road followed the course of the Kettle Creek…. The community is comprised of land lying between and along Bush, Mill and East River Roads running somewhat parallel in a southerly direction from the Bush road. The easterly road joins the road leading west from Highway No. 4; the central one joins Mill Road, while the western joins a side road joining the second River Road.” |
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Vol. 2 River Road’s second volume includes community history, deaths and marriages, cemetery information, family histories and branch activities and biographies of members, with photographs. | ||
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Vol. 3 This volume is dedicated to farm and property histories. Black and white and colour photographs of the properties are included. | ||
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Vol. 5 This volume focuses on the activities of the River Road WI with biographies of the members, photographs of their outings and their programs from 1996-2005. Also includes community events and participation. | ||
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SHEDDEN
The Shedden Women’s Institute branch was organized on May 31, 1913, in the village of Shedden. Four volumes have been compiled. The Shedden Tweedsmuir histories cover the village of Shedden and the surrounding rural area. The Shedden Women’s Institute remains active. |
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Vol 2. Book 1 This book was compiled between 1973 and 2010 and covers branch activities, advocacy and programs, history of local businesses, churches and the library. | ||
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Vol 2. Book 2 This portion of volume 2 was created between 1986 and 2010 and includes community histories, specifically focusing on the building of the medical centre, community centre, as well as sports, “Rosy Rhubarb Days”, community tributes, biographies of notable citizens, “now and then” photographs of buildings, maps and property history. | ||
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Vol. 3 This volume was put together between 1985 and 2010 and focuses primarily on Institute anniversaries, activities and programs through newspaper articles and photographs. Involvement with the Shedden Public Library is also included. | ||
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Vol. 4 Volume 4 is a compilation of property histories of the village of Shedden and surrounding area. The listings include the street address as well as the emergency number. Information includes former owners, residents, property size and photographs. Although this volume was started in 1985, it was updated where possible to 1999. | ||
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TALBOTVILLE Talbotville WI was formed on Apr. 29, 1927. Many women on the membership roll were from the neighbouring community of Paynes Mills and in 1946 the group split into two separate branches. Talbotville’s Tweedsmuir Histories, consisting of two volumes, were started in 1945. Both Volumes 1 and 2 have a balanced mix of photographs, newspaper clippings and many articles of life throughout the history of Talbotville, from its founding to the mid 1960's. |
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