Queenston Collection

    From Armstrong family collection.

Niagara Falls Review (Niagara Falls, Ontario. Canada)     A Niagara-area battalion, the 176th was mobilized beginning in January 1916, with recruitment taking place over the next number of months. Col. Donald Sharpe was appointed the commanding officer. Als

    Newspaper clippings with black and white photographs of the Falls View Bridge in Niagara Falls after its collapse in 1938. Scrapbook sheets measuring: 24 x 25, 15 x 30 and 25 x 30cm.

    On January 27, 1938 an ice jam caused a collapse of the Falls View Bridge.

    ARMSTRONG, Norman Alexander (1882-1957) was a prolific designer of residential and commercial buildings in the Toronto area. Born in Queenston, Ont. on 2 September 1882 he attended public and high sc

    John H. C. Durham, son of Eliza Durham and John Durham of Queenston (who was a grandson of the late James Durham, U.E.L.) was for 25 years general manager of the Merchants Fire Insurance Company.

    From Armstrong family collection.

    According to Canadian Great War Project Capt. Richard Collier Coatsworth, born 1888-09-02, was enlisted with 2nd Casualty Clearing Station (Canadian Army Medical Corps) on 1915-02-11. https://cgwp.uv

    Solomon Andrew Vrooman (11 Sep 1829-14 Nov 1913) Jacob Field (? - 1917) Charles Fisher(? - 10 November, 1913) G. D. [George Dobson] Prest (?-27 May 1916)

    From Armstrong family collection.

    From Armstrong family collection.

    The Illustrated Historical Atlas of the Counties of Lincoln and Welland, was originally published by H. R. Page of Toronto in 1876. From Armstrong family collection.

    From Armstrong family collection.

    From Armstrong family collection.

Toronto Daily Star (1892-1971), September 18, 1939     ARMSTRONG, Norman Alexander (1882-1957) was a prolific designer of residential and commercial buildings in the Toronto area. Born in Queenston, Ont. on 2 September 1882 he attended public and high sc

    William Armstrong died on January 27, 1921 in St. Augustine, Florida. From Armstrong family collection.

    Obituary for captain Harry William Webster, who sailed the Great Lakes for almost 40 years.

    "Mrs. Huggins remembers renting a rowboat at this boat house from John Humphrey, the Queeenston Dockmaster. She and Hazel Corman, then principal of Laura Secord School, where Mrs. Huggins also taught

Niagara Advance (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada), 23 Aug 1989     Obituary for Jean Huggins, a teacher at the Laura Secord Public School in Queenston for many years, and historian of Queenston village.

    Women's Institutes began in Stoney Creek, Ontario in 1897, and by 1919 the numerous branches joined to form the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. As the idea spread to other provinces the Fede