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This fonds consists of various original and copied records of the business activities of Thomas Hay, and related family data, such as birth-death records, correspondence, drawings (technical and sketches) and photographs. A small genealogical table compiled by the archivist is enclosed.

File includes the following genealogical material:

• A copy of the will of Mary Dunlop (May 16, 1935)
• Thomas Hay and Anna Maria Stewart’s marriage date and list of the birth dates (and some death dates) of their eight children: James, Frances Stewart, Margaret Chirstina, Thomas Alexander, Anna Maria, Barbara Helenor and Jane Elizabeth (twins), and John Patrick
• A list of family deaths: Thomas Hay, Anna Maria Stewart Hay, and Thomas Alexander Stewart Hay
• Short biographies of Thomas Alex. Stewart Hay, Elise H.A. Hay (nee Roux), and their children: Isabel Frances Hay and Helen L. Hay

File consists of photographs, primarily cartes-de-visite and 2 photographs in cardstock frames. Photographs include the following inscriptions:

• Miss Stewart, Balnakeilly
• Mr. J.R. Anderson, Edinburgh
• Lucy Drummond-Hay, Seggieden
• Alice Drummond-Hay, Seggieden
• Miss B.A. Alston-Stewart, Urrard House, Killiecrankie
• Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson (Bessie Hay)
• Miss Drummond-Hay, Seggieden, Perth
• Mr. Stewart, Laird of Balnakeilly
• Mrs. J. [Macallis?], Dublin
• Mrs. Stewart, Balnakeilly
• Admiral Hay C.B, Edinburgh
• Mrs. Anderson
• Miss Hay (Aunt Jane), Airdaniar
• Edith Drummond-Hay, Seggieden
• Miss M.M. Stewart, Balnakeilly
• Miss Frood, Dublin
• Marie Antoinette
• Mr. McIuroy, Laird of Lude

One of the photos in cardstock frames is of three men pulling in the rope on a boat after salmon fishing on the Tay, Perth. The other photo in a cardstock frame is of one older woman, and two men in kilts, jackets, and ties in the Drummond-Hay family in Scotland.

File consists of photographs, primarily cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards, which include the following inscriptions on the back:

• Roux
• Clara [Kanltain?], 78
• Mrs. Hay, nee Roux
• Mrs. Thérèse [Allard?] wife of Emile Roux, April 4, 1862 (written in French)
• Emile Roux, April 4, 1862 (written in French)
• Uncle Emile A. Roux
• Grandpapa Roux
• Hora
• To dear Mother, with the compliments of the original. Xmas 1897
• Harrie
• Uncle John and Aunt Lizzie Hay
• Lieut Stanley Arred, 20th Reg.
• Grand Pa Roux

File also includes a photograph sent to Mr. Thom Hay with a list of names of the people on the postcard:

• 1 Lena
• 2 Hora
• 3 Jaeh
• 4 Harry Wilcoxeu
• 5 Aunt Charlotte
• 6 Kathleen
• 7 Owen Wilcoxeu
• 8 Sally
• 9 Harrie (Jaeh’s wife)

The inscriptions on the photographs include:

• Percy Capt. [WorReuau?]
• Mrs. Nickoleau, Hora and Maude. Eveline moved and my cousin moved too.
• Yvonne 6, Sheilo 4, Jerry 3. September 1941. Purtridge children.
• Out picking raspberries. - Crawfords
• Helen Mary Georgienne Mathias (Aged 5 months)
• TASH and wife Elise (Roux) Hay
• Betty and Yvonne, December 1936
• This was taken in ‘42. Héline’s 2nd Husband in Florida.
• This was taken in ‘45
• Mrs. Hay on right, her sister? on left (or daughter). Tom and Helen Mathias.
• Stoney Lake
• Stoney Lake
• [Granni?], Charlie (Collins). June 6, 1935
• Helen Mary Georgienne Mathias (Aged 5 months)
• Tom, Grace and Frances Crawford (Marmora)

Inscribed on back: Love from “Antie” to Isabel and great wishes for a Happy New Year July 1, 1904.

File includes the following correspondence:

• Letter to “dearest Mother” and Helen from Isabel and [indecipherable] (April 4, 1932)
• Birthday letter to Mrs. T. Hay from Bobby, includes drawing (May 31, 1948)
• Letter to [Frannie?] from “Your affectionate son” [indecipherable] (March 19, 1944)
• Letter to Elise and Isabel from Helen (March 9, 1949)
• Letter to Elise from Helen (April 23, 1949)
• Letter to “My dear cousin” from Charlie B. (May 24, 1948)
• Letter to Mrs. Hay from Oscar (May 30, 1948)
• Letter to Mrs. Hay and Mr. Mathias from Lilian D. Grant

File includes an invitation in honour of the Queen’s Birthday, from Holyroodhouse, dated March 22. Names on the name cards include Lieut. Col. H.M. Drummond Hay, Mrs. Drummond Hay, Sir John Stewart Richardson, Sir John and Lady Macleod, Miss Greig, Duchess Dowager of Athole, and Miss Murray Macgregor.

File also included an image of a castle torn from a book.

File contains the following records:

• Copy of Thomas Hay’s father's birth register, Seggieden Scotland, B. 12 June 1805 (copy date 20 June 1827)
• Copy of Anna Marie (nee Stewart) Hay’s will (16 June 1887)
• Handwritten draft of T.A.S. Hay’s will (October 5, 1891)
• Obituary from Peterborough Review (March 29, 1917)
• Hay's minister's eulogy, delivered at his funeral (April 1, 1917)
• Income from securities, accounts with Hall & Hall, barristers, Peterborough, July 30, 1918 - March 8, 1919, which are all part of Thomas Hay Estate Affairs

File includes excerpts from diaries with dates: June 24-29, 1881; June 30 - July 5, 1882; March 21-27, 1901; and July 12-17, 1905.

File includes the following correspondence:

• Note card from Mr. Clarence W. Bell
• Letter to Frances Isabel Hay from “her affectionate mother” (June 26, 1903)
• Letters from Stanley Arred
• Letters from L. Roux to Charles, written in French (July 22, 1854)
• Letters to Charles from Emile Roux, written in French (1872)

Names on the name cards include Captain [N.Y.] Amesley, R.N., Mr. Stanley Arred, Henry P.P.A. Dashwood, and Captain Arthur E. Curren.

File includes the following correspondence:

• Letters to Hay, from [A.B.] Stewart
• Letter to Thomas Hay, from the Duke of [Athole] (with wax seal), March 16, 1876
• Letter to Master Tommy Hay from visits to Scotland and mentions cousin Mary, Aunt Ellen and Aunt Jane

File includes newspaper clippings from December 2, 1925 and the following correspondence:

• Letter to “my dear aunt” from W.H. Stewart Mathias
• Letter to Betsy from [Chas?] (October 14, 1925)
• Letter to Isabel from “Your loving ‘Hubby’” (October 4, 1925)
• Letter from G.E Patton, Director Province of Ontario – Motion Picture Bureau (September 22, 1925)