Obituary and Biography of William Walter Stull

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

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Name/Title

Obituary and Biography of William Walter Stull

Entry/Object ID

2020.100.001

Tags

Sudbury, Ontario, Local History, Association of Ontario Land Surveyors, Obituaries, Capreol, Ontario

Scope and Content

Obituary and biography of William Walter Stull, a former Ontario Land Surveyor

Context

William Walter Stull was born on April 19th, 1873 and died on February 10th, 1926. During the summer of 1896 he was working with a survey party led by Alex Niven of the Ontario Land Surveyors in Northern Ontario, and in 1899 he went to Sudbury Ontario to work as an apprentice surveyor, originally for John D. Evans, but later with the DeMorest and Sylvester Firm. By 1900 he was qualified to become an Ontario Land Surveyor and continued to work for DeMorest and Sylvester, in 1903 he became partner of the firm. By 1901, Stull married Carrie Carley, a sister of Mrs. DeMorest, the two had five children: Ted, Wildred, Kathleen, Elizabeth, and Eric. In 1916, Stull was responsible for laying out the Town Site of Capreol for the Canadian Northern Railway, among doing other large surveys for the then Town of Sudbury. William Stull was also responsible for the following surveys for the Provincial Government: 1. Townships of Servos and Laura (1905) 2. Townships of Allen and Bigwood (1906) 3. Timber Berth District Algoma (1908)

Collection

Capreol History, Sudbury History, Obituaries, Association of Ontario Land Surveyors

Cataloged By

Natalie Dubois

Category

Primary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Obituary

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Announcement

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Declaratory Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Association of Ontario Land Surveyors

Date(s) of Creation

1892

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Obituary and Biography of William Walter Stull

Description

Obituary and biography of William Walter Stull, a former Ontario Land Surveyor

Creator

Association of Ontario Land Surveyors

Date(s) of Creation

1926

Container

In a folder titled "Misc" in the Sudbury History Section

Subjects

Surveying, Land surveying

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

31500

Dimensions

Width

5-3/4 in

Length

8-3/4 in

Location

Location

Shelf

Sudbury History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

January 10, 2022

Notes

In a folder titled "Misc"

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Good

Condition Detail

Creasing

Date Examined

Jan 10, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink

Notes

The item is being kept in an acid free plastic protective sleeve. Four pages, loose leaf.

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Sudbury History

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Capreol History

Place

* Untyped Place

Capreol, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged on January 17th, 2020 by Natalie Dubois, re-cataloged on January 10th, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

January 10, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

January 10, 2022