S.S. #11 Nottawasaga, Buckingham Public School Attendance Register, January 1929 - June 1954

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Buckingham Public School Attendance Register, January 1929 - June 1954

Buckingham Public School Attendance Register, January 1929 - June 1954

Name/Title

S.S. #11 Nottawasaga, Buckingham Public School Attendance Register, January 1929 - June 1954

Entry/Object ID

2020.1302.1

Scope and Content

Copies of the daily attendance register from Buckingham Public School, January, 1929-June, 1954 held in a white 1.5" binder transcribed from original registers.

Context

S.S. (School Section) # 11 Nottawasaga, Buckingham Public School was a one-room red brick school house built in 1873 on the N ½ Lot #27 Concession 2, Nottawasaga Township. The land was donated by John Briggs, the owner at the time and Neil McEachern loaned the $1000 to build the school. Richard Fisher, who resided across the road, did most of the building and at the time the school was known as "Fisher's School". Later the school became known as the "Buckingham School" as it sat on 27/28 Side Road which after 1899 was known as Buckingham Sideroad due to the purchase of E 1/2 Lot 28, Concession 2 by the James Buckingham family. The school property was never deeded (as per Simcoe County Registry Office) however on June 26, 1964 the Public School Trustees for S.S. #11 Nottawasaga granted a transfer for the property for the sum of $1500 to Mr. & Mrs. Albert Stein of Nottawasaga who became owners of the 1.2 acres of land. The school closed at this time and area students were transported to Duntroon by bus the fall of 1964. A list of the Buckingham School Teachers is: Miss Myrtle Martin Mr. Clarence Brownridge Miss McEachern Miss McDonald Miss Eleanor Osburn (McKean) Miss Doreen Campbell (McDermid) Miss Marie Cottrell (Bates) Miss Wilma Campbell (Morphet) Miss Helen Caroll (Perry) Miss Leola McKnight Miss Ireland Miss Betty McQueen (Robinson) Mrs. Olive Taylor The attendance register from 1929-1954 includes teacher's names and student lists, # days, class, Annual Meeting Minutes from 1931, 1932 and 1933, Annual Attendance Summaries (original), treasurer's and secretary's handwritten note (original), School Year and Holiday List 1938-1939 (original), a memorandum (original) regarding celebration of the King's birthday and various notations listing events or reasons for absence.

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1302

Source or Donor

Sharon Kidd (nee Hunter)

Acquisition Method

Gift