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List of Business Account Books
(sequence is chronological by date of first entry, notes follow the list)

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  Business Information         Archive Information   Physical Description              
  Name, Last Name, First Type of Business Location County Archive Call Number Type of Record Vols. Dates of Concentration Pages Used Space Condition Legibility Inventory
* Foster E General Store Townsend Norfolk UWO B5035 AB 2 1814-1815 325 100% Good Fair Y
* Sleeman J Tavern Guelph Twp. Wellington UG XR1 MS A334038 L 1 1847-1848 110 100% Good Fair Y
* Thomson A. Shoe Maker Erin Wellington WCMA A1971.8.5 L 1 1848-1853 210 95% Frail Fair Y
* Anonymous   General Store     AM 983-7-7 L 1 1849-1857 630 100% Frail Good Y
* McWilliams R Stone Quarry Rockwood Wellington WCMA A2001.113 AB 2 1852-1858 200        
* Perine   Flax/Saw Mill & Store Conestogo & Doon Waterloo WHF A985.289 AB 6 1854-1866 400 100% Good Good Y
  Moore E Miller Douglas Renfrew UG XR1 MS A034 L 1 1854-1869 120 66% Good Good Y
* Mutch J Shoe Store Elora Wellington WCMA A1952X.241.44 L 1 1855-56, 1867-68 500 20% Good Good Y
* Connon T Photography & Store Elora Wellington UG XR1 MS A320 AB 8 1858-1864     Frail Good Y
* Martin & Nairn   General Store Lyons Elgin AM 986-29-4 L 1 1861-1864 226 90% Good Good Y
* Armstrong S Grocer Moorefield Wellington WCMA A1982.77 L 1 1868-70, 1876 314 100% Good Good Y
* Hunt J Blacksmith Fergus Wellington WCMA A1989.169 AB 4 1870-1912 300 70% Good Good Y
  Taylor & Whyte   Blacksmith Clifford Wellington WCMA A1991.181 AB 2 1871-1873 200 100% Good Good Y
  Derby J Blacksmith Guelph Twp. Wellington WCMA A1999.14 AB 2 1871-1885       Poor  
* Williams & Barnard   Grist Mill Nissouri West Twp. Middlesex UWO X1701 AB 2 1872-1887 340 70% Frail Good Y
  Fawcett W Saw Mill Strathroy Middlesex UWO B5289 AB 2 1872-1892          
  Taylor & Micklejohn J&A Blacksmith & Store     UWO B5035 L 1 1876-1879, 1881-1895 498 100% Good Good Y
  Hutchinson J. W. Marble Works Aylmer Elgin AM 984-3-1 L 1 1877 500 10% Good Good N
  Mccutcheon W General Store Winfield Wellington UG XR1 MS A003 L 1 1877-1878 623 80% Good Good Y
* Henderson Brothers   Agricultural Implements Wardsville Middlesex UWO M628 (microfilm) DB 2 1879-1887 312 100% n/a Good Y
* Davidson A Shoe Store Ennotville & Elora Wellington WCMA A1952X.241.43 L 1 1880-1883 272 100% Good Good Y
  Hutchinson J. W. Marble Works Aylmer Elgin AM 988-51-4 CB 1 1881-1883 108 100% Fair Good N
* Maitland J Blacksmith Pilkington Twp. Wellington WCMA A1998.37 AB 2 1881-1893 340 95% Good Poor Y
* Davidson A Shoe Store Ennotville & Elora Wellington WCMA A1952.241.46 DB 1 1882-1884 476 100% Frail Good Y
* Bignell C. A. Shoe Store Guelph & Elora Wellington WCMA A1952X.241.41 DB 1 1884-1890 601 100% Frail Good Y
* Kilpatrick W. J. Grocer & Carriage Maker Springfield Elgin AM n/a L 7 1884-1933 300 100% Frail Good Y
* B & C   Saw Mill Aylmer Elgin AM n/a DB 1 1886-1888 502 60% Good Good Y
* Waterloo Manufacturing Co.   Agricultural Implements Waterloo Waterloo UG XA1 RHC A0355 AB 15+ 1886-1950s 850 100% Good Good Y
* Schweitzer J Harness Maker Conestogo Waterloo WHF A985.296 L 1 1888-1899 599 100%      
* Ashenhurst J Stone Quarry Erin Twp. Wellington WCMA A1997.39 DB 1 1888-1901 200 45% Good Good Y
* Ebel H Harness Maker Conestogo Waterloo WHF A985.295 L 1 1888-1903 478 100% Good Good Y
* Thomson J Funeral Home & Furniture Fergus Wellington WCMA A1988.102 AB 11 1888-1908     Good Good Y
  Helshop & Mann     Aylmer Elgin AM 982-24-963 DB 1 1889-1891 380 10% Good Good N
* Weichel W Hardware Store Elmira & St. Jacobs Waterloo WHF A991.041 AB 38 1889-1981          
* Davidson or Bignell   Shoe Store Elora Wellington WCMA A1952X.241.45 DB 1 1890-1895 402 100% Frail Good Y
* Harriston Joint Stock Butter & Cheese Mfg. Co.     Harriston Wellington WCMA A1991.165 AB 12 1890-1920          
* Fischer C&F Funeral Home & Furniture Elora & Salem Wellington WCMA A1981.59 AB 20 1890-1924          
  Christie & Caron   Clothing "department" Aylmer Elgin AM 992-31-89 to 98 CB 6 1892-1914 100 100% Fair Good N
  Aitchison E Saw Mill Wardsville Middlesex UWO VF244 DB 1 1895-1897          
* Marshall G General Store Everton Wellington WCMA A2001.113 L 1 1895-1917 332 100% Good Good Y
* Mueller H General Store Roseville Waterloo KPL 971.344 Muell DB 1 1896-1901     n/a Good Y
* Monteith W Shoe sales & repairs     AM n/a L 1 1896-1906 300 100% Fair Mediocre Y
* Henry S. M. Flax mill Harriston Wellington WCMA A1991.165 AB 3 1897-1901 200 50% Good Good Y
  Nelles C Book Seller Guelph Wellington UG XR1 MS A324012 L 1 1897-1912          
  Hutchinson J. W. Marble Works Aylmer Elgin AM 986-68-15 L 1 1898-1930s 400 100% Good Good N
* Gow J Lime Kiln Fergus Wellington WCMA A1983.70 AB 6 1903-1914 200       Y
* Howe Skelton & Co.   Drugstore Palmerston Wellington WCMA A1988.105 L 1 1904-1907          
* McGregor R Blacksmith Belwood Wellington WCMA A1988.115 L 1 1904-1915 599 100% Good Good Y
* Kennedy W. H. General Store Ailsa Craig Middlesex UWO X1623 L 1 1906-1910 500 100% Fair Good Y
  Tarzwell R.W. Miller Erin Twp. Wellington WCMA A1994.922 AB 5 1908-1924          
  Dale & Grier   Grocer Rockwood Wellington WCMA A1989.170 DB 1 1910-1912 70 50% Good Fair Y
  Maude G Agricultural Implements Fergus Wellington WCMA A1989.8 R   1913-1914          

* Particularly promising sources

Archive
AM = Aylmer Museum, Aylmer, 519.773.9723
KPL = Kitchener Public Library, Kitchener, website
UG = University of Guelph Archives, website
UWO = University of Western Ontario Archives, London, website
WCMA = Wellington County Museum and Archives, Fergus, website
WHF = Woolwich Historical Foundation, Conestogo, email

Type of Record
AB = Account Books (assorted)
DB = Daybook
L = Ledger
CB = Cash Book
R = Receipts

      
     
  
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