Document
Identifier:
C.0002
Description
The collection is comprised of a wide range of records relating to the Bertram family.
Additional Information
The collection is comprised of a wide range of records that originate from a number of activities. These include correspondence between family members about the family history and other topics. There are also records relating to
Richard Edgar Bertram’s flight training for the RCAF and his death. There are copies of documents relating to memorial services for the first and second world wars. There is a large collection of Canadian Tool Works picnic ribbons and
other miscellaneous ribbons from groups and events around Dundas. The largest coherent collection of records in this collection are those belonging to Janet Bertram Brown and her genealogical research. These documents are
primary copies of birth, death, baptism records along with the military service records of several family members. There are extensive handwritten notes and inventories created by Janet Bertram Brown, including a finding aid for the records of the Dundas Historical Society Museum. A small group of newspaper articles is also included in this collection, focusing primarily on the Bertram family and their business. The collection also includes a large number of photographs
that relate to the family but do not have a clear provenance or place in other fonds.
In some cases photographs which belong to the Bertram family were included in the Dundas Museum and Archives’ Photograph Collection. Images identified as belonging to the Bertram family have been identified and their collection number provided. These items will remain part of the Photograph Collection for the time being.
The collection is comprised of the following types of documents: correspondence, a flight log book, memorial programmes, ribbons, pins, newspaper and journal articles, cemetery records, copies of: birth certificates,
death certificates, baptism records, military enlistment forms, hospital records, medal award lists, genealogy notes, wedding announcements, and photographs.
Physical Description
0.5 m textual records
144 photographs
3 technical drawings
130 ribbons
Date:
predominant 1915-1999;
Date:
1870 – 2002