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Middleville, Ontario

Catalogue of Photographs

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Sanderson Camera used to take photographs in the Macaulay-Borrowman Collection
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The Macaulay- Borrowman Photography Collection is part of the Middleville and District Museum's collection.  The photographs are a glimpse into the lives of the community and the people who lived there. There are family portraits, casual photos of everyday life and pictures of the buildings that made up the village landscape; some still standing and others long gone. 
The negatives were produced by chemical reaction of metallic salts to light on glass plates. The fragile glass negatives could be used to produce many copies of the same image, a remarkable feat for the time. Each of the glass negatives measures 6  1/2 inches  by  4  3/4 inches. 
The extensive collection of 300 glass negatives are housed in the Middleville and District Museum. ​
We have recently begun the process of sharing some of the photographs from the Macaulay - Borrowman Collection on our website and will continue to add more in the coming months.  We hope you will browse it to see if there are any interesting connections you can make with the names and subjects. There is a considerable amount of history hidden in plain sight in these photos and their descriptions. If you are lucky enough to make a connection and would like to view the photo, jot down the PA number included at the end of each photo description.  You can view any of these special photos while visiting the museum in person. 
Catalogue of Photographs:
​To view each photograph, click on the highlighted photo name or identifying title.
Penman's Sawmill, 8th Line, Lanark Township on Hugh Rodger's Lot
PA-77194
Eva Rodger Rintoul and Jim
PA-77195
Jessie McKay and Jean McKirdy
PA-77197
Jean Rankin, Nellie Borrowman and Edna Bowen
PA-77198
Dave Barr and Margaret Grace Knull's  Family from Hall's Mills
(Peter, John, Maria, Isabella, Dave, Wilfred, Alfred, Ross and Kenneth)
PA-77200
Lulu Sommerville
PA-77202
Timothy Sweeney with William Langstaff's team hauling milk to Middleville Cheese Factory
PA-77203
Borrowman's Wheat Field with Wesley Borrowman stooking grain
PA-77205
Mina Anderson and friend, Ernest McKinley
PA-72207
Margaret Affleck 
PA-77208
Minnie Erskine
PA-77209
Farm Group
PA-77210
Archie Rankin's House 
(Mr. and Mrs. Rankin on porch)
PA-77277
Mrs. George Creighton's House
(Nettie, Madge and Mrs. Creighton)
PA-77278   
Allan Blackburn's House and Wood Work Shop
PA-77280
The Middleville Hotel  built circa 1884
(owned by George Aitkman, William McIntyre, Ab Cunningham and George Mather)
PA-77281
Archibald Campbell's House
​(Built 1880, Penman House)
(Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Leaky, Lottie Penman, Hazel Leaky)
PA-77284
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (now known as Trinity United Church) 
PA-77289
Congregational Church  (Stone)
PA-79046
Allan Blackburn's 'New' House 
PA-79108
The complete index of photographs in the 771 and 772 Series
771 Series
PA#
Caption

77194
Penman’s Sawmill, 8th Line, Lanark Township,   Hugh Rodger’s lot

77195
Eva Rodger Rintoul and Jim

77196
Threshing scene (three men, 4 horses)

77197
Jessie McKay and Jean McKirdy

77198
Jean Rankin, Nellie Blackburn and Edna Bowen

 
772 Series
PA #
Caption

77200
Dave Barr’s Family, Hall’s Mills    Peter, John, Maria (Mrs. Sandy Reid), Isabella (Mrs. Harry McGee), Dave, Wilfred, Alfred, Ross and Kenneth

77201
Alma, Jennie and Jennie Affleck  (top to bottom)

77202
Lulu Somerville

77203
Timothy Sweeney with William Langstaff’s team hauling milk to Middleville Cheese Factory

77204
Wilson Family:  Earl, George, Howard, Ernest and Laddie

77205
William Borrowman’s wheat field with his son Wesley stooking grain

77206
Two children (unidentified)

77207
Mina Anderson and Ernest McKinley

77208
Margaret Affleck

77209
Minnie Erskine

77210
Farm group

77211
Janet Taylor

77212
Jenny McLaughlin

77213
Wesley Borrowman

77214
Jessie McKirdy and Janet Penman

77215
Mina, Cora and Archie Anderson

77216
Middleville Group of Men, 1908

77217
The McCallum Family (Mrs. Wm Borrowman was Mary McCallum)

77218
Lizzie and Jean McKirdy

77219
Two ladies and two girls

77220
Loyal Crusaders 1908

77221
Mrs. William Rodger, Mrs. Hicks and child  (pose 1)

77222
Mrs. William Rodger, Mrs. Hicks and child   (pose 2)

77223
J, Penman Sawmill Gang, 1909  Peter Barr, Fred Woods, R.L. Somerville, Rex Penman, Mel Woods, Jack Miller and Willie Wilson

77224
Addie Blackburn  (Mrs. Arthur McIntyre)

77225
James Penman Family   Evan, Tena, Ronnie and Rex

77226
Flossie Affleck

77227
Family group, Mrs. Tom Wilson, Earl, George, Howard, Ernest and Laddie

77228
Gladys Borrowman, daughter of Reverend Alymer Borrowman

77229
Mr. and Mrs. Alex McKay, Jenny, Jimmy, Jessie, Edith, Elizabeth, Agnes, Margaret

77230
Front row: David Burke, Ida Mather, Nettie Blackburn, Back row: Maggie Blackburn, Bella Blackburn, Harry Thompson

77231
James Family group

77232
Picnic group

77233
School photo S.S. # 9   Rosetta School 1908
L to R: Back Row: Jean McIntyre, Addie Arnott, Maggie Rodger, Jenny McKay, May McFarlane, Addie McIntyre, Lloyd Peacock
Centre Row: Jimmy McKay, Elsie Craig, ?, ?, Nettie Rodger, Jessie McKay, Edna Peacock, Arthur Creighton, William Poultney
Front Row: Harold Arnott, Harry Rodger, Ross Craig(?), ?, Jack Rodger, Archie Affleck, Harvey McIntyre

77234
Group at Church Party Back row: Edna Bowen, Bella Mitchell, Maggie Blackburn, Ethel Croft, Nettie Blackburn, Carrie Somerville, Mabel Blackburn, Jean Rankin, Clara Croft and Mrs. Macauley  Front row: Nettie Creighton, Maggie Moffat, Lizzie McIntyre, Minnie Erskine, Aggie Affleck, Mary Hogg, Anna Bella Creighton, Madge Creighton, Nellie Rodger

77235
Jennie McLaughlin

77236
Pioneer cabin used as summer kitchen, Lot 19 East half Conc 8, Lanark Township

77237
Annie Jackson and Wesley Borrowman in Borrowman’s field at harvest time

77238
Missing

77239
Nettie and Madge Creighton in buggy with Alec Scoular

77240
Matt Somerville’s house

77241
Mill House at the Clyde   James Rankin’s family: Jack, Ida, Nina, Tena, Margaret, Billy, Rena, Mervyn and Earl

77242
Family of John Sr and Katie  Somerville   Back row: Katie Somerville, Liala Somerville, Maggie and Mrs. Lawrence, Winnie Lawrence, Front row: Carrie, (Mrs. WS Rodger), Ethel (Mrs. Aldean Affleck), Olive (Mrs. Bruce Bell)

77243
Robert S. Rodger’s family: James Rodger, Miss Mary Rodger, Carrie Rodger (Mrs. James Thompson), Ruth Rodger, Robert S. Rodger, Lorna, Mrs. Rodger, Gertrude, Bessie, Margaret and dog

77244
Andrew Arnott with James and Harold

77245
Missing

77246
Missing

77247
George Mather with load of logs in bush lot, 1910

77248
missing

77249
Archie Campbell’s barn yard  (Lot 19 Conc 8, Lanark Township)

77250
Picnic at Thompson’s Lake, Galbraith, Lanark Township

77251
George Mather with his mother, Mrs. Dave Mather and sister Ida on the hay binder

77252
Woman with three children (unidentified)

77253
Lena Nairn and Effie Wilson

77254
Borrowman Family Group: Nell, Kate, Ed, Wesley and Bill

77255
Robbie Affleck and his wife

77256
Willie Gibson’s wedding at Gunn’s

77257
Rodger and Eric Somerville

77258
David Burke

77259
Missing

77260
Robert J. Affleck  (known as Curly), lived on Main Street, east side

77261
Mr. and Mrs. George Mather (Mrs. Maude Anderson) wedding photo with Nettie Blackburn and unknown man

77262
Mr. and Mrs. William McIntyre’s family of six daughters Lena, (Mrs. Hutton), Alex, Minnie (Mrs. Mel Morrison), Grace (Mrs. Allie Buffam), Nellie (Mrs. John Herron), Ida (Mrs. Albert May), Jean (Mrs. William Aitken)

77263
Mr. and Mrs. James Dodds family of five:  Jenny, Herold, Jim, Bessie, James Dodd, Helen, Mrs. Dodds

77264
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Affleck with Jessie and Amanda

77265
Mr. and Mrs. George Mather and family  Ross, Arthur and Elva

77266
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Reid (Caroline Caldwell)  and son Wilfred

77267
George Mather, Alf McDougall, Albert Craig 

77268
Tena (Mrs. Evan Craig) and Jean (Mrs. Hilton Thompson) McIntyre

77269
Group at David Somerville’s making a jumper sleigh  Back row: Jim Somerville, Dave Somerville Jr., Harry Somerville  Front row: Billy Somerville, Matt Somerville, Dave Somerville Sr.

77270
Penman brothers:  James, William and George

77271
Group at R.R. Affleck’s veranda  Relatives: R.C. Somerville, Alde Affleck, Robby Somerville, Roy Affleck, Lloyd Somerville, Jack Mather, R.R. Affleck, Margaret Somerville, Mrs. R.C. Somerville, Mrs. Jack Mather, Ethel Somerville and Johnny Mather

77272
Flower Drill group after Concert, Middleville Town Hall 1910  Jenny Somerville, Minnie Mather, Eva Rodger, Tena McIntyre, Mabel, Jean McIntyre, Miss Chown, Lila Somerville, Ida Affleck, Clara Somerville, Nettie Blackburn, Lena Nairn

77273
Back row: Jean Rankin, Jessie May Affleck, Edna Bowen, Miss Berry, Minnie Erskine, Mary Hogg, Mabel Blackburn, Clara Croft and Maggie Moffat  Front row: Nettie Somerville, Nettie Creighton, Nettie Blackburn, Madge Creighton, Jenny Affleck and Ethel Somerville

77274
Group of Middleville girls at Reverend Macaulay’s in 1910  Back row: Minnie Mather, Bessie Affleck, Lena Nairn, Kate Manson, Bella Mitchell, Edna Rodger, Evelyn Somerville, Margaret McIlraith, Annie Liddle, Addie Blackburn  Front row: Ida Mather, Fanny Manson, Jenny Somerville, Rachel Macaulay, Lila Somerville, Mary Affleck, Ida Affleck, Nettie Somerville, Clara Somerville

77275
1908-1910  Mina Anderson, Addie McIntyre, Miss A. Baird, Mary Hogg, Edna Bowen, Mrs. Macaulay, Mrs. Kingsley, Edna Wallace, Rachel Macaulay, Margaret McIlraith, Agnes Yuill, Maggie Manson, Lila Somerville, Violet Parker, Margaret Affleck, Jean Yuill, Agnes Macaulay, Margaret Somerville and Ollie Wallace

77276
Community group of men   Back row: Mel Woods, Peter Barr, Fred Woods, Lew Somerville, Jim penman, Allie Blackburn, Wilfred Reid, Jim Blackburn, Arthur McIntyre and Lawrence Croft  Front row: Wylie Affleck, Lorne Somerville, Jack Miller, Johnny Mather, Billy Somerville, Willie Wilson, Roy Affleck, Lot Mitchell, A>B> Craig, Bobby Somerville, Allie Blackburn

77277
Archie Rankin’s house with vines and flowers 

77278
Mrs. George Creighton’s house (#2) Nettie, Madge and Mrs. Creighton

77279
Missing

77280
Allan Backburn’s house and wood work shop

77281
The Middleville Hotel   L-R: Ross Mather, George Mather, Mrs. Mather, Ida Affleck (Mrs. Liddle), Elva Mather (Mrs. O’Donohue), Arthur Mather

77282
R. McIntyre, at store

77283
Penman Family: Maggie Moffat, Rex Penman, Mrs. James Penman with Tena on her knee, James Penman with Ronnie on his knee and Evan

77284
Penman House, built in 1880 
Archie Campbell, Mrs. Leaky, Lottie Penman, Hazel Leaky 

77285
Statute Labour for Roads, at Galbraith   taken approximately 1905   Bob Nairn (2nd from left)

77286
Missing   

77287
Main Street of Middleville, near village pump

77288
Main Street, Middleville  (looking northward)
(showing Croft’s Store, Baptist Manse, Congregational Church, Affleck house)

77289
St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Middleville  

77290
Wesley and Russell Borrowman sitting on glacial rock in Borrowman’s field, Middleville  

77291
First Congregational Church, Middleville  located across from Fair Grounds

77292
Mrs. Robert Affleck, (Mary Borrowman)   100 years old

77293
Group of cousins: Nettie Creighton, Nettie Baird, Jessie May Affleck, Madge Creighton, Ida Affleck, Harry Mather, Nettie Somerville, Bill Somerville, Margaret Baird

77294
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Liddle and family     Lorne, Bill, Annie and Fred

77295
Group at George Mather’s Sugar Camp, Middleville  Elva Mather, George Mather, Evan Craig, Bob Nairn

77296
Middleville School photo  1899
Back Row: John T. Robertson, Billy Liddle, Mary Affleck, Wilfred Reid, Alden Affleck, Ethel Somerville, Olive Blackburn, Jennie Affleck, Annie Mitchell, Annie Smith, Ida Mather, Agnes Affleck
Centre Row: John C. Mather, Johnny Mather, Big Roy Affleck, Fred Liddle, Jim Rodger, Sinclair Mitchell, Scott Mather, Landowne Burke, Allie Blackburn, Addie Blackburn, Jean McIntyre, Sadie Jones, Mary Affleck, Essie Cunningham
Bottom Row: Wee Roy Affleck, W.R. Somerville, Wylie Affleck, Robert Somerville, Clifford Affleck, James Howith, Herb Jackson, Arthur McIntyre, David Burke, Nellie Rodger, Nellie McIntyre, Eda Robertson, Ida Affleck, Clara Somerville

77297
Jack Mather’s Sugar Camp  L to R: Maggie Blackburn, Ethel Somerville, Jack Mather, Minnie Mather, Evelyn Somerville, Jimmy Rankin and Lizzie Chalmers (in front)

77298
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Affleck and family   Margaret, Jennie and Bessie
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