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Caroline Parsons Coombs
CA ETRC P997-001-04-013 · File · 1954
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file contains source information on the life of Caroline Parsons Coombs (1818-1907) and her family's immigration and settlement experiences in Bury, Sherbrooke and Orford, Quebec. Caroline immigrated to Canada with her family in 1836. She married John Coombs in 1837. The file consists of a memorial booklet written by Eva A. Coombs, Caroline's grand-daughter.

Double Wedding
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002b-P132 · Item · [1920?], copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of a group that attended a double wedding, with both brides and grooms in the middle. Possibly from Stanstead or Sherbrooke county.

Royal Visit
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002a-P529 · Item · October 16, 1901, copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of a royal visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (future King George V and Queen Mary) at the Sherbrooke Courthouse, with a large crowd in front of the courthouse.

Parade
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002b-P593 · Item · [1919?], copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of a parade on the corner of Wellington and Frontenac in Sherbrooke, with cars visible on the side of the road.

Parade
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002b-P576 · Item · [1890?], copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of a parade on a street, with a banner that reads "Decouverte du Canada", or discovering Canada.

Cheese Day
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002b-P564 · Item · [1909?], copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of a $42,000 Cheese Day with horses pulling wagons full of cheese to the train station in Danville, with a portrait of a young boy in the top right-hand corner.