Land, settlement and immigration

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  • The subject term Land, settlement and immigratoin should be used with descriptions that relate to settling, claiming and moving to a new land, land titles, distribution and grants, community and regional settlement partners, land settlement companies, land surveys and surveyors, real estate companies and activities and organizations involved in sponsoring and supporting immigrants.

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          CA ETRC P997-010-01-004 · File · ([200-?])
          Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

          The file consists of a typed manuscript titled "Hatley Tales" by Garth E. Morrisette. Included within the table of contents are: Tales from the Backwoods of Hatley Township as told by Charlotte Little 1813-1897, The Scouts 1795, The Bear 1805, Xmas [Christmas] on the North Road 1821, Nervous 1937, A Mean Turkey 1938, Merry Christmas 1993, An Apple a Day 1910, Just a Little Green Frog, A Load Both Ways 1939, Gramp- Benjamin Franklin Fowler, The Voice- A biography of Zelda Humphrey Bowen, Hannad Lavers Fowler 1884-1949.

          Ruby Reta (Martin) Ross
          CA ETRC P260-001-004 · File · [ca. 1980]
          Part of Alberta Everett collection

          The file contains primary source information on Ruby Reta Ross (née Martin) and the Martin family from about 1980. It consists of a typed family tree for the Martin, Card, Lavalliere, and Crawford families descended from James Martin of Ireland.

          Foreword
          CA ETRC P045-001-002 · Item · 1979
          Part of Celtic Research Group fonds

          The item contains information on the Celtic Research Group’s activities. It is the foreword of the book Celts of Compton County.

          Bill Buckland collection
          CA ETRC P266 · Collection · 1978-2023

          This collection is composed of primary and secondary records dating from [1843-1890]-1978 and 2023 pertaining to the Buckland and Robinson families of Coaticook and Waterloo. The records include, biographical accounts, genealogical documents, obituaries, news clippings, and photographs.

          Genealogy
          CA ETRC P266-001 · Series · 1978-2023
          Part of Bill Buckland collection

          This series is composed of primary and secondary records dating from [1843-1890]-1978 and 2023 pertaining to the Buckland and Robinson families of Coaticook and Waterloo. The records include, biographical accounts, genealogical documents, obituaries, news clippings, and photographs.

          Professional life
          CA ETRC P234-003-001 · File · 1952-1999
          Part of Wark family (Sherbrooke) fonds

          This file contains primary source material on the professional life of Barbara Wark in Sherbrooke between 1952 and 1999. It consists primarily of a scrapbook from Barbara's nursing training and later career, as well as an interoffice telephone directory for the The Telegram (Toronto), newspaper clippings, and identification cards from Barbara's time as a reporter.

          Historical writing
          CA ETRC P064-002-001 · Item · 195?
          Part of Albert Gravel fonds

          The item contains information on Albert Gravel’s activities. It is a historical note about the beginning of the Eastern Township’s colonization.

          Personal Life
          CA ETRC P260-002 · Series · 1944-[ca. 1990]
          Part of Alberta Everett collection

          The series contains primary source information on Alberta Everett's personal life from about 1944 to 1990. It consists of her autograph book; her Grade 10 Certificate of General Proficiency; and 11 photographs of Alberta alone or with classmates and friends.

          CA ETRC P193 · Fonds · 1943-1963, [199-?]

          The fonds contains primary source material on the Eastern Townships Protestant Colonization Association from 1943 to the 1990s. It consists primarily of correspondence, minutes, reports, financial information and lists of colonists. The fonds is comprised of the following series: History (1955, [199-?]), Administration (1960-1962), Land Management (1945-1962), and Finances (1943-1963).

          CA ETRC P996-2022-013 · File · 1942-1945
          Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Cartographic Material collection

          This file is comprised of three geological surveys produced by the Canadian Department of Mines and Resources - Mines and Geology Branch between 1942 and 1945. The surveys Preliminary Maps of Orford, Stanstead and Brome Counties, and Mansonville, Quebec, They also each have corresponding descriptive notes either written directly on the map or as a separate document.

          Government of Canada, Department of Mines and Resources, Mines and Geology Branch
          A.J.H. Richardson fonds
          CA ETRC P223 · Fonds · 1937

          The fonds contains information on the research interests of A.J.H. (aka Jack) Richardson on the Eastern Townships in 1937. It consists of one letter from Jack Richardson to doctoral advisor regarding a possible PhD dissertation topic and list of available archival (primary) sources on land settlement and geography in the Eastern Townships.

          Richardson, Arthur John Hampson
          Melbourne
          CA ETRC P997-001-02-008 · File · 1936
          Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

          The file contains primary source information relating to land in the Township of Melbourne in 1936. It consists of a deed documenting a sale of rights by A.G. Stalker and Arthur Castonguay (Windsor Paper Mill) to Dallas Grant (Canada Paper Company) dated December 4, 1936, for several lots in ranges 5, 6, and 7 in the Township of Melbourne.

          CA ETRC P232-003-074 · File · 1919-1977
          Part of Société d'histoire et du patrimoine du Haut-St-François collection

          The file contains source material on histories of parishes, churches and towns, which are not included into other files. It consists of a history of chapel Bethlehem and father Jerome in Ditton, a history of the town Victoria, Clifton and East Angus, a record of Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix parish from 1919 to 1923, biographical sketches of parish Sainte-Marguerite-de-Lingwick, Saint-Raymond-de-Pennafort, Sainte-Martin-de-Martinville, Sainte-Famille-de-Newport and Saint-Mathias and a history of land grant in Ascot and Orford.

          Ascot
          CA ETRC P997-001-02-007 · File · 1908-1913
          Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

          The file contains primary source information relating to land in the Township of Ascot from 1908 to 1913. It consists of a photocopy of a deed of sale by Isaac J. Parnell to Charles Edward Paige dated April 16, 1908, for parts of lot 14, range 3 in the Township of Ascot. It also consists of a photocopy of a deed of sale by Charles E. Paige to William Paige dated March 19, 1910, for part of lot 14, range 3 in the Township of Ascot. It also consists of a photocopy of a deed of sale by Charles Edward Paige and Alfred Ward to David E. Byrne dated December 21, 1910, for part of lot 15, range 3 and part of lot 14, range 3, both in the Township of Ascot. Finally, it consists of a photocopy of a deed of sale by William Paige to David E. Byrne dated December 1, 1913, for part of the north half of lot 14, range 3 in the Township of Ascot.

          Property and land
          CA SHC C032-S001-D008 · File · [190-?]-2014
          Part of Collection Société d’histoire de Coaticook

          File presents information on property and land transactions in Coaticook from around 1900 to 2014. It consists of register of land searches and certificates (1913-1961), a catalogue of properties for sale by Nunns & Moulton in French and in English ([190-?]), and copies of acts relating to the property of the Frères des Écoles Chrétienne in Compton ([copied 2014]).