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The file consists of a photocopy of a manuscript, dated 1876, about the genealogy of the Hurd family in Newport Township. Edmund Heard settled in Newport in 1794. The file provides data such as names, dates of birth and death, and the place of settlement. The file also includes a copy of a brief history of the family from the 11th century until the 19th century.
No more accruals are expected.
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The file consists of a photocopied transcription of James S. Ramage's memoirs, written in the early 1880s. The file provides information on his family, located in the Highland Scottish Settlement in Megantic. These memoirs also contain data on education, military matters, colonization, economic resources, geography, and hunting and farming in St. Agnes.
The file was donated in 1994 by Robert Walters, of Sherbrooke.
For more information on James S. Ramage's life, researchers may consult J. I. Little, "A Wilderness Boyhood: the Lake Megantic Memoirs of James S. Ramage", Journal of Eastern Townships Studies, no. 28 (2006), pp. 5-22.
Title based on contents of file.
The cover of the book is deteriorating.
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The file consists of one scrapbook pertaining to Ellis Parker Esq. of Barnston and covering the years 1890 to 1941. Clippings are pasted into an "Old Sessional Papers" book. It also contains writings by Parker Ellis (such as poems), and an extract of a letter dated 14 March 1935, from the House of Commons of Canada, which provides a review of the achievements and policies of the government from 1930 to 1935. The file provides information mainly on religious matters, and contains death notices and obituaries; but it also contains information on people such as Churchill and the Royal Family of England.
No more accruals are expected.
Title based on contents of file.
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The file consists of photocopies of typed documents related to Irving Orrin Vincent: a letter written by his son; a letter by A. E. Taylor, dated 12 April 1908, and his eulogy read by Reverend Dr. R. W. Dickie on 23 February 1920. The file gives information on Irving Orrin Vincent, M.A., born in January 1885 at St-Armand. He attended Stanstead Academy and McGill University and then he taught at Sherbrooke and Cookshire. Orrin Vincent was involved in the Protestant Teachers' Association as Vice-President and also in the development of the Quebec educational system.
No more accruals are expected.
Title is based on contents of file.
The documents are in English.
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The file consists of a photocopy of a clipping entitled Late Carlos Skinner to be honoured by Bell Pioneers and a photocopy of a letter written by Emily Elliott Skinner in Sherbrooke, dated 1910, to her son Albert Carlos Skinner. The file gives information on the settlement of the Elliott family, who came from New Hampshire in 1800. Carlos Young Skinner was the husband of Emily Elliott Skinner. He was the founder of the People's Telephone Company, which later became the Eastern Townships Telephone Company.
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Title based on contents of file.
The documents are in English.
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The file consists of documents related to the genealogy of the Perkins family. The files provides information on the settlement of the Perkins family in the Eastern Townships in the 19th century.
The documents were donated in 1993. The donor wishes to remain anonymous.
No further accruals are expected.
Title based on contents of file.
The documents are in English.
Calvin Draper was born on 9 March 1815 in the township of Compton. He was the son of Jonathan and Ruth Draper. Calvin died on 7 May 1874 in the township of Compton.
Rosella Quimby was born on 13 June 1812 in the township of Barnston. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Catherine Quimby. She died on 31 May 1875 in the township of Compton.
Calvin Draper and Rosella Quimby got married in February 1842. They had three daughters: Mary born on 6 April 1843, Catherine born on 5 July 1844, and Julia Elizabeth born on 16 December 1853.
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The file consists of family records of births, marriages and death of Calvin Draper's family of the township of Compton.
The documents were donated by the Bishop's University Library in 2005. The donor to the Library is unknown.
No more accruals are expected.
Title based on contents of file.
The document is in English.
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This file consists of research and part of a PhD thesis. The file contains information on Edward William Brewster, a farmer from the township of Compton, and his activities as a Canadian Farmer Delegate to the region of Shropshire in England at the beginning of the 20th century.
The document was donated to the Eastern Townships Research Centre in 2005 by Donald F. Harris.
No more accruals are expected.
The Mitchell Family Bible was sent to a restorer by the Hyndman family.
The documents are in English.
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The file contains source material on the births, marriages and deaths in the Mitchell family from Durham Township from the late 1860s to the 1930s as well as genealogical information on the Mitchell and Hyndman families. The file consists of a family Bible and genealogical research.
The file was donated by Peter Hyndman in 2005.
No more accruals are expected.
Title based on contents of file.
The documents are in English.
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The file contains information on the genealogy of the families Leonard Stone and his wife Katy Kendall, of the state of Massachusetts. Mary Polly Stone, a daughter, married William Hunting, a founder of Huntingville, in Ascot Township. It consists of a Stone family genealogy, one letter and notes on the Kendall family.
The file was donated in 2006 by Elizabeth Toop.
For primary source material on the Stone family, researchers may consult the Hunting family fonds (P160).
Title based on contents of file.
The letters were photocopied in 2008. The file includes copies of the letters transcribed in 2008.
The documents are in English.
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The file contains source material on Lt. Charle Rose's family's settlement and farm in Melbourne from 1835 to 1847. It consists of three letters, with transcriptions, from family members to Lt. Charles Rose, R.N.
No further accruals are expected.
Title based on contents of file.
The document is in English.
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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.
Donated by Marjorie Goodfellow in 2008.
No further accruals are expected.
The document is also available in digital format.
Title based on contents of fonds.
The documents are in English.
William Wilson (1773-1848) was born in Lincolnshire, England where he married his wife, Eleanor Chapman (1780-1864) in 1799. They immigrated to quebec in 1830 where they eventually settled in Leeds.
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This file contains source information on the Wilson family. It consists of photocopies of transcribed letters between William Wilson, the grandson of the aforementioned William Wilson and his wife Eliza Jane Orr in Megantic County dating from 1871-1891. This file also contains information on the Wilson family tree and family history.
Donated by Lawrence Cox in 2011.
Further accruals are expected.
Title base on contents of file.
The documents are in English.
Lavina Merry Chamberlain came to Canada in 1873 at the age of 9 to live with her Aunt, Clara Mack. Later she moved to Rock Island to be closer to Stanstead College where she graduated from and became a teacher. She married Israel Wright Brainerd on April 3 1885 and soon after they moved to Boston, Massachusetts.
David, Polly and Ebenezer Hovey and their family along with Joseph Ives and Isaac Rexford were the first members of this family to settle in Quebec. They moved to Hatley in 1794 from Charlotte, Vermont.
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This file consists of a booklet compiled by Homer N. Brainerd about the genealogy of the Chamberlain family centred around his mother, Lavina Merry Chamberlain. There is also a copy of a photo of L.P. LeBaron from 1902.
Documents were donated by Helen Downey.
Researchers may also be interested in P183 the Bradley family fonds, P022 Anna LeBaron fonds and P144 Catherine M. Jackson fonds which all have some relation to the Chamberlain family.
Title based on contents of file.
The documents are in English.
Ellen M. Farwell was born 23 June 1837 to Alvin and Katharine Farwell, who were farmers in Compton Township. Before her marriage, she was a school teacher. On 15 February 1857, Ellen married Cornelius Ives. Cornelius was the son of Julius Ives and Laura Drew. Ellen died 7 June 1903 in Lennoxville, Quebec.
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The file contains information on the courtship and life of Ellen M. Farwell in Compton in 1856. It consists of 3 transcribed letters, written by Ellen M. Farwell to Cornelius Ives during their courtship.
The file was donated by in 2012 by Lois Lindley.
No further accruals are expected.
At the time of acquisition, the originals were kept by Lois Lindley.
Title based on contents of file.
The documents are in English.
John Alexander Copping (a.k.a. Jack) was born in Rawdon, Quebec in 1868, the son of John Copping and Nancy Marlin. Sarah Alice Mason was born in Rawdon, Quebec in 1873, the daughter of Edward Mason and Mary Copping. John and Alice, as she was known, were married in 1896. Shortly after their marriage, they moved from Rawdon to a farm in Compton Township. Between 1906-1908, they bought a farm at Sand Hill, in Eaton Township. They did not have any children. John died in 1949 and Alice died in 1960.
Annie Mariah Mason, Alice's sister, was born 7 December 1869, the daughter of Edward Mason and Mary Copping. She married John (Jack) Richard Copping in Montreal in 1893. Together, they had two children: Vivian and Rita. The couple lived in Montreal, and in Lennoxville for a brief time. After their separation, Annie returned to Montreal and the children when to live with an aunt and uncle. Annie died 4 December 1965.
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The file contains biographical information on members of the Copping family from 1909 to 2005. It consists of a letter from Daniel Parkinson to Doris Banfill, dated 2005; an obituary for Ellen Colvin Cooper, dated 1921; a death announcement for John Alexander Copping, dated 1949; and a birthday annoucement for David McCurdy, dated 1909; a photograph of John and Alice Copping on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary, from 1946; and a memorial record for Annie Maria Mason Copping, dated 1965.
The file was donated by Doris Banfill in 2012.
No further accruals are expected.
The photograph is also available in digital format:.
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The item consists of a photograph of John and Alice Copping on the occasion their 50th anniversary, taken in Lennoxville in 1946.
Very good.
Photograph also available in digital format.
Title based on contents of file.
The document is in English.
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The file consists of an invitation to a 50th wedding anniversary reception for Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Adams on 27 February 1882 from Betsey Remick.
The document was donated in 2014 by Bill Buckland.
No further accruals are expected.
Title based on contents of file.
The photographs are computer-printed.
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The file contains information on the Thomas H. Cox family of Granby and, later, Ascot. It consists of a family tree and photographs of Alan and Helen Cox, Jordon Cox, Samantha Cox, Sarah Belle Cox-Couture, Brenda Cox Couture, Karen Cox, Darrell Clark, Dale Cox, Joan Coombs Cox, Philippe Couture, and Luc Couture from 2004 to 2005.
The documents were donated by Janice Carey in 2012.
No further accruals are expected.
Title based on contents of file.
The document is in English.
George Henry Wilkie was born the 20 December 1865 in Windsor, to George and Alice Ann (Dearden) Wilkie. He spent most of his life as a farmer in Hardwood Hill. He married Mary J. Ross the 15 January 1887 and together they had two children: Frances Maud (b. 1888) and Alice (b. 1891). George died the 21 December 1953.
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The file consists of a photocopy of typewritten memoirs, as dictated by George Wilkie around 1940, regarding the history and early families that settled in the area of Hardwood Hill. The family names included in his memoirs include: Daniels, Begin, Connely, Knox, Hall, Dearden, Howan, Heatherington, Bliss, Campbell, Donaghey, Wooler, and Frame.
Fair copy. Some text difficult to read.
The document was provided by Gordon Leckie in 2015.
No further accruals are expected.
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The file contains information on the Bean/Beane family of Hatley and East Hereford from 1835 to 1916. It consists of reproductions of births and marriages from the family Bible, the last will and testaments for Josephine Bean(e) and Edwin Bean(e), and the cadastral index for Range 2, Lots 4 & 5 in the Township of Hereford.
Excellent.
The file was donated by Judy LeBaron in 2019.
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The file consists of a book of poems by Joseph Rice Ball and Lillian Stuart Ball, titled "Greetings from Mapleside", which also includes photographs, from around 1900 and a custom Christmas greeting card from Henry S. Ball, dated 1907. Mapleside was the Ball family property in Waterville.
Very good.
File donated by Daniel O'Malley in 2019.
The book of poems also available in digital format.
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The file contains a thoroughly annotated version of B.F. Hubbard's "Forests and Clearings," by Walter F. Beattie with additional family information and updated histories pertaining the Stanstead County area. The volume also includes original photographs of: Albert L. Knight, P.B. Wilcox, Abel Johnson, Wilder Pierce, Benjamin Pomeroy
Very good.
File donated in 2020 by Steuart Beattie.
The volume was annotated and indexed by Walter Beattie, father of Steuart Beattie, in 1939. The purpose of the annotations was to note information gathered in the following century and a quarter. In partnership with Harry Shufelt, Walter began writing a new history of the border townships but that project ended with his death in 1946. Prior to donation to the ETRC, the annotated Hubbard volume had been in the Beattie family's keeping for 80 years.
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The file consists of a scrapbook page compiled by Mildred Waldron showing many members of the McBurney and Forgrave families as well as members of the Willing Workers group from the Sawyerville Presbyterian Church from the Sawyerville area, probably taken around the 1910s. It also includes a letter from Mildred to Marjorie Goodfellow.
The file was donated by Marjorie Goodfellow in 2020.
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The file consists of a school municipality census for East Bolton for 1899. The ledger was later used as a cookbook for Emma (née Bryant) Patch (1891-1951) of Magog, probably from the 1920s to the 1940s.
Binding loose.
Donated by Deborah Block.
Also available in digital format.
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The file contains primary source information about Jonathan Slater (ca 1816-1889) and his wife, Rebecca Walker (ca. 1818-1890) in Barnston from 1881 to 1896. It consists of an invoice addressed to Jonathan Slater, register extracts for their marriage and deaths, and Rebecca Walker's will. Rebecca Anglisa Walker was the daughter of Joseph Walker and Mary McCaw. Together, Jonathan Slater and Rebecca Walker had at least six children: Frances, Mary, Jane, Jonathan Henry, Emma, and Retinah.
Some documents torn and fragile.
Documents donated by Bill Buckland in 2020.
Documents also available in digital format.
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The item is a Superior Court document from the District of Saint Francis. The document is an extract of the register of marriages between Jonathan Slater and Rebeca Walker, dated from 1847 and given at the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec.
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Item is the Last Will and Testament of Rebecca A. Walker, dated 1890.
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The file is primarily a source of information on the family of Adolphe Trépanier in East Angus recorded from 1922 to 1945. It consists of a copy of "Sauvons nos petits enfants : Conseils élémentaires aux mères de familles," published by the Conseil d'Hygiène de la Province de Québec (ca. 1906), which includes annotated pages detailing births, baptisms, and confirmations of the children of Adolphe Trépanier and Marie-Anna Dallaire. It also includes some genealogical information for Trépanier ancestors.
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The file consists of a marriage certificate for John Andrews, of New York state, and Hattie Cameron (daughter of James A. Cameron and Mary Mann) of Leeds, dated 19 December 1900. They were married by the minister of the Leeds Presbyterian Church.
Transferred from Lennoxville-Ascot Historical and Museum Society in 2022.
Marriage certificate is available in digital format.
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The file contains primary source information on the life, business, family, and legacy of George Nelson Hodge of Sherbrooke, in 1910 and 1941. It consists of a certified true copy of his Last Will and Testament.
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The file contains primary source information on the Barrows family around Lake Memphremagog in 1909 and 1964. It consists of a copy of "Samuel June Barrows: A Circuit Rider in the Humanities" by Paul U. Kellogg and a copy of an article by Michael M. Davis titled "A History of Lake Memphremagog Region," originally published in the Sherbrooke Record on March 21, 1964, which discusses the Barrows family's summer properties on Lake Memphremagog.
The documents were donated by Jean and Catherine Milne with the Henrietta Kathleen Warren Milne collection (P135).