Fonds BCHS979 - Tarbell-Kimball family fonds

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Tarbell-Kimball family fonds

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CA BCHS BCHS979

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  • 1811-1975 (Creation)
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    Tarbell-Kimball Family
  • [187?-193?] (Creation)

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5 textual records. - 4 photo albums. - 147 photographs. - 1 object.

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(1811-1975)

Biographical history

The first member of the Tarbell-Kimball family to come live in the Eastern Townships was Edward Horace Tarbell, (1841-1916), son of Horace W. Tarbell and Charlotte Leach, who married Catherine Kimball (1837-1920), daughter of Albert Kimball (1811-1891) and Sarah Ann Williamson, on November 1st, 1864 in Knowlton. The couple had three children: Albert Edward (1870-1873), Herbert Kimball (1874-1944) and Sarah Catherine (1876-1967). Herbert K. Tarbell married Nellie Ruth Farmer, adopted daughter of Alvin Farmer and Catherine Inglis, being a Home Child born in England. They went to live in the United States, but Nellie came back to Knowlton probably after her husband died. She was very fond of her sister Glenna Mae Farmer (1889-1960), who married Sydney Taylor Smith (1875-1964) and had only one child Ronald Alvin Smith (1923-1985).

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The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Tarbell family, mostly relating to the Tarbell-Kimball and Tarbell-Farmer couples. It includes personal documents and an impressive collection of photographs taken in and out of traditional studio portraits.

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Acc. number 85-36.
Donor: Ronald Smith Estate, Knowlton.

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The fonds has not yet been classified, but the photo albums have been described.

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  • English

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    Finding aid prepared using Rules for Archival Description (RAD).

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    15 octobre 2016.
    December 2021, by Nikolas Lamarre.

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    • English

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