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Powers, Ada
Microfilm reel 541 · Person · 1859-1942

Ada Louise Silver was born on 22 October 1859 at Lunenburg, N.S., the daughter of Charles Silver (1833-1913) and Louisa (Gerhardt) Silver (1836-1908). She attended Pictou Academy ca. 1867 for teacher's training and then taught school in the Lunenburg area. In 1885 she married Frank Powers (1853-1911), son of Peter and Elizabeth Thomson Powers of Halifax, with whom she had three children: Archibald Forbes, Frank, and William T. She also cared for Flora, a grandchild to Frank Sr. descending from an earlier marriage to Emma Sophia Morash (1855-1883), following the death of Flora's mother. Throughout her life Ada Powers was actively involved in education, temperance, missionary, and social service work. In 1922 she was the first woman appointed to the Lunenburg School Board. She was president of the Lunenburg Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) for 50 years and held several executive positions in the Nova Scotia WCTU. She represented Nova Scotia at World WCTU conferences in Stockholm, London, and across Canada, and was superintendent on the national executive of WCTU. Powers also served as an officer of the Lunenburg Presbyterian Church. She died at Lunenburg on 29 April 1942.

Municipality of the Town of Truro · Corporate body · 1875 - present

The community of Truro is located in Colchester County, Nova Scotia and was established early in the eighteenth century by Acadian families. Following the expulsion, it was resettled first by New England planters, then Loyalists. At that time is was known as the Township of Truro, however this was mainly a geographic designation. When the Colchester District of Halifax County was legally established in 1792, Truro was within the new district's boundaries. It subsequently became part of the newly-established County of Colchester in 1835. Until 1875, local government in Truro was provided by the Colchester Court of General Sessions of the Peace. That year Truro became a town by an act of incorporation. Truro was geographically part of the Municipal District of Colchester, however as an incorporated town it was administered by its own elected council. The council maintains things like sewers, water, streets and roads, property assessment, police, building inspection, lighting, and animal control. The town imposes taxes which are collected by the town clerk and administered by the treasurer.

Nelson, Harry
Nelson, Harry · Person · 1912 - 1993

Harry Edgar Nelson was born on 26 May 1912 in Clifton, NS. He was a resident of Great Village, Colchester County, Nova Scotia. He married Donalda Hope MacLachlan in 1943. He was a school teacher, a member of the Colchester Historical Society, and an amateur historian. Nelson died in 1993.

Cox, A. William
Nova Scotia Archives accession 2011-009 · Person · 1921-2008

A. William Cox was born on 13 May 1921 at Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of Arthur Earle and Anna Beatrice (McGinley) Cox. He attended public schools in Saint John and graduated from Acadia University with a BA in 1942. While at university he served as an officer in the Canadian Officers Training Corps (COTC), and upon graduation was posted to Great Britain. After discharge he studied law at New College, Oxford, before returning to Nova Scotia and entering Dalhousie Law School, graduating with an LL.B. in 1949. He continued to serve in the Canadian Militia, retiring as a Lt.-Colonel. He became a well known trial lawyer and senior partner with Cox Downie from 1963 to 1991. He was a past-president of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society (1971-1972), Federation of Law Societies of Canada (1975-1976) and Canadian Barristers' Association (1980-1981). He also served as the President of the Saraguay Club, Treasurer of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party, and Vice-President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He chaired the Nova Scotia Committee on Implementation of Legal Aid (1971) that led to the introduction of Provincial Legal Aid in Nova Scotia. He also served as a columnist with the Halifax Chronicle-Herald beginning in 1997. He was married to Margaret Macpherson and they had four daughters. He died in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 8 October 2008.

d'Entremont, Pauline Annette
Pauline d'Entremont · Family · 1999-2013

Fille de feu Louis Justinien et Thérèse (d’Entremont) d’Entremont, elle est allée à l’école élémentaire de Pubnico-Ouest jusqu’à la 8ième année lorsque comme c’était la coutume, en ce temps, elle quitta l’école pour aller au travail afin d’aider ses parents. Une personne désireuse d’étudier, elle continua ses études les soirs et reçu son certificat de la douzième année. (N.S. GED). Pendant les années 1993-1996, elle retourna aux études au collège communautaire « Collège de l’Acadie ».

Pauline a fait partie de nombreux comités et organisations, a travaillé dans différents domaines et a été, et est toujours, bénévole lors de plusieurs événements communautaires. Grâce à ses connaissances en généalogie, elle est toujours prête à aider au Musee des Acadiens des Pubnicos. Elle a collaboré à deux livres de généalogie pour les réunions de familles pendant le Congrès Mondiale.

Elle a reçu plusieurs prix, insignes et récompenses. Elle a reçu le prix de platine du Jubilé de la Reine Elizabeth en reconnaissance de son engagement et de ses contributions. Ainsi que la médaille de Ordre de la Pléiade pour son dévouement et son engagement à préserver la culture et le patrimoine acadiens et la langue française dans notre province. Elle a aussi reçu la médaille du Souverain pour le bénévolat.
Prix du Gouverneur général pour l’entraide reconnu pour son travail bénévolement au Archives Père Clarence d’Entremont.
L’Argyle Townsship Heritage Award présenter comme l’auteur principale pour la rédaction de la publication du livre Cinq générations des de Jacques Muis-d`Entremont et Marguerite Amirault.
Prix Carmen V. Carroll – donner par la Fédération des femmes acadiennes de la Nouvelle-Ecosse pour ses contributions exceptionnelles à l’avancement des femmes Acadiennes.
Prix ‘Une femme remarquable’ de la fédération nationale des femmes canadiennes-française.
Certificat de Mérite Annette d’Eon pour services exceptionnels envers les Acadiennes et les Acadiens de Pubnico-Ouest.
Mérite Bénévole de l’Année par le chef du parti conservateur de la Nouvelle Ecosse John Hamm

Elle a épousé Viateur d’Entremont le 22 octobre 1956. Ils ont une fille et deux petites filles.

RG 20 · Corporate body · 1926-1991

In 1926 the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the Commissioner of Forests and Game were combined in the Department of Lands and Forests, of which the Attorney General became minister. The department was responsible for managing, leasing, selling or otherwise disposing of crown lands; conserving and protecting all forests and timberlands, whether publicly or privately owned; and protecting, preserving and encouraging the natural increase of game and game fish. The attorney general remained minister of lands and forests until 1947, when the department received its own minister. In 1987 a new Crown Lands Act was passed and department made responsible for the acquisition, registration, survey and sale or disposition of crown lands as well as their administration, utilization, protection and management, including access to and travel on them, habitats for the maintenance and protection of wildlife, harvesting and renewal of timber resources and forest recreation. In 1991 the Departments of Lands and Forests and Mines and Energy merged to form the Department of Natural Resources.

RG 5 · Corporate body · 1719-1986

From 1719 to 1786 the Lieutenant Governor served as deputy to the Governor and acted as chief executive during the Governor's absence or indisposition. The office of Lieutenant Governor was made redundant in 1786, when the Governor's rank was reduced to that of Lieutenant Governor, which it has remained ever since.

RG 7 · Corporate body · 1720-

The Provincial Secretary, first appointed in 1720, was responsible for all government record-keeping and for conducting all official correspondence. As a high-ranking minister, the Provincial Secretary was, until 1792, always a member of the Council and, from 1848, always a member of the Cabinet. From 1878 onwards the post was held on an ex officio basis by the Premier and, until 1946, the Provincial Secretary was also the Provincial Treasurer (Minister of Finance). Under the modern Public Service Act the Provincial Secretary became a department of government, responsible for the administration of numerous acts and for all other matters not specifically assigned to a minister. In 1980 the department's responsibilities were distributed among the Departments of Government Services (later Supply and Services), Consumer Affairs and Attorney General (now Justice). In 1993 all residual responsibilities of the Provincial Secretary were transferred to the Department of Justice. The Provincial Secretary as a department of the public service continues to exist statutorily if in no other sense.

RJW · Corporate body · 1765-2006

Robin, Jones and Whitman Ltd., originally known as The Robin, Pipon Company,was established in 1765 at Arichat, Nova Scotia by John Robin of Jersey, England. With his brother Charles, John obtained the grant for the southwest half of Cheticamp Island, then secured the rest of the island shortly after establishing a second trading post there in 1767, known as La Pointe. It was here that the truck system of credit came into use in Cape Breton, as the Robins gave some fishermen goods on credit which would be paid off the next year in fish.

Manpower was one of the major issues that the Robins encountered as they worked to establish their trading posts, and so they made steps to increase the permanent population of the area. By 1774, the business was being handled by two separate companies; the Robin, Pipon Company was operating out of Gaspe while Robin and Company was operating out of Cape Breton. The three Robin brothers, John, Charles, and Philip, each had equal shares in the two firms and they were very prosperous.

The American War of Independence in 1776, however, would almost bankrupt the company. The Gut of Canso was raided by the notorious American naval officer, John Paul Jones, and the Robins had a great deal of capital invested in their ships which were not armed and thus easily captured by Jones. The loss of the ships' cargoes was equally unfortunate, especially because, due to the fact that attacks happened on land and not sea, only one third of the loss was covered by insurance.

Jones had not touched any of the Robin buildings or shallops at Arichat, however, and the company resumed its operations again in 1777, sending out new ships with the guaranteed protection of the Royal Navy. The Robins had suffered great loss but were able to maintain their establishments in North America due to their investment in one of the most successful privateering ships of the war, the Sprightly, which captured a prize worth 35,000 pounds.

In the 1780s, Robin and Company was renamed the Philip Robin Company (PRC) with Philip, John, Charles and an outside investor, John Fiott, each holding one-quarter shares in the company. The day to day operations of the company were put in the hands of an agent on Cape Breton Island.

During the 1870s, the small fishing and trading establishments at Arichat and Cheticamp merged with the Charles Robin Company in Gaspé. By 1877 they reported having 15 posts in three provinces exporting a combined 90 000 to 100 000 quintals of fish every year. In addition, the company owned 14 sea-going vessels, and directly employed over 200 men. At that time, Charles Robin Company was directed by Raulin Robin (Naples) who owned 63% of the company. In January 1886, however, the Jersey Banking Company failed and the Robin family was forced into liquidation. As a result, the Robins ceased honouring their credit obligations in Gaspé, causing great distress among the fishing population dependent upon them. The crisis was resolved when three Jersey men agreed to take over the firm and meet all of its debts and obligations. On March, 1886 the Robin family terminated its involvement with the company founded over 120 years earlier.

The Company, then under the management of Elias Collas, became limited as Charles Robin Collas and Company. The new proprietors carried on the business as before. In 1910, however, Collas and his partners sold out of Nova Scotian interests and the firm underwent another name change, becoming Robin, Jones, and Whitman Ltd. with headquarters in Halifax. In 1984 the Robin Company still existed but no longer dealt in fish, operating instead as a chain of general stores with headquarters at Paspebiac, Quebec. The company closed its doors for the last time in 2006 due to financial strains.

Ross Brothers Photography
Ross Brothers Photography · Corporate body · 1877 - 1881

Photographers with studios in Truro, Pictou, and New Glasgow, NS. Started by Alexander "Alex" James Ross of Pictou, NS, who began operating as "A. J. Ross and Company". Shortly after, his younger brother, John, joined the business and it became known as "Ross Brothers Photography". They expanded from Pictou to New Glasgow, Truro, and Charlottetown, PE. The business was dissolved in 1881 and was succeeded by Isaac Logan Barnhill. Alex Ross left Nova Scotia in 1882 but continued to practice photography independently until 1891.