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1848 - 1980, predominant 1930 - 1944 (Creation)
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- McCabe, Baxter (family)
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7 cm of textual records, 9 photographs
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John Baxter McCabe (1863 - 1950) was born on 6 August 1863 to Asa McCabe (1825 - 1901) and Dorothy Downing (1827 - 1912). He married Jane Creelman (1869 - 1938) on 30 April 1892. The family settled at Greenfield, Colchester County, NS, where he worked as a farmer. Their children included: Perley Elmer McCabe (1893 - 1979), Edith Mildred (McCabe) Dickson (1896 - 1954), Jessie Creelman (McCabe) Pyke (1901 - ), June Marie McCabe (1902 - ), Helen Jane McCabe (1905 - ), and Irwin Ross McCabe (1909 - ). Perley married Loella J. Stevens in 1917; they had a son, Lorne, and a daughter, Doris Jane (1922 - ), who was a civil servant and volunteer member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps during World War II.
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Scope and content
The fonds contains items that belonged to members of the Baxter McCabe family. The majority of the items are land deeds and materials related to the family's involvement in World War II, especially Doris McCabe; record types include handbooks, school reports, attestation papers, discharge certificates, autograph books, and pay books. Photographs also show the activities of the family during their service in WWII.
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- English
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- McCabe, Baxter (family) (Subject)