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Ship Harbour Parish
Series · [ca. 1972-2002]
Part of Eastern Shore Archives church records collection
Series includes microfilm records with handwritten transcriptions documenting baptisms, marriages, burials, and church minutes from churches within the parish ca. 1847-1982. Parish churches include St. Stephen’s (Lower Ship Harbour), St. John’s (Oyster Pond), St. Matthew’s (Owls Head), and St. James (Upper Lakeville). 2003.010
Hilchie family fonds
Fonds · 1873-2001
Fonds consists of deeds, other property records, cartographic material, photographs, correspondence, family records, picture postcards, poems, newspaper clippings, legal documents, and other textual records. Accession number 2017.059
Oral history
Series forms part of the Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society collection and consists of transcripts and cassette tape recordings of personal interviews conducted by the Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society with various local residents. Interviewees include Etta Mae (Gault) Hilchie, Gladys Ritcey, Lowell Gaetz, Debbie Marks, Awilda Connors, George Slaunwhite, Annie Young, Elliott Slade, Arthur Mannette, Stewart and Dorothy Rowlings, Blanche Baker, Mae Pettipas, Eva Fahie, Dollie Mosher, Clive Monk, Florence Baker, Cora Mason, Gertie Mannette, Lillian Bellefontaine, and Florence Colbert. The interviews were conducted with the goal of gaining information about the community and local residents. Accession number: 2012.001
Genealogies
Series · ca. 1767-1983
Part of Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society collection
Series forms part of the Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society collection and consists of two family tree genealogy charts. The first is that of the Bayer family featuring the descendants of Hans George Bayer I and Eva Catherine Rouche and the second features the John Anderson family of Musquodoboit Harbour showing the connection with the Rowlings family, drawn by Joan Flewelling in 1983.
Heritage houses
Series · ca. 1979-1988
Part of Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society collection
Series forms part of the Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society collection and consists of one copy of a document regarding the Houses of Anderson Road, including the Bayer-Anderson House, John Bayer V House, James Locker House, Georges Bayer VI House, John Mosher House, and Dan Dauphinee House. Series also includes a copy of a drawing of the Ben Power House circa 1810 by J. F. Flewelling in 1979.
Assessments
Series · 1929-1930
Part of David James Vaughan fonds
Series forms part of the James David Vaughn fonds and consists of two municipal tax assessment notices from 1929 and two from 1930 to Mr. David Vaughn, District 37.The two assessments from 1930 include notations at the bottom indicating that Vaughn still owed money for his 1929 assessments with interest.
Maps
Series · 1861
Part of Katherine L. Stoddard family fonds
Series is part of the Katherine L. Stoddard fonds and consists of one photocopy of a map of Musquodoboit Harbour dated 1861 that includes the names of landowners. Accession number: 2013.008
Local history
Series · 1922-1994
Part of Katherine L. Stoddard family fonds
Series is part of the Katherine L. Stoddard fonds and consists of various articles and excerpts pertaining to different aspects of life and culture on the Eastern Shore including Musquodoboit Harbour, Petpeswick, and Ostrea Lake. Series includes recollections of life, events, and activities in the area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and poems describing local scenes. Series includes an excerpt from the Evening Mail in 1922 containing stories of the Greenoughs of Petpeswick and memories, recollections, facts, and stories from Musquodoboit Harbour, Ostrea Lake and Point Pleasant, both about places themselves and the people, including one mention of R.J. Stoddard. Articles included describe sealing adventures in which Eastern Shore residents participated, hijackers on the Old Guysborough Road in the 1890s, and the history of the Ritcey family. There is also a copy of a poem about Petpeswick Harbour written by Verna MacDonald and an excerpt of an article describing the buildings that used to make up the village centre of Musquodoboit Harbour as well as an article about Robsons who moved from Clam Harbour to Estmere in Cape Breton and lived there from 1901 to 1909. Accession number: 2013.008
Registers
Series consists of two volumes recording deaths, marriages, and births recorded by Alice VanMalder, local registrar of births and deaths and issuer of marriage licenses in Registration District No.13, covering Musquodoboit Harbour and the surrounding area. Accession number: 2008.008
Certificates
Series consists of two certificates. One certifies Alice VanMalder of Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax County as registrar of births and deaths for Registration Division No. 13 in Halifax County on December 17, 1938. The second certifies Ms. VanMalder as Deputy Issuer of Marriage Licenses at Musquodoboit Harbour on December 8, 1938. Accession number: 2008.008