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Series · 1769-1952, [copied 1950-1962]
Part of Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
Series forms part of the Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds and consists of information from church records and vital statistics gathered by Annabel Ells during the course of her research. Included are marriage, birth, and death records, registers, and cemetery listings from various churches and parishes. Records include parish registers from St. Matthew’s and the parishes of Ship Harbour and Sheet Harbour, historical notes from St. George’s Church in Halifax, notes from The Presbyterian Witness, records related to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, sketches of saints’ lives, letters and journal extracts of Bishop Charles Inglis, and other religious records. Also included is a census of Loyalist settlers at Ship Harbour who came with Capt. Thomas Green, various obituaries, a memorial of Henry Siteman, and correspondence between the Bishop of Nova Scotia and Rev. John Stevenson. Accession number: 2013.066
Series · [1783], [ca. 1915-1969]
Part of Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
Series forms part of the Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds and consists of excerpts and clippings from various newspapers including the Family Herald, notes from Pictou County newspapers, and stories taken from various magazines. The majority of the clippings and notes refer to various Eastern Shore families but also include clippings about locations like Halifax and Dartmouth as well as schools, poems, recipes, church and local history, and notes on vessels that shipped along the Eastern Shore. Also includes vital records. In addition, series contains a German pamphlet from 1923 entitled Das Hakenkreuz, a copy of the statement of Fred Gerhardt regarding the destruction of the Potentate by German submarine in 1918, petitions, and correspondence including one love letter to a young Annabel from Dewey McElmon in 1915 which still contains a lock of hair. Accession number: 2013.066
Family papers & genealogy
Series · 1638-1966, 1770-1860 predominant [copied 1949-1966]
Part of Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
Series forms part of the Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds and consists of records related to various Eastern Shore families and individuals including Duncan Johnson, Hal de Ganges, Ross C. Graves, Joan Scott, Agatha Palmer Ganong, and the Siteman, Dewey, Eisan, Ells, Gerrard, Hartling, Henderson, Johnson, Hilchie, Hill, McCarthy, Beaver, Jamieson, O’ Bryan, Palmer, Peitzch, Richardson, Robson, Shellnutt, Twining, Webber, Smith, Mitchell, Moser, Newcombe, and Stoddard families as well as other Eastern Shore and Pictou County families. Records include lists of settlers, wills, Loyalist claims, vital records, genealogies, petitions, muster rolls, obituaries, cemetery inscriptions, newspaper clippings, school papers, voter lists, correspondence, land records, and other documents. Accession number: 2013.066
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
Wartime records
Series · 1918-1919, 1944-1945
Part of Hilchie family fonds
Series forms part of Hilchie family fonds and consists of military records, photographs and medals of Everett Hilchie and Donald Hilchie, picture postcards, and a Remembrance Day program. Accession number: 2017.059
Land records
Series · 1873-2001
Part of Hilchie family fonds
Series forms part of Hilchie family fonds and consists of correspondence, receipts, maps, plans, deeds, and indentures. Accession number: 2017.059
Family records
Series · 1865-1915, 1982-2011
Part of Hilchie family fonds
Series forms part of the Hilchie family fonds and consists of family genealogy, copies of marriage registers, legal documents, personal documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a diary, school work, certificates, poems, a prayer book, and a family bible. Accession number: 2017.059
Percy H. Webber fonds
Fonds · 1919, 1928-1929
Fonds contains a variety of receipts and invoices issued to Percy between 1927 and 1929, an agreement from 1919 over purchasing a tour car (possibly for taxi service), and correspondence including a letter from an employer regarding spring preparation of the car. Accession number: 2004.009
Charles Henry Webber fonds
Fonds · 1894
Fonds contains an indenture between Catherine and Lawrence Marks and Charles Webber to purchase land in Clam Harbour, the will and probate of Maria Elizabeth Mitchell (Charles' mother-in-law), a photograph of the Mitchell home in Oyster Pond; and several letters. Accession number: 2004.009
Correspondence
Series · 1912-1932
Part of Charles Henry Webber fonds
Series forms part of the Charles Henry Webber fonds and consists correspondence including two letters to Charles' wife and a letter to Edmund Webber (Charles' son) from Roy Russell. Accession number: 2004.009