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Grant Map, East Folly Mountain, 1868
Grant Map, East Folly Mountain, 1868
Item · 1868
Topographic map of East Folly Mountain area showing Wallace River, East Branch River, Pines Brook, Totten Brook, divided lots with owner names including Fleming, McLain, Slack, Forsyth, Patten, Crowell, Barnhill, Archibald, Duncan, McNutt and Faulkner. Drawn November 1868 by unknown person. 92.246.1
Part of the Londonderry Township Lots, 1784
Part of the Londonderry Township Lots, 1784
Item · 1784
Original hand drawn map of land grants and grantee names in part of Londonderry Township, Colchester County, NS. Includes surnames McLellan, Spencer, Denney, Dill, McLean, Skinner, and Reagh. Shows waterways and roads (unlabelled). 92.358.13
Plan of Masstown Marsh, 1863
Plan of Masstown Marsh, 1863
Item · 1863
Original map showing Masstown Marsh including roads, waterways and granted lots with grantee names and acreages.Coloured: green indicates upland and islands, yellow indicates drains, creeks and ponds, brown indicates roads, red indicates dykes.Made by Thos. Miller, Surveyor, on July 25, 1863. Copy made for made for James Campbell by A. W. McLelan on September 12, 1863. 92.358.28
Early Township Map of Truro, 1788
Early Township Map of Truro, 1788
Item · 1788
Map shows Truro Township along the Salmon River, including the first main roads of the Town. Includes grantee lots and owner names with inset of Birch Island in Upper Village. 93.40.1a
John Hays land grant
John Hays land grant
Item · 1786
Item consists of a land grant for a one hundred acre parcel of land in Jeddore, Halifax County, Nova Scotia which was awarded to John Hays by the Crown. The grant is dated August-September 1786. Accession number 2010.016.
John Henry Myers family fonds
John Henry Myers family fonds
Fonds · 1857, 1902
Records consist of land grants and indentures involving the Rennels, Blakney, Mitchell, and Myers families. Included is one 1857 land grant to William Rennels for one hundred acres in Jeddore. Also included are two 1902 indentures for land in Jeddore; one from Walter and Emma Rennels to John G. Mitchell and one from Isaac and Eunice Blakney to John Myers. William Rennels was employed as a merchant and married Maria Jennings, daughter of Joseph Jennings, in Halifax County, November 26, 1840. Walter John Rennels was the son of William and Maria. He was born May 4, 1859 in either Halifax County or Bayfield, NS. He married Emily E. Hartling, daughter of John and Charlotte Hartling, January 19, 1887 in Salmon River, where both were living at the time. Walter and Emily (Emma) had at least three children including Winifred J. (b. Jan. 28, 1890, d. Nov.5, 1944), Percy Karl (b. Dec. 11, 1898 in Halifax), and Cora Douglissa (b. Port Dufferin, m. Guy N. Stultz Aug. 4, 1919). On his marriage record, Walter Rennels’ occupation is listed as merchant in Salmon River, however on the birth, marriage, and death records of his children he is listed as a clerk in Halifax. He died June 23, 1936 and is buried in Camp Hill Cemetery. John George Mitchell was born c. 1842 and was the son of Captain David and Mary Frances (Webber) Mitchell. He worked as a lumberman in Jeddore. His first wife’s name was Eliza Anne Smith. He was widowed and married Mary Elizabeth “Bessie” (nee Mitchell) Mitchell (b.1864) of Jeddore on Jan. 20, 1894 in Dartmouth. They had one son, Byron Hadley (b. Sept. 12, 1894, d. Jun. 24, 1945). John G. Mitchell was the grandson of Colin Campbell Mitchell (b.1767). Isaac Day Blakeney was born c.1851, lived in Head of Jeddore, and worked as a labourer. His parents were Benjamin and Frances (Daye) Blakeney. He married Eunice Sophia Blakeney, daughter of Luke and Sarah A. (Doyle) Blakeney on June 10, 1882. Together Isaac and Eunice had eight children; Minnie, Herbert I., Alice F., Ralph S., Laura S., Ina E., and Raymond. Eunice Blakeney died March 20, 1926 and Isaac Blakeney died October 28, 1930 at Head of Jeddore where they are also buried. Accession number 2013.002
Helene Read fonds
Helene Read fonds
Fonds · ca.1790-1996
Consists of records related to the life, activities, and interests of Helene Read and includes family photographs, Stoddard family history and land information, personal and professional correspondence, information about the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service and other organizations with which Helene was involved. Accession number 2013.019
Hilchie family fonds
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
Katherine L. Stoddard family fonds
Katherine L. Stoddard family fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1784-1998]
Fonds consists primarily of documents related to Katherine L. Stoddard’s research and her interest in genealogy, particularly that of her own family. Stoddard’s records include information related to many Eastern Shore families, including the Stoddard and Ritcey families, as well as local history. Fonds also includes correspondence, cookbooks and handwritten recipes, photographs, postcards, maps, certificates, land grants, yearbooks, deeds, and wills. Accession number: 2013.008
F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds
F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds
Fonds · 1834, 1873-[ca. 1975], [1995?]
Fonds consists of records of the family of F. Mitchell and the related Hosking family of Nova Scotia and includes financial records, records related to the Murray Harbour Black and Silver Fox Ranching Company, photographs, diary excerpts, correspondence, certificates, records related to tourism, wartime and military memorabilia, religious records, records related to the Freemasons, and music. Accession numbers 2003.011, 2006.001, 2010.011, 2010.012 and 2010.013.