Donald C. McTavish and M.E.I. McTavish headstone, Colborne, Cramahe Township
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Genealogical Resource
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Notes
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Chief Factor Donald McTavish of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), Keewatin district, Manitoba.
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McTavish and Campbell family fonds
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1825-1956
Physical Description
25 cm of textual records
240 photographs
1 album (20 photographs)
1 map
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records relating to the McTavish and Campbell family of Haldimand and Cramahe Townships, Northumberland County, Ontario. Records include deeds and documents concerning land owned by Maria and Donald McTavish, Mary Emily Isabella McTavish, Donald Campbell and Archibald Campbell (likely Donald's brother). There is also some correspondence, newspaper clippings, and an autograph album owned by Olivia Dewey, who appears to have been a friend of the McTavish family.
There are 260 photographs in the fonds, mostly of family members. Many of these were sent to Maria Louisa Beeston (née McTavish) and Mary Emily Isabella McTavish. There are also photographs of HBC posts at Rupert's House, Norway House, Ile à-la-Crosse, Souris River and Moose Factory.
The fonds also contains a map showing four parcels of land owned by the McTavish family.
Administrative History or Biographical Sketch
The McTavish and Campbell family lived in Haldimand and Cramahe Townships in Northumberland County, Ontario.
Maria Campbell (ca. 1825-1891) was the daughter of Sir George Simpson and lived in Haldimand Township, Northumberland County, Ontario.
Mary Emily Isabella McTavish (1847-1932) was involved in church, social and welfare activities in her home of Colborne, Ontario.
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McTavish and Campbell family
Campbell, Maria, ca. 1825-1891
McTavish, Mary Emily Isabella
Custodial History
Records were donated to the Hudson's Bay Company Archives in 1986 by Enid Rogers, great-granddaughter of Maria and Donald McTavish.
For a detailed listing of the holdings:
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http://pam.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/19519/1/201?RECLIST&TM=1402602918.70&DATABASE=LISTINGS_WEB2 - Inscriptions
- Donald C. McTavish formerly Chief Factor of the Hon. Hudson Bay. Co. died Oct.24, 1913 aged 68 years. M.E.I. McTavish passed away Dec.23, 1932 in her 86 year. Campbell
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 23ce
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 44.00012 Longitude: -77.8828
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- Copyright Statement
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- Contact
- Cramahe Township Public LibraryEmail:cramlib@cramahetownship.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:6 King Street West
PO Box 190
Colborne, ON K0K 1S0
