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Charles George Meech fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1829-1978.

Reference:

R3794-0-7-E, MG24-D103

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100372

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Charles George Meech fonds
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Fonds includes:

4 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1829-1978.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

14 cm of textual records (679 p.) some photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of estate papers, 1829, 1847, and property deeds of Charles G. Meech, photocopy, 1865, 1876; diary kept by Charles Meech while working at a timber shanty near St. Guillaume, Que., 1856-1857; business papers containing information about the timber industry in mid-nineteenth century Canada, 1858-1880; and biographical materials, 1964, 1978.

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Meech, Charles George, d. 1881

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Meech, Charles George, d. 1881 : Charles George Meech, the second son of Asa Meech, Sr. and his third wife Margaret Docksteader, was born in the Chelsea area of the Township of Hull. He married Ellen Moore in 1864, and the couple established their home in Aylmer, Que. Meech, a lumberman, was often away from home, travelling and working the rivers and forests of south-western Quebec, until he met his death by drowning in the Mattawa River on 10 November 1881.

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Textual records: (Paper) A list describing the contents of each file has been placed within the volume.

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General note:

Received in 1982 from Miss Marion Meech of Ottawa, Ont. except as noted.
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Inheritance and succession - Quebec (Province), 1829-1876 Asa Meech Sr., 1829

St. Guillaume (Quebec) - Lumber trade, 1856-1857 Asa Meech Jr., 1829

St. Guillaume (Quebec) - Social life and customs, 1856-1857 Hull Township (Quebec), 1829-1876

Meech family, 1829-1876 Ellen Moore, 1829-1876

Asa Meech Sr. - Biography, 1829-1876

Ellen Moore - Biography, 1829-1876
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MG24-D103
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