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George Sanfield McDonald fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1786, 1883-1886].

Reference:

R7022-0-1-E, MG29-C29

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102425

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George Sanfield McDonald fonds
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Date(s):

[ca. 1786, 1883-1886].

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

2.5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of notes drawn from interviews conducted by G.S. McDonald between 1883 and 1886 with elders of Glengarry County concerning the history of the McDonald's and settlement in Glengarry County from 1786 to 1886. Includes rich descriptions of pioneer life and customs, lists of clans and number of each, lists of land grants and the development of Glengarry County.

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McDonald, G.S., 1860-1939

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McDonald, G.S., 1860-1939 : George Sandfield McDonald was born in 1860 and was the son of John Sandfield McDonald, the first Premier on Ontario. He was born in Glengarry County, Ontario. He attended the University of Toronto where he studied law and served as the first editor of "Varsity". McDonald graduated in 1888. He left Toronto in 1884 and returned to Glengarry and began an extensive study of the community and cultural group to which his own family belonged. McDonald died in 1939.

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General note:

Received in 1940.
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G.S. McDonald - Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc., 1883-1886

McDonald family - History, 1786-1886

Glengarry County (Ont.) - History, 1786-1886

Glengarry County (Ont.) - Social life and customs, 1786-1886

Glengarry County (Ont.) - Land settlement, 1786-1886

Glengarry County (Ont.) - Land grants, 1786-1886

G.S. McDonald - Family, 1786-1886

G.S. McDonald - Interviews, 1883-1886

Glengarry County (Ont.) - Pioneers - Interviews, 1883-1886

Glengarry County (Ont.) - Frontier and pioneer life, 1786-1886

Glengarry County (Ont.) - Clans - Registers, [1786-1886]

Scottish - Canada, 1786-1886

Glengarry County (Ont.) - Immigrants, 1786-1886
Source:

Private

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MG29-C29
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Volume [MG29 C 29] 1

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