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Sherbrooke
Hierarchical level:ItemElectoral district:SherbrookeEstablished:1818Province:QuebecReference:RG3-D-3Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Post Offices and PostmastersItem ID number:2713 -
Record information – Details Additional information:An office was opened at Sherbrooke in 1819, replacing an office established in Aston Twp. in 1817Government buildingLocation - Melbourne Street - 1819Office was named after Sir John Cape, Sherbrooke, Canada's Governor General from 1816 to 1817Served by stage from Craig Road to StansteadStaff officeStatus - City office - 1890Source:PSFDS03-(28647)Postmasters names and service information Name of postmaster Military status Date of birth Date of appointment Date of vacancy Cause of vacancy C. N. Malloney 1818 1819 Mr. Seaton 1819 1821 Charles Witcher 1821 1839-01-05 Resignation William Brooks 1839-01-06 1860-08-09 Resignation Samuel J. Toss 1860-10-01 1889 Death Francis Chas. Thompson 1889-07-01 1892-12-20 Resignation Hon. Joseph G. Robertson 1892-12-21 1899-03-13 Death W. A. Moorehouse 1900-10-25 1914-06-12 Death Lt. Col. John J. Penhale 1919-07-23 1926-08-28 Death, superannuated - 1924-04-01 C. N. Soles 1926-11-01 1945-08-07 Edward John Desruisseaux 1945-08-08 1951-12-23 Paul E. Choquet 1951-12-24 Acting J. C. Cayer 1954-04-06 Acting J. C. Cayer * 1954-07-01 1971-12-20 Retirement (still there 1965-10) Mr. H. Grant 1971-12-21 *In compliance with the Privacy Act (1983), certain personal information has been deleted from this file. -
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