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Reminiscences of James Gordon [textual record]

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Date:

1889.

Reference:

R7495-0-7-E, MG29-C39, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100881

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Reminiscences of James Gordon
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Date(s):

1889.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.5 cm of textual records (25 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Item is the reminiscences of James Gordon's trip to Canada and of his life in the country.

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Gordon, James, fl. 1886

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Gordon, James, fl. 1886 : James Gordon came to Canada from Lumphanan, Scotland in 1886. He had a variety of jobs during his three and a half year stay in the country including work as a labourer for the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia, as a farm hand in Ontario and as a labourer in Toronto.

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General note:

Received in 1953 from Miss Heather Donald of Lumphanan, Scotland.

Availability of other formats note:

Also available in typescript.
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Immigrants - Canada - Biography, 1886-1889 Canadian Pacific Railway, [1886-1889]

Canada - Emigration and immigration, 1886-1889

Scotland - Emigration and immigration, 1886-1889

Agricultural labourers - Canada, [1886-1889]

Agricultural labourers - Ontario, [1886-1889]

Railroads - British Columbia - Employees, [1886-1889]

Toronto (Ont.) - Labourers, [1886-1889]

Railroads Canada
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MG29-C39
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Volume [MG29 C 39] 1

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