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Mhairi de Castro fonds [textual records, philatelic record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1845-1974.

Reference:

R7969-0-7-E, MG29-C119

Type of material:

Textual material, Stamps and stamp products

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101643

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Mhairi de Castro fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1845-1974.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

7.5 cm of textual records: some photocopies.
1 postal cover: 9 x 16-1/2 cm.
1 print: postcard, b&w; 9 x 14 cm.
3 maps: manuscript, printed.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

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The fonds consists of miscellaneous papers of Mhairi de Castro including the Chateauguay Congregational Church Register of Reverend John Bowles, 1845-1848; corresondence of Mrs. Casault, 1870-1871, describing her trip to Red Rvier to join her husband, Lieutenant Colonel Louis-Adolphe Casault, at Fort Garry; and correspondence, memoranda and diaries concerning the Eastern Arctic Patrol of 1937. The textual records have been divided into three series: Reverend John Bowles; Mrs. Joseph Bowles; and Mhairi A.M. de Castro (née Fenton).

In addition, fonds consists of a postally used cover on Hudson's Bay Company stationery, from Craig Harbour, N.W.T., addressed to C. Stuart McEwen Esq., M.D., Montréal, postmark dated 1937. The cover contains one example of Scott #237 (3+ - 1937 King George VI Coronation issue), tied by a "Craig Harbour, N.W.T.", circular date stamp dated "AU 26-37" besides which is located a second strike of the same postmark. The cover also bears the manuscript notation "The most Northerly post in the British Empire. 76-12'N. 80-10'W.".

Also included in the fonds is a Hudson's Bay Company photo postcard addressed to Dr. C. Stuart McEwan, Montréal, depicting the R.M.S. "Nascopie" in the Arctic, ca. 1938. The illustration includes the printed inscription "H.M.S. "Nascopie" of the Hudson's Bay Company, goes North each year with mail and supplies for Arctic posts." The correspondence/address side of the card also contains one example of Scott #232 (2+ - 1937 King George VI definitive issue), tied by a partial strike of a "Craig, Harbour, N.W.T." circular date stamp dated "AM-AU 26-38" (the point of mailing) beside which is located a second complete strike of the same postmark. The postcard and cover were carried by the "Nascopie" from Craig Harbour to Montréal.

Fonds also contains one manuscript map and two printed maps as follows: map of the Dominion of Canada, Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1936; map of the Dominion of Canada showing proposed itinerary for the Eastern Arctic Patrol; and map of the Dominion of Canada showing the establishments and transport routes of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1933.

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de Castro, Mhairi Angela MacLeod (née Fenton), 1918-

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Nascopie (Steamship)

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de Castro, Mhairi Angela MacLeod (née Fenton), 1918- : Mhairi Angela MacLeod Fenton was born 30 November 1918 in St. Andrew's, Scotland. She was the daughter of Alexander Fenton of New York and his wife Gladys (née Huntington). After the death of her mother, Mhairi Fenton made her home with her mother's sister Janet Evelyn Huntington, who had married her first cousin, Dr. Charles Stuart McEuen (d. 1956). She grew up in Scotland but lived in Canada after Dr. McEuen, a specialist in cancer research, took a post at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal.

Interest in the incidence of cancer among Eskimos led to Dr. McEuen's visiting the Arctic in the summer of 1937 with the Eastern Arctic Patrol of that year, aboard the R.M.S. Nascopie. The Officer in Charge and Government Representative in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago was Major D.L. McKeand of the Lands, Parks and Forests Branch of the Department of Mines and Resources. Despite the reluctance of the Hudson's Bay Company to take women on the expedition that year, Dr. McEuen's insistence on taking his wife caused it to change its decision and Mhairi Fenton accompanied her aunt and uncle on the trip. In 1976, Miss Fenton married Henry M. de Castro of the U.S. Navy, with whom she made her home in Rockcliffe Park, Ottawa.

Finding aid:

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Textual records: (Paper) The Checklist of Parish Registers, 1986 and the thematic guide to parish registers (Finding Aid No. 1206, volume 1) provide summary descriptions of the baptisms, marriages, and burials in File 1. Volume 2 of the thematic guide contains a shelf list for reel H-1807. MSS1206

(Electronic) The Chateauguay church register of Rev. John Bowles is available online. (90: Open)
https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1807/

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General note:

Presented in 1984 by Mrs. Henry M. de Castro, Ottawa, Ontario.

Arrangement note:

Three maps that were part of the donation were transferred to the Cartographic and Audio-Visual Archives Division at the time of acquisition.

Location of originals note:

Originals in the possession of the Federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.

Availability of other formats note:

The Chateauguay church register in file 1 is also available on microfilm reel H-1807, from reel image 860 to 948 (end of reel).

Varying form of title:

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Bowles-McEuen Family, CPA Accession No. 1989-565
Subject heading:

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Quebec (Quebec)

Fort Garry (Man.) - Description, 1870-1871 Charles Stuart McEuen, 1937

Fort Garry (Man.) - Social life and customs, 1870-1871 Richard Finnie, 1937

Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration, 1936-1938 Nascopie (Ship), 1937

Inuit - Canada - Medical care, 1936-1938 John Bowles, 1845-1848

Mhairi Fenton - Diaries, 1936-1938 Samuel Gale, 1845

D.L. McKeand - Diaries, 1936-1938 Rev. J.J. Carruthers, 1845

Church records and registers - Canada East, 1845-1848 Congregational Church (Châteauguay, Quebec), 1845-1848

Marriage records - Canada East, 1845-1848 Colonial Missionary Society, 1845-1848

Baptismal records - Canada East, 1845-1848 Mrs. Louis Aldolphe Casault, 1870

Registers of births, etc., - Canada East, 1845-1848 Mrs. Joseph Bowles, 1870

Congregationalists - Canada East, 1845-1848 Louis Adolphe Casault, 1870

Women - Travel - Quebec (Province), 1870-1871 Toronto (Ont.), 1870

Women - Travel - Manitoba, 1870-1871 Sarnia (Ont.), 1870

Red River Rebellion, 1869-1870 St. Paul (Minn.), 1870

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces - Manitoba, 1870-1871 Colonel Jarvis, 1870-1871

Militia, 1870-1871 Montréal (Canada East), 1845

Maps, 1935-1939 Sir Francis Leopald McClintoch, 1859

Comgregational churches - Clergy, 1845-1848 Henry Wilkes, 1845

Métis - Government relations, 1870-1871

Women - Diaries, 1937

Navies - Arctic regions, 1937

Somerset Island (N.W.T.)

Métis Manitoba
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1992-241 DAP
89-069

Former archival reference no.:

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MG29-C119
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1206] 103--104

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Philatelic records

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1992-241]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A500-07;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C65;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Philatelic records: No restrictions on use. Copyright expired. Credit: Canadian Postal Archives / National Archives of Canada.

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