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William Farmer and family fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1542-1902, [ca. 1970-1977].

Reference:

R2992-0-0-E, MG24-I120

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105802

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William Farmer and family fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1542-1902, [ca. 1970-1977].

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

24 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of papers which include genealogy and family history, ca. 1970-1977, photocopy, 153 pages; English documents, 1542-1839, original, 20 cm; and a scrapbook, 1834-1902, photocopied 1964, 35 pages.

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Farmer, William, 1794-1880 (family)

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Farmer, William, 1794-1880 (family) : William Farmer (1794-1880) was a Shropshire farmer who emigrated to Canada in 1834 in the Kingston of Liverpool, a vessel which he chartered to transport his party of 55 persons, which included his wife, children, servants and their families, as well as 56 head of farming stock, and all their farming equipment, furniture and other possessions. From the Wright family, William Farmer leased the Gatineau Falls farm in Hull Township, Lower Canada, about six miles from Bytown, and tried to establish a sawmilling business on the Gatineau River. The enterprise failed, however, and had to be turned over to Alonzo Wright in 1846. In 1855, Farmer and his family moved to Canada West and eventually settled at Ancaster, near Hamilton, in 1860.

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Textual records (Electronic) This finding aid describes volume 1. MSS1124 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002791.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1977 and 1978 from Dr. R.H.D. Farmer, Ancaster, Ont.

Location of originals note:

Scrapbook copied in 1964 from originals in the possession of Dr. G.R.D. Farmer, of Rockcliffe, Ottawa, through the National Capital Commission.

Related material:

For information on the Wright Family, consult MG 24 D 8.

Subject heading:

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Quebec (Province) - History, 1794-1880 Hull (Québec), 1794-1880

Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG24-I120
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