Southern Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada
I received a copy of this photo at the annual Hutcheon/Flannery reunion last month; it is a “cabinet card,” and this format was most popular between 1870 and 1895. Nobody knows who the handsome fellow is, but best guesses are that he is approximately 50 years of age, and is either Alexander Hutcheon, brother of James Hutcheon …
Memorial Service to remember the early settlers is to be held at the Melville United Church in Kincardine on August 26 at 11:30 am Can. You will be bagpiped into the service. There will be a lunch at Burns Hall after the service.
What’s better than a big ice-cream cone on a hot summer day? Here’s a bit about where it came from in the 1930’s. “Jack Cooper was one of the men who collected cream from Victoria County farms in the thirties. It was done in the evenings and taken to Plaster Rock (by Mr. Cooper) early …
Here is a short Colony story found on a visit to the Southern Victoria Historical Museum. “It was not unusual for many young couples in early days, and even not long ago, to be married without much money in hand. They would probably live with one or the other set of parents for a while. …
August 19th, Upper Kintore United Church will celebrate the early settlers in a Memorial Service to be held at 2:30 pm Can.
Where was this house located? Who are the four people posing for the portrait? The image was found among old family photographs belonging to William Cumming Langley of Mars Hill, ME (great-grandson of Thomas Cumming of Upper Kintore.)
A story from the Scotch Colony of New Brunswick submitted by Cari Grierson, July 2012 Many years ago, in the early 1900’s in the part of the Colony called Kincardine today, a man called Angus Adam played the fiddle. His daughter, Carrie Irene, chorded for him as she had the gift of being able to …
The Colony is just small in the lower left. Click on map to see a larger version. I’ve lost the source for this map–possibly New Brunswick Archives. Some tracts are labeled: “Granted 1874” and some others: “To be granted 1875”
This unidentified tintype photograph was found in the old William Duncan and Elizabeth Linton home in Washburn, Maine. If it is a Scotch Colony home, possible families could be Duncan, Cocker, Wilson, or Chapman. The lay of the land appears to be very flat which suggests Bon Accord (was Stonehaven) in Colony. Margaret Rheinlander Chapman was …
Click here to download a PDF file of an article from the magazine: History Today, October, 1987.
A great service by Rev. Maynard Rector and heavenly music by the Melville United Church Choir. http://www.scottishtartans.org/kirkin.htm The first link of a Google search that tells a history of the Kirkin.
Hi folks: I have been asked to send an example of a submission to the cookbook/history book to help give an idea. Please find attached one I have done for my mother-in-law, Carrie Grierson. Yours can be very different, funny or heartwarming —– just do it! Hope this helps. Write me if you have any …
Transcript of David Duncan 18/4/73 Stonehaven Notebook A Voyage from Glasgow, Scotland to St. John, New Brunnswick, Canada, on board the screw-steam ship Castalia. Images of the diary pages are here. The original was donated to the Salmon Brook Historical Museum (Washburn, Maine) by David’s granddaughter Sandra Everett. Sandra also took the diary photos and …
This map belonged to Melvin Barclay when it was photographed in the 1980s(?)- Does anyone know the year the map was made or who drew it? This is a link to a slightly larger version to download.
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