Southern Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada
Sampling from “Scotch Colony Hearts and Hearths” History/Cookbook, now available for $20, proceeds to support Scotch Colony Fest140, August 23-25, 2013. Fiddlehead Chowder Recipe from the Kincardine United Church Women 4 large potatoes, peeled and diced Water to cover potatoes (or replace water with clear chicken stock) 4 Tbsp chicken soup base powder, if no …
“James Farquhar was Upper Kintore’s first and only Postmaster, serving from 1883 until his death at the age of 92 in 1922. This is the cabinet he used to sort the mail in.” Thank you to Garth Farquhar.
William Spence Cumming (1857 Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland-1940 Easton, Maine) immigrated to the Scotch Colony via the Sidonian on May 14, 1874. At age sixteen, he was the oldest of the surviving nine children of Mary (Jack) and Thomas Cumming. Thomas’ first wife, Maria (Jack) died in 1855 in Scotland, soon after her the birth …
Update 10 July 2018: Success. I figured out how to overlay this map on Google Maps satellite photos. http://williamlduncan.com/GoogleMapOverlayAPI%20122217-1%201.html Original post: I understand colonists didn’t get title to the land until they occupied their assigned lot for some time. This map may represent Scotch Colony lot ownership after 1884. I’m using that date because Margaret …
This Saturday, 11 May, 2013. 9-3. St. James United Church Hall. Perth-Andover (enter at the back door) Debut of our cookbook, jewellery, and other souvenirs! First chances on our beautiful raffle items! Raffle item: fiddlehead table cloth by Cari Grierson Raffle item: handwoven tartan throw by Judy MacIntosh Raffle item: handmade bench by Garth Farquhar …
Available from our committee members Contact Us. We are very proud of our cast pewter jewellery featuring the new Scotch Colony symbol. Bright pewter with light-blue background accent. Beautifully crafted by Dora Boudreau at Atlantic Pewter & Glass.
From the archives, here is a transcription of an article by Floyd S. Chalmers published in The Financial Post on June 19, 1925: “The first time I saw Archie Fraser and his brother, Donnie, they were bunching shingles in a little mill yard up-province. Their father owned the mill but the boys worked from dawn …
Can you tell who, what, when or where? If you spot something, leave a reply (note the minutes:seconds). From a 16mm color film. This is from a time before color photographs were widely available. The original film is silent.
Can you tell who, what, when & where? Leave a reply (note the part:minutes:seconds). In four parts.
From the archives, here is a transcription from the newspaper The Montreal Gazette, published on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 1932: “(By the Canadian Press.) Edmundston, N.B., October 10.––Victim of a sudden heart attack, Archibald Fraser, Edmundston, president of Fraser Companies, Limited, and a director of the Royal Bank of Canada and other financial organizations, dropped dead …
Scotch Colony Fest140 Quilt Show, Saturday, 24 August, 2013, 10 AM – 3:30 PM Bring your quilt to the registration table at Burns Hall. Show will be at Cari Grierson’s 404 Kincardine Road Kincardine, NB E7H 2K6 506-273-3670 Quilt Story Card should be about recipe card size, 3 by 5 inches. It should name the …
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbtvglhg/bissett_cemetery.htm Bissett Cemetery of Upper Kintore is a private cemetery, transcribed by Frances MacKellar in 2001. Thank you to Tobique Valley Genealogy and Local History Group for sharing the information online.
Victoria County Tartan Throw, for the Fest140 raffle, by Judy MacIntosh. Keeping our committee members warm in the late April chill
Upper Kintore, NB, Canada, View to the North, August 2012 Print, 2013 Size: 60″ x 14″ stretched canvas Medium: Archival pigment print on canvas by the artist © 2013, All Rights Reserved William Lloyd Duncan, MFA Fine Art Madawaska Lake 1012 South Shore Road Stockholm, Maine 04783 207-896-3461 Bill@WilliamLloydDuncan.com
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