Southern Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada
Edited 17 Apr 2014, added Sidonian list (see tabs at bottom of table) This is from a transcription of a 1873 newspaper article. The source is the New Brunswick Archives. http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=3368B7DC-A288-4981-AE92-C6FDF1C098EC I have sorted the list alphabetically by last name. Watch out for errors. I imagine this list has been transcribed many times. As we …
1. Southern Victoria Pipe Band 2. Choir – There Was A Lad/ The Blackbird (Isabel-piano, Kinley & Bob-guitar) 3. Vanessa Foreman-stepdance (Garold – fiddle, Isabel-piano) 4. Amber Ashworth – Tribute To Robbie Burns 5. Family & Friends – The Cottage Where Burns Was Born 6. Landon & Jaxon Tibbetts – The Canongate 7. Women’s Chorus …
Annie (McBeath) Ellis brought this lovely piece from Scotland in 1873. The serving dish was part of the display at the Manse during Scotch Fest140 on August 24, 2013. Annie Hastings (McBeath) Ellis (1839-1919), bakery worker in Scotland, was a passenger on Castalia along with her husband, Andrew Ellis, joiner, and son John. Right background is …
Rev. Gordon Campbell Pringle (1865 – 1952) arrived in Canada on May 21, 1892. He was ordained Sept. 7, 1892, in the Old Calvin Presbyterian Church, Saint John, New Brunswick. He was inducted as minister in Kincardine in the Scotch Colony in 1896. He received his Doctor of Divinity in 1933. He served the Scotch …
The Annual Harvest Supper at the Burns Hall in Kincardine is October 19th, 2013, 4 – 6 PM. The menu is Beans & Casseroles, with cake for dessert. Cost is by Donation. There will be a table of handmade items for sale too.
Begin forwarded message: From: David Shearman <shearman@sympatico.ca> Subject: What A Delight! Date: August 28, 2013 7:27:28 AM EDT To: <info@ScotchColony.ca> Reply-To: <shearman@sympatico.ca> What an absolute delight to stumble on the Scotch Colony web site! I wish I had found it earlier. You may remember me as part of the ministry team that served the Andover-Kincardine …
What a wonderful weekend at ScotchColonyFest140! Thank you so much to the organizing committee who have worked for SO many months to make the weekend such a sucess. Thanks to the many volunteers and performers, here and from away, who pitched in so willingly. Thank you to those who came to celebrate their past and …
From: Helene Burns [mailto:visithelene@gmail.com] Sent: August 24, 2013 10:57 PM To: Cari and Roy Grierson Subject: Warm Best Wishes Hello Cari and Roy, First, thank you so much for sharing your hospitality with my dear husband, Gary, who has returned to share in the festivities of this weekend. Second, please extend my warm best wishes …
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ScotchColony/ “A place for everyone to share family stories and photos, old and new, about the communities of Bon Accord, Kintore, Upper Kintore, and Kincardine. The group was created for the 140th Anniversary of the Colony. The group is open to all. Please share.” The nice thing about a Facebook Group is everyone can post …
At Melville Church in Kincardine, a new tree to commemorate Scotch Fest140 was planted this past week. The cemetery caretakers will be finishing up mowing, including on the big hill. Ushers will be ready to pass out bulletins at the church service on Sunday.
By Joan Dundas Parfitt “The Telegraph-Journal carried a news item July 14 which began with these words: “The chairman of the Scotch Colony Centennial Committee, James Barclay, said plans for the 1973 100th anniversary are now well under way.” This announcement interested me for it acted as a reminder of a poignant story I read …
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