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Only top-level descriptions Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island Fonds Prince Edward Island - Emigration and immigration
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A Short description of the Island of St. John, in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, North-America : [25 June 1779]

  • CA PCA Acc4437
  • Fonds
  • 25 June 1779

This fonds consists of a pamphlet which appears to be one of Robert Clark's attempts to entice settlers to the colony of St. John's Island. Signed by various London merchants, it depicts an idyllic pastoral setting with great prospects of profit in agriculture, fishing, and commerce for those of an industrious and enterprising nature. All this was to be had for the purchase price of 100 per 500 acres or for a lease granted on "the most reasonable terms".

Clark, Robert

Alexander Stewart fonds : [1805]

  • CA PCA Acc2657
  • Fonds
  • 1805

The fonds consists of a three page transcription of a letter written by Alexander Stewart on 12 October 1805, to his father, James Stewart in Perthshire, Scotland. Alexander's letter, postmarked from Charlottetown, was written in response to a letter written by his family in February of that same year. Alexander writes of ships arriving in PEI with emigrants from Belfast and the Isle of Skye. Stewart offers to pay for the passage of his brother John, and encourages his father James to emigrate to PEI for the quality of life it offers and the availability of land.

Stewart, Alexander

Beryl Barrett fonds

  • CA PCA Acc3389
  • Fonds
  • 1816, [before 1982]

The fonds consists of two copies of an undated article written by Beryl Barrett entitled "The Early Hessian Setters of Prince Edward Island." This twelve page article revolves around the families of Johann Christian Ernst Junker (Younker) and George Weckesser (Vickerson), their German origins, service in the American Revoluton, and their emigration to PEI in the late 1700s. The fonds also contains a letter written by Robert Gray to Lieutenant Governor Charles Douglass Smith regarding public money dated the 17 September 1816.

Barrett, Beryl

Diary of Henry Smith, Esquire while sailing to New Zealand : [1858-1859]

  • CA PCA Acc4331
  • Fonds
  • Transcribed [199-]

The diary contains an account of the voyage from the port of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on 2 December 1858 to arrival just off the harbour of Auckland on 9 May 1859. Graham appears to have transcribed entries in their entirety to the end of January and from then on to have combined this with a precis of some "less interesting" sections. Details recorded include raging storms and becalming doldrums, course and mileage covered, food, illnesses encountered, and behavior of passengers. There is no account of the passengers first impressions of their new home. Also included is a copy of the survey of the "Prince Edward" declaring her fit for the voyage and a page of genealogical notes re. Henry Smith and his son John.

Smith, Henry

John Small fonds : [1790-1826]

  • CA PCA Acc2968
  • Fonds
  • [1790-1826]

The fonds consists of a journal written by John Small between 1790 and 1826. In this journal he documents his move to Bedeque, Prince Edward Island. The journal records his employment as a shipwright. Also copied in the journal are verses from the bible, death records of friends and family members, prescriptions for various medical conditions, and family genealogy written by descendant Alfred Small in 1958.

Small, John

Margaret Bagnall fonds : [1937]

  • CA PCA Acc3071
  • Fonds
  • 1937

The fonds consists of a twelve page memoir written by Margaret Bagnall in 1937. The majority of the memoir consists of information about her family who moved from Prince Edward Island to New Zealand in the 1860s.

Bagnall, Margaret

McEachern family fonds : [1839-1901]

  • CA PCA Acc3192
  • Fonds
  • Microfilmed 1980, Photocopied 1984

This fonds consists of an exercise book belonging to John McEachern, a diary of the McEachern family for the period 1839 to 1901, and a McEachern genealogy written by John McEachern in 1866. The diary, which was started by John McEachern and continued by his sons Lauchlin and Dougald after his death, contains daily accounts of weather and life on the farm. The end of the diary also includes a section entitled "Fragments of Family History" (1850) written by John outlining his family's Scottish roots and their emigration to Prince Edward Island. This appears to have been the predecessor to his more detailed McEachern genealogy.

McEachern (Family), Rice Point (P.E.I.)

Murdock MacLeod fonds : [1831-1839; 1851]

  • CA PCA Acc2727
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1974

This collection consists of four letters written to Murdock MacLeod. Three of the letters in this collection are from Murdock's wife Effy MacDonald and his friend John Campbell between 1832 and 1839. There is also an unsigned letter written mostly in Gaelic dated 1831. The collection also contains an envelope addressed to Rev. J. B. Strong, Wesleyan Minister at Bingham College dated 1851.

MacLeod, Murdock

Rankin, Morrison family fonds

  • CA PCA Acc2716
  • Fonds
  • 1821-1918

This fonds consists of eight letters written between members of the Rankin and Morrison families of Scotland and PEI. Neil, Coun Douly, and George are the three generations of Rankin family whose correspondence is documented in this fonds. Roderick Morrison, whose correspondence is also included in this fonds, was the tenth child of Hector and Marion. The correspondence relays information about immigrating to PEI, as well as information about friends and family members of the Rankin and Morrison clans. Letters from A.A. Bartlett, brother-in-law of C. D. Rankin, to Cowe Morrison in Mull, inquire about family members and reminisces about a visit to the Morrison family on the Isle of Mull. A newspaper clipping from the "Prince Edward Island Times" dated the 23 April 1836, contains information communicated by the government of the day to the residents of PEI, in which C. D. Rankin is frequently mentioned.

Morrison (Family)

The Irish presence in Prince Edward Island / by Florence (Hughes) Hydel

  • CA PCA Acc4570
  • Fonds
  • [198?]

This paper is a brief overall account of the Irish immigration to Prince Edward Island from 1767 to 1850. It includes extracts on the names Hughes, Hayes and Mulholland from the Book of Ulster surnames. Florence (Hughes) Hydel was the author of this item.

Hydel, Florence (Hughes)

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