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Only top-level descriptions Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island - Emigration and immigration
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Selkirk Settlers 200th Anniversary collection

  • CA PCA Acc4974
  • Collection
  • 2003

This collection consists records of the 200th anniversary celebration of the "Selkirk Settlers" sponsored by the Belfast Historical Society in August 2003. Material includes a copy of "Selkirk settlers : 200th anniversary commemorative booklet : Belfast, Prince Edward Island, 1803-2003", brochures, programmes, tickets, and a 120 minute commemorative DVD of the anniversary celebrations.

Belfast Historical Society

W. Earle Lockerby collection : [1773, 1789, 1997]

  • CA PCA Acc4583
  • Collection
  • 1983, 1989, Copied 1997-1999

The collection contains copies of the Lockerby genealogy written by W. Earle Lockerby as well as the history of the community of Hamilton which he edited. It also contains photocopies of a petition and affidavit from the Scottish Record Office pertaining to the voyage of the "Edinburgh" to Isle St. Jean in 1773; an article by Frank Bigwood from "Kintyre magazine" containing a passenger list for the "Edinburgh"; and a covering letter by Earle Lockerby. The latter gives a new interpretation of the date and circumstances of the arrival of the Woodside and Montgomery families on Prince Edward Island. The fonds also contains a copy of the Royal American Gazette and Intelligencer of the Island of Saint John 25 May 1789.

Lockerby, W. Earle

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

James P. Lawson collection : [1768-1772; 1990-1994]

  • CA PCA Acc4326
  • Collection
  • Photocopied 1993, 1996

The collection contains copies of articles on passengers on the "Alexander" and the "Princetown pioneers" written by Rev. Lawson which appeared in the "Island magazine". Also included are research notes re. Scottish sources checked for references to emigration to the new world, in particular to the vessels "Annabella" and "Edinburgh". There is also a copy of the passenger list for the latter vessel. Relevant references have been transcribed or copied. Sources include "The Scots magazine" 1768-1771, Letterbooks of the Customs collector at Campbeltown to the Board of Customs, 1770-1772, Customs accounts, Campbeltown, 1767-1771, and the Campbeltown register of shipping as well as miscellaneous church and public records.

Lawson, James P.

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.)

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

Muster rolls for Loyalists granted land on St. John's Island, 1784

  • CA PCA Acc2379
  • Collection
  • Copied 1972 and 1978

This collection consists of copies of muster rolls and related papers for United Empire Loyalists from Shelburne, Nova Scotia, who were granted land on St. John's Island (Prince Edward Island) in 1784. Included are correspondence between government and military officials, muster rolls, returns which document the numbers of people involved, and other related documents. The original documents are dated 25 October 1783 to 29 September 1784.

Nova Scotia Archives

Sir James Montgomery fonds : [1780-1798]

  • CA PCA Acc2870
  • Collection
  • Photocopied 1976

The collection consists of correspondence to James Montgomery from a variety of individuals from London and PEI, including Thomas Desbrisay, Alex McPherson, Peter Stewart, Robert Gray, William and John Rae, and Robert Shuttleworth. These letters to Montgomery consist of news pertaining to the affairs of his land agents, tenants, and the Island in general, such as the establishing of a store in Georgetown and charges brought against Lieutenant Governor Fanning in 1792. The collection also consists of a letter to Montgomery from his daughter Miss M. Montgomery, dated 13 June 1798, a letter from an unidentified party to Robert Shuttleworth (n.d.) and a contract between Joseph Clark, millwright, and David Lawson for the building and operating of a grist mill, dated the 3 September 1785.

MacDonald, James

Thomas Halliday fonds : 1815-1818

  • CA PCA Acc2900
  • Fonds
  • 1815-1818; Photocopied 1976

This fonds consists of three letters relating to Thomas Halliday and his emigration to Prince Edward Island. The first letter, dated 28 October 1815, from Thomas Halliday to the Earl of Selkirk relays the difficulties Halliday encountered upon arriving on Prince Edward Island in that he did not receive the grant of land, located near present day Belfast, promised to him by Selkirk. The remaining letters, dated 4 July 1818, are written by the Earl of Selkirk who attempts to address the problem and are addressed to Thomas Halliday and to William Johnston, Selkirk's agent.

Halliday, Thomas

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

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