2011 - Page 9 of 11 - Fredericton Region Museum

Lord Beaverbrook, Mary Hashey, Maugerville, Nurse Millicent Hosley Lister, Recipes, Lucille Pillow, English Porcelain, Beaverbrook Art Gallery and the Carlton and York Regiments

Volume 17, Number 2 (Fall and Winter 2001) - A Publication of the York-Sunbury Historical Society, Inc. We have back issue copies of Volume 17, Number 2 (Fall and Winter 2001) – “A Publication of the York-Sunbury Historical Society, Inc.” available for purchase for $8 (plus postage and handling). Contents: "Lord Beaverbrook: Fond Memories [...]

By frederictonregionmuseum|2011-03-08T14:43:33-04:00March 8th, 2011|Publications|0 Comments

The original settlement of the Magundy, Blaney Ridge (York County, New Brunswick)

If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. “I am wondering what information you might have on the original settlement of the Magundy, Blaney Ridge, Magaguadavic area of Prince William, York County in the late 1820′s. From my genealogy research, it appears that many of these settlers came from County Donegal, Ireland. Was [...]

By frederictonregionmuseum|2011-03-02T13:44:25-04:00March 2nd, 2011|Research Questions|1 Comment

Looking for information on the Fredericton Mining and Development company

If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. “I’m looking for information on the Fredericton Mining and Development company, which existed around the (previous) turn of the century (1900). In going through my grandparents’ old things, it seems they had relatives (the Bliss family) working out of Fredericton at the mining [...]

By frederictonregionmuseum|2011-03-02T13:42:13-04:00March 2nd, 2011|Research Questions|0 Comments

Is the York Sunbury Historical Society housed in this museum?

The Fredericton Region Museum (formerly the York Sunbury Museum) during the 2009 Cultural Expressions Festival The York Sunbury Museum (now the Fredericton Region Museum) office received the following query. I thought that these were good questions and the answer might assist other researchers. Question: “Is the York Sunbury Historical Society housed in this [...]

By frederictonregionmuseum|2011-03-02T13:40:53-04:00March 2nd, 2011|Research Questions|0 Comments

George King, MD papers and home in Bouchtouche

If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. July 19, 2009: “I am a descendant of George King, MD who practiced medicine in Bouchtouche in the early 1900′s. He has six children, one of whom , George King, was a missionary in China. I had heard that he had turned over [...]

By frederictonregionmuseum|2011-03-02T13:35:24-04:00March 2nd, 2011|Research Questions|0 Comments

Railway roundhouse on Union Street

If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. Question: “I was wondering if you would know of any information concerning the old railway roundhouse that is now the Craig Electric building on Union St. & if there might be pictures of it when it was the roundhouse? Also, the roundhouse I [...]

By frederictonregionmuseum|2011-03-02T13:33:21-04:00March 2nd, 2011|Research Questions|0 Comments

Alexander Gibson (aka Boss Gibson)

Question: “I am researching the fifth Lord Lansdowne. On 23 October 1884 he made a visit to a collection of factories 2 1/2 miles from Fredericton. These, a village and a church were established by a self made man from the province of New Brunswick. He owned 200,000 acres of woodland. I would be grateful [...]

By frederictonregionmuseum|2011-03-02T13:31:25-04:00March 2nd, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Miller Family Enquiry

If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. Question: “I am trying to find out what happened to the James Miller family who lived in the McAdam area in the late 19th and the early 20th century. They seem to have disappeared and I would like to find their descendants. They [...]

By frederictonregionmuseum|2011-03-02T13:26:59-04:00March 2nd, 2011|Research Questions|0 Comments

A Question about Loyalist Military Uniforms

Question: “Hello, I’m a reenactor in a company portraying Beverley Robinson’s Loyal American Regiment (http://www.LoyalAmericanRegiment.org), raised in the lower Hudson Valley and eventually settling near Fredericton. Since we portray light infantry marksmen, we’ve been wearing cut-down “coatees” in green with madder red facings (our “early war” impression). We’d like to have late-war uniforms, and have [...]

By frederictonregionmuseum|2011-03-02T13:25:14-04:00March 2nd, 2011|Research Questions|0 Comments

A Ship Named “Wanata”

If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. Question: “I am writing to seek any assistance you may be able to give me regarding an old ship “Wanata”. In October 1852 my great great grand parents … sailed from England to Australia on the Wanata. I would like to get a picture [...]

By frederictonregionmuseum|2011-03-02T13:23:13-04:00March 2nd, 2011|Research Questions|0 Comments

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