A beautiful wooden tool, it looks like a plane; "A tool consisting of a block with a projecting steel blade, used to smooth a wooden or other surface by paring shavings from it." (Dictionary dot com) What is it? A gentleman dropped by the Fredericton Region Museum office yesterday to see if I [...]
Virginia Morrison, 7 years old (1987.24.2a) Managing a large collection can be an overwhelming job. At the Fredericton Region Museum, we are fortunate to have had several amazing summer students and volunteers over the years. Our volunteer, Brian, has been working with our archival collection now for a few years and he [...]
The gentleman that asked me about it (this is not a museum item), said that it belonged to his ancestor, Peter. The 1911 census lists a Peter MacFarlane in Douglas who was 38 years old. He was married to Maud (c.1879) and they had a son named Donald who was 7 years old [...]
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Got a call from Rachel yesterday …. … she is researching about people or things or places in the Maritimes that are "Last of its Kind". Would anyone know of anyone or anything that are the 'last of its kind.’ This could be related to industry, agriculture, fishing, pioneer lifestyle, education etc. And although there [...]
The Fredericton Region Museum office received the following query, if you think you can help us please leave your comments here. “I am searching for a photograph for my gg grandfather Walter Shanks born December 18, 1818 in Saltcoats, Scotland. Captain Shanks was a Master Mariner sailing to and from New Brunswick for 50+ years. I have [...]
Recently, a gentleman who was researching Loyalists visited me at the Fredericton Region Museum. We talked about his research, he picked my brain and then I made a few recommendations on where he could further his search. He then asked me if I had ever seen early tombstones decorated with winged-skulls or winged [...]
Hi everyone! I was visited today by Peter Jones who is searching for his aunt Gladys Mary Mills. She moved to Canada in about 1942 or 1943 and as far as we know, has not been heard from since! Her last known home was South Hampton (England). She was born in 1 January [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]