collection Acc2982 - Proudfoot family fonds : [1841 - ca.1974]

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Proudfoot family fonds : [1841 - ca.1974]

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  • Document textuel

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  • Source du titre propre: Title based on the provenance of the fonds

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CA PCA Acc2982

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  • Copied 1977-1978 (Reproduction)
  • 1841- ca. 1974 (Production)
    Producteur
    Proudfoot (Family)

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Description matérielle

.034 m of textual records

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Proudfoot (Family)

Notice biographique

The Proudfoot family originated from Woodside, near Lockerbie, Scotland. James Proudfoot (1802-1862) was a tea dealer in Woodside from 1821-1832. He married Janet Cairns (?-1865) c.1830 and had three children: Christopher, Jean, and Elizabeth. Leaving Woodside on 2 April, James, Janet and Christopher arrived on Prince Edward Island the 11 June 1832. They farmed in Greenvale near Alberton and in 1850, had named their family farm "Hawhill." By 1856, James had 120 acres of land cleared, but had lost his right arm in a farming accident. He became a Commissioner of Roads. James supplied Janet's two widowed sisters, Jane Miller and Mary Ryan with land on the corner of his property where they lived.

Christopher Proudfoot (1831-1890) married Elizabeth Brown (1842-1876) of New Glasgow, PEI, on 14 January 1864, and had six children: James, Christopher Junior, Jennie, Elizabeth, William, and Jessie. Elizabeth Brown died in 1877 and was buried in New Glasgow. Christopher married his second wife, Mary Jane Cairns (1853-1924) of Freetown, on 17 April 1878. Their children were John, Janet, Amelia, and Ella. Christopher had a 280 acre farm in Greenvale. He belonged to the Methodist - Episcopal Church in Alberton and is buried in the present day Bloomfied United cemetery.

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Présentation du contenu

The fonds consists of a volume of transcribed correspondence between Proudfoot family members dating the 15 November 1826 to 21 August 1889, and also contains genealogical data on Proudfoot family members. Other textual records relate to the Proudfoot family's life on PEI such as invoices for the tax on their land in Lot 23 (1841-1887), insurance policies for C.C. Proudfoot (1883-1888), and accounts with local tailors and businesses (1883-1888), and information on the estate of Mary Ryan and Jane Miller. The fonds also contains information relating to the school in Fortune Cove, including C.C. Proudfoot's assessments for school taxes (1888-1889), and William Goldworthy, apprenticed to James Proudfoot in 1855.

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  • anglais

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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER

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See also: "Preserving the Past: A History of Casumpec-Fortune Cove, 1779-1979," by J. Arthur Hudson and S. Jean Meggison (1979) in Acc2535/43

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  • anglais

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