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Bruce Desbrisay Jones collection
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- Graphic material
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CA PCA Acc4089
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[ca. 187-]-[ca. 1920] (Creation)
- Creator
- Jones, Bruce Desbrisay
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43 photographs
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Name of creator
Jones, Bruce Desbrisay
Biographical history
Bruce DesBrisay Jones was related to the DesBrisay and Stewart families of Prince Edward Island. The DesBrisay families of the Maritime Provinces are lineal descendants of Captain Thomas de La Cour DesBrisay, Royal Irish Artillery, who came to Halifax in 1775 and who acted as Lieutenant-Governor of St. John's Island. He also held the positions of Secretary and Registrar and Clerk of the Executive Council. He and his wife Ellen Landers had a family of ten sons, and six daughters. Their son Theophilus,(the Rev. DesBrisay, first Anglican Rector of Charlottetown) married Margaret, daughter of Hon. Peter Stewart, Chief Justice of P.E.I. Their daughter Mary married the Hon. Charles Stewart, Attorney General of P.E.I., a son of Chief Justice Stewart's. Theophilus DesBrisay had a son Thomas who married Helen McNutt. Their son Theophilus married Dorcas Octavia Stewart, daughter of Liet. Col. Peter DesBrisay Stewart and then their daughter Gertrude Magdalen married Rev. G. W. Hodgson. Thomas and Helen DesBrisay also had children Alice Maude married to Rev. James Simpson, and May Elizabeth.
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Scope and content
The collection consists of eight cabinet cards, twenty-two cartes-de-visite, eleven tintypes, and two snapshots of the Stewart and DesBrisay families (of Prince Edward Island), and other related persons. Many are unidentified. Photographers include C. Lewis, G.P. Tanton, G.H. Cook Co., and Clark and Bowness.
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- English
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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: Acc3466/HF71.6, DesBrisay papers
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- Jones, Bruce Desbrisay (Creator)
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- English