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Charlotte County Archives File
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Joe Gibson's Letters Home

This file contains correspondences written by Joe Gibson addressed to his parents in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, concerning his experiences overseas as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force. These letters include details on his time living in the United Kingdom, operations to watch for German U-Boats, and his friends in the R. C. A. F.

Methodism and St. Andrews

This file contains documents on the history of Methodism both in general and more specifically in the St. Andrews area, as well as administrative documents related to the activities of the Methodist Church in St. Andrews. These include books and photocopied portions of books on the history of Methodism, research notes, correspondence, and copies of original documents like letters, financial statements, mortgages, and deeds.

Wesley United Church Building and Property

This file contains material related to planned renovation projects and extensions for the Wesley United Church in St. Andrews. Included are architectural plans for the proposed extensions, a report from the Wesley United Church Board of Trustees on the cost of a renovation project, an invoice from Sussex Manufacturing Ltd for a Rostrum Pulpit, documents outlining plans for a more efficient heating system and insulation for the church, and other related administrative documents.

Memorial Windows

This file contains material related to research into the memorial windows installed in the Wesley United Church in St. Andrews. Included are research notes, newspaper articles, and notes from interviews conducted by Ruth Spicer with Helen Archibald and Jackie Stuart Smith about the memorial windows. Tapes with audio recordings of those interviews are also included.

Summer Student Research Project

This file contains documents related to research projects on the history of the Wesley United Church conducted by summer students working for the church who were funded by government grants. The documents include time sheets, daily reports on student activities, reports on the outcomes of the research projects, a document outlining the job duties of a summer student, and an application/agreement form for employers for the Challenge ’93 Summer Employment/Experience Development Program by Employment and Immigration Canada.

Financial Statements

  • CA CCA MC 282-MS1-MS1.2-B
  • File
  • 1925, 1927, 1937, 1949-1981
  • Part of United Church

This file contains financial statements for the Wesley United Church, which provide breakdowns of the church’s expenses and sources of funding. Also included are announcements and agendas for annual business meetings, and a letter with supporting documents detailing an every-person visitation event in which church financials will be discussed.

Annual Reports

This file contains annual reports for the Wesley United Church. Also included are booklets with brief histories of the church and photos of its members, and an agenda for the 1964 annual meeting.

1896 - 1909

The documents contained in this file provide insight into the general economy, trade and commerce, technology, and daily life in Charlotte County in the transition from the late nineteenth into the twentieth century.

This file consists of bills, invoices, receipts, account statements, bank drafts, and correspondence regarding the purchase and sale of general goods including: boots, shoes, and rubber; cotton; linen; paper; lumber; groceries such as biscuits and ship’s bread, dairy products, chocolates and sweets, tea, spices, `eggs, flour, sugar, and produce; wholesale grocers; wool; oil; silks, rugs, and mattings; drugs and chemicals, boots, shoes, and rubbers; grass, flower, and vegetable seed; fertilizer; stationary; grain and feed; hay, straw, kitchen appliances and furnishings; furnaces; home furnishings; farrier services; and hardware; gaslight; dues for the Methodist Church, and taxes for the Town of St Stephen, Parish of St David, and the Parish of Dufferin. 1896-1909.

Other companies that appear in these documents include: F.E. Came, proprietor of Chamcook Farm Creamery; C.M. Wilson; Dr. William J. Parks (Saint John); Ganong Brothers Ltd. (St Stephen); Amherst Boot and Shoe Co. Ltd.; George D. Ross & Co. (Montreal, Quebec); J.M. Humphrey & Co., wholesale boots, shoes, and rubber (Saint John); W.R. Brock Company Ltd. – late James Johnston & Co. (Montreal); W. B. Hamilton Shoe Co., Wholesale Boot and Shoe Manufacturers (Toronto, Ontario); The Central Agency Ltd, Agents for the Canadian Spool Cotton Company (Montreal, QUE); Nisbet & Auld (Toronto, ON); Shepard & Morse Lumber Co., (Boston, Massachusetts); W.H. Thorne & Co. Ltd., (Saint John); J.J. McGaffigan Ltd., direct importer and jobber in teas (Saint John); Auld Bros, dealers in and exporters of eggs and produce, wholesale grocers (Charlottetown, P.E.I.); Oxford Manufacturing Co. Ltd., wool manufacturers (Oxford, Nova Scotia); Bailey & Noyes (Portland, Maine); The Imperial Oil Co. Ltd. (Saint John); J. Frank Riepert, importer of silks, rugs and mattings (Montreal, QUE); Kendall & Whitney, (Portland, ME); Kerr & Robertson, wholesale hardware merchants (Saint John); The Galt Knitting Co. Ltd., (Galt, ON); Greenshields Son & Co., (Montreal, QUE); T. Rankine & Sons, manufacturers of plain and fancy biscuits, pilot and ships’ bread, (Saint John); J.N. Richardson Sons & Owden Ltd (Belfast, Ireland) per Robert Darling & Co., agents (Toronto, ON); Doherty & McHugh, boots, shoes, and rubbers, (Saint John); C.D. Trueman, wholesale grocer and commission merchant, (Saint John); Chase & Sanborn, (Montreal, QUE); Merritt Bros. & Co., agents, (Saint John); Henry Reid & Son, abbey gardens works(Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland); John Gordon & Son, manufacturers agents for Henry Campbell & Co. Ltd., linen threads (Montreal); S.L. Dickson, produce commission merchant, (Saint John); Schofield Bros., foreign importers and wholesale paper dealers (Saint John); James Corstine & Co. Ltd. (Montreal); McIntyre, Son & Co., (Montreal); Robert Darling & Co. (Toronto); John Gordon & Son, manufacturer’s agents (Montreal); The Sharples Separator Co.; The St Croix Gas Light Co., (St Stephen); Methodist Church (St Stephen) pew rent; and the New Brunswick Telephone Co. Ltd.; the Bank of British North America, (Saint John); The Canadian Bank of Commerce (Toronto); Bank of Nova Scotia; J.N. Richardson, Sons & Owden Ltd. (Belfast, Ireland); York Woolen Mills; St Stephen Bank; Albion H. Eaton; the Calais Times Publication Co.; National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada; A.J. Maxwell; Joseph Breck & Sons, farm, garden, and lawn, (Boston); John N. Wall, wholesale and retail stationer, school supplies, blank boots, etc.; Burton, Spence, & Co.; the Traders Bank of Canada; the Tillson Company Ltd; David Stott, miller of winter and spring wheat flour, (Detroit, Michigan); T.R. Speedy, grain and feed grinder; Grimmer Brothers, hay, straw, grain, and produce; Manchester Roberston Allison Ltd.; A.I. Teed Co., wholesale grocers; Kilgour Brothers; R.W. Milling Co.; Quebec Bank, (Montreal); Bowman & Cole, Union Bank of Halifax; William Liddell & Co; F.E. Rose, provisions, groceries, and hardware; Wilson & McPike, jobbing tinsmiths, dealers in stoves, ranges, furnaces, and kitchen furnishings; Haskell, Adams & Co., grocers (Dover, New Hampshire); Vroom Brothers, ltd., furniture, carpets, oil cloths, linoleums, pianos, organs, window shades, and lace curtains; and John B. Robinson, provisions, groceries, hats, and caps.

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