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Private Warren Hastings Huggard

  • Fonds
  • 1897 - 1928

This fonds contains documents relating to Private Warren Hasting Huggard, who served in the First World War, including a discharge certificate, photograph, death certificate, envelope, authorization for pension payments and citation.
Private Warren Hasting Huggard 115th Battalion C.E.F. died in service to his country on November 26, 1922. Warren was born in Kings County, New Brunswick on September 2, 1897 to Richard and Edna May (Bassett) Huggard of Mercer Settlement.

Azor Hoyt's Diary Transcript

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  • 1881 - 1868

Azor Hoyt, son of Loyalists James and Mary Ann (Belden) Hoyt, was born on the 13th of September 1770 and died on the 2nd of June in 1842, and is buried in St. Paul's Cemetery in Hampton, New Brunswick. Azor moved with his family at age six or seven to New Brunswick from Connecticut, USA. The Diary has been titled "Ice Out Past My House," and was kept by Azor until his death in 1842, and it appears to have been continued by his grandson, Isaac Ketchum Hoyt, until his death in 1855. The entries from 1855 to 1868 were most likely made by Isaac's son, John Allan Hoyt.

History of Apohaqui

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  • [1962?]

The History of Apohaqui was written by Mrs. W. N. MacAlpine and describes Apohaqui from 1780 to the 1960s.

History of Berwick

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  • [1961?]

A History of Berwick written by Mrs. Roy Ellison, beginning in 1772 and going until the late 1950s.

The Black River Road Tragedy

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  • 1869

The Black River Road Tragedy Full Report Of The Coroner's Inquest And The Trial of John A Munroe For The Murder Of Sarah Margaret Vail and Ella May Munroe, Saint John, N.B. It was printed by George WL Day, 46 Charlotte Street, 1869.

Reverend Hiram A. Cody

  • Fonds
  • 1872 - 1972

This fond of Hiram. A Cody is comprised of two newspaper articles, parts one and two of an article written by Ted Jones, as well as two copies of an address given to the Kings County Historical Society by A. P. Hetherington, in 1972, titled Life and Times of H. A. Cody.

Reverend Cody was both a pastor and a literary figure, having prolifically written in many forms such as plays, short stories, novels, sermons ans serializations. He was born on the Washademoak, New Brunswick in 1872. He moved to the Yukon in 1904 as a travelling missionary, and in 1909 him and his family moved back to New Brunswick and to the rectorship of St. James' Church in Saint John. In 1927 Rev. Cody was appointed Archdeacon of Saint John. He died in 1984 at the age of 75.

Communications - Trail, Portage and River In The Early Days Of New Brunswick

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  • [1964?]

Communications - Trail, Portage and River In The Early Days Of New Brunswick is an article written by Miss Grace Aiton. It begins in 1786 detailing George Leonard's first journey from Saint John to Pleasant Valley and ends with the telegraph line between Saint John and the Nova Scotia border in 1849, along the Westmorland Road route. Aiton's article details the many means of transportation and roadways in early New Brunswick.

"River Boats and Reveries" and "A Big Tree And A Little History"

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  • 1963 - 1970

"River Boats and Reveries" and "A Big Tree And A Little History" are two stories written by Robert M. Wood. Mr. Wood wrote "River Boats and Reveries" on November 1, 1969, for his niece in order to detail the use of steamships in the area, and also detail all of those, within his memory, that have passed away. It is a collection of stories focused on steamships. "A Big Tree And A Little History" Mr. Wood wrote on October 11, 1968 about a tree named "Prince of Wales" located near Harding's Point.

Freemasons-Zion Lodge

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  • 1959

Contains the history of Zion Lodge (1792-1959) at Kingston and Sussex New Brunswick. Also holds the information of Masters who were at Zion lodge over the time period. The author is M. W. Bro Ralph T. Pearson, P.G.M.

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