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Title

Across Canada's pioneer trails [textual record]. as told to H.S. Holden

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Date(s)

1931

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

1 cm of textual records (48 p.).

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Item is a narrative entitled "Across Canada's Pioneer Trails" as told to H.S. Holden by Margaret Lawrence. It describes farm life in the Eastern Townships, Que., homesteading in Clarendon Township, Frontenac County, Ont., and pioneer life in the Peace River area, including missionary activities in the Northwest and the Yukon gold rush.

Conditions of access

Textual records
90: Open
Volume
1
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R1706-0-8-E
Former archival reference no.
MG30-C19

Finding aid

No finding aid

Creator / Provenance

Lawrence, Margaret Ham, b. ca. 1847.

Biography / Administrative history

Margaret Ham Lawrence, pioneer, who was born at St. Ours, Que., worked as a tailor from ca. 1863 until her marriage to Henry Lawrence in 1869. In 1879, she moved with her family to homestead near Plevna, Ont. In 1886, they joined an Anglican mission at Fort Vermillion and homestead in the Peace River area.

Additional information

Received in 1931 from the Country Guide, Winnipeg, Man.

Subject heading

1. Margaret Ham Lawrence - Biography, [1847-1879]
2. "Across Canada's Pioneer Trails", [1931]
3. Missionaries - Canada, [1886-19- ]
4. Church of England - Missions, [1886-19- ]
5. Anglicans - Northwest Territories, [1886-19-]
6. Canada - Gold discoveries, [1886-19- ]
7. Yukon Territory - History, [1886-19- ]
8. Alberta - History, [1886-19-]
9. Quebec (Province) - History, [1847-1879]
10. Ontario - History, [1879-1886]
11. Eastern Townships (Quebec) - History, [1847-1879]
12. Clarendon (Ont. : Township) - History, [1879-1886]
13. Peace River (Alta.) - History, [1879-1886]
14. Farm life - Canada, [1869-1886]
15. Eastern Townships (Quebec) - Farm life, [1869-1879]
16. Farmers - Canada, [1869-1886]
17. Eastern Townships (Quebec) - Farmers, [1869-1879]
18. Clarendon (Ont. : Township) - Farmers, [1869-1879]
19. Frontier and pioneer life - Canada, [1869-1886]
20. Peace River (Alta.) - Frontier and pioneer life, [1879-1886]
21. Fort Vermillion (Alta.) - History, 1886.
22. Missionaries - Yukon, [1886-19-]
23. Missionaries - Alberta, [1886-19-]
24. Klondike River Valley (Yukon) - Gold discoveries, [1886-19- ]
25. Frontenac County (Ont.) - History, [1879-1886]
26. Frontenac County (Ont.) - Farm life, [1869-1879]

Source

Private

Other system control no.

MAINS19190

MIKAN no.

100877