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A History of Abercrombie, County of Pictou, Nova Scotia
Transcription of undated, unidentified, disjointed first page of a four page proof sheet from a printed article. Authored by "An Old Resident"
William McDonald Family of Durham
Family of William McDonald and Nancy Witney Sylvester McDonald of Durham, Pictou County, Nova ScotiaDonald of Durham, 1921
William McDonald Family of Durham
Family of William McDonald and Nancy Witney Sylvester McDonald of Durham, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, about 1898.
The Old McRae Mill along the Toney River, Toney Mills, Pictou County
Photos of the old mills on the Toney River at Toney Mills, Pictou County circa 1930. A gristmill and sawmill were built by Alexander McRae circa 1855. His sons, John and Roderick McRae, operated the mills until the early to mid-1880s.
Photograph: Simon Roderick Fraser of Toney River, seated, with unidentified young man, circa 1880
Tintype photograph of Simon Roderick Fraser, seated, with an unidentified young man. the photograph was probably taken around the year 1880 when Simon was 20 years old. It was also around the time his father, James Fraser, passed.
Crown Land Grant Map #87 - Watervale - Alexander McRae Land Along West River
Crown Land Grant map #87 showing the 50 acre land plot at Watervale granted to Alexander McRae and recorded in 1832.
Crown Land Grant - 50 Acres at West River granted to Alexander McRae
Crown Land Grant documents and maps as found recorded in the Crown Land Grant, Book P, Page 74, Recorded 1832 The survey maps are from what is called, "Old Plan 1854."
Photograph: Alexander "Sandy" McRae, pioneer settler of Toney River and Watervale
Photograph of Alexander McRae from Dingwall, Ross Shire, Scotland who emigrated to Nova Scotia before 1818 and settled at West River in an area that later became named Watervale. The McRae family moved to Toney River circa 1855.
Song: To the Pioneer Settlers of West River, and Letter to the Editor of the Eastern Chronicle, published July 10, 1879
Letter to the Editor of the Eastern Chronicle from John McRae of "Sunny Summit," Toney River, Pictou County with a corrected and original poem (actually, a song), To the Pioneer Settlers of West River, written by his father, Alexander McRae, circa 1819.
Alexander and Simon Roderick Fraser - Dan Gillies Logging Men, Grays Harbor County, Washington, U.S.A., circa 1900
Rare photograph of turn-of-the-century logging men near Aberdeen, Washington circa 1900. Alexander Fraser was the logging foreman for Dan Gillies.
McDonalds of Hardwood Hill Photo Album
Albert Hislop
1815 Immigrants in Pictou County
A list of immigrants living in the County in 1815 published in the Pictou Advocate in 1934 after the list was discovered at the Provincial archives.
Eastern Chronicle August 1875 Marriages and Deaths
Marriages and Deaths recorded in the Eastern Chronicle, 26 August 1875 page 2
Stone Cottages
Article by Roland Sherwood printed in the Pictou Advocate 3 December 1953 page 10
Shipping, Marriages, Deaths
Reported in the Eastern Chronicle, 15 March 1855 page 3
Crown Land Grants 1894
Land grants along West, Middle and East Rivers of Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Obituaries 10 September 1897
Printed in the Pictou Advocate
Margaret Ann Smith Macdonald
wife of John R Macdonald, Merchant
James Leithead Photos
Durham Bridge
Pictou County Road Registry
Road Damages and Receipts pages 14 and 15
Pictou County Road Registry
Road Damages County of Pictou page 3
Pictou County Road Registry
Road Damages County of Pictou, page 1
Pictou County Road Registry Index 1847 to 1868
Surnames beginning with A
MacDonald Scrapbook, 1917
Postcards of Pictou