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Atlantic Provinces Folklore Survey

Atlantic Provinces Folklore Survey

Account of the events that inspired John Morgan's poem about the Little Runt

diary Murray Clark
John and Euphemina (Henderson) Johnson

John and Euphemina (Henderson) Johnson

Portrait and reverse of full body photo for John and Euphemina Johnson, Born on Isle of Coll, Scotland Died in Toney River/ Hodson Pictou Co.

image Henderson Johnson
Simon Roderick Fraser & Alfred Samuel "Al" McKay c. 1910

Simon Roderick Fraser & Alfred Samuel "Al" McKay c. 1910

Studio Photo of Simon Roderick Fraser (R) & Alfred Samuel "Al" McKay (L) c. 1910. Taken by Colin S. McKenzie, McKenzie Photo Co., Aberdeen, Washington USA

image Pictou McKenzie
Alfred Samuel "Al" McKay

Alfred Samuel "Al" McKay

Studio Photo of Alfred Samuel "Al" McKay c. 1910

image Pictou Toney River
Alfred Samuel "Al" McKay Stock Certificate Elk River Logging Company_1938

Alfred Samuel "Al" McKay Stock Certificate Elk River Logging Company_1938

A release of the ownership of 75 shares of stock in the Elk River Logging Company created by and owned by Al Mckay to his wife Lillian on the date of his death on 29 March 1939, and witnessed by his cousin Margaret Matilda Fraser (Bailey), my grandmother

image Pictou Fraser
Alfred Samuel "Al" McKay Stock Certificate Elk River Logging Company_1938

Alfred Samuel "Al" McKay Stock Certificate Elk River Logging Company_1938

A copy of a Certificate for 75 Shares of Capital Stock at $100 per share in the Elk River Logging Company issued by Alfred McKay, by Alfred McKay, President. The company was capitalized at $15,000.

image Pictou Fraser
Jessie Ann McKenzie Fraser Album, Toney River and  Washington

Jessie Ann McKenzie Fraser Album, Toney River and Washington

Tintype

image Donald McKenzie Toney River
Sillars or Sellers Family of Pictou County and Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Sillars or Sellers Family of Pictou County and Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Annie Agnes McMaster Sellers, Abel Sellers and their children

image River John MacMaster
The Old McRae Mill along the Toney River, Toney Mills, Pictou County

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.

image West River Alexander McRae
Photograph: Simon Roderick Fraser of Toney River, circa 1876

Photograph: Simon Roderick Fraser of Toney River, circa 1876

Photograph of Simon Roderick Fraser, son of James and Nancy (McRae) Fraser of Toney River. The photo comes from the archives of Ethel Drummond. Ethel identified this photo as being Simon Fraser, the cousin of her mother Christine Fraser (McRae) Lawrence.

image Simon Fraser Toney River
Photograph: Simon Roderick Fraser of Toney River, seated, with unidentified young man, circa 1880

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.

image James Fraser Nancy Fraser
Photograph: Margaret Barbara MacKenzie of Toney River, 1869-1893

Photograph: Margaret Barbara MacKenzie of Toney River, 1869-1893

Photograph of Margaret Barbara MacKenzie of Toney River. The photograph was taken at Boston. Margaret died not long after she returned from her trip to Boston. She died in 1893 and is buried at Riverwalk Cemetery at Toney Mills.

image Toney River Margaret MacKenzie
Photograph: Simon Roderick Fraser of Toney River, seated, with Al McKay of Toney River, circa 1905

Photograph: Simon Roderick Fraser of Toney River, seated, with Al McKay of Toney River, circa 1905

This photo was taken by Colin S. MacKenzie of MacKenzie Photo Co. at Aberdeen around the time Al McKay, at age 21, emigrated to Aberdeen from Toney River, N.S. in March 1904. Al's uncle, Simon Fraser, is about 45 years old in this photograph.

image Simon Fraser Toney River
Photograph: Simon Fraser, Margaret Matilda Fraser and Jessie Ann MacKenzie Fraser, 1898

Photograph: Simon Fraser, Margaret Matilda Fraser and Jessie Ann MacKenzie Fraser, 1898

Simon Roderick Fraser and Jessie Ann (MacKenzie) Fraser and their daughter Margaret Matilda Fraser (4 years old) prior to their emigration to Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, U.S.A. in July 1898

image Stellarton Simon Fraser
Photograph: Christina "Christy" (McRae) MacMillan

Photograph: Christina "Christy" (McRae) MacMillan

Christy (McRae) MacMillan is the youngest of ten children born to Alexander and Isabella McRae of Toney River. She died in 1944 at Winnipeg at the age of 102. She never remarried after the loss of her husband William MacMillan in December 1915.

image Alexander McRae Toney River
Photograph: Roderick and Catherine Ann (McQuarrie) McRae, circa 1925

Photograph: Roderick and Catherine Ann (McQuarrie) McRae, circa 1925

Roderick and Catherine Anne (McQuarrie) McRae of Roscanville, Saskatchewan and formerly of Toney River. Roderick is the son of Alexander and Isabella McRae of Toney River. Catherine is the daughter of Donald and Catherine McQuarrie of Toney River.

image Catherine McQuarrie Alexander McRae
Photograph: Isabella (McRae) McQuarrie of Toney River

Photograph: Isabella (McRae) McQuarrie of Toney River

Isabella (McRae) McQuarrie, daughter of Alexander and Isabella McRae of Toney River. Isabella married Daniel Lauchlin McQuarrie, son of Lauchlin and Nancy McQuarrie of Scotch Hill. I am interested in more information on Daniel and Isabella McQuarrie.

image Scotch Hill Toney River
Image of Allan and Catherine (McRae) McQuarrie

Image of Allan and Catherine (McRae) McQuarrie

Allan and Catherine (McRae) McQuarrie of Carnoustie, Saskatchewan and formerly of Toney River.

image Catherine McQuarrie Toney River
Death Notice: Donald MacKenzie of Toney River, December 25, 1879

Death Notice: Donald MacKenzie of Toney River, December 25, 1879

Notice in the Eastern Chronicle, December 25, 1879, of the death of Donald MacKenzie of Toney River, on December 4, 1879. He was from Sutherlandshire, Scotland and 86 years six months. The notice fails to list any surviving family members.

image Toney River Donald MacKenzie
Deed - Alex, Simon and Widow Nancy Fraser to Duncan Henderson, October 13, 1885, Book 85 P.590-1

Deed - Alex, Simon and Widow Nancy Fraser to Duncan Henderson, October 13, 1885, Book 85 P.590-1

Deed transferring 75 acres, or one-half of the farm previously owned byJames Fraser of Toney River, deceased, to Alexander Henderson. This farm land was deeded from James Fraser to his sons Alex and Simon Fraser before his death on November 3, 1880.

image James Fraser Nancy Fraser
Deed - Alex, Simon and Widow Nancy Fraser to Alexander Henderson, October 13, 1885, Book 85 P.590-1

Deed - Alex, Simon and Widow Nancy Fraser to Alexander Henderson, October 13, 1885, Book 85 P.590-1

Deed transferring 75 acres, or one-half of the farm previously owned byJames Fraser of Toney River, deceased, to Alexander Henderson. This farm land was deeded from James Fraser to his sons Alex and Simon Fraser before his death on November 3, 1880.

image James Fraser Nancy Fraser
Poem: The Toney in December by John McRae

Poem: The Toney in December by John McRae

Poem written by John McRae of Toney River in year unknown. Typescript by Alexander Hugh McQuarrie, 1959.

image Toney River John McRae
Poem: My Fair Annabelle by John McRae

Poem: My Fair Annabelle by John McRae

Poem written by John McRae of Toney River in year unknown. Typescript by Alexander Hugh McQuarrie, 1959.

image Toney River John McRae
Poem: The Winding Toney by John McRae

Poem: The Winding Toney by John McRae

Poem by John McRae written in year unknown. Typescript by Alexander Hugh McQuarrie, 1959.

image Toney River John McRae