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Macgowan family fonds
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Fonds
Reference code
CA PCA Acc4785
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1797, 1799, 1859-1904, 1965; Photocopied 2002 (Creation)
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- Macgowan (Family)
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.002 m of textual records
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Name of creator
Macgowan (Family)
Biographical history
Peter Macgowan was born on 22 March 1762 in Bridgenorth, Shropshire, England. He was educated in England and was admitted as an attorney of the King
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Scope and content
The fonds contains various papers related and belonging to the descendants of Peter Macgowan, including a petition of appeal (n. d.), land records (1797, 1799, 1874), an unidentified account book (1859-1883), an unidentified sketch (n. d.), a wedding announcement for Aenas A. MacDonald and Margaret J. MacDonald (1904), a soubenir (ca. December 1901) of Elizabeth L. Macdonald who died 12 July 1901, a letter from James C. Pope to a Mr. Tilly regarding PEI joining Confederation (1873), and correspondence regarding a land dispute between John Macgowan and the Estate of John Knight (1871, 1878). There is also some correspondence (1890-1895) relating to the building of the St. Alban the Martyr Anglican Church in Souris to which Jane Macgowan contributed financial support. The fonds also contains transcribed extracts from a scrapbook kept by Jane Caroline MacCallum Macgown, wife of John Macgowan, ca. 1907. The scrapbook was transcribed by Jane's great-grandson, Kenneth Owen Macgowan, ca. 1965.
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- English
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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER
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See also: Acc4082 (letter from Peter Magowan to John Stewart re: events on PEI, 15 April 1807); Acc3057/1 (Minutes of the Proceedings of the Trustees of the Wesleyan Chapel, 1862-1934); Macgowan family file
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- Macgowan (Family) (Creator)
- St. Alban the Martyr Church (Souris, P.E.I.) (Subject)
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- English