Fonds MHCA0002 - William E. Forbes fonds

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William E. Forbes fonds

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CA PCNSWH MHCA0002

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  • 1875-1925, predominant 1916-1918 (Creation)
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    Forbes, William Edgar
  • [Photocopied 197?] (Creation)
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    Some letters are photocopies made in 197?

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.1 m. of textual records

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Forbes, William Edgar (1891-1968)

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William Edgar Forbes (1891-1968) grew up on a farm in Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island. He was the 4th of 6 children born to John W. Forbes (1852-1906) and Annie M. Sullivan (1860-1942). In 1910 he moved to Summerside, PEI and was hired as a clerk with the firm of Brace McKay & Co. Ltd., one of the major general merchants in the town. He moved up through the company and eventually became president, a position from which he retired in 1956. He was an elder in the Summerside Presbyterian Church and was active in community life. He married Miriam Irene Profitt (b.1907) of Kensington, PEI and they had two children, Gordon and Maureen.

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The fonds consists of 28 items of correspondence, a 1916 paycheque stub, and an 1885 land deed between John W. Forbes and James H. Cole. Twelve of the letters, dating 1915-17, were written to William by his brother Prescott Forbes (b. 1888) who reported on his World War I experience and commented on news received from William about life in Summerside. There are four pieces of correspondence regarding William's employment with Brace McKay Ltd. and two business letters from R. J. McNeill in 1925. Other items include an 1875 letter to Robert Shaw Esq. (of the law firm Longworth & Shaw, Charlottetown?) from Jesse and D.S. Green, as well as letters to and from other parties.

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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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PERMISSION FOR USE/REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE MACNAUGHT HISTORY CENTRE AND ARCHIVES; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER

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  • English

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