Royal Wedding Memorabilia Show & Tell With Mr. Don Roberts The York Sunbury Historical Society will be hosting a royal wedding memorabilia show and tell immediately after its annual general meeting on 21 April 2011. Presented by Don Roberts who will be participating with several of his own pieces, guests are invited bring their royal [...]
A notice from the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women - reprinted with permission. The New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women has launched a Women’s History Map, an online listing of sites and landmarks of importance to the history of women in New Brunswick. The website lists over 125 [...]
Our March 2011 newsletter is posted on our website and ready for you to download! Newsletter Topics: Name Change for the York Sunbury Museum; York Sunbury Historical Society Program; New Brunswick and the War of 1812 by Bob Dallison; Museum Notes; Annual General Meeting
The York Sunbury Historical Society hosts a lecture on the third Thursday of each month, for most months. All evening programs take place at Old Government House (51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton). We can park on site and come in the side entrance and programs are free and open to the public! This month, Bob Dallison will [...]
Volume 17, Number 2 (Fall and Winter 2001) - A Publication of the York-Sunbury Historical Society, Inc. We have back issue copies of Volume 17, Number 2 (Fall and Winter 2001) – “A Publication of the York-Sunbury Historical Society, Inc.” available for purchase for $8 (plus postage and handling). Contents: "Lord Beaverbrook: Fond Memories [...]
If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. “I am wondering what information you might have on the original settlement of the Magundy, Blaney Ridge, Magaguadavic area of Prince William, York County in the late 1820′s. From my genealogy research, it appears that many of these settlers came from County Donegal, Ireland. Was [...]
If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. “I’m looking for information on the Fredericton Mining and Development company, which existed around the (previous) turn of the century (1900). In going through my grandparents’ old things, it seems they had relatives (the Bliss family) working out of Fredericton at the mining [...]
The Fredericton Region Museum (formerly the York Sunbury Museum) during the 2009 Cultural Expressions Festival The York Sunbury Museum (now the Fredericton Region Museum) office received the following query. I thought that these were good questions and the answer might assist other researchers. Question: “Is the York Sunbury Historical Society housed in this [...]
If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. July 19, 2009: “I am a descendant of George King, MD who practiced medicine in Bouchtouche in the early 1900′s. He has six children, one of whom , George King, was a missionary in China. I had heard that he had turned over [...]
If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. Question: “I was wondering if you would know of any information concerning the old railway roundhouse that is now the Craig Electric building on Union St. & if there might be pictures of it when it was the roundhouse? Also, the roundhouse I [...]