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’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. 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 [...]
Question: “I am researching the fifth Lord Lansdowne. On 23 October 1884 he made a visit to a collection of factories 2 1/2 miles from Fredericton. These, a village and a church were established by a self made man from the province of New Brunswick. He owned 200,000 acres of woodland. I would be grateful [...]
Question: “Hello, I’m a reenactor in a company portraying Beverley Robinson’s Loyal American Regiment (http://www.LoyalAmericanRegiment.org), raised in the lower Hudson Valley and eventually settling near Fredericton. Since we portray light infantry marksmen, we’ve been wearing cut-down “coatees” in green with madder red facings (our “early war” impression). We’d like to have late-war uniforms, and have [...]
If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. Question: “Hi there, I was wondering if you would have any historical data on Timothy Lynch, born in 1841 (Bandon, Ireland) who immigrated to NB [New Brunswick] became a well known lumberman. He first married Harriet Jane Cox (1851-1880; Bath, NB) and [...]
If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. Question: Dear Sir or Madam, I was referred to you by Ian … of the Fredericton Heritage Trust. I am the great-great-granddaughter of Private 189 John White who served in the 15th Regiment of Foot in Fredericton in the 1860s. His daughter Mary Anne [...]
If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. Question: Dear sir or madam, My name is Thomas Jewett, and I am the editor of the quarterly newsletter for the Jewett Family of America. I conducting research for an article for an upcoming issue, I came across a reference to the Jewett [...]