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 [...]
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 [...]
If you think you can help us please leave your comments here. Question: “I am trying to find out what happened to the James Miller family who lived in the McAdam area in the late 19th and the early 20th century. They seem to have disappeared and I would like to find their descendants. They [...]
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: “I am writing to seek any assistance you may be able to give me regarding an old ship “Wanata”. In October 1852 my great great grand parents … sailed from England to Australia on the Wanata. I would like to get a picture [...]
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 [...]
Beginning Tuesday, March 1, visitor hours will change at the Fredericton Region Museum, formerly the York Sunbury Museum. At that time, the Museum will be closed Sundays and Mondays throughout the spring and will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays. The office will be open Monday through Friday for the regular weekday hours, which are 9am [...]