Photo Credits


David Moore ca. 1850. David Moore (1801-1883), his wife Nancy Campbell (1804-1869) and their first child, John, immigrated to New Brunswick from Co. Donegal, Ireland in 1826, settling first in St. Martins and relocating to New Jerusalem, Queens County in May 1857. Two of David’s brothers, John and Thomas, also immigrated to New Brunswick. David, a writer and poet, taught in various schools in the Province including at Coot Hill Settlement for the years ending February 1830 and April 1831. Courtesy of Betty Damery.
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Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Bessie Currie genealogy collection: MC1884/MS2/I
Almeda and Nellie Currie, ca. 1880. The daughters of William Duncan Currie and Charlotte D. Currie, their paternal great grandfather, Joshua Currie, emigrated to Mactaquac, New Brunswick, from Ireland.
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Provincial Archives of New Brunswick James Brown fonds: MC295/MS21/3
Henry Maxwell family, St. Stephen, ca. 1900. Henry Maxwell married Mary Brown, daughter of the Hon. James Brown, at Tower Hill, St. Stephen on May 31, 1870. As a member of the Legislature Brown was appointed Surveyor General and implemented a system of purchasing land grants by labour on roads, as a help to poorer settlers and an incentive for immigrants.
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Provincial Archives of New Brunswick James Brown fonds: MC295/MS21/4
Catherine Brown McKenzie, ca. 1900. Born in St. Stephen Catherine was the daughter of Hon. James Brown, Surveyor General of New Brunswick who implemented a system of purchasing land grants by labour on roads, as a help to poorer settlers and an incentive for immigrants.
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Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Project File photograph: P110-205
“The Emigrant’s First Letter Home”, from The Illustrated London News.
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