Collection search - James Keir Bennie and family fonds [textual record]

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James Keir Bennie and family fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

n.d., 1870-1966

Reference:

MG55/30-No158

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

106608

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James Keir Bennie and family fonds
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Date(s):

n.d., 1870-1966

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

10 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Mrs. E.L. O'Neil collection [graphic material]

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Letters to James Keir Bennie from his father, Robert Bennie, and others together with letters to his wife, Edith Amelia Porteous. Included are genealogical notes, certificates, school records and other miscallaneous papers relating to the Bennie and Porteous families, n.d., 1870-1966. Also worth of notice are survey notes done by James Keir Bennie concerning the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, 1907.

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Bennie (Family)

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Associated name: Bennie, James Keir, 1865-1934

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Bennie (Family) : Civil servant

Robert Bennie (1827-1910) was among the first settlers of Riverfield, Quebec. His son, James Keir Bennie (1865-1934) was a school teacher who eventually became a member of the staff of the Georgraphers' branch, Department of Interior. He was also an active member of the Knox Presbyterian Church. He married Edith Amelia Porteous (1870-1966). Another son, Dr. Robert Bennie (1861-1926) was very active in the Sault Ste-Marie area.
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Railroads - Ontario

Bennie family - Genealogy, n.d., 1870-1966 Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, 1907

Porteous family - Genealogy, n.d., 1870-1966 Robert Bennie, [1870-1966]

Railroads - Surveying, 1907 Edith Amelia Porteous, [1870-1966]
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Private

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1977-148 NPC

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MG55/30-No158
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