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Tom Stafford Rubidge fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1849-1903.

Reference:

R7818-0-X-E, MG29-E63

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101413

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Tom Stafford Rubidge fonds
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Date(s):

1849-1903.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.6 cm of textual records (26 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of Fenian Raids correspondence, including letters and official forms concerning medals and land grants for veterans of Rubidge's battery, 1900-1903, 20 pages; miscellaneous correspondence, 1855, 1873, 1892, 1900, 5 pages; and a lease authorizing Rubidge to practice surveying in Upper Canada, 1819, 1 page.

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Rubidge, Tom Stafford, d. 1904

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Rubidge, Tom Stafford, d. 1904 : Thomas S. Rubidge became a land surveyor in 1849 and worked as an engineer on the Williamsburg Canals, 1844-1848, Grand Trunk Railway, 1852-1860, Ontario Board of Works, 1860-1863, Intercolonial Railway, 1865-1872 and St. Lawrence Canals, 1872-1882. He became superintending engineer for the Department of Railways and Canals at Cornwall, in 1886. He also served during the Fenian Raids in 1866 as captain of the Morrisburg Battery. He died in 1904. Association of Ontario Land Surveyors, Annual Report, 1915, pp. 59-60.

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General note:

Received in 1968 from Mr. George Smith of Sarnia, Ont.
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Canada - History - Fenian Invasions, 1866-1870

Bounties, Military - Canada, [1849-1903]

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces - Medals, badges, decorations, etc.,

Soldiers - Canada
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Private

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MG29-E63
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