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Account of the Morrison family who moved to Manitoba from Toronto in the 1870s [textual record] written by Mary Brown (nee Morrison)

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Item

Date:

[ca. 1910].

Reference:

R6353-0-0-E, MG31-H30, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102680

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Account of the Morrison family who moved to Manitoba from Toronto in the 1870s
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

[ca. 1910].

Place of creation:

Manitoba

Extent:

0.9 cm of textual records (37 p.) photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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The item is an account of the family of Martin and Anne Jane Morrison who moved to near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba from the Toronto area in the 1870s, as written by their daughter Mrs. Mary Brown (nee Morrison). The narrative describes the experiences and hardships of their journey west and adapting to pioneer life in rural Manitoba.

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Brown, Mary, 1864-1951

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Brown, Mary, 1864-1951 : Mary Alexandra Morrison was born 4 October 1864 in Brampton, Ontario, the daughter of Martin Morrison and Anne Jane Graham. She moved with her family from the Toronto area to Manitoba in the early 1870s. She married William Alexander Brown, 2 July 1888, in St. George's Church, Westbourne, County of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. They had six sons and two daughters. She died 3 June 1951 in Vancouver, British Columbia. William A. Brown had died 21 January 1925 in Vancouver.

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General note:

Received in 1972 from Lyal Brown of Toronto, Ont.

Associated material note:

The Archives of Manitoba has the original typescript version (37 p.) of the account of the Morrison family in its collection as call number MG9 A81. Lyal D. Brown had donated it to the Archives of Manitoba in 1962. There is another version of the account, typed by Mary's son Oliver, which is 31 pages in length and apparently identical in content to those in the archives in Winnipeg and Ottawa. It is still in the family's possession.

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Mary Brown fonds
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Morrison family - Genealogy
Toronto (Ont.)

Frontier and pioneer life - Manitoba

Settlement conditions

Rural conditions - Manitoba

Settlement - Hardships

Manitoba - Description and travel

Mrs. Mary Brown - Authorship

Mrs. Mary Brown - Autobiography
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Private

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MG31-H30
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Volume [MG31 H 30] 1

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