Fonds CR-81 - Muir family fonds

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Muir family fonds

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    CA DMA CR-81

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    • 1907-1973 (Creation)
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      Muir, John, 1849-1939 (family)

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    40 cm of textual records
    2 postcards

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    John Muir (1849-1939) was born in Scotland. He came to Canada in 1873 and farmed in the Deloraine area of Manitoba. In 1918 John retired to Richmond, B.C. where he remained until the time of his death in 1939. John continued to hold the land in Deloraine, Manitoba, earning income from the farms through share cropping and interest on mortgages. He also acquired an interest in the Lulu Island Lumber Co. and properties in Vancouver and Ladner. He had 3 daughters: Mrs. Jane Andrew, Mrs. J. P. Richardson, and Miss Agnes Muir; and two sons: Andrew Muir and John Muir. Andrew Muir (1890-1977) married Eva Elizabeth Follis (1900-1983) in 1922 and they resided in Ladner. Andrew was a well known businessman in Ladner, starting the Delta Garage after his four year service in WWI, and in 1929, becoming the proprietor of the B.C. Liquor store in Ladner. Both Andrew and Eva were active in the community. Eva Muir was a member of the Delta Branch Canadian Red Cross Society, Ladner United Church, and the Dugout Committee, which provided a recreation club for troops at the Boundary Bay airport during WWII. She was also a member of the Order of Eastern Star Fraser Chapter No. 30 and the Chillukthan Rebekah Lodge No. 57. Eva and Andrew Muir had one daughter, Mrs. Norma Graham.

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    The fonds consists of John Muir's legal and business papers, and correspondence, particularly related to renting the Deloraine properties; legal papers and correspondence regarding the probate of John Muir's Estate, particularly between lawyers and Agnes Muir, his daughter; and letters to Agnes from family members. The fonds also includes a collection of papers and memorabilia belonging to Eva Muir, including a collection of songbooks and song sheets. Records that Eva accumulated as an officer in the Ladner Dugout Committee and Red Cross Society are described in these respective fonds. The fonds is arranged into 6 series: John Muir's land deeds; Correspondence and other materials related to rental of properties in Deloraine; Probate records of John Muir's estate; News clippings; Song books and music sheets; and Eva Muir's records and personal collection.

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        BCAUL control number: DMA-59

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