Fonds A/E/G41;98203-63;98207-121;199004-003 - Todd, Gillespie family fonds

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Todd, Gillespie family fonds

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    CA BCA A/E/G41;98203-63;98207-121;199004-003

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    • 1857-1927 (Creation)
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      Todd (family)

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    40 cm of textual records;331 photographs

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    Jacob Hunter Todd (1829-1899) was born in Brampton, Ontario. He came to British Columbia in 1862 and opened a grocery business in Barkerville. He later purchased a number of fish canneries. He married Rosanna Wigley in 1873, and their family included two daughters, Mary Anne (d. 1950) and Rose (1885-1980). These sisters married, respectively, John Hebden Gillespie (1879-1929), a soldier and businessman, and Alexander Gillespie (1881-1948), a noted local rugby player and businessman. The Gillespie brothers formed their own real estate and insurance business, Gillespie, Hart and Todd, with their brother-in-law, Ernest Dain Todd, in 1911.

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    The fonds consists of notebook, letterbook and correspondence of Jacob Hunter Todd, including correspondence with his son in medical school at McGill University; diaries and correspondence of Rosanna Todd; daybooks, agreements, ledger and account books of Todd, Turner and Company and J.H. Todd and Sons (Todd's business interests); programs, invitations and correspondence of the Todd and Gillespie families; notebooks and memorabilia from the All Canadian Football team rugby tour of Alexander Gillespie; accounts, diaries, house specifications and travel itineraries of John Hebden Gillespie, including account book of the Canadian Scottish Regiment; financial statements and agreements of the firm of Gillespie, Hart and Todd; and, correspondence, sketchbook and poetry of Mary Ann Wigley, a relative of the family. Fonds includes Alexander Gillespie's photographs, including portraits of the Todd and Gillespie families, and family photographs (including photographs from World War I).

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        BCAUL control number: BCA-2005

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