Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Jardine family fonds.
Level of description
Fonds
Reference code
SCA9-GA5
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
Physical description area
Physical description
3 cm of textual records
1 photograph
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Jardine family of Hespeler, Ont. originated in Scotland, near Glasgow. William Jordan, (Jardine), collier, married Catherine Bell in 1814. Andrew Bell Jardine, their son, a machinist, married Isabella Dawson in 1844 and came to Canada from ... »
Scope and content
Fonds consists of seventeen documents relating to the Jardine family, dating from 1797 to 1927, including correspondence, character references, certificates of marriage, articles of partnership, and one will.
Notes area
Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased by R. MacGillivray of the History Department in 1966 for the University of Waterloo Library.