Fonds SCA9-GA5 - Jardine family fonds.

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Title proper

Jardine family fonds.

Level of description

Fonds

Reference code

SCA9-GA5

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Physical description area

Physical description

3 cm of textual records
1 photograph

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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.

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Immediate source of acquisition

Purchased by R. MacGillivray of the History Department in 1966 for the University of Waterloo Library.

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