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Charles Winfield Matheson fonds
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CA PCA Acc3043
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ca. 1950 (Creation)
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- Matheson, Charles Winfield
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.44 m. of textual records
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Matheson, Charles Winfield
(1878-1968)
Biographical history
Charles Matheson was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in 1878. He spent most of his early childhood with his aunt and uncle, William Winfield Forbes and Mary MacRae Forbes, on their farm on the Pisquid Road near Vernon River. His Uncle William, a school teacher, merchant, and Justice of the Peace, taught Charles at home until the age of eight after which he attended Avondale school. Charles furthered his education at Prince of Wales College where he met his future wife, Annie Burn, who was from Utah. He spent one year studying law in the office of E. Bayfield Williams in Summerside before leaving PEI in 1908. After a brief stay in British Columbia, Charles settled in Calgary, Alberta, where he practiced law. He died in 1968 and is buried in Edmonton, Alberta.
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The fonds consists of biographical sketches on approximately five hundred and seventy two individuals and twelve families from Prince Edward Island. The sketches are one to two pages in length and provide genealogical information as well as the life accomplishments of individuals such as legislator and shipbuilder James Yeo (1788-1868), scientist Francis Bain (1842-1894), and fox farmer and Lieutenant Governor Charles Dalton (1850-1933). Information also contained in the fonds includes Uigg community history, a list of Canadian Universities, an autobiography of Charles Winfield Matheson, a forty-two page manuscript of "Island Families" by Charles Matheson, and information about the Bay Fortune Church, Brudenell Island, and a list of the Premiers of PEI (1873-1953).
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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER
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- Matheson, Charles Winfield (Creator)
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- English