Fonds med-224 - Edward McKay family fonds

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Edward McKay family fonds

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CA MED med-224

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1 cm of textual records. -- 1 photograph

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By an act of Parliament in 1874, "half-breed heads of families" were to receive either "a grant of one hundred and sixty acres of land" or "scrip for one hundred and sixty dollars...to be receivable in payment for the purchase of Dominion Lands" at the current price on one dollar per acre. Edward McKay passed away in 1884, therefore his heirs received his entitlement as follows: Caroline, Edward's widow was granted scrip in the amount of $32.00, and each of his 8 children received $16.00, for a total of $160.00.

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The fonds consists of: Report re: "Medicine Hat Squatters" a copy of statements of claim for lands surrounding Medicine Hat (early squatters) for F.A. Mountain, W.P. Leacock, H. Pearse, H. Jordan, A. Malott, L.S. Fox, W.B. Butler, C. Flint, J.Y. Terry, G.H. Presswell, G. Anderton, G.F. Pim, J. Madden, H.B. Collier, L.A. Smallwood, F. Slaymaker, M. Sutherland, S. Porter, Count M. DeBosdari, J. Jackson, W. Logan, J. Logan, J. McLean; copied letters, documents and certificates (36 pgs) related to the issue of scrip to Caroline (widow), Alexander (son), Samuel (son), Maria (daughter), Jemima (daughter), Rachel (daughter), Emma (daughter), William Edward (son) and Arthur McKay, all decendants of Edward McKay (see history above); and an image of an early midwife.

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Purchase from Historical Resources Branch of National Archives of Canada via Jeff Murray, Spring, 1990; copies from the National Archives of Canada, 1993. P0237 -- Gift of Evelyn McKay, August 14, 1973.

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Biography file, Holdings: Bray/McKay Family

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Record No. M90.8.1;M84.46.1;M93.26.1;P 0237.0001<br><br>

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