Fonds 84-011 - Reverend Peter McLaren Duncan fonds

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Reverend Peter McLaren Duncan fonds

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    84-011

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    • 1872-1929 (Creation)
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      Duncan, Reverend Peter McLaren

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    30 cm of textual records
    300 photographs
    40 glass slides + 3 albums
    2 ribbons

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    Peter McLaren Duncan (born ca. 1835] was the son of James Duncan, a blacksmith of Carrying Place, Canada West, and Catharine McLaren of Brighton, Canada West. Peter McLaren Duncan married Leonora Singleton of Brighton, Ontario. Peter was a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Colbourne. Of their children, it is known that there was a son, P.W. Duncan, who immigrated to the United States in 1895, and a daughter, Alice Duncan, who was an artist of some renown, and who married John MacDonald. Alice and John had no children. Peter McLaren Duncan died in approximately 1912 and his wife died between 1925 and 1930.

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    This fonds was in the custody of B.K. Van Buren before it was donated to the Trent University Archives.

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    This fonds includes correspondence, receipts and other records of Reverend Peter McLaren Duncan, Leonora Duncan, James Duncan, and Annie Duncan. Also included are sermon notes, assessment notices, insurance policies and the marriage register of Colborne Presbyterian Church from 1896 to 1912. The fonds also includes an autograph album of Leonora (Singleton) Duncan, Brighton, Canada West.

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    This fonds was donated by B.K. Van Buren, Port Hope, Ontario.

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        For related records see: 75-1033.

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