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Date(s)
- Photocopied 1990 (originally created 1905-1912) (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Henry Edgar Davis, 1859-1937, was born in Coldwater, Michigan, USA. In 1881 he married Sara Ann Elizabeth Reedy, 1862-1939, and they had 11 children, John Thomas, Christmas Andrew, Charles Edgar, Martha Harriet (White), Martin Harrison, Cora Lizetta (Empey), Henry David, Walter William, Alfred Dodd, Arthur Louis and Albert Edward. In 1903 the family moved from Kansas, USA to Three Hills, Alberta, where Henry and six of his sons homesteaded. They ran a stopping house for travellers from 1905 to 1907. The family farm is now run by a granddaughter and her husband, Patsy and Robert Ward. For further information see Forever Yours, Davis Heritage / Joan Pitman, editor. - [s.l. : s.n.], 1990.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of stopping house guest book (1905-1907), which includes farm accounts and records of crops and livestock breeding in the back (1908-1912).
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Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The original is held by Joan Pitman and Patsy Ward.
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
Pitman and Ward are granddaughters.