Economic Development - ETRC

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P173/005.01/004
Julian May. - [189-?]-[194-?]. - 10 photographs: b&w.
Scope and content:
The file consists of photographs of Julian May, including many where he is with animals, from the 1890s to the
1940s. Among the photographs are two studio portaits and one photograph of Julian with his sister, Rose May.
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Title based on contents of file.
Included among the photographs is 1 cellulose nitrate negative.
P173/005.01/005
John May. - [1907?]-[194-?]. - 6 photographs: b&w.
Biographical sketch:
The son of Darius May and Emma Stevens, John May was born 9 February 1882 in Baldwin’s Mills. He
married Edith Ward 31 December 1907. They had four children together: Irene, Ella, Ward and David. After
Edith’s death in 1940, John married Minnie Dresser, a widow, 23 May 1942. John inherited the May farm after
his father’s death in 1913 and rented it for a short time. In 1931, his daughter, Irene, and her husband, Gordon
Drew, moved onto the farm. It was sold from the family from 1934 until 1948, when Elvyn Baldwin purchased
the farm.
John died 18 February 1971 in Coaticook.
Scope and content:
The file consists of photographs of John May from 1907 to about the 1940s. Included are two photographs
of John with his wife, Edith Ward; two photographs of their children Irene, Ella, Ward and David; and one
photograph of John with horses.
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Title based on contents of file.
P173/005.01/006
Clara May Cooke. - [190-?]-[194-?]). - 11 photographs: b&w.
Scope and content:
The file consists of photographs of Clara May from the early 1900s to about the 1940s. Included among the
photographs are a number from Clara’s wedding to Fred Cooke in 1927 as well as a photograph that pictures
Liz Munro.
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Title based on contents of file.
P173/005.01/007
Fred May. - [192-?]-1959. - 9 photographs: b&w.
Biographical sketch:
The son of Darius May and Emma Stevens, Fred Nason May was born 28 September 1887 in Baldwin’s Mills.
He married Bernice Wheeler 15 September 1910 in Holland, Vermont. They had one son, named Morris
Nelson May. During their marriage, Fred lived and worked in Holland. After their divorce in 1922, Fred
moved to Rock Island and worked at the Butterfield Union Twist Drill Company. He remarried 9 March 1930
to Angéline Marie Françoise Guillou and they had one child, named Lyman Albert May.
Fred May died 1 May 1955 in Stanstead.
Scope and content:
The file consists of photographs of Fred May from about the 1920s to 1959. Included are two photographs of
John with his second wife, Angeline Guillou; two photographs of their son, Lyman; and one photograph with
Sam Munro.
P173/005.01/008
Ruth May Baldwin. - [190-?]-[196-?]. - 10 photographs: b&w.
Scope and content:
The file consists of photographs of Ruth May Baldwin from about the early 1900s to the 1960s. Included are
a photograph of Ruth’s son, Keith, and a few portrait photographs of Ruth.
Notes:
Title based on contents of file.
Included among the photographs is 1 cellulose nitrate negative.
P173/005.01/009
Marjorie May Hall. - 1919. - 1 photograph: b&w.
Biographical sketch:
Marjorie May Hall was born the 3 July 1903 in Stanstead, the daughter of Edwin Hall and Maud May. She was
married to Sumner Davis.
Scope and content:
The file consists of a photograph of a sixteen-year-old Majorie May, daughter of Maud May and Edwin Hall,
in 1919.
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Title based on contents of file.
P173/005.01/010
Irene May Drew. - [192-?]-[194-?]. - 4 photographs: b&w.
Biographical sketch:
Irene May was born 21 September 1908, the daughter of John V. May and Edith Ward. She married Gordon
Drew. In 1948, the moved onto Irene’s father’s farm in Coaticook. After Gordon retired in 1973, they lived
with Ella (Irene’s sister) in Coaticook and later moved to Stanstead.
Scope and content:
The file consists of photographs of Irene May from about the 1920s to about the 1940s. Included are a studio
photograph of Irene as a child; a photograph of Irene and her husband, Gordon Drew; and two Christmas cards
of their children.
Notes:
Title based on contents of file.
P173/005.01/011
Cecil May. - (194-?])-1943. - 2 photographs: b&w.
Biographical sketch:
Cecil Wilson May was the son of Wilber May and Mildred Martin and was born 3 February 1903 in Baldwin’s
Mills. He married Loretta Almeda Markwell and they lived in Cecil’s parents’ farmhouse for their entire
marriage.
Cecil May died 7 August 1971 when his tractor unexpectedly moved forward on an incline and ran over him.
Scope and content:
The file consists of a photograph of Cecil May, son of Wilber May and Mildred Martin, pictured with an
airplane from about the 1940s and another of Cecil, Ruby, Charlie and Janie with a car from 1943.
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