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Part Of
Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection
Description Level
Box
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1882-1944
Accession Number
21-2006
Part Of
Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection
Description Level
Box
File Number
14.1 - 14.8
Accession Number
21-2006
Other Numbers
Box N
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1882-1944
History / Biographical
For biographical information onf Angus McPherson and Mrs. (Ella) Johnston McPherson see the description for Box 6 of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection. For biographical information on Thomas and Annie Pentland see the descrption for Box 10 of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection.
Scope and Content
Contains the following files: 14.1 Account books [1906-1916] 14.2 Farmers pocket ledger [1935] 14.3 Mrs. Johnston McPherson - field book [1921-1944] 14.4 Account day book 1913-1915 14.5 Annie I. Pentland - miscellaneous records and accounts 1916-1934 14.6 Thomas Pentland account book 1917-1932 14.7 Thomas Pentland blacksmith account book 1882-1883 14.8 Angus McPherson account book 1916-1941
Notes
Part of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection.
Storage Location
Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection Box 12
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Part Of
Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection
Description Level
Box
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1879-1954
Accession Number
21-2006
Part Of
Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection
Description Level
Box
File Number
16.1 - 16.13
Accession Number
21-2006
Other Numbers
Box P
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1879-1954
Physical Description
13 cm
History / Biographical
For biographical information on Hugh and Margaret McPherson see the description for Box 5 of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection. For biographical information on Johnston and Angus McPherson see the descrption for Box 6 of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection. For biographical information on Murray McPherson see the fonds level description for the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection. Howard Johnston McPherson, the oldest son of Angus and Ethel (Pentland) McPherson, was born on July 6, 1920. He graduated from Brandon Collegiate in 1938 and joined his father on the farm. In 1941, he joined the R.C.A.F. and trained as an air engine mechanic. Returning from Europe in 1945, Howard continued to live with his parents until his marriage to Jessie Walsh (b. March 21, 1922) of Sceptre, SK on June 18, 1955. Together they had three children: Muriel Ruth (m. Cody Johnson); Nancy Carol (m. Dennis Mauthe); and Donald Howard (m. Ann). The family farmed in the Brandon Hills district. Howard died on May 2, 2005.
Scope and Content
Contains the following files: 16.1 Hugh and Margaret McPherson account book 1879 16.2 McPherson Farm cash book (Hugh, Johnston, Angus) 1906-1912 16.3 McPherson Farm account book 1890's 16.4 Cash book 1953 16.5 Cash book [1943-1949] 16.6 Angus McPherson - Canadian Wheat Board emergency cheque correspondence 1949 16.7 Angus McPherson - insurance documents 1948-1950 16.8 Murray McPherson - agreement between SC Area #1 and District Association 1951 16.9 Angus McPherson - Canadian Wheat Board permits (8) 1944-1954 16.10 Angus McPherson - cattle inventories 1951-1952 16.11 Howard and Angus McPherson miscellaneous farm correspondence 1950-1953 16.12 Documents re: Angus McPherson estate 1951-1954 16.13 Income tax forms and documents 1945-1953
Notes
Part of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection.
Storage Location
Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection Box 13
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Yaeger's Furs Dionne quintuplets window display

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14317
Part Of
Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1934
Part Of
Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Creator
Brandon Sun Publishing Co.
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2
Item Number
BAPC 2.43
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1934
Physical Description
10.25" x 8" (b/w)
History / Biographical
Gustave Bellegro “Gus” Yaeger was born on July 10, 1878 at Genoa, Italy. The son of Swiss parents, he immigrated to the United States, working in West Virginia then North Dakota before arriving in Brandon, MB in 1910. He worked at various jobs before opening Yaeger's Furs, a fur-coat factory and retail store at 602 Rosser Avenue, in 1919. Yaeger married Sarah Ellen Williams (1883-1966) of Big Rock, Idaho in 1907. They had two children: Karl Williams Yaeger (1908-1975) and Barbara Yaeger (m. H.H. Ricketts). Gus Yaeger died on March 25, 1942 in Brandon, MB. His son carried on the business after his death before selling it to one of the managers in 1969. The Dionne quintuplets, born May 28, 1934, were the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy. They were born just outside Callandar, ON.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the Yaeger's Furs Dionne quintuplets Christmas window display. The display features five dolls dressed in fur coats and bonnets, a framed photo of Gus Yaeger, a Christmas tree and a cardboard Santa.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Manitoba Historical Society website (http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/yaeger_gb.shtml)
Name Access
Yaeger's Furs
Gus Yaeger
Dionne quintuplets
Subject Access
downtown
window displays
commercial buildings
businesses
quintuplets
quints
Storage Location
BAPC photograph drawer
Images
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