S. J. McKee Archives

Angus and Ethel McPherson; Johnston and Ella McPherson; Hattie McPherson

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Part Of
Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection
Description Level
Box
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1895-1972
Accession Number
21-2006
Part Of
Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection
Description Level
Box
File Number
6.1 - 6.20
Accession Number
21-2006
Other Numbers
Box F
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1895-1972
History / Biographical
Angus Sellers McPherson, son of Hugh and Margaret (Sellers) McPherson, was born March 1, 1884 in Brandon Hills, MB. He died on September 5, 1953 in Brandon, MB. Angus married Ethel Pentland on July 16, 1913. Together they had three sons: Howard Johnston McPherson (m. Jessie Walsh); Alfred Angus Murray McPherson (m. Margaret Raven); and Kenneth George McPherson (m. Mary Spratt). Ethel (Pentland) McPherson was born May 7, 1890 to Thomas (T.J.) and Annie Isabel (McVety) Pentland. Raised at Justice, MB, Ethel was agraduate of the Winnipeg Normal School; she taught for a number of years at Orange Hall and Brandon Hills. After her husband's death, Ethel remained on the family farm with her sons until she moved to Brandon in 1957. She died on September 20, 1976, in Brandon, MB. Johnston McPherson, son of Hugh and Margaret (Sellers) McPherson, was born February 7, 1879 in Nova Scotia. He died on September 17, 1966 in Brandon, MB (Johnston McPherson was the last of the original party that settled the Brandon Hills). From 1896 until 1914, he farmed at Brandon Hills. Johnston married Ella Harvey McKay on July 26, 1918. They had no children. Ella Harvey McKay, daughter of Simon and Sarah McKay, was born September 5, 1885 at Brandon Hills. Her family moved to Alberta and then British Columbia sometime after her birth. Ella worked in Trail, B.C. for Consolidated Mining and Smelting, before her marriage to Johnston "Jack" McPherson. She died on November 25, 1971 in Brandon, MB. Harriet (Hattie) McPherson Morrison, daughter of Hugh and Margaret (Sellers) McPherson, was born at Watervale, NS in 1877. She attended Brandon Hills and Central School in Brandon before receiving her teacher training; she taught school at Chatfield and Dunrea. Hattie married Robert Morrison at Brandon Hills in 1920 and together they had two children: Robert Morrison Jr. (m. Lila Berdux) and Margaret Morrison (m. George Walton). The family owned a farm at Rounthwaite until 1964, at which point Hattie and Robert moved to Brandon. Hattie died in Brandon, MB in 1965.
Scope and Content
Contains the following files: 6.1 Angus McPherson financial records 1909-1955 6.2 Angus McPherson greeting postcards 6.3 Angus McPherson non-greeting postcards 6.4 Ethel McPherson ration cards [1939-1945] 6.5 Ethel McPherson non-greeting postcards 6.6 Ethel McPherson insurance documents 1959-1968 6.7 Angus McPherson financial documents 1912-1962 6.8 Ethel McPherson correspondence 1914-1972 (some undated) 6.9 Angus McPherson correspondence 1899-1957 (some undated) 6.10 Johnston McPherson correspondence 1895-1970 6.11 Johnston McPherson financial records 1907-1928 6.12 Johnston McPherson non-greeting postcards 6.13 Johnston and Ella McPherson correspondence 1918-1956 6.14 Johnston and Ella McPherson correspondence 1957-1959 (some undated) 6.15 Ella McPherson correspondence 1920-1971 6.16 Hattie McPherson correspondence 1908-1919 6.17 Hattie McPherson/Mrs. Robert Morrison correspondence 1920-1935 6.18 Hattie McPherson greeting postcards 6.19 Ethel McPherson Normal School notebook 6.20 Ethel McPherson diaries
Notes
Part of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection.
Storage Location
Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection Box 4 (6.1 - 6.12) Box 5 (6.13 - 6.20)
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