Fonds BCHS235 - Sisco Bros. fonds

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Sisco Bros. fonds

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    CA BCHS BCHS235

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    • 1892-1917 (Creation)

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    0.34 m.
    1094 textual records, 3 bank books.

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    Benjamin, George and David Sisco were hotelkeepers during the late 1890s and early 1900s in the Eastern Townships. Benjamin in Mansonville, George in Knowlton and Cowansville and David in Sutton. They were the sons of Calvin and Eliza (Johnson) Sisco of Richford, Vermont. George and Benjamin entered a business partnership in the 1890s to be known as the Sisco Bros. They were in partnership for a short time with Leman Greene at the Lake View House, Knowlton and also with James O'Halloran at the Ottawa Hotel in Cowansville. All three brothers died within the years 1901-1902 leaving minor children for whom tutorships were appointed. Their careers as hotel proprietors were cut short by their early deaths and brought about much litigation in settling of their estates as their papers show.

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    The fonds consists of primary source information regarding the Sisco Bros. business and legal activities in the Eastern Townships from 1892 to 1917. The fonds contains the following series and sub-series: 1) Business (1892-1902): Ottawa Hotel, Lake View House, Mansonville Hotel, Miscellaneous; and 2) Legal (1892-1917): Personal, Business, Successions and Estate.

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    Copies of previous inventory and arrangement in box 1.
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    • English

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      Finding aid prepared using Rules for Archival Description (RAD).

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      Creation 12 November 2016
      Revision August-September 2021

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      • English

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