Fonds P009 - Thomas Johnson fonds

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Thomas Johnson fonds

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    CA ETRC P009

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    • [197-?] (Creation)

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    Env. 54 textual records. - 3 photographs.

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    Name of creator

    (1789-1881)

    Biographical history

    Thomas Johnson was born in Bampton, Westmoreland, England in 1789. Ordained deacon in 1815 by Vernon Harcourt, the Archbishop of York in the United Church of England and Ireland and priest by the Bishop of Carlisle in 1817, in 1819 he was sent to Canada, to the Diocese of Quebec, by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. He served as Missionary for the SPG for 32 years. He was assigned to the mission of Charleston (Hatley) before being transferred to Abbotsford in 1830. Rev. Johnson traveled in the Eastern Townships founding schools and churches. He was rector at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Abbotsford, Quebec, as was his son-in-law Canon Frederick Robinson. He was also involved with the founding of Compton Ladies College and Dunham Ladies College (St. Helen’s School). In 1850 or 1851, he retired.

    Thomas Johnson married Annis Spedding (b.1794) on April 15, 1819 in Bolton, Westmoreland, England. They had a daughter named Mary Jane Johnson (1824-1911). Rev. Johnson died in 1881 at the age of 92.

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    Scope and content

    The fonds contains source material on the work of the Reverend Thomas Johnson, the Reverend Frederick Robinson and the Archdeacon George Jehoshaphat Mountain from 1829 to 1845 and is also of value as a source of information on the settlement of Abbotsford, originally called Yamaska Mountain. The fonds consists of photocopies of originals dated 1830 to 1845: the Journal of Visitation in the Eastern Townships by George Jehoshaphat Mountain in 1829, correspondence, circular letters, receipts, and biographical notes on Rev. Johnson. It is comprised of the following series: Thomas Johnson, Rev. ([197-?]), Frederick Robinson, Rev. ([197-?]), Abbotsford ([197-?]), and George Jehoshaphat Mountain ([197-?]).

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    Immediate source of acquisition

    The documents were donated in three accessions by Reginald E. Buzzell from California (lot 1), Richard D. Moysey from Montreal (lot 2), and Linda Buzzell-Saltzman from California in 2023.

    Arrangement

    While the documents' original lot numbers were ignored in the arrangement of the fonds, they are identified on the document backs.

    Language of material

    • English

    Script of material

    • Latin

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    The documents are in English.

    Location of originals

    The original journal of G.J. Mountain is housed at the Quebec Diocesan Archives, Bishop's University.

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    No more accruals are expected.

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

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    28 janvier, 2016
    29 September, 2023

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