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[193-?]-[195-] (Creation)
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- Smith, Thomas Brenton, 1893-1955
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4.9 m of textual records
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Thomas Brenton Smith was born at Liverpool, N.S. on 4 December 1893, the son of mariner William Henry Smith and Francinia Lavenia (Hicks), and grandson of master mariners Captain Spencer Smith and Captain John Thomas Hicks. Smith served overseas in the casualty clearing station during the First World War. He later became an accountant for the Mersey Paper Company Ltd. He was active in the Canadian Legion and a genealogist by hobby, particuarly interested in families of Queens County. He also wrote a history of his former unit entitled, Clearing, the Tale of The First Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, British Expeditionary Force, 1914-18 (1940). He died at Liverpool on 29 November 1955.
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Fonds consists of typewritten notes documenting Smith's genealogical research of over 1600 Queens County families. Notes may contain only birth and death dates and parentage of a particular individual, or may include additional information on the family's background and activities. Arranged alphabetically by surname. Fonds also contains typed excerpts from the newspaper Liverpool Advance which includes mention of vessels and privateers in Liverpool between 1810 and 1904 and general news between 1886 and 1912.
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Fragile.
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Bequeathed by Thomas Brenton Smith in 1955.
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MG 1 volumes 817-863.
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Microfilm copy produced in 1981.
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Use microfilm copies to protect fragile originals.
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Formerly known as the T.B. Smith collection.