General Archives | Our Black Heritage: Early Black Settlers of York-Sunbury Counties (New Brunswick) 1783-Present

Fredericton Region Museum

The Fredericton Region Museum was founded in 1934 by the York Sunbury Historical Society. The Society was formed in 1932 and now has members from all over North […]

Measha BrueggarGosman-Lee

Measha Brueggergosman-Lee (b 1977) grew up in Fredericton, New Brunswick, singing at her local Baptist church. When granted an honorary doctorate from Concordia University in 2017, she was […]

Proud Descendants Serve in First World War

Illustrated here are Fredericton’s first volunteers for the No 2 Construction Battalion: Manzer Eatman, George H. Claybourn, James Hector, John Eatman, and Frank Claybourn. Transcription Fredericton’s First Members […]

York-Sunbury Black Family Names

By 1871, there were nearly 250 families who self-identified as “African.” They lived in communities scattered throughout York and Sunbury counties. These are the family names, many of […]

The Winslow Family

Mary Matilda “Tilley” Winslow came from a very interesting and diverse background. Her father, Alfred Fairfax Winslow (1847-1917) was a descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrim Edward Winslow (1595-1665) […]

Mary Matilda Winslow

Mary Matilda Winslow (1880 – 1963) graduated Suma Cum Laude (top ranked) from the University of New Brunswick in 1905, winning the Montgomery-Campbell Prize in the Classics.

Colonel Thomas Carleton, First Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick

In 1785 Robert Lawson and 11 others requested settlement land from the Governor of New Brunswick, Col. Thomas Carleton. It was February, and their request expressed concern for […]

Graduate of the University of New Brunswick

Mary Matilda Winslow graduated from the University of New Brunswick in 1905, with a bachelor’s degree in Classics. She graduated top of her class, winning the Montgomery-Campbell Prize for […]

George Leek and His Son William Were Accomplished Carpenters

This magnificent stained glass window illustrates the construction of St Peter’s Anglican Church by George Leek and his neighbours in 1837-1838.

Portrait of Lt Col Isaac Allen

The aftermath of Nancy’s trial was such that—although she did not obtain her freedom—her case served as a catalyst in the fight against slavery in this province.

Gerald “Gerry” Carty

Flight Lieutenant Gerald Carty flew 35 bombing missions over German-occupied Europe during the Second World War. Flight Lieutenant Gerald Carty (1925 – 2008) was barely a teenager when […]

Hedley and Devorah “Dorrit” Nash

It was the dance that brought them together, and throughout 57 years of marriage they retained their love of dance. When Hedley Ransford Nash (1912 – 2002) and […]