Ledger Archives | Royal Engineer to Reeve: The Life and Times of Philip Jackman

Royal Engineer Muster List

This muster list records Philip Jackman’s Royal Engineer trade as sawyer. As a sawyer, Jackman would saw timber, which would have been instrumental for clearing land for trails, […]

Township of Langley Council minute book for 1896-1899

Philip Jackman was Reeve of Langley from 1895-1897 inclusive. The municipal books and papers, including the council’s minutes, of Jackman’s first year as Reeve were destroyed in a […]

Royal Engineer Recruitment Muster List

A recruitment list that documents Philip Jackman’s enlistment into the Royal Engineers. It notes that Jackman was recruited in Devonport on November 6, 1856.