Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Titre propre
Reiffenstein family fonds
Dénomination générale des documents
Titre parallèle
Compléments du titre
Mentions de responsabilité du titre
Notes du titre
Niveau de description
Fonds
Zone de l'édition
Mention d'édition
Mentions de responsabilité relatives à l'édition
Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Mention d'échelle (cartographique)
Mention de projection (cartographique)
Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)
Mention d'échelle (architecturale)
Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
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1856-1932 (Production)
- Producteur
- Reiffenstein (family)
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
0.5 m of textual records, ca. 150 photographs
Zone de la collection
Titre propre de la collection
Titres parallèles de la collection
Compléments du titre de la collection
Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
James Mason Godard, and his son of the same name, came to Quebec as wine merchants and brewers early in the nineteenth century. The younger James Mason Godard (1779-1858) had six children. His daughter Georgina (1812-1901) married Charles Reiffenstein (1817-1902) in 1840. Morris Godard married Christiana Cameron, sister of Hector Cameron. Henrietta (Henny) Selwyn Godard remained unmarried. Hannah (b. 1786) sister of James Godard, married John Thomas Caddy. Their son, John Herbert Caddy (1801-1883) became an artist of some note.
Georgina and George Charles Reiffenstein had six children: John George William (1841-1877); Miriam Clara Dunn (1844- ) married James Pennington Macpherson; Georgina (spelling varies) Caroline (1845-1918), known as Carrie; Rhoda Julia Henriette (1848-1904) known as Julia; Charles Edward (1849-1930) and James Henry (1869-1945).
Historique de la conservation
Portée et contenu
The bulk of the fonds is the correspondence of Carrie and Julia. Of particular interest is their letters from Lady Agnes Macdonald, widow of Sir John. Baroness Macdonald's letters tell of her life abroad with her daughter Mary and her continuing interest in Ottawa life. There is a small amount of correspondence from Miriam Reiffenstein Macpherson Fenwick, the daughter of Miriam Reiffenstein Macpherson. Besides legal papers, such as wills, administration of trustees and estates, the fonds reflects important happenings in the life of the Reiffenstein family; the fire at the family home in Ottawa in 1885, Carrie's train trip West with the MacDonalds in 1886, a family trip abroad in 1889, the diamond wedding anniversary of George and Georgina Reiffenstein in 1900, and the trip to England in 1904 by Carrie and
Julia where Julia died in London.
Zone des notes
État de conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Lady Macdonald letters purchased. Remainder of collection the gift of James Russell - 1985
Classement
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
Localisation des originaux
2131.1
2999 (Reiffenstein)
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Restrictions d'accès
Open
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Public domain
Instruments de recherche
Éléments associés
Accroissements
No further accruals are expected