Letters from the Past

About 1970, the Buchanan Family Tree Book was produced, edited by Lorne and Doris Buchanan. Lorne kept the letters that people sent him providing family information. In 2004, Darlene Perrett borrowed the file folder of letters from Lorne and photocopied them. She sent the photocopies to me so that I could transcribe them and share them with you. Here is the transcription. The letters were transcribed in the order they were piled. The authors of some pages were not indicated, but could usually be discerned from the handwriting. Comments in square brackets are mine. - Bill

Letters from:

Part 1:

Mervyn Buchanan
Nellie Asselstine
Mary Jane Copeland Hawes
Marion Buchanan
J. Charles Ash

Part 2:

Earl Buchanan
Gertrude Wilson
Edna Pearl Hemphill Nash
Edna Pearl Hemphill Nash (second letter)

Part 3:

Mary Jane (Jean) Buchanan Hanley
Frances Minnie (Buchanan) French
Children of Andrew Buchanan and Frances M. Coxon (probably written by Minnie French)
Elizabeth Ethel Hansen (4 pages)
Mary Jane Buchanan Wilson (several pages)

Part 4:

Annie Brae Buchanan McMane, who was one of the people who contacted others, urging them to send in their family's history (many letters)

Part 5:

Mary J. Wilson
Leela F. Johnston (several pages)
Jennie "Theora" Ducklow Dewar (daughter of Charles Ducklow and Mary Jane Blair)(many pages)

Part 6:

Helena Marshall
Milton and Jean Buchanan
Lillian Buchanan
Family of Robert M Buchanan and Elizabeth Bell [author unidentified]
Marjorie Mustoe
Andrew Mark Buchanan 
Leona Murphy (including info from Pearl Buchanan)

Part 7:

George Angus Foulston
Annie B. McMane
Jennie "Theora" Dewar
Irene I Firth  (many pages)
Jane "Jean" Hymers Martin
Stan Buchanan
Patrick family tree (probably from Helena Patrick Marshall)
Evelyn Patrick Elliott
Family of Elizabeth Jane Buchanan married Robert Campbell (possibly from one of the Patricks)

Part 8:

Muriel (Chambers) Irving
Family of James Buchanan and Huena McClay (author unidentified)
H. Arthur Buchanan
Elizabeth E. Hansen
Mary Jane Buchanan Wilson (several letters)

Part 9:

Annie B. McMane (2 letters)
Mrs. John M. Hanson
Zelda Hamilton Smith
Mrs. Edith Chelli
Irene I Firth
E. Gladys Patrick Richardson
Mabel Fern Buchanan Sage  
John H. Hardie
Helena Marshall

Part 10:

Theora Dewar
Andrew Buchanan and Mary Jane Booth's family (from Nellie Asselstine or one of her sisters)
David Buchanan and Jennie Magoffin's family (author unidentified)

Part 11:

Descendants of William Buchanan and Ann Thompson, written by Annie B. McMane

Part 12:

Descendants of William Buchanan and Ann Thompson, probably written by Annie B. McMane