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Robert Young fonds
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1 cm of textual records
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Robert J. Young, 1858-1936, was born in England and emigrated to Hamilton, Ontario a a young child. He came west to the Okotoks area of Alberta ca. 1881-1883, to settle on Sheep Creek. He farmed / ranched the east half of 24-20-29-W4 until the early 1930s when he rented his land, but continued to live in his home. He never married. He lost his hands in an 1898 blizzard, and his life in a 1936 blizzard.
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The fonds consists of twelve letters written to his father, William Young, and brother, George Young, in Hamilton, Ontario, about his homesteading experiences (1884-1897). He comments particularly on the costs of homesteading, and the stock and equipment needed. Also includes a letter from his mother to his father, William Young (1864).
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Gift of Sheila Bloomer, 1999.
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No finding aid, but the letters have been digitized. http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingaids/archhtm/extras/youngr/m-8665-2.pdf
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- Young, Robert (Subject)
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- English