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Southcott family fonds
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- 0.06 m of textual records
- 13 photographs
- 2 prints
- 1 painting
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Biographical history
John James Southcott (d. 1933) was a native of Plymouth, England. He emigrated to London, Ontario, where he married Annie Caldwell in 1874. The Southcotts settled in Vancouver in 1889. J.J. Southcott operated a wholesale tea business.
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Biographical history
John James Southcott was a native of Plymouth, England. He emigrated to London, Ontario, where he married Annie Caldwell in 1874. They settled in Vancouver in 1889 where J.J. operated a wholesale tea business. He died at the age of 83.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of family photographs; correspondence relating to the death of Private Charles Caldwell (nephew of Annie Southcott); legal papers relating to J.J. Southcott's apprenticeship in 1863; J.J. Southcott's Masonic certificate; miscellaneous pamphlets; and two prints and one painting.
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Presented in 1953 by Edith M. Southcott of Sunshine Falls, B.C.