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Excerpt, Social History of the Parish of Christ Church, 1934

Pages 8 and 9 of The Montreal Churchman of June 1934, black ink on sepia paper. The top of the left-hand page indicates the title of the article: “Social History of the Parish of Christ Church, St. Andrews, Que. From 1818 to 1875 By Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott, B.A., M.D., McGill University, Montreal.” This is followed by two columns of introductory text. The lower third of the page contains three black and white photographs: Rev. Joseph Abbott; Christ Church, St. Andrews; and Mrs. Joseph Abbott (Harriet Anne Bradford). The two columns of text continue on the right-hand page with, in the centre of the page, two photographs of Rev. William Abbott and Mrs. William Abbott.

Maude Abbot took care to legitimize her historical approach, explaining that the sources used for her chronicles were first-hand and came directly from the people who lived through the events; the pioneer families or their descendants. The facts they contain give these stories great historical value.

This is an excerpt from Maude’s Social History of the Parish of Christ Church, St. Andrews, Quebec, from 1818 to 1875, The Montreal Churchman, June 1934, p.8-10