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- 14 Nov 1881 (Creation)
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1 Mylar plan (62 x 71cm)
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Archibald was born on January 25, 1859 to parents Archibald Sr. and Mary Frances Patterson, at Belleville, Hastings, Ontario. He trained as a land surveyor under Thomas Bolger, P.L.S., and then moved west in 1879 as assistant land surveyor to Bolger. Throughout his career, Archibald was active in Regina and Northwest Territories as a Dominion Land Surveyor and as an architect. He died at Edmonton, Alberta, on 20 January 1915. He was a cousin of Lt. Col. W.N. Ponton.
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Donated by Walter I. Watson. Accession #2012-04.
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A certified reproduction of the "Plan of subdivision in the Village of Stirling - Lot # 22, Concession 9, Sidney Township, on part of the property of E. F. Potts.” Surveyed by A. W. Ponton, P.L.S., and signed November 14, 1881.
This copy was made in 1972 of plan #226, as registered in the Hastings Land Registry Office.
Donated by Walter I. Watson, P. L. S.
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