Register entry 176 - John Claude Campbell Hamilton
Visited the Bell Farm on or about 13 June 1885 - John Claude Campbell Hamilton (1854-1908) of Ayr Scotland, owned New Sundrum Farm at Broadview and was a member of the First Council of the North-West Territories (1883 & 1884). Hamilton married Marion Evans in 1877. The Hamiltons returned to Sundrum, Scotland in 1886 and took over the running of the Carrieston and Sundrum Castle Estates after Hamilton’s father's death in 1898.
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Photo: http://saskhistoryonline.ca/islandora/object/saskab%3A148
"Manitoba Free Press": March 7, 1885 - New Sundrum Farm
"Manitoba Free Press": April 20, 1886 – court cases: Hamilton vs. Messers Winter and Smith
https://archive.org/stream/heraldryofhamils00john#page/38/mode/2up 1854-1908 pg 39 – The Hamiltons of Sundrum
https://archive.org/stream/politicalmanualo00robe#page/166/mode/2up - A Political Manual of the Province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, 1887
Also, on p. 100 – results of 13 Aug. 1883 election for the Qu’Appelle Electoral Division: T.W. Jackson: 344; W.R. Bell: 112.
P. 101 also refers to a special census for 1885 – that has not yet been located
Sale of Broadview lands - JCC Hamilton's lands at Broadview transferred to Bell Farm's Director: William Lewis Boyle in 1885 (Interest Conveyed and Date of Conveyance: E half of section 6, township 16, range 5, West of the 2nd meridian, for $1500.00 on the 28th November, 1885; Registered on 21 December 1885)
1886 Letter to John A MacDonald - Claude Hamilton's father requesting employment for his son – January 22, 1886
"Truth" 1909, Volume 64, pg 3
The death of Mr Hamilton of Sundrum is greatly regretted in Ayrshire,as he was one of the most popular lairds in the country and took a very active part in all local affairs. He succeeded to the large estates of Carrieston and Sundrum about 10 years ago on the death of his father, Colonel Hamilton,and he had previously traveled around the world and had farmed on a large scale for some years in the United States. He was a practical agriculturist and was a just and very considerate landlord,as he thoroughly apprehended the difficulties of his tenants. Mr Hamilton,who was a keen sportsman,was one of the most zealous and influential leaders of the Conservative party in Ayrshire.
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(The excerpt from the journal Truth mistakenly refers to Claude as farming in the States instead of Canada.)
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask.