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MEMORANDUM
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Mr.
CLASSIFICATION
YOUR FILE No.
Votre dossier
Louis McDermott
OUR FllE No.
Noire dossier
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DATE
PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF CANADA
71-42719/6711
14 December 1971.
FOLD
SUBJECT
Su jet
E. A.
Cruikshank
A search of our various indexes and logical sources
has produced the following references to Brigadier-General Ernest
Alexander Cruikshank:
1.
E.A.
Cruiks)t ank was born in Bertie Township,
29 June 185k,
Welland County,
the son of Alexander Cruikshank of Peterhead,
Scotland and Margaret (Milne) Cruikshank of Aberdeen,
He was educated at St.
Scotland.
Thomas Grammar School and Upper Canada
College after which time he was employed in the United States
in newspaper work and in translation work for a commercial firm.
Returning to Canada he served as reeve of Fort Erie and then
sat as a member of the Welland County Council for eight years.
He was elected Welland County warden in 1886.
From 1904 to
1908 he acted as police magistrate for Niagara Falls and disÂ
trict before resigning to become keeper of military records at
the Public Archives1
a position he held until resigning in 1911.
His extensive military career began in 1877 when he received his
commission as Ensign of the 44th Regiment.
Captain in 1884,
"He was promoted to
to Major in 1897 and from 1899 to 1904 he was
Lieutenant-Colonel,
Commanding the regiment.
From 1904 to 1908
he was commanding officer of the 5th Infantry Brigade.
In 1911
after resigning from the Public Archives he was appointed comÂ
mander of military district number 13 and was promoted to Colonel
in 1913 and again in September 1915 to Brigadier-General.
He
was attached to special services at Army headquarters in Ottawa
from 1917 to 1918 and spent April to August,
special services.
cal Staff,
1918 overseas on
From 1918 to 1921 he was Director of HistoriÂ
General Staff in Ottawa.
On retirement in 1921 he spent much of his time in historical
research and writing.
societies,
A member of a number of historical
he also served for a number of years as Chairman of
the Historical Sites and Monuments Board.
CGS!l-6GP22a PP&S Cat. No.
3591
He died in Ottawa on
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23 June 1939.
According to the Ottawa Journal of 24 June 1939
he was to be buried with full military honors at Beechwood
Cemetery,
Ottawa.
His first wife,
fa.lo,
Julia E.
Murdie of Seaforth:t
24 June 1939,
2.
wife of Samuel Kennedy of BufÂ
Kennedy,
the former Matilda Jane
His second wife,
died in 1921.
Ontario,
The Ottawa Citizen,
survived him.
noted that there were no children.
The Public Archives has 11 feet of Brigadier Cruikshankts
private papers consisting of correspondence,
cripts and manuscripts,
laneous material,
Military papers,
1903-1940t
(Manuscript Group 301
the papers contain some genealogical files,
families other than Cruikshankts own.
to the Archives in 1951 by Mrs.
3.
1909-1939;
transÂ
1905-1920 and miscelÂ
D 32).
While
they relate to
The papers were presented
Cruikshank.
The Upper Canada land grant files in our possession produced
two references to the Patrick Cruickshank mentioned in your
inquiry.
Both references deal with Patrick Cruickshankts petiÂ
tion for an additional 200 acres of land over and above the 200
acres he had earlier received.
The first reference consisted
of his petition to Peter Russell:
who was the Administrator of
Upper Canada and was dated 5 February 1797,
petition stated that Cruickshank
in Niagara.
The
had a wife and one child,
had
served in the .American War as a gunner in the Royal Artillery and
that he had already received 200 acres
Volume 90,
C 2/111).
(Record Group 1,
L 3,
The Upper Canada Land Book B also contains
the approval of Patrick Cruickshank's request for the additional
4.
L 12
Volume 20,
200 acres
(RG 11
page 300,
dated 7 April 1797).
Upper Canada Land Book B1
There is also one reference to a farmer named Alexander CruikÂ
shank who received a grant of 100 acres in Talbot Settlement in
The petition stated that
the year 1848.
Cruikshank had
emigrated
from Scotland,
in 1811 and had been located "by Hon. Col. Talbot
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on a lot of land of IOO acres in the year 1824 subject to settleÂ
ment duties which he,has fulfilled."
that the lot be now granted to him.
and approved on 8 April 1848.
8 April 1848,
5.
The petition requested
The petition was recommended
(RG 11
L 37
Volume 136,
C 4/195,
Canada Land Petitions).
Further evidence,
however,
would indicate that the above mentioned
Alexander Cruickshank was not E.A.
Cruikshankts father.
The
Bertie Township census for 1851 lists Alexander Cruikshank as
39 years old,
wife,
a farmer2
Margaret,
aged 35,
born in Scotland.
born in Scotland;
Also listed are his
daughters,
Rachael,
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aged 16 and born in Bertie;
Alexandert
aged Si
Liza aged 14,
born in Bertie.
they lived in a one story log house.
Township,
1851,
born in Bertie and son
The census also lists that
(Census1
Ontario,
Bertie
microfilm reel C-985).
Both the location of residence and the time of emigration to
British North America of the two Alexanders
would indicate
that they are not one and the same individuals.
The 1861 census for Bertie Township lisiP Ernest Cruikshank,
8 as well as his father Alexander,
Eliza.
The family
dwelling.
is listed
(Census,
mother,
aged
Margaret and sister,
as living in a two story brick
Berite Township,
1861:
microfilm reel C 1080).
The 1871 census lists Margaret Cruikshank as a widow and Ernest,
aged 18 is the only other member of the family listed as residing
with her.
6.
E.A.
(Reel C�613).
Cruikshankis publications are many.
Some of his major works
are listed below:
A Century of Municipal History
1792-1892,
Compiled
From the municipal records of the County of Welland.
Published by authority of the County Council,
2 volumes,
Welland,
Ontario,
The Battle of Lundy's Lane,
Study.
Welland,
Ontario;
1892-93.
Tribune Press.
A Historical
25 July l814.
Tribune Office 1893
(7).
The Correspondence of Lieutanant Governor John Graves
Simcoe,
with Allied Documents relating to his AdminiÂ
stration of the Government of Upper Canada.
and edited by Brig.
Gen.
E. A.
Ontario Historical Society.
The Correspondence
Cruikshank •
5 volumes.
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Collected
for the
1923-1931.
of Honourable Peter Russell with
Allied Documents relating to his Administration of the
Government of Upper Canada during
Lt.
Gen.
J.G.
Simcoe,
the official term of
while on leave of absense.
the Ontario Historical Society.
The Documentary History
3 volumes.
For
1932-1936.
of the Campaign upon the Niagara
frontier in the year 1812-1814.
Collected and edited
for the Lundy's Lane Historical Society by Major Ernest
Cruikshank.
9 volumes.
1896-1908.
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Canada,
Archives:
Documents relating to the invasion
of Canada and the Surrender of Detroit,
and edited by E.A.
Canada,
Cruikshank.
1812.
Department of Militia and Defence,
A History of the Organization,
Selected
1912.
General Staff:
Development and Services
of the Military and Naval Forces of Canada from the
Peace of Paris in 1763,
to the present time.
the Historical Section of the General Staff.
Edited by
3 volumes.
1919-1920.
The Political Adventures of John Henry;
an international imbroglio.
The Life of Sir Henry Morgan;
the record of
1936.
with an account of the
English settlement of the Island of Jamaica,
1655-1688.
1935.
Inventory of the Military Documents
Archives,
prepared by Lt.
in the Canadian
Col. Cruikshank.
1910.
The Settlement of the United Empire Loyalists on the
upper St. Lawrence and the Bay of Quinte in 1784;
documentary record,
Cruikshank.
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1934,
a
transcribed and edited by E. A.
for the Ontario Historical Society.
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Carroll
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December 17,
Mr.
1971.
Louis McDermott,
108 High Street,
Fort Erie,
Dear Mr.
Ontario.
McDermott:
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In answer to your recent
En reponse
letter,
cente lettre,
I am pleased to
il me fait
slfud you a memorandum
plaisir de vous envoyer
relating to your
un memoire relatif
inquiry.
demande.
Veuillez
agreer l'expression
de mes sentiments les meilleurs.
Yours sincerely,
Le directeur des archives historiques
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Bernard Weilbrenner,
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Director,
P.S.
ARC-243-1
Our
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Historical Branch.
Picture Division will reporting shortly.
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Fort Erie
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