University of Manitoba: Prairie Immigration



The Collected Archives Czech Hallama Family fonds Marketa Newman fonds Danish Per Holting fonds English Spencer Family fonds German Frederick Philip Grove fonds Dieter Roger fonds Icelandic Skapti Arason fonds Simon Simonarson fonds Irish Dixon/Baker Family fonds Jewish Sybil Shack fonds Rumanian Tennenhouse Family fonds Scottish Copland, Hunter and Anderson Family fonds MacDonald Family fonds Turks and Caicos Islands Lewis St. George Stubbs fonds Ukrainian Alpha Omega Society fonds Michael Ewanchuk fonds Klymkiw Family fonds Bill Lobchuk fonds Parks Canada fonds G.W. Simpson fonds Mary Wawrykow fonds Bill Wsiaki fonds Anne Yanchyshyn fonds Roman Yereniuk fonds Various Ethnicities & Immigration Policy Ed Kleiman fonds A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection W.C. Murray fonds Mabel Timlin fonds Winnipeg Tribune fonds	Click here to view the digitized archival material. Institution: University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections Collection Identifier: MSS SC 148, PC 130 Title: Dixon/Baker Family fonds Dates: 1900-1910; 1943-196-(?) Extent: 1 cm of textual records. -- 4 photographs. Biographical Sketch: The Dixon family originally settled in Quebec before moving to Manitoba. Margaret Ann Purcell and George William Dixon were both born in Belfast, Ireland in 1858 and 1851, respectively. Both their families immigrated to Kildar in Joliette County, Quebec, where they were married in 1872. They moved to Rounthwaite, Manitoba, where they raised their family of 13 children. Most of their descendants still live in the Brandon area. Digitized Material: The digitized material from the Dixon/Baker Family fonds includes genealogical information of the Dixon/Baker family between 1851 and 1963, land title deeds, farm receipts, and photographs of agricultural scenes in the early-twentieth century. Click here to view a full description of the Dixon/Baker Family fonds.