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Joe Rainey Fonds
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Fonds
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002.016.0001
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1930 (Creation)
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1 v.
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Name of creator
Rainey, Joe
(b. 1900 - d. 1983)
Biographical history
Joe Rainey emigrated to Victoria, B.C. with his family from County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1913 at the age of 13. He was hired by Canadian Pacific Railway in 1917 as a deckhand and worked his way up to quarter master before retiring from the ships in 1937. He served on most of the C.P.R. coastl ships including Victoria, Adelaide, Maquinna, Sophia, Alice, Elaine, Joan, Kathleen, and Marguerite as well as on deep sea vessels Empress of Asia and Empress of China. Joe passed awa in 1983.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Fonds consists of a pilot house log book from the Princess Kathleen 13 May to 2 June 1930, kept by Joe Rainey who worked for C.P.R. from 1917 to 1937.
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Donated by Dave and Patricia Thomson, 26 April 2002.
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- English
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All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.
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- Rainey, Joe (Creator)
- SS Princess Kathleen (ship) (Subject)
- Canadian Pacific Railway British Columbia Coast Steamship Service (Subject)
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company (Subject)
- Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines (Subject)
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RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
15 March 2018