William Ives was a merchant in Pictou. He was the original owner of a photograph album which contained many of the old "Ives", "Fraser", "Rood", "Copeland" and "Robertson" photos contained in this Family Tree data base. It was passed to his granddaughter Louisa Reid Ives and finally to her grandson Allan James Robertson. A family bible owned by William is now at the McCulloch Center in Pictou, NS
William is listed as a 58 year old merchant in the 1871 Pictou County census.

The folowing is a record of a sale of land by William Ives to the British Government to be used as an Indian reservation. The property is located across the harbour from Pictou town.

Transcript of Treaty IT-282/IA-142, (1874)
Source of transcripts for the SchoolNet site:
Indian Treaties and Surrenders: From 1680 to 1890 Vol. I-II. (Ottawa: Brown Chamberlin [Queen's Printer], 1891)
No. 142.

This INDENTURE made this seventh day of December, in the year of Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, between William Ives,
of the town and County of Pictou, in the Province of Nova Scotia merchant,
and Christianna Ives, his wife, of the one part, and Her Majesty Queen
Victoria, represented herein by the Minister of the Interior of the
Dominion of Canada, of the other part.

WHEREAS, Her said majesty Queen Victoria, represented as aforesaid,
has agreed with the said William Ives to purchase the lot of land
hereinafter described for the use and benefit of the Micmac Indians in the
County of Pictou aforesaid, for the price or sum hereinafter mentioned.

NOW THEREFORE, this Indenture witnesseth that the said William Ives
and Christianna Ives his wife, in consideration of the sum of one thousand
one hundred and fifty-seven dollars of lawful money of Canada to the said
William Ives, in hand well and truly paid by Her said Majesty, represented
herein as aforesaid, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these
presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have and each of
them hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed, released, remised,
conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents do and each of them doth
grant, biargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, release, remise, convey and confirm
unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, represented as aforesaid, Her heirs and
successors.

All that certain lot and piece of land situate, lying and being at Fisher's
Grant, in the said County of Pictou, and described as follows, that is to
say :-

Beginning on the north shore of Boat Harbour, at the south-east corner
of lands owned by James G. Sproull, and running thence north thirty-seven
degrees forty-five minutes west by the magnet of June, 1873, along the
east line of said Sproull's land seventy-four chains, thence north fifty-
two degrees fifteen minutes east by the magnet aforesaid, along the south
line of lands owned by the said William Ives, eleven chains and thirty-five
links to the west line of Edwin Sproull's land, thence south thirty-
seven degrees and forty-five minutes east by the magnet aforesaid, along
the last mentioned line and west line of lands owned by James G. Sproull
aforesaid and William Powell the elder sixty-one chains and eighty-five
links to the waters of Boat Harbour aforesaid, thence south-
eastwardly,southwardly and westwardly, and by the various courses of
the shore of said Boat Harbour to the place of beginning, containing
eighty-nine acres, more or less.

Together with all and singular the houses, outhouses, barns, buildings,
ways, waters, watercourses, easements, privileges and appurtenances to
the same, belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and
reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof,
and also all the estate, right, title, interest, claim, property and demand,
both at law and in equity of them, the said William Ives and Christianna
Ives, his wife, of, in, to or out of the same or any part thereof to have and
to hold the said land and premises with the appurtenances and every part
thereof unto Her said Majesty Queen Victoria, represented as aforesaid,
Her heirs and successor, to Her and their sole use, benefit, and behoof
forever.