| Pictou Advocate Excerpt of the "Country News" section of the Pictou Advocate for July 10, 1915 | River John West Branch Waterside Alma Diamond Toney River Sundridge Meadowville community area village crops property homes construction church manse R A MacKay Ritchie John J MacKenzie McKenzie McKay R R MacKenzie & Son A J MacKay Mrs Hugh R Ross Hugh Ross Saskatchewan races Donald Murray Mrs. Urquhart Lethbridge Alberta Rev. Denoon fishing Ada Redmond teacher Clara MacKenzie Cariboo Island Caribou Island Duncan A MacKay school Annie Redmond Frank Redmond Hodson Willie Goodman Trenton Rev. Dr. Thompson Gordon MacKenzie Anna MacKenzie nurse Boston Allie Redmond Duncan MacMasters MacMaster Mrs. Archibald Sutherland Archibald Sutherland Murray Harbour Prince Edward Island PEI Flossy MacKenzie Rev. Archibald Sutherland Eddie MacKay Toney Mills Howard MacKay Mount Thom Duncan A MacKay Cariboo River Porter & Sons Westville saw mill William MacKay Duncan MacKay Gray factory Halifax James E MacDonald William Robert Pope Bertie Campbell Seafoam Mrs. MacKinnon McKinnon MacKinnon Sigbert MacConnell McConnell Royal Centre Rhoda Cotter Sproull Augur D M Fisher California MacGregor Westerly Ethel MacKenzie Providence Archie Johnson Back Shore George R MacConnell D Johnson Thomas Langille Margaret MacKenzie McAulay Archibald Brothers Clarence Kennedy Stellarton Will Grant Lyons Brook H S Kennedy Carrie Douglas Alice Fraser New Glasgow Clarence Gaston Mrs. Henry Henry Jennie Miller Lime Rock Samuel Hatch Thomas Wright Christine Fraser Jimmie Fraser James R Fraser James MacGregor Fraser James Falconer Pictou Landing John MacDonald Bellevue Alex MacDonald Alexander T MacDonald McDonald Alex McDonald Margaret Ross James Smith James W Smith Elda Smith Dorothy Smith A H Fraser Albert MacKenzie Jack MacDonald Allie Murray Green Hill Alvin Fraser MacIntosh Lake trout Carrie Archibald Daniel C MacLeod McLeod Cottage Hospital Pictou O M MacDougall Blue Mountain Henry MacMaster Anna Ross Donella Ross Daniel M Gammon Donald MacLeod Donald Ross Annie J Ross Linacy Alex MacDougall David MacBeath automobile Donald MacCulloch McCulloch Dr. M R Young Millsville Provincial Exams Margaret MacDonald Dufferin Margaret MacKay J W Sutherland Scott MacDonald Isabel Redpath Hazel Redpath Albert Munro Watauga A C Munro Dan Redpath James R Peart Guysboro Clara Bigney Welsford William Murray Sutherland Truro W A Clark Murray MacLellan J D Murray Angus Murray Andy Campbell Goodwill Murray Hannah Dan Murray Jennie Rae Anna Murray Violet Murray Sydney Albert Elliott George MacCulloch McMaster Murry Urquhart McDougall Ross | | |
| School Register, Three Brooks, 1900 List of pupils | Boston Massachusetts Central Carriboo Central Caribou Toney Mills enrollment enroll student students birthday day month year attendance record roll MacKenzie McKenzie Katherine C Macmillan | | |
| Post Card Mrs Danial McDonald, Toney Mills, Pictou NS | Mrs Daniel McDonald A Daniel MacDonald A Daniel McDonald Clara McDonald Mrs Daniel Freda Christmas card Toney Mills Toney River Pictou Mrs Daniel Treda Seafoam Clara Clark MacDonald Poplar Hill | | |
| Land of Nancy Fraser at Toney River 1880 The 1879 Meacham Atlas, Section 3, for Toney River, shows land belonging to "Widow Fraser" encompassing the mill pond, grist mill and saw mill on the Toney River. It borders John McRae's land to the north and Donald MacKenzie's farm to the west. | Nancy McRae Nancy Fraser Simon Fraser Jessie MacKenzie Jessie Fraser Allan McQuarrie William MacMillian Roderick McRae John McRae James McKay Catherine McRae Christina McRae Catherine McQuarrie Christina MacMillian Isabella Fraser Catherine MacKenzie Catherine McKay Daniel Chester MacKenzie Chester MacKenzie Donald MacKenzie Ian MacKenzie Robert MacKenzie Elizabeth MacKenzie Liz MacKenzie Daniel W. MacKenzie Jessie Bell Henderson Adieu The Winding Toney Riverbank Cemetery Toney River Toney Mills Poplar Road | | |
| Fraser, MacKenzie, McKay, and Henderson Families Reunite at Trail, B.C., Canada circa 1925 Three generations of the Simon Fraser family and Al McKay and his wife Lillian and drove from Aberdeen Washington to Trail, British Columbia, Canada to reunite with relatives Jack and Jessie May (McKay) Henderson . | Simon Fraser Jessie MacKenzie Jessie Fraser Margaret Fraser Margaret Bailey Barbara Bailey Waldemar Bailey Walter Bailey John Henderson Jack Henderson Samuel McKay Al McKay James McKay Catherine MacKenzie Catherine McKay Lillian McKay John McRae Toney River Toney Mills | | |
| Cora McRae Hill, daughter of John and Mary McRae, of Toney River Photograph of Cora McRae Hill, daughter of John and Mary (Robertson) McRae. Cora wrote a manuscript titled, "Memories of Long Ago" about her childhood at Toney River and the family's move to Liberal, Missouri in the fall of 1881. | Cora McRae Cora Hill John McRae Mary Robertson Mary McRae Memories of Long Ago Toney River Toney Mills | | |
| Ethel Drummond, Letter to the Editor, Pictou Advocate, August 1, 1973 Ethel Irene Drummond of Teulon, Manitoba, the great-granddaughter of Alexander McRae, wrote two letters to the editor of the Pictou Advocate that were published together on August 1, 1973. | Ethel Drummond Alexander McRae John McRae Roderick McRae Catherine McRae Allan McQuarrie Catherine McQuarrie Catherine McRae J.R. MacQuarrie Settlers of West River Eastern Chronicle Toney River Toney Mills Isabella Fraser Isabella McRae Christopher Lawrence Christine Fraser McRae Christine Fraser Lawrence Pictou Advocate | | |
| Emma Robertson McRae, daughter of John and Mary McRae, of Toney River Emma Robertson McRae was a poet like her father and grandfather. She won awards for her poetry and was published many times. Her work, "The Little Red School House," was published in Bluenose magazine in Nova Scotia. | Emma McRae Bluenose John McRae Mary Robertson Mary McRae Toney River Toney Mills | | |
| Pen Sketch of John McRae of Toney River, circa 1897 Pen sketch of John McRae of Toney River, drawn from a photograph. John's poem, Welcome Sweet Summer, the pen sketch, and a brief introduction of John McRae, the author of the poem, were published in the Pictou Advocate in 1897. | John McRae Pictou Advocate Toney River Toney Mills Schuyler Nebraska Liberal Missouri Spirtualist | | |
| Photograph: Alexander "Sandy" McRae, pioneer settler of Toney River and Watervale Photograph of Alexander McRae from Dingwall, Ross Shire, Scotland who emigrated to Nova Scotia before 1818 and settled at West River in an area that later became named Watervale. The McRae family moved to Toney River circa 1855. | Alexander Mcrae Dingwall Scotland Watervale West River Toney River Toney Mills | | |
| The Old McRae Mill along the Toney River, Toney Mills, Pictou County Photos of the old mills on the Toney River at Toney Mills, Pictou County circa 1930. A gristmill and sawmill were built by Alexander McRae circa 1855. His sons, John and Roderick McRae, operated the mills until the early to mid-1880s. | Toney Mills Toney River McRae Mill Alexander McRae John McRae Roderick McRae James MacKay West River | | |