Edgar was the second son of 7 children born to George Archibald and Lavinia McKeen, and was adopted by William F Archibald & Mary Ellis, his grandparents.[1]
He married Marion A Reid at Brookvale, Nova Scotia on July 8, 1885[2] and had 8 children.
Sources
↑ Book: “Musquodoboit Pioneers A Record of Seventy Families, Their Homesteads and Genealogies 1780 - 1980 Volumes I & II" original text by
Jennie Reid. Page 113. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/musq1.html Accessed 07 September 2021.
"Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6P-P4V : 20 July 2021), Edgar Archibald in household of George Archibald, Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing George Archibald, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
"Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW2M-8SP : 3 August 2016), Edgar Archibald, Musquodoboit Middle, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148117.
"Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKT-94M : 23 February 2021), Edgar Archibald, Halifax (county/comté), Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 4, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
"Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-M981 : 16 March 2018), Edgar I Archibald in entry for Charles Somers, 1911; citing Census, New Westminster Sub-Districts 21-47, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201576323/edgar-archibald : accessed 07 September 2021), memorial page for Edgar Archibald (28 Oct 1860–29 Nov 1939), Find A Grave: Memorial #201576323, citing Chilliwack Cemeteries, Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada ; Maintained by Amy (contributor 49714498) .
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