S. Ambrose McCoy Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 530
Scope and Contents
Typed summary of interview with S. Ambrose and Mary McNamee McCoy, with handwritten annotations, concerning his father, Thomas McCoy, who was a foreman on Grandin Farm No. 1 and Grandin Farm No. 2 under A.R. Dalrymple, and later homesteaded at Kelso, N.D. Includes mention of S.A. Dalrymple, Mary McCoy's uncle John F. McNamee, Tom McCoy's ditch that drained from the Red River, cattle lost in a storm, Mary McCoy's father, Michael J. McNamee, who emigrated from Perth, Ontario and came to Manvel, N.D.; he was hired as foreman at Hague and Brady Farm, west of Halstad, Minn. Also includes a clipping of S. Ambrose McCoy's obituary.
Dates
- 1954.
Creator
- McCoy, S. Ambrose, 1886-1959. (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute.
Biography
Born at Grandin, N.D. in 1886. Son of Canadian immigrant Thomas McCoy, Lanark, Ontario, and Catherine Tierney McCoy, also of Canada. Wed Mary McNamee 1917, farmed near Kelso, N.D. till his retirement. Died at Hillsboro, N.D.
Extent
2 Items (2 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with S. Ambrose and Mary McNamee McCoy, with handwritten annotations, concerning his father, Thomas McCoy, who was a foreman on Grandin Farm No. 1 and Grandin Farm No. 2 under A.R. Dalrymple, and later homesteaded at Kelso, N.D. Includes mention of S.A. Dalrymple, Mary McCoy's uncle John F. McNamee, Tom McCoy's ditch that drained from the Red River, cattle lost in a storm, Mary McCoy's father, Michael J. McNamee, who emigrated from Perth, Ontario and came to Manvel, N.D.; he was hired as foreman at Hague and Brady Farm, west of Halstad, Minn. Also includes a clipping of S. Ambrose McCoy's obituary.
Provenance
Donated by Leonard Sackett on August 30, 1955.
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Canadian Americans -- North Dakota.
- Clippings.
- Dalrymple, A. R. (Alton R.)
- Dalrymple, Silas A.
- Drainage -- North Dakota.
- Farmers -- North Dakota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Minnesota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Traill County.
- Grandin Farms (N.D.)
- Hague and Brady Farm (Minn.)
- Interviews.
- Kelso (N.D.)
- McCoy, Mary, 1889-1964. -- : Interviews.
- McCoy, S. Ambrose, 1886-1959. -- : Interviews.
- McCoy, Thomas, 1847-1916.
- McNamee, John F., 1866-1949.
- McNamee, Michael, 1863-1933.
- Traill County (N.D.)
Creator
- McCoy, S. Ambrose, 1886-1959. (Person)
- McCoy, Mary, 1889-1964. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the S. Ambrose McCoy Interview
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
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