Bill’s Document Archive

After Dad died I inherited many of his documents. They were a jumble from his desk, his closet, his book case. My plan was to use them as source material for this web site and weave a history of the Marr’s. But they are such a chaotic collection I was not sure how to approach them. All the pictures are also a problem but that is not what were doing here.

Another problem is my lack of time. Organizing them is not going to be a small job and I have too many projects on the go for now. It might be some time before I get to them.

But I need to organize this material and that starts with getting it scanned. But once scanned I don’t want it to get lost on my hard drives, all eight terabytes. Getting lost there is a serious problem.

So, as I scan I am going to post the files here with a short comment on what they are. It’s a little dry and uninteresting but it will let me start organizing.

Dalgliesh Family Tree	Handwritten notes detailing the Dalgliesh portion of the Marr Family
History of Surname Marr	Commercial Certificate from a Coat of Arms company
Will Your Anchor Hold? – Hymn	Text of the Hymn that gave rise to the Anchors on the Chain around the grave site in Fort Langley
Synopsis of the Marr Family	5 Hand written pages – hard to read – about the Marr’s – Hard to follow!
31st Regiment of Horse	Clipping about the Regiment Dr Marr helped to raise and that he joined to go overseas in WW I
Clipping about H D Marr	Newspaper clipping about Reverend H D Marr.
History of Marr Name	Various documents concerning the Marr Name origins
Notes about Dr. Marr	Miscellaneous notes about Dr. Benjamin Butler Marr
Ancient History of Marr Name	Various Notes about the ancient history of the Marr name
The Dalgliesh	Bill Marr’s write up on the Dalgliesh side of the family
Dr. Marr Bio	Bill Marr’s Bio of his father Dr. B.B. Marr
Marr House Notes	Collection of materil concerning Marr House on Glover Road in Ft. Langley
Andrew Dalgliesh	Grandpa Bill’s notes about his Grandfather
Bill Marr	Grandpa Bill’s notes about his own life
Exodus Dalgliesh	A Manuscript about the Dalgleish clan
Kids	Dad’s notes about Ann and I
Married in Wartime	Dad’s notes about his marriage to Mom
Yarrow Kirk	Notes about a church in Scotland (?)
Dr. Marr’s Military Commission	Certificate/Commission of Dr. Marr WW I
Family Tree	Dad’s Notes and Marr Family Tree
Letters	Various Letters about dedication of the Fort in Langley
History Notes	Notes about Marr History collected by Bill Marr
Obituary	Dr. Marr’s obituary in the Langley paper.
Chimney	Dad’s recollections about the Chimney of the Residence at the Fort
Invitation	Invitation text to Addition of Ben Marr’s name to Memorial Wall at UBC