Section 1 - McLennan Family Roots

Short Answer Questions

1.		The first member of the McLennan family to come to North America was Murdoch McLennan, JS McLennan's Great-grandfather.
2.		Hugh McLennan lived in Montreal and Glen Garry after he left the family home.
3.		Thirteen children were born to Hugh and Isabella McLennan.
4.		JS McLennan attended high school at Montreal High and university at McGill and Cambridge.
5.		JS won the Dufferin Award upon graduation from McGill University.

True or False

1.		F		John S. Jr. became a professional musician.
2.		T		JS's favorite hobby was music.
3.		T		JS died in Ottawa in 1939 at the age of 86.
4.		T		Katharine enjoyed entertaining at her Ingonish summer home.
5.		T		Katharine's estate was worth two million dollars at the time of her death.
6.		T		In 1935 elevators were installed in Petersfield due to JS's poor health.

Section 2 - JS, The Business Man

Short Answer Questions

1.		JS McLennan married Louise Ruggles Bradley on April 7, 1881.
2.		Four children were born to Louise and JS.
3.		JS was involved with the International Coal Co. in Cape Breton.
4.		JS's first known literary effort was a description of Louisbourg in Picturesque Canada.
5.		Eight Cape Breton coal mines amalgamated in 1893 into the Dominion Coal Company Ltd.

True or False

1.		T		JS wed Louise in 1881.
2.		T		Louise studied art and painting at the Chicago Academy of Design.
3.		T		As part of the marriage contract, JS's father was responsible for furnishing JS and Louise's home.
4.		F		JS's first visit to Cape Breton was in 1882.
5.		T		When the McLennan family transferred to Boston in 1893, they settled in an area called Louisbourg Square.
6.		F		Construction of the Dominion Iron and Steel Company began in 1899.

Section 3 - Years at Petersfield

Short Answer Questions

1.		The first settler at Petersfield was David Matthews, who was a former Mayor of New York.
2.		The Crawleys were the family that owned the Petersfield property prior to the McLennans.
3.		The Canadian Prime Minister who visited Petersfield was Robert Borden.
4.		The Canadian Governors-General who visited Petersfield were Byng, Wellington and Tweedsmuir.
5.		The visitors to Petersfield who inspired Katharine's interest in the Guiding movement were Lord and Lady Baden-Powell.

True or False

1.		F		Petersfield was named after the mayor of the town.
2.		T		The Petersfield Estate was located across the harbour from the steel plant.
3.		T		The name of JS's estate came from the fact that a portion of the property was once an empty field owned by Samuel Peters.
4.		T		The McLennans purchased the land for Petersfield from the Crawley family.
5.		F		Members of the Grosvenor family visited Petersfield.
6.		T		Hetty Kimber became governess to Louise's children.

Section 4 - The Pre-War Years

Short Answer Questions

1.		JS purchased the Sydney Post newspaper in 1904.
2.		The Sydney Record and the Sydney Post merged to create the Sydney Post-Record.
3.		Katharine studied art in Paris.
4.		Louise died on January 27, 1912 of appendicitis.
5.		JS completed his book on Louisbourg in 1913.

True or False

1.		T		JS wrote the book Louisbourg: From its Foundations to its Fall, 1713-1758.
2.		F		Research for his book involved trips to the archives of Paris, London, and Toronto.
3.		T		Two of JS's daughters were married at Petersfield.
4.		F		JS's son Hugh studied in England.
5.		T		The purpose of the Champlain Society is to publish original documents of historical significance.
6.		F		After Louise died, JS retreated to Paris.

Section 5 - The War Years

Short Answer Questions

1.		JS's second wife was Grace Seely Henop and they married in January, 1915.
2.		JS helped to raise $225,000.00 for the war effort.
3.		JS was appointed to the Senate in 1916.
4.		Katharine received helmets with bullet holes and a German gas mask from the soldiers overseas.
5.		Katharine suffered from diptheria as a child.

True or False

1.		T		JS's son Hugh was killed in World War I.
2.		F		JS encouraged his daughter Katharine to go overseas during World War I.
3.		F		JS was elected to the Canadian House of Commons.
4.		T		Katharine's scrapbooks from the war are now part of the collection of the Cape Breton Regional Library.
5.		T		JS's marriage to Grace ended in divorce.
6.		F		Katharine worked as a nurse during World War I.

Section 6 - Louisbourg

Short Answer Questions

1.		The purpose of the Fortress Louisbourg when it was constructed in 1713 was to protect the mouth of the St. Lawrence River and Quebec from British attack.
2.		In the first siege of Louisbourg in 1945, the town was attacked by the New England Militia, supported by the British. It was returned to the French in 1979 in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
3.		In the second siege of Louisbourg, the British ensured that the French fortress would no longer cause them problems by demolishing the town's fortifications.
4.		In the plan that JS submitted to the HSMBC in 1930, he wanted a permanent, fireproof museum to house artifacts and research materials, the reconstruction of important buildings and the marking of streets.
5.		The Louisbourg Museum was finished in 1936 and officially opened by Governor-General Lord Tweedsmuir.

True or False

1.		T		The original Fortress Louisbourg took twenty-five years to build.
2.		T		Captain P.J. Kennelly formed the Louisbourg Memorial Fund in 1903.
3.		F		Louisbourg was declared a National Historic Site in 1925.
4.		T		The first siege of Louisbourg occurred in 1745.
5.		T		The British destroyed the town of Louisbourg in 1760.
6.		F		JS McLennan was named "Honorary Chair" of the Louisbourg Museum.

Section 7 - Other Accomplishments

Short Answer Questions

1.		The Petersfield estate was expropriated by the government in 1941.
2.		After the war, the buildings at Petersfield were allowed to deteriorate to the point that they had to be destroyed.
3.		The greatest honor that Katharine received in her life was the Order of Canada.
4.		The name of the lecture JS gave at Mount Allison University was History and Present Problems. It dealt with issues of sovereignty and economic independance for the smaller nations after World War One.
5.		Katharine resigned her official position with the Guides in 1937.

True or False

1.		T		John S. Jr. became a professional musician.
2.		F		JS's favorite hobby was music.
3.		T		JS died in Ottawa in 1939 at the age of 86.
4.		F		Katharine enjoyed entertaining at her Ingonish summer home.
5.		T		Katharine's estate was worth two million dollars at the time of her death.
6.		T		In 1935 elevators were installed in Petersfield due to JS's poor health.

Section 8 - Other McLennans

Short Answer Questions

1.		JS's favorite daughter, according to John S. Jr., was Isabella, because of her feisty, yet elegant manner.
2.		The McLennan Traveling Library is noted for being the first traveling library in Canada.
3.		The McLennan family helped McGill University financially.
4.		Margaret broke with tradition when she invited a black man to dine at Government House in the 1940s. This helped develop a new era of openness for the position of Lieutenant-Governor.
5.		JS placed a memorial stained glass window in the Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew in Montreal, in memory of his brother Bart and his regiment.

True or False

1.		T		The McLennan Library at McGill University was partially financed by the estate of Isabella McLennan, JS's sister.
2.		F		JS's brother Bartlett was killed in World War II.
3.		T		William McLennan was devoted to literature and writing.
4.		F		JS's son Hugh was killed at Amiens in 1918.
5.		T		The Nova Scotia government has made Petersfield a provincial park.

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