Page 1 of the 1840 Petition to Form Albert County. From Archives New Brunswick.
Happy 175th Birthday Albert County! Today the 8th of August 1845, 175 years ago, Queen Victoria signed into being the County of Albert in the Province of New Brunswick. The photo you see is the petition that brought it about. The Petition was started by James Brewster in November 1840 and was signed by 440 inhabitants of what was to become Albert County. If you can image the work it took to get 440 signatures in 1840 it was quite the undertaking! If you wish to see the rest of signatories of the petition a copy of it will be on display at the Museum! Many family names ring out today in Albert County!
