Cousins avec leur grand- père: L-R: Louise Doiron (visiting from US), Raphael Doiron, Mary Ida Doiron, Pomquet, c 1928. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Dorothy Lander in conversation with May (Doiron) Bouchard, June 23, 2014, Pomquet Museum. Raphael was my great grandfather. My father was Joseph, and my grandfather Xavier. Raphael died at […]
Category Archives: Gender
In the Driver’s Seat. Flora Vincent (1887-1979), c 1950s
In the Driver’s Seat. Flora Vincent (1887-1979), c 1950s. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald.
The Wild Geese. The parade of Mount St. Bernard Academy women, c1912
The Wild Geese. The parade of Mount St. Bernard Academy women. Only on Sundays and holidays were they allowed to walk into town, two by two, under close watch of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame (CND), c 1912. Courtesy of Bart Sears, C. J. MacGillivray album & Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne […]
A Bottle of My Own, c 1918
A Bottle of My Own, c 1918. Far left: Effie (Cross) Vincent (grandmother of Anne Marie Benoit, gg of Daniel Benoit). Courtesy of PomquetHéritage. Restoration: Jeff Parker.
Whidden girls, early 1900
Whidden girls, early 1900s. Photographer: George Waldren. Courtesy of Dalhousie University Archives, Waldren Studio Collection, Box 114-006. Restoration: Jeff Parker