Meeting the train from Halifax, winter during WWI. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Jeff Parker. The waiting crowd is largely women and children. Do they know in advance that their husbands and fathers are on the train and coming safely home? Or that they are coming home because they have been wounded? […]
Category Archives: Social Support Networks
The Family Hays Together in Pomquet, c 1950s
The Family Hays Together in Pomquet, c 1950s. Courtesy of Pomquet Héritage.
Stephen Marshall, Andrew Marshall, Vincent Gabriel, June 1919, Paqtnkek
L-R: Stephen Marshall, Andrew Marshall, Vincent Gabriel, June 1919 (written on back), Paqtnkek. Courtesy of John R. Prosper, Family Album. Paula Paul learned from John Prosper that this photo was cut off because there was a stick between their legs.
Theresa Marshall with baby, Paqtnkek First Nation, 1940s
Theresa Marshall with baby, Paqtnkek First Nation, 1940s. Courtesy of John R. Prosper, Family Album.
Three brothers
Prosper brothers, Paqtnkek. L-R: Courtesy of John R. Prosper, Paqtnkek, Family Album.
Melon Sisters of Havre Boucher, c 1915
Melon sisters of Haver Boucher, c 1915. Courtesy of Pomquet Héritage. Lorraine Fennell and her mother May (Doiron) Bouchard identify these three women as the Melon sisters from Havre Boucher, and related to May’s grandmother Elizabeth Melon, who met Xavier Doiron in Boston.
At the wheel, c 1920
At the wheel, c 1920. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Wayne Ezekiel
MacGillivray family at home, c. 1917
MacGillivray family at home, c. 1917. Courtesy of Bart Sears, C. J. MacGillivray album, and the Antigonish Heritage Museum.
Mrs. C. C. Gregory notation, 1900-1907
Mrs. C. C. Gregory notation, 1900-1907. Courtesy of Dalhousie University Archives, Waldren Studios Collection, 118-042.
Garden party, c 1910
Garden party, c 1910, Stanley Copeland with camera. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum, Cunningham Album. Restoration: Joe Fraser. Bessie Copeland (Stanley’s sister) married Norman Kerr Cunningham, who ran a feed shed . They lived on Church St. Extension. They had three daughters. This line has died out in Antigonish. The Copeland family of druggists had […]