Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

WOMAN'S

Date Range From

1900

Date Range To

1910

Materials

CHEESECLOTH, LACE, SATIN

No. Pieces

1

Length

102.8

Description

WHITE CHEESECLOTH WITH PINK & WHITE LACE, RED SATIN RIBBON TRIM ON LOWER LEGS ELASTICIZED.

Subjects

CLOTHING-UNDERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

DONOR, MARGARET MCNABB NEE HARVIE, CAME TO CANADA AS AN IMMIGRANT FROM GLASCOW SCOTLAND IN 1904. MARRIED CLIFF MCNABB ABOUT 1918 IN LETHBRIDGE AS A RESULT OF RESEARCH DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SCOTTISH-THEMED EXHIBIT IN 2009, THE GALT CONDUCTED NEW INFORMATION ON THE HARVIE FAMILY, ADDING THE FOLLOWING TO THE RECORD. ROBERT AND MARGARET HARVIE LEFT SCOTLAND IN 1904 AND IMMIGRATED TO CANADA, DESTINED FOR LETHBRIDGE, WITH THEIR FAMILY. THE FAMILY CONSISTED OF TWO SONS (JOHN AND CHARLIE) AND A DAUGHTER (MARGARET). MR. HARVIE’S MINING EXPERIENCE IN HIS NATIVE SCOTLAND PROVED VALUABLE IN LETHBRIDGE AND DIAMOND CITY WHERE, HE FOUND WORK MINING COAL. IN 1907, MR. HARVIE MOVED HIS FAMILY ON TO THE PRAIRIE AFTER HE DECIDED THAT FARMING WAS HIS CALLING. HE OCCUPIED LANDS IN AND AROUND LETHBRIDGE BEFORE SETTLING PERMANENTLY NEAR TURIN. MRS. MARGARET MCNABB WAS THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE HARVIE FAMILY. SHE PASSED AWAY AT AGE 86 IN 1979. FOR MORE BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS ON THE FAMILY, PLEASE REFERENCE P19651761000-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A SCARF DONATED BY MARGARET MCNABB. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. MARGARET MCNABB (NEE HARVIE) WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND AND MOVED TO CANADA IN 1904 WITH HER FAMILY, WHERE THEY SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE LIVED IN TURIN, AB, FOR A TIME, BEFORE RETURNING TO LETHBRIDGE IN THE EARLY 1930S. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE PEMMICAN CLUB. SHE WAS MARRIED TO CLIFFORD C. MCNABB IN 1924. MARGARET WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ROBERT AND MARGARET (NEE NICOLSON) HARVIE. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 86 ON JULY 8, 1979. CLIFFORD C. MCNABB WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE ON FEBRUARY 18, 1893, THE SON OF THOMAS MCNABB, WHO BECAME MAYOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. (CLIFFORD’S MOTHER’S NAME IS NOT KNOWN) CLIFFORD WAS EDUCATED IN LETHBRIDGE AND BEGAN TO WORK FOR THE AR&I RAILROAD IN 1908, THEN LATER THE CPR. IN 1910, CLIFFORD MOVED TO TURIN TO FARM AND RETURNED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1928 TO WORK AT SICKS’ BREWERY. HE RETIRED IN 1950. HE PASSED AT THE AGE OF 62 ON APRIL 3, 1955. ROBERT HARVIE WAS BORN IN QUARTER, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND ON NOVEMBER 2, 1863. HE MARRIED MARGARET NICOLSON IN 1885 AND THE COUPLE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1904, THEN TO DIAMOND CITY IN 1906. HE WORKED AS A MINER BOTH IN SCOTLAND AND IN ALBERTA. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 86 ON MARCH 25, 1949. MARGARET HARVIE (NEE NICOLSON) WAS THE DAUGHTER OF CHARLES NICOLSON, THE BOAT MASTER FOR THE ABERDEEN AND LEITH STEAMSHIP COPMANY AT WICK HARBOR. PRIOR TO HER MARRIAGE, MARGARET WAS EMPLOYED AT A CONVALESCENT HOME AT DUNOON. MARGARET PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91 ON MARCH 29, 1945. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. *UPDATE* IN 2017, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING ITEMS DONATED BY MARGARET MCNABB. THE ATTEMPTS MADE TO LOCATE AND CONTACT THE DONOR'S NEXT-OF-KIN TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ARTIFACTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

Catalogue Number

P19694636000

Acquisition Date

1969-10

Collection

Museum

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