THIMBLE

Description: SILVER THIMBLE IS FORMED FROM 2 SEPARATE PIECES. TOP OF THIMBLE IS A CIRCULAR PIECE WITH SMALL INDENTS IN IT. SIDES OF THIMBLE ARE MADE FROM A PIECE OF SILVER THAT WRAPS AROUND TOP PIECE. EMBOSSED ON SIDES OF THIMBLE ARE 3 STEMS EACH WITH 2 LEAVES AND 3 BERRIES ON THEM. BELOW STEMS ARE 2 ROWS OF SCROLLWORK. BOTTOM EDGE OF THIMBLE IS SCALLOPED. SIDES OF THIMBLE ARE TARNISHED AND SLIGHTLY DENTED. EMBOSSED INSIDE THIMBLE IS "TAXCO 325"[?].

History: ITEM BELONGED TO DONOR'S HUSBAND'S GRANDMOTHER, MRS. HOWARD FRASER GREENWOOD, THE FIRST PERSON TO BUILD A HOUSE IN THE TOWNSITE OF LETHBRIDGE (OUT OF THE RIVER VALLEY). HOWARD FRASER GREENWOOD WAS BORN IN NOVA SCOTIA. BEFORE COMING TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA, MR. GREENWOOD WAS CHIEF ACCOUNTANT FOR THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANT AT WINNIPEG. IN 1882 HE ACCEPTED EMPLOYMENT WITH THE NORTH WESTERN COAL & NAVIGATION COMPANY AS THAT FIRM'S ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF ACCOUNTANT, AND MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO FORT MACLEOD. IN 1885 THEY MOVED TO A COMPANY-BUILT HOUSE IN LETHBRIDGE. MR. GREENWOOD WAS ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD IN 1888, FIRST POSTMASTER, AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE RIFLE ASSOCIATION IN 1886. HE LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL 1900, AND THEN MOVED TO EDMONTON.