Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

WEDDING DRESS & HANDBAG

Date

1914

Materials

LACE, SILK, COTTON

No. Pieces

2

Description

1. 137.2 CM LTH. COTTON LACE, SILK. SIZE: SMALL 12. HAND SEWN MADE OF WHITE COTTON LACE WITH PINK SILK SASH. PINK THREAD STITCHING ON RUFFLES AND SMOCKING ON BODICE. SEVEN PINK RINGS SEWN ON AROUND NECKLINE. SMALL TEAR IN BACK SKIRT OF GOWN. TWO STAINS ON LOWER FRONT SKIRT DONORS, MOTHER-IN-LAW'S DRESS. .2 HANDBAG. 12.7 CM WTH., 12.7 CM LTH. HAND CROCHETED HANDBAG - CREAM WHITE COLOR. DRAW STRING AT TOP. THREE LITTLE CROCHETED BALLS HANGING AT BOTTOM OF BAG.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

MISS EMILY SHARLAND MARRIED ROLAND FREDERICK BROOKS IN LETHBRIDGE ON OCTOBER 31,1914 AT THE OLD ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH (NEAR C.P.R. STATION). SHE EMIGRATED AND SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE PRIOR TO MARRIAGE. BOTH HAVE BEEN IN LETHBRIDGE FOR 60-70 YEARS. MR. BROOKS WAS ONE OF LAST SURVIVING BOER WAR VETERANS. THE HANDBAG WAS CARRIED AT EMILY AND ROLAND FREDERICK BROOKS WEDDING ON OCTOBER 31, 1914. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING THIS WEDDING DRESS AND HANDBAG. ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE THE DONOR'S NEXT-OF-KIN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. OBITUARIES FOUND IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARCHIVES AND ONLINE PROVIDED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BROOKS FAMILY. LUCY (EMILY) BROOKS (NEE SHARLAND) PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON 16 APRIL 1979 AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS. HER HUSBAND, ROWLAND FREDERICK BROOKS, WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND AND CAME TO CANADA TO WORK FOR THE "FIRST RAILROAD IN THE WEST." HE JOINED THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY AS A MACHINIST'S HELPER AND CONTINUED WITH THAT COMPANY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. HE PASSED AWAY ON 24 APRIL 1979 IN LETHBRIDGE AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS. THE COULPLE HAD A SON GORDON ROWLAND BROOKS, WHO PASSED AWAY IN WINNIPEG ON 8 APRIL 1995 AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS. HIS OBITUARY IN THE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS STATES HE WAS PREDECEASED BY TWO SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER (NAMES UNKNOWN). THE DONOR, AMY GWEN BROOKS (NEE DEGAUST), WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE MARRIED GORDON AT ST. MARY'S ANGLICAN CHURCH IN LETHBRIDGE ON 1946. THEY MOVED TO WINNIPEG IN 1968, WHERE SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS ON 25 SEPTEMBER 2013. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING COPIES OF FAMILY OBITUARIES.

Catalogue Number

P19740058000

Acquisition Date

1974-04

Collection

Museum

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