RING, NAPKIN

Description: STAMP MARK ON BASE "SIMPSON HALL MILLE & CO. QUADRUPLE PLATE 053". "LINA" ENGRAVED ON RING. 2 FANS WITH WHEAT PATTERN SUPPORT THE RING WHICH IS IN FLORAL AND LEAF DESIGN, INNER RING IS LEAF DESIGN. FOUR FILIGREE SCROLL LEGS, BASE HAS GEOMETRIC & SCROLLED DESIGNS

History: 1 OF A PAIR PRESENTED TO MR. & MRS. R.E. SANG ON THEIR WEDDING DAY, SEPTEMBER 1892. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING A PERFUME BOTTLE DONATED BY MRS. GEORGE MCKILLOP (NAME LISTED FOR DONOR AT TIME OF DONATION). RESEARCH FOUND THE DONOR'S FIRST NAME TO BE DAVINA AND THE DONOR FIELD WAS AMENDED ACCORDINGLY. A LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY STATES THAT DAVINA MCKILLOP (NEE SANG) WAS BORN IN BUELAH, MANITOBA ON 6 MARCH 1899. SHE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1910 AND MARRIED GEORGE BREMNER MCKILLOP ON 8 JULY 1925 IN THE CITY. SHE ATTENDED NORMAL SCHOOL IN CALGARY, THEN TAUGHT IN MAGRATH, THEN LATER FLEETWOOD SCHOOL IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE WAS THE MOTHER TO DOROTHY (ROBERT) BOULTON. SHE PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON 2 MARCH 1992 AT THE AGE OF 92. THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY FOR HER HUSBAND, GEORGE MCKILLOP, STATES THAT HE WAS BORN, RAISED, AND EDUCATED IN LETHBRIDGE. HE PASSED AWAY 18 FEBRUARY 194 AT THE AGE OF 77. RESEARCH FOUND THAT THE DONOR'S NEXT-OF-KIN WAS DECEASED. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARIES.