Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1900

Date Range To

1910

Materials

WOOD, IRON

No. Pieces

1

Length

147.3

Diameter

3.2

Description

IRON CROOK, WOODEN HANDLE. BADLY WEATHERED. CONSERVATION REPORT ON FILE. CROOK MOVES; PLATING WORN. HANDLE SCRATCHED.

Subjects

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY T&E

Historical Association

AGRICULTURE

History

DONOR IS THE DAUGHTER OF WALTER PALFREY (DIED JUNE 28/1973). HE CAME FROM GLOCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND, TOWN OF TETBURY. HE ARRIVED IN CALGARY IN 1911 AND WORKED WITH HIS UNCLE AS A CARPENTER (TOOLS CAME WITH HIM FROM ENGLAND). HIS FATHER WAS A CARPENTER AND BLACKSMITH UNDER WHOM HE TRAINED. SAW FIRST CALGARY STAMPEDE IN 1912. CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1913, AND HOMESTEADED NORTH OF PICTURE BUTTE. BOUGHT THE PRESENT HOME FARM (80) ACRES. IN 1938, WALTER PALFREY ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH ROGER SALMONSON, TO OPERATE WALTER PALFREY'S 80 ACRE HOME FARM. ON HORNBY'S DEATH, SALMONSON AND WALTER PALFREY SOLD ONE QUARTER OF THE LAND TO SETTLE DEBTS. ROGER SALMONSON AND WALTER PALFREY ACQUIRED THAT QUARTER SECTION AT THAT TIME. THE FARM OPERATION CONTINUED UNTIL MR. PALFREY'S DEATH. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED AN ASHTRAY DONATED TO THE MUSEUM BY ELINOR GLOVER. AS PART OF THE SURVEY PROCESS, PUNDYK CONTACTED GLOVER’S DAUGHTER DIANE GLOVER. NO ITEM SPECIFIC INFORMATION COULD BE ADDED TO THE ARTIFACT FILES. FURTHER ARCHIVAL RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED REGARDING THE DONOR’S FAMILY, INCLUDING HER FATHER WILLIAM PALFREY, WHOSE NAME IS MENTIONED IN RELATION TO THE ARTIFACTS IN THE INITIAL RECORDS. PALFREY’S OBITUARY WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON JULY 3, 1973. IT REITERATED MOST OF THE INFORMATION LISTED ABOVE, ADDING THAT HE WAS MARRIED TO ANNIE PALFREY. TOGETHER THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, ELINOR GLOVER (THE DONOR). HE PASSED AWAY IN EDMONTON AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS. HIS HEADSTONE IN LETHBRIDGE’S MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY LISTS HIS YEAR OF BIRTH AS 1891. THE DONOR’S OBITUARY WAS FOUND PUBLISHED ONLINE IN THE EDMONTON JOURNAL. IT RECORDS THAT ELINOR KAY GLOVER (NEE PALFREY) WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 7, 1934. SHE MARRIED KENNETH GLOVER IN LETHBRIDGE IN AUGUST 1959, ACCORDING TO A LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 18, 1959. THE COUPLE HAD THREE CHILDREN: BRIAN, DIANE, AND KAREN. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19738813000 FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD CLIPPINGS.

Catalogue Number

P19738806000

Acquisition Date

1973-08

Collection

Museum

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