Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1904

Date Range To

1906

Materials

COTTON, SILK

No. Pieces

1

Length

57

Width

40.4

Description

PONJAY STYLE WAIST LENGTH BLOUSE, 5 BUTTONS DOWN BACK, COTTON WITH SILK LINING. LACE BODICE & SLEEVE TRIM. INNER SILK LINING COVERED WITH COTTON NETTING WITH EMBROIDERED PURPLE POLKA DOTS. 2 LACE PANELS FROM NECK TO WAIST ON BACK & STRIPS DOWN FRONT AND SLEEVES. HIGH NECK TRIMMED WITH LACE & FASTEN WITH HOOK & EYE. CUFFS TRIMMED WITH LACE AS WELL. COLOR IS BEIGE-YELLOW. STAIN ON FRONT OF LEFT CUFF, AND VARIOUS HOLES IN THE SILK LINING.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

DONOR'S MOTHER ACQUIRED IN SWEDEN BETWEEN TIME SHE MARRIED (1904) & TIME SHE EMMIGRATED (1906). MOVED FIRST TO BOISVIN MANITOBA THEN TO WRENTHAM HOMESTEADED CA 1910. MOTHER'S NAME: ANNA VICTORIA WESTERGREEN NEE HOLMERSON. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING ITEMS, INCLUDING THIS BLOUSE. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND “HOMESTEAD COUNTRY: WRENTHAM & AREA” BY THE WRENTHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ELNA WESTERGREEN BRANTNER WAS BORN MAY 15, 1911 IN STIRLING, AB, ONE OF TEN CHILDREN BORN TO AUGUST JOHANSON AND ANNA VICTORIA (NEE HOLMERSON) WESTERGREEN. ELNA MARRIED CHRISTIAN “CHRIS” BRANTNER IN 1927. CHRIS WAS BORN IN BERN, SWITZERLAND ON MAY 17, 1893 AND SETTLED IN THE WARNER DISTRICT FOLLOWING HIS EMIGRATION TO CANADA IN 1912. FOLLOWING THEIR MARRIAGE, CHRIS AND ELNA FARMED IN THE WRENTHAM DISTRICT UNTIL MOVING TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1963. CHRIS PASSED AWAY JULY 19, 1972 AND ELNA DIED APRIL 11, 1995. AUGUST JOHANSON WESTERGREEN WAS BORN NEAR STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN IN 1854. HE SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN BOER WAR AND RECEIVED A GRANT OF LAND TO THE WEST OF BOISSEVAIN, MB FOR HIS SERVICE. IN 1894 AUGUST MARRIED MISS SWANSON, WHO BORE A SON IN 1895 BEFORE PASSING AWAY THAT SAME YEAR. IN 1906 AUGUST MARRIED ANNA HOLMERSON., WHO WAS BORN IN SWEDEN. AUGUST AND ANNA MOVED TO WRENTHAM IN 1909. AUGUST PASSED AWAY IN 1924 AND ANNA REMAINED ON THE FARM, UNTIL 1943 WHEN SHE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. SHE PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 1, 1962. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES AND FOR PHOTOCOPIES FROM “HOMESTEAD COUNTRY: WRENTHAM & AREA” BY THE WRENTHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Catalogue Number

P19890017000

Acquisition Date

1989-05

Collection

Museum

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