Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

BEAVER FUR HAT

Date

1917

Materials

BEAVER FUR, COTTON, SILK

No. Pieces

1

Height

18.9

Length

24.9

Width

15

Diameter

23.3

Description

BROWN BEAVER FUR, SILK TAFFETA LINING STITCHED IN COTTON. WEAR ALONG LOWER EDGE, SOME FUR LOSS OCCURRING. ENVELOPE STYLE OF HAT. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT. STICKER INSIDE MARKED "6 7/?".

Subjects

CLOTHING-HEADWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

HAT & STOLE (P19860162002) BELONGED TO MRS. W.C. BRYAN, SISTER OF NORAH BERNARD & WIFE OF LT. COL. W.C. BRYAN, 1ST CHIEF OF ALBERTA PROVINCIAL POLICE FORMED IN 1917. FRANCIS URQUHART, SISTER OF DONOR RECEIVED ITEMS ABOUT 1929. DONOR IS CERTAIN ITEMS DATE TO 1917 & WERE A GIFT FROM W.C. BRYAN TO HIS WIFE UPON HIS ELEVATION TO CHIEF OF A.P.P. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A STOLE DONATED BY EDNA MCCALLUM. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, THE WEBSITE FINDAGRAVE.COM AND THE WEBSITE RCMPVETERANSVANCOUVER.COM. EDNA MAY MCCALLUM (NEE BERNARD) PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84 IN DECEMBER 1991. ON JUNE 20, 1940 EDNA WAS MARRIED TO JOHN WILLIAM “JACK” MCCALLUM. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN RUSSELL BERNARD AND NORAH BERNARD (NEE NELSON). JOHN WILLIAM “JACK” MCCALLUM WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE ON NOVEMBER 20, 1910. HE WORKED FOR SUPINA MERCANTILE FROM 1936 UNTIL ITS CLOSING IN 1964, AFTER WHICH TIME HE OPENED HIS OWN BUSINESS TRAY PAK MEATS. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 79 IN MAY 1990. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY, JOHN RUSSELL BERNARD “CAME WEST FROM LONG RIVER, PEI IN 1900 TO JOIN THE NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE.” HE STAYED WITH THE NWMP UNTIL 1902, WHEN HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE CPR, WHICH BROUGHT HIM TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1907. JOHN MARRIED NORAH NELSON ON DECEMBER 10, 1901 IN FORT MACLEOD. JOHN PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84 IN JANUARY 1963. NORAH BERNARD (NEE NELSON) WAS BORN IN NENAGH, COUNTY OF TIPPERARY, IRELAND AND MOVED TO CANADA IN 1900. SHE LIVED IN FORT MACLEOD FROM 1901 UNTIL 1907 WHEN SHE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 87 IN FEBRUARY 1965. MARY BRYAN (NEE NELSON) WAS BORN IN NENAGH, COUNTY OF TIPPERARY, IRELAND ON MAY 1, 1866 AND MOVED TO FORT MACLEOD IN 1885. SHE WAS MARRIED TO WILLOUGHBY CHARLES “TEDDY” BRYAN IN 1899 AND THEIR FIRST SON WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1892. MARY PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY 1929. WILLOUGHBY CHARLES “TEDDY” BRYAN WAS BORN IN 1867 IN ROCKENFORD, COUNTY DEVON, ENGLAND, THE SON OF ADAM AND JANE BRYAN. IN 1883 AT THE AGE OF 18, TEDDY MOVED TO CANADA, INTENDING TO HOMESTEAD WITH HIS COUSIN IN SOURIS, MB. FARMING WASN’T FOR TEDDY, AND HE TOOK UP A SERIES OF JOBS, INCLUDING WORKING FOR THE RAILWAY, PERFORMING IN THE BUFFALO BILL CODY WILD WEST SHOW, SERVING IN THE MEXICAN ARMY, AND WORKING FOR THE TEXAS RANGERS. IN 1888 TEDDY JOINED THE NWMP AND WAS STATIONED IN FORT MACLEOD UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT ON JUNE 27, 1908. FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE NWMP, TEDDY SERVED FOR SIX YEARS AS THE DISTRICT CLERK FOR THE PROVINCIAL COURT IN FORT MACLEOD. IN WWI, TEDDY RAISED AND ORGANIZED THE 191ST SOUTH ALBERTAN BATTALION, BUT WAS TOO OLD TO SERVE OVERSEAS. IN 1917, TEDDY JOINED THE NEWLY FORMED ALBERTA PROVINCIAL POLICE. HE WAS PROMOTED SEVERAL TIMES, BECOMING COMMISSIONER OF THE APP IN 1922. IN SPRING 1932, THE APP WAS ABSORBED INTO THE RCMP AND TEDDY RESIGNED HIS POSITION AND MOVED TO COLWOOD, BC. FOLLOWING MARY’S DEATH, TEDDY WAS REMARRIED TO LILLIAN BRYAN (NEE DOWN). TEDDY PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 21, 1947. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, THE WEBSITE FINDAGRAVE.COM AND THE WEBSITE RCMPVETERANSVANCOUVER.COM.

Catalogue Number

P19860162001

Acquisition Date

1986-10

Collection

Museum

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