Marcella Sheran
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1875
- Accession No.
- 19851007000
- Physical Description
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm. 2 Black and white copy prints
- Scope and Content
- A sketch of Marcella Sheran, likely in the 1870s.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1875
- Physical Description
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm. 2 Black and white copy prints
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- The likeness as taken from the 18 July 1928 issue of the Lethbridge Herald. Artist: Peggy Poynton, Port Hope, Ontario (niece of Alex Johnston). Marcella Sheran came to Lethbridge around 1875 to keep house for her brother, Nicholas Sheran. She was the first white European woman to live and be married here. On 4 July 1878, she married Joseph McFarland. It was performed by Father Schollen at Fort Whoop-Up. She died in 1896 from pneumonia.
- Acquisition Source
- Johnston Alexander
- Scope and Content
- A sketch of Marcella Sheran, likely in the 1870s.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19851007000
- Collection
- Archive
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