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The Railway foreman's children

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Part Of
Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
June 1911
Accession Number
3-2014
Part Of
Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
5
Item Number
BAPC 5.10
Accession Number
3-2014
GMD
graphic
Date Range
June 1911
Physical Description
3.5" x 5.5" (b/w)
Material Details
Postcard
Physical Condition
Excellent
History / Biographical
Alfred Walter Pryce was born in England c. 1880. He emigrated from England in 1903 and was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway, likely in Manitoba. His wife, Kate Louisa Buchan, was older than her husband. She was born in England c. 1873. They were married in England? and she followed her husband to Canada in 1904. Alma Jane Pryce was born June 24, 1905 and Herbert Walter Pryce was born May 12, 1907 in [Elton] Manitoba. In autumn 1911, the Pryce family returned to England for a Christmas visit. They sailed from Halifax on the Empress of Britain and arrived in Liverpool on December 9, 1911. The family returned to Canada on the Empress of Ireland from Liverpool in early 1912, landing at St. John, New Brunswick. Alfred Walter Pryce died in Brandon, MB on January 31, 1922. Kate Pryce died in Winnipeg, MB on March 18, 1938.
Custodial History
Donated to the McKee Archives by Jennifer L. Bunting in November 2013.
Scope and Content
Studio portrait of Alma and Herbert Pryce, The Railway Foreman's children, taken June 1911 in Kenora, ON. Writing on the back reads: To Granfather with Love from Herbert and Alma. Alma Jane Pryce Age 6 years. Herbert Walter Pryce Age 3 years 5 months. Keonra, Ont. Canada. June 1911.
Notes
History/Bio information provided by Jennifer Bunting. Additional information is available in the custodial file.
Name Access
Alma Pryce
Herbert Pryce
Alfred Pryce
Kate Louisa Buchan
Kate Louisa Pryce
Subject Access
portraits
Storage Location
BAPC photograph drawer
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