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Accession # |
A2018.9.2 |
Title |
Arnold Ritchey Smith telegram, rail passes, and voter registration, 1940-1950. |
Date |
1940-1950 |
Description |
Arnold Ritchey Smith telegram, rail passes, and voter registration, 1940-1950. Records consist of a voter registration card and two Canadian National Railway passes belonging to Arnold Ritchey Smith, and a telegram addressed to Mrs. Arnold Smith. Arnold Ritchey Smith was born ca. 1892 in Stockton, Manitoba, the son of Arthur William Smith and Sarah Jane Ritchey. By 1911 he was living in Palmerston with his grandparents, Charles and Eliza Ritchey, and in 1919 he married Zelma Elsa McMahon, the daughter of Thomas McMahon and Charlotte Somerville. Arnold Smith worked as a train messenger for Canadian National Railway. - file 1: Arnold Ritchey Smith documents, 1940-1950. [MU 1309] - item 1: Registration Certificate, Dominion of Canada, for Arnold Ritchey Smith, 13 August 1940. Three stamps on reverse marked "L.C.B. Ont." and dated 1943-4, 1944-45, and [date illegible]. - item 2: Rail pass for A. R. Smith and wife, Canadian National Railways, 1948-1949. Adhered to pass are identification photographs of Arnold Ritchey Smith and Zelma Smith (ph 51280, stored in MU 1309). - item 3: Rail pass for A. R. Smith and wife, Canadian National Railways, 1950-1951. - item 4: Telegram to Mrs. Arnold Smith informing her of Melvin's death, signed Frank, sent from Toledo, Ohio, 12 June 1946. |
Creator \ Maker |
Canadian National Railway |
Item Name |
Card Pass Telegram |
Person \ Organization |
Canadian National Railway Canadian National Telegram Smith, Arnold Ritchey Smith, Zelma |
Place |
Ohio Palmerston |
Subject |
Communications Railroad Transportation |
Photo, Map # |
ph 51280 |
Year Range from |
1940 |
Year Range to |
1950 |
Accession # |
A2018.9.2 |
Containers |
MU 1309 |