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Metadata
Accession # |
2021.33.1.02 |
Item Name |
Dress, Wedding Dress, Woman |
Description |
A purple velvet full-length wedding dress dated to 1937. It has a double tiered collar.It has purple crepe lining.The dress has one hook and eye fastener on the back of the neckline.The matching belt (.02) sits on the waist line with metal paste jewelery clasps. |
Date |
1937 EQUALS |
Provenance |
The wedding dress was worn by Mary Jane Dickieson (1906-1997) on September 8, 1937 on her wedding day. She was married to Robert Alexander Rowan (1901-1966) at Guelph City Hall. After their marriage, Mary and Robert lived on the Rowan family farm in Orton (Lot 23, Concession 2, Erin Township) with Robert's parents (William Henry Rowan and Martha Ann Reed) and brother (Ewart Rowan). William was a schoolteacher (S.S. No. 9), so his father and brother ran the farm. Mary Jane Dickieson was born in Puslinch Township (Lot 9, Concession 1) to William James Dickieson and Catherine McIntosh. As a young woman, Mary worked in Guelph as a domestic, before marrying Robert. |
Person \ Organization |
Dickieson, Mary Dickieson, Mary Jane Rowan, Mary Rowan, Mary Jane Rowan, R. A. Rowan, Robert Rowan, Robert Alexander McLean, Barbara |
Place |
Guelph Orton Erin Township |
Subjects |
Wedding |