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P9195

ID Number: P9195
Item Name: Image
Title: Westwood Farm / Ferme Westwood
Title (Fre): Ferme Westwood
Description: Faded black and white photograph of the Westwood farm, located on Malden Road, likely in Sandwich; two women, identified as Jane Elizabeth (Wells) Gray and Bertha Wells are standing in the photograph facing each other; the woman on the left is wearing a light skirt, dark shirt and light hat; she has her arm reaching out to touch the face of the second woman, who is wearing light coloured skirt, shirt and hat; a wooden house is visible behind the two women; there are two doors visible in the photograph, one in the front and one on the side, along with numerous, mulit-paned windows; trees are visible surrounding the house.
History: Jane Elizabeth Wells & Bertha Wells were daughters of George Wells & Elizabeth Ure. George & Elizabeth had four children: Elizabeth, Bertha, William & Arthur. Elizabeth married John Vickers Gray on June 30, 1896 in Sandwich. John (b. May 29, 1870, d. May 21, 1951) began the John V. Gray Construction Co. Ltd. in 1916. John & Elizabeth had two children, Dorothy Elizabeth and Margaret Helen (later Lawrence, the donor).
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Sandwich
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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