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Galloway family fonds
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12.5 cm of textual records. -- 21 photographs
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James Hadwen Galloway, 1861-1941, was born in Carlisle, Ontario and came to Alberta in 1883, first to Red Deer, and later to Calgary. He was employed at Union Cemetery for about 30 years. He and his wife Margaret McKee, 1859-1930, had eleven children, Francis Hadwen, 1885-1964, Jennie May, 1886-1958, Maggie Gertrude, 1887-1971, William Clarence, 1888-1920, Leonard, 1890-1890, Rupert, 1891-1891, Ruby Josephine (Cunningham), 1892-1941, Howard Elmer, 1893-1918, Victor Marshall, 1894-1916, Horace, 1897-1897, and Wilfred James, 1901-1960. Ruby married James Cunningham. Both Howard and Victor served in Calgary units in the First World War - Howard with the 31st battalion and Victor with the 50th battalion, then the 10th battalion - and were killed in France. James Cunningham served with the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force.
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The fonds consists of postcards sent to Ruby by various men serving in the First World War including C.R. Sharman and Les Doolan; military papers of Howard and Victor including his diary (1915); photographs of events, buildings, etc in Olds, Banff, Calgary, England, Bowden, Innisfail, and France; building permit and other documents relating to the construction of James H. Galloway's home in Calgary (1904-1905); and copies of two Siberian expedition newsletters, The Siberian Sapper (1918-1919).
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Gift of Marilyn Harke, 2014.
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Call numbers M-9634, PA-3995
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