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Joseph Thomas (Digby) Smith fonds
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- Material gráfico
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7 photographs
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Historia biográfica
Joseph Thomas Smith, known as Joseph Digby Smith in Canada, was born in 1892 in Warrington, Lancashire, UK. In 1913 he emigrated to Canada, probably arriving in Quebec. He worked in a bank until the First World War. On September 24, 1914 he became part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, in the 3rd Brigade Canadian Field Artillery, eventually being promoted to Captain. He fought at Ypres, the Sommes and Paschendale. He met his future wife, Dorothy Margaret Rooke, from Birmingham, UK, during a training period or on leave, and they were married in Birmingham in April, 1916. Joseph survived the war and his son, James Andrew Digby Smith was born in May, 1918, in Birmingham. Digby was demobbed in 1919 and sailed for Canada on a troop ship June 12, 1919. For a short time he worked at a bank in St. Catherines, Ontario, then was posted to the Imperial Bank of Canada in Grande Prairie. The photos reveal they lived in a sort of caboose and Dorothy likely found the life very hard as she was unhappy there. A daughter , Lucy, was born June 20, 1920, in Grande Prairie. Digby suffered from depression after the traumas of the war and was away from home often which put the marriage under great strain. He requested a transfer and they moved to Ruddell near North Battleford, Sask. But the marriage broke up in 1922. Digby went south to the USA and Dorothy returned to the UK with the children. Dorothy remarried and Digby, when he retired, returned to Canada and died in Brentwood Bay on Vancouver Island in 1973. The son, James, who was the donor's father, remembers his father talking to him about their life in Grande Prairie.
Historial de custodia
The photographs and biographical information were donated to the South Peace Regional Archives by Carol Sayarer, granddaughter of Joseph Thomas Smith, in 2009.
Alcance y contenido
The fonds consists of 7 photographs and biographical information.
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Origen del ingreso
The photographs and biographical information were donated to the South Peace Regional Archives by Carol Sayarer, grandaughter of Joseph Thomas Smith, in 2009.
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Idioma del material
- The material is in English.
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There are no restrictions on access.
Condiciones de uso, reproducción, y publicación
Instrumentos de descripción
A finding aid is available at http://southpeacearchives.org/joseph-thomas-digby-smith/
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No accruals are expected.
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Accession number: 2009.084
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Idioma de descripción
- inglés