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Chisholm Monument - Old English Church
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- July 2, 1952
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_1139
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_1140
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_1141
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- 52-1501 (2_1139)
- 52-1502 (2_1140)
- 52-1503 (2_1141)
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_1139
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_1140
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_1141
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- July 2, 1952
- Publication
- 2_1078 was published with article in St. Thomas Times-Journal, Centennial Edition, on August 1, 1952, page I-6.
- Physical Description
- 3 negatives: plastic
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Chisholm family headstone in the Old English Church cemetary.
Caption from St. Thomas Times-Journal, Centennial Edition, August 1, 1952, page I-6: “Chisholm Monument Only One of Its Kind In Canada; Erected In 1873 By Wealthy Son From California to Seven Members of Tragic Family.”
2_1078: “In the old English Churchyard off Walnut street, in St. Thomas, may be seen what is said to be the only monument of its kind in Canada – the Chisholm monument, which has been referred to by unkindly persons In the past as the “Chisholm Curse.”
“It is a memorial erected to the memories of seven members of a prominent Southwold family, who died within a period of seven years – father, mother, and five children.”
- Name Access
- Chisholm (family)
- Old English Church
- Old St. Thomas Church Cemetery
- Subject Access
- Cemeteries
- Related Material
- Original photograph sleeve: M7 S1 Sh5 B1 1_157
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