Museum / Archive

Elgin County Museum

Artifact Type

Hair Comb

Description Level

Item

Description

Faux Tortoise Shell Hair Comb.

Material

Celluloid

Category

Personal Objects

Sub-category

Toilet Articles

Accession Number

022.061.034

Storage Location

Collections Storage

Date Range

c. 1908

Municipal Origin

Elgin County, Ontario

Item History

Belonged to Eliza Mary Wigmore Millman. Eliza was certified as a midwife in England in 1908. She was appointed by her family to accompany her younger brother to Canada to join his two older brothers’ in St. Thomas, Ontario. She was so sea sick on the journey to Canada she never returned to England. Eliza married farmer Robert H. Millman from Dexter, Ontario. She was unable to serve as a midwife in Canada, but it is believed that she continued to practice and assisted the indigenous women who lived on the back of the farm.

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