Bronte War Bride's 1946 Welcome Quilt
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- When war bride, Irene Bumby, arrived in Bronte after World War II, the ladies of Walton Memorial United Church welcomed her to Canada with this handmade quilt. They quilted their names into the design.
In these two photographs, Irene's daughter is showing the quilt to Trafalgar Township Historical Society visitors in the fall of 2013. They are at the schoolhouse at Palermo. - Date Of Event
- 1946
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Irene, called Renie, Bumby
- Local identifier
- TTABS000238
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.40011 Longitude: -79.71632
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Bronte War Bride's Welcome Quilt
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
