Doig-Atkinson Wedding

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Image

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Photographs

Description

Photo from the Doig-Atkinson wedding which took place July 1, 1908.

People have been identified as:
Front Row (Left) Unidentified Child, Mabel Kemp, Myrtle Bilyea, Emma Barnett, Sarah Kemp, Eleanor Sparling, Olive Bilyea, Ethel Atkinson, Unidentified Child, Jane Bilyea (the Bride’s Flower Girl), Emma Atkinson (the Bride), William Doig (the Groom), Jack Johnston Junior, Billy Switzer, Lyle Atkinson, Ray Atkinson, Wellington Atkinson, Robert Barnett, George Kemp, Harry Sparling, Hazel Sparling

Second Row from the Front (left) Evelyn Johnston, Sarah Anderson, Birdie Hamilton, Mary Switzer, Mrs. Beattie, Maggie Switzer, Mrs. Murray, Sarah Atkinson (Mother of the Bride), Dr. John White Atkinson holding George Blake, Bertha Atkinson, Richard Bilyea, Jim Hardy, Wellington A. Barnett, Jack Switzer (later a doctor), Isaac Barnett (born 1886), James Murray, John David Henry White Barnett (later a doctor)

Third Row (Left) Charles A. Barnett, Mrs. Walter Gowan, Annie McTaggart, Fanny Brown, Jack McTaggart, Maggie Atkinson (Widow of Jim), Margaret Anderson, Everett “Jim” Switzer, Clara Blake, Tom Blake, Will Atkinson, Henry Switzer

Fourth Row (Left) Charles Atkinson, Minnie Graham, Mary Atkinson, Walter Gowan, John Brown, Mr. Beattie, Eleanor Barnett, Reuben Switzer, The Rev. Yeal (the Officiating Minister), Nellie Sparling, Walter Sparling holding Jim Sparling, Jemima Johnson, Jack Johnston Senior, Margaret White, Mary Ann “Minnie” Barnett, Isaac Barnett (Born 1852)

Back Row (Left) Brother of William Doig, James Kemp, Robert Atkinson, Ettie Atkinson, Florence Brown, Bob Brown, Dr. C. A. Campbell, Frank Wickwire, Margaret Wickwire, James A. Barnett, Sarah Barnett, Will Brown, Jim Box, Sarah Box holding Bob Box, Bob Graham, Lottie Robinson, Jim Robinson, John Anderson

There is a total of 87 persons in this wedding photo
Emma (Barnett) Hotson (1875-1984) at the request of her nephew Robert Wendell Camm, was able to identify all but two of the 87 persons. This was done in July of 1974 when she was in her 80th year. Others agreed with her identifications

Inscriptions

Story:

Emma Atkinson’s Marriage to William Doig
July 1, 1908
at her mother’s home, Lot 9, Concession 3
Blanshard Township, Perth County
a little west of Anderson, Ont.

Emma’s father, James Bewell Atkinson, disapproved of William Doig as a prospective son-in-law, it is understood. Will started on as a hired man for farmers in the Anderson district, but he was thrifty.
James Bewell Atkinson died September 24, 1907. His widow, Sarah (White) lived until April 19, 1933.

Emma Clara Atkinson had been born on January 26, 1866, and was in her 43rd year when she married. A son Charles was born and appeared to be healthy, but he died as a baby in 1910. Emma and Will adopted (1) Irene and (2) Gladys, the former as a baby and the latter as a young girl.

The flower girl was Jane Bilyea, later Mrs. Sylvester King, a long-time resident of Toronto. Jane had been born June 5, 1901, and was a little over seven years of age at the time of the wedding. She is seated to the immediate right side of the bride. In 1990, Jane King remains very active and very alert.

Jane’s mother, Theresa (Atkinson) Bilyea did not attend her sister’s wedding on July 1, 1908, as her daughter Frieda was born just two weeks later on July 15, 1908.

Emma Doig lived her married life in the Delisle area of Saskatchewan where Will was a prosperous farmer and a fine husband and father. She died on June 30, 1958, in her 93rd year.

Wm. Doig died on August 2, 1953 at 83 years.
They are buried in Avondale Woodlam Cemetery, Delisle.

Robert Wendell Camm
Oct. 22, 1990

Date of Original

July 1, 1908

Dimensions

Width: 25.4 cm
Height: 20.3 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 24.5cm
Image Height: 17.4cm

Subject(s)

Group portraits
Weddings

Local identifier

1724ph

Collection

St. Marys Museum photo collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Blanshard

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.28339 Longitude: -81.24975

Donor

Negative is at Stratford-Perth Archives

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Recommended Citation

"Doig-Atkinson Wedding." St. Marys Museum, 1724ph.

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