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Christening Gown
- Description
- Cream coloured knit christening gown with sleeves. Blue ribbon across the front chest to tie it closed at the back.
- Original Owner
- Barbara Evitt Hastings donating the items to the Mission Museum in 2015. She was born in Smithers in 1944. See donation form from 2015 for detailed family geneaology.
- Category
- PERSONAL OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- CLOTHING, OUTERWEAR
- Start Date
- 1920
- End Date
- 1978
- Period or Date Notes
- based on family history, death certificate for Dorothy Esther (Jones) Grant, marriage certificate for Winnifred Grant Evitt
- Description
- Cream coloured knit christening gown with sleeves. Blue ribbon across the front chest to tie it closed at the back.
- History Of Use
- According to the donor the gown was made by her paternal grandmother Barbara Evitt. Barbara and Arthur Evitt had a son named Leonard Evitt who married Winnifred Grant in Smithers in 1942, and the donor was born in 1944. The family left Smithers around 1945.
- Accession No.
- 2015.8.2
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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