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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