Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Just got this message from John D. Reid http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.com/ about an event to take place at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum on Thursday August 25th at 7 pm.

You are invited to "Remembering the British Home Children in Canada "where you will view "the Memorial Quilt prepared to commemorate the British Home Children in Canada and hear a personal account from Mary Thurston of Perth, Ontario, an accomplished author who wrote “Into the Hills.” Mary is the daughter of Isabella Hilson, a home child who is featured on the Memorial Quilt. Bob Stacey of Carleton Place, Ontario will talk about memories of his father, who also was a home child.

Please join us for this occasion. Refreshments will be served.

There is no admission charge but a goodwill donation would be appreciated.

The Memorial Quilt will be on display in the museum’s Norah Rosamond
Hughes Gallery until 31 August 2011".

Michael Rikley-Lancaster
Executive Director / Curator
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
613-256-3754
curator@mvtm.ca
http://www.mvtm.ca

Death Notice in the "Island Register"

Dave Hunter keeps a website at http://www.islandregister.com/ about Prince Edward Island genealogy. As part of the website, he also issues a weekly free e-newsletter called the Island Register for over ten years. To subscribe, go to http://www.islandregister.com/whatsnew.html#newsletter

Since 2005, Eldon Sentner has put weekly obits on the newsletter, and you can read them at
http://www.islandregister.com/2005obits.html. His email is daleandeldon@eastlink.ca

There is also "Centenarians in the Death Notices Listings" at http://www.islandregister.com/eldoncentenarians.html