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Object Description

Object ID

1973.013.207

Title

Cream handkerchief.

Date

[19-?].

Description

Square, cream coloured handkerchief with some staining, particularly along the folds. Embroidered flower design in one corner, with blue, green, coral and yellow thread. Possibly made by or given to Isabella Rowlatt (nee Maddison).

Dimensions

(HeightFt, 0.82 ft, 24.9936 cm)

(HeightIn, 9.843 in, 25.0012 cm)

(WidthFt, 0.83 ft, 25.2984 cm)

(WidthIn, 9.961 in, 25.3009 cm)

People/Subject

Rowlatt, Isabella (née Maddison)

Isabella Maddison, periodically called Bell, was born on 1 Sep. 1874 to Thomas and Margaret Ann (née Weddle) Maddison in Earsdon, Northumberland, England. The Maddison family lived in Seaton Delavel. Isabella Maddison, then living in Hall's Prairie, married Len Rowlatt on 29 Oct. 1917 in New Westminster, BC. After marrying, the couple lived on Campbell River Road (later 8th Avenue) in Langley, BC. Isabella Rowlatt died in Langley on 31 May 1964.

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