James and Alice Sawdon
Description
- Creator
- Unknown
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Photographs
- Negatives
- Digital prints
- Description
- Black and white negative of a photograph of James and Alice Sawdon on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary.
- Notes
- Thomas Sawdon (1833-1916) married Harriet Boddy (1834-1916) at Yorkshire, England in 1858. In 1882 they immigrated to Canada first settling at Alliston and then moving to Whitby in 1905. Thomas and Harriet had six children: Mary, Elizabeth, James, George, John, and Thomas.
James Sawdon (1863-1947) married Alice Read (1863-1943) of England at Whitby in 1887. They had two sons: William James Jordan Sawdon (1895-1963) and John R. Sawdon (1900-1975).
James opened a coal selling company, James Sawdon & Sons, in 1914. His sons continued the business following his death. James Sawdon & Sons was located at 244 Brock Street South.
- Date of Original
- January 1937
- Dimensions
-
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 19-059-001
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Images Collection
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- James and Alice Sawdon, 1937
Unknown
Whitby Archives
19-059-001
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A1
For inquires about any newspaper content please contact askreference@whitbylibrary.ca
