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Margaret McEwen fonds
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Margaret Jackson fonds
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1922 (Creation)
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- McEwen, Margaret
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- Grindrod
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4 cm textual records
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Margaret Ivy McEwen was born July 11, 1922 to George and Daisy McEwen and raised on a small farm in Grindrod, B.C. Her parents had two more children, Donald and Duncan. When Margaret was six years old, her mother, Daisy, was pregnant with a fourth child and suddenly died. Margaret’s bother Donald McEwen wrote about the tragedy.
“Dad had a job rafting cedar poles from Enderby to Mara for the piling for the bridge. He wasn’t able to get home until late. Mom went to get the cows pasturing...... She had difficulty with them, and tripped in a gopher hole and fell. She was expecting another child, had complications and passed away.” (Oct. 21, 1928)
“In May of 1929 our Aunt Ivy came from [Hampstead, London] England to look after the family. They were married within six months.”
George and Ivy married on August 19, 1929 in Vernon, B.C. and by all accounts Ivy was a loving mother to the three children. Ivy passed away in 1948 and George passed away in 1972.
Margaret attended the school of nursing at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria in 1942 and graduated in 1944. She found work at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, but took a six month leave to nurse her stepmother who was failing. At that time Margaret met Robert (Bob) Douglas Jackson from the Mt. Ida District, Salmon Arm, and the couple were married May 18, 1948. The Jacksons had five children: Barbara, Margaret Elizabeth (Betty), Douglas Ian, and twins Garth and Gordon. All the children were born at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. Gordon and Garth were premature and Gordon passed away at the age of one month.
While raising her family and working on the farm, Margaret continued to nurse, initially providing homecare to people who needed help. Soon she was asked to come in to work in the hospital when extra help was needed. This became a full time job that she enjoyed. Margaret Jackson died February 26, 2011. Robert (Bob) died December 18, 1990.
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Title based on the contents of the fonds and is divided into 3 series consisting of correspondence, autograph books, and memorabilia.
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- McEwen, Margaret (Subject)
- McEwen, George (Subject)
- McEwen, Ivy (Subject)
- McEwen, Daisy (Subject)
- McEwen, Donald (Subject)
- McEwen, Duncan (Subject)
- Fathers, Ivy (Subject)
- Fathers, Daisy (Subject)
- Jackson, Margaret (Subject)
- Jackson, Robert (Bob) (Subject)
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MS 137
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CA-SAM
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- English