F. L. and M. Barrow - Mary Hutton on her way to Canada, March 1913 photograph

A photograph depicting Mary Hutton during her journey to visit her brother in Edmonton, Canada, where she met and married Frederick L. Barrow in 1913. Biography: Mary Hutton Barrow was born in England in 1893 and emigrated to Edmonton, Canada. She died in 1965. During the First World War she volunteered extensively for the Red Cross, St. John Ambulance, wartime canteen, etc. Her brother, Jack Hutton, enlisted and died during the war. Frederick Barrow was born in 1894 in England and immigrated to Edmonton with his parents. He served with the Canadian forces oversees from 1914 to 1920. After the war he became an Adjustment Officer with the Great War Veterans' Association and Canadian Legion, and later became the first Departmental Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He gave extensive evidence before the Federal Special Committee on Returned Soldiers' Problems. He died in 1979. Frederick and Mary had one daughter, Valentine Kathleen, who was a member of the RCAF women’s division, and later became a librarian at the University of Guelph. Frederick and Mary traveled extensively and visited about 40 countries.

In Collection:

• Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

Subject

• Barrow, Mary H.
• Women and war
• World War (1914-1918)

Language

• eng

Date created

• March 1913

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 black and white photograph ; 8.4 x 10.9 cm

Additional physical characteristics

• Caption in blue ink of back: Mary Hutton on her way to Canada where she married Frederick Lyon Barrow and was known [variously] as May and Mem March 1913

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• black-and-white photographs
• photographs

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1991-053

Fonds title

• Frederick Lyon Barrow fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC010

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/frederick-lyon-barrow-fonds

Date digitized

• May 11, 2016

Technical note

• Metadata by K. Bohlman. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/4xx7-qb22

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