Evelyn and Esther Shumway recorded in 1979
Identification
Institution name Robbinsdale Historical Society
Object number FF105
Number of parts 8
Distinguishing features Photos, Newspaper Articles, Recollections
Object name and title
Object category Family Files
Object name Shumway
Title Shumway Family
Production dating
Date (early) 1890
Date (late) 1976
Content description
Description Haying in Robbinsdale
Physical description
Description Several photo reproductions, one photocopied newspaper
article, two typed recollections, one funeral program
(original?)
Inscriptions and markings
Inscription / marking (Photo of two girls) Evelyn and Esther Shumway, 1938; (Woman
with quilt photo) The late Esther and Evelyn Shumway,
granddaughters of Robbinsdale pioneers, JP and Louisa
Shumway, were pictured in 1976 with a quilt, which belonged
to he early pastors of the church; (Photo of married couple)
Mr. and Mrs. Shumway, circa 1890; (Haying photo) Haying on
Shumway Farm circa 1892 or a little later, Congregation
Church was built in 1891
Object history
Object history note Several photos of the Shumway family, which were among the
earliest Robbinsdale pioneers, inlcuding a photo of haying
in a field that depicts the Congregation Church. There are
also two recollections of the Shumway family history going
back to before settling in Robbinsdale. Also included is a
funeral program for Louisa A. Shumway from 1914, as well as
a newspaper article which reviews the family history
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