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Death Announcement of Willard Wry

Item is a newspaper clipping announcing the death of John Willard Wry, written in Sackville on August 22, 1937. According to the text, Willard passed away in the Amherst hospital following an operation for the amputation of his right leg.

Mathilda Wry & Mary E. Wry

Subfonds contains various textual items pertaining to Mathilda “Tillie” Wry and her sister Mary Elsie Wry. Includes an autograph album, incoming correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other textual records.

Mathilda Wry Autograph Item

  • CA THT IWFFonds-2006.14.02-2006.14.02./1
  • Item
  • 1884-1941
  • Part of Wry Family Fonds

Item is a leather bound autograph album given to Mathilda Wry as a gift on her twentieth birthday. Amongst the autographs are two adjoining pages from roommates in the Mount Allison Ladies’ College (1887), a poem from her sister Mary E. Wry, and several entries from Great Village where Tillie visited and where her fiancée George was later the post master. Some of the entries are probably from sewing clients. There are also additional autographs from 1938 and 1941 written to Tillie’s niece, Mabel Alward.

Mathilda Wry Newspaper Articles

Item includes newspaper clippings pertaining to the death of Mathilda Wry. The clippings included are the obituary, death announcement, funeral description, and a card of thanks from J Willard Wry and family.

John Bunyan Alward & Mabel L. Wry Alward

Subfonds contains textual items pertaining to John B. Alward and Mabel Lena (Wry) Alward. Content is divided into three series: Incoming Correspondence, Financial Records, and Other Personal Papers.

Christmas Thank-You Letter

Item is a Christmas thank-you letter written to John and Mabel Alward, signed by Capt. N. Packham and dated December 26th, 1917.

Letter to the Alward Family

  • CA THT IWFFonds-2006.14.03-2006.14.03/10
  • Item
  • 1927-1936
  • Part of Wry Family Fonds

Items are three letters within the same envelope, written to John, Mabel, and Pauline Alward. The first, dated February 13, 1927, was sent from “Mother”, Jennie Grace (Snowdon) Wry. The second, dated February 19, 1936, is addressed to “Dear Folks” on the front, and signed “Dad” [John Willard Wry], and on the back is a note addressed to Pauline from “Gran” [Jennie Grace (Snowdon) Wry] The third, dated April 1, 1936, is addressed to “Dear Folks” and was sent from “Dad” [John Willard Wry].

Letter from "Home Dad" (John Willard Wry)

Item is a letter to “Dear Folks”, sent from Sackville NB on January 5, 1936. The letter is signed, “from Home Dad – with love to all," probably from John Willard Wry.

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